LANGUAGE FOCUS

LANGUAGE FOCUS 2
1. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

Be + Ving



Change these verbs into present participle form.
Ex. work working
travel  ……………………. swim  ……………………….
come  …………………….. write  ………………………

traveling
swimming
coming
writing
Complete the passage.
It is 6:30 in the evening. Lan is …………(do ) her homework. She is ………………. ( write ) an English essay. Mr. Thanh ……………… ( read ) a newspaper and Mrs. Quyen ……………(cook) dinner. Liem And Tien, Lan’s brothers, ……………………. ( play ) soccer in the yard. Liem ………………( kick ) the ball and Tien is …………….. ( run ) after it.
doing
writing
is reading
is cooking
are playing
is kicking
is running
2. Clock time
9:30
Asking the time:
What time is it ?
May I know the time? It’s ……………………

Ways of saying the time:
six o’clock (spoken form ); 6:00 ( written & spoken form )
3:15; 4:15; 5:15; 6:15  a quarter past ………….
………………….. fifteen
3:45; 4:45; 5:45; 6:45  a quarter to hour +1
2:30; 3:30; 4:30; 5:30  hour thirty
half past hour










Practice :
6:00 ; 7:00 ; 8:00; 9:00  ……….o’clock
6:30; 7:30 ; 8:30 ; 9:30 ……… thirty
half past …….
6:45; 7:45;8:45; ………… forty five
a quarter to +hour+1

1:00; 3:15; 4;20; 5:15; 6:25; 11:45; 5: 30; 5:10
4:05
3. School subjects
Answer the questions.
Do you learn many different things at school?
In which class can you learn about life and plants?
In which class can you learn how to speak English?
In which class can you do experiments?
In which class can you play sports?
In which class can you study different countries and read maps?
In which class can you write essays?
In which class can you learn how to sing?
In which class can you study past and present events in Vietnam and in other countries around the world?
In which class can you use pencils, colored pencils, and paints?
At school, where can you read books or borrow books?

4.Adverbs of frequency
100%  always
90%-99%  usually
75%-90%  often
25%-75% sometimes
10%-25% seldom
1%-10%  rarely
0% never
Subject + frequency adverb + verb
Hello, everyone. I am Ba. I am going to present you my schedule.
O
Sentences about Ba
Ba ……………. practices the guitar after school.
He …………..does his homework in the evening.
He …………… plays computer games.
He …………… rides his bike to school.
always
usually
sometimes
seldom
5.Making suggestions
Making suggestions:
-Let’s + verb  Let’s go.
-Should we+ verb …?  Should we go out ?
-Would you like to +verb…?  Would you like to go out with me ?
-What about + Ving …?  What about going out today?

Responding to suggestions
Agreeing :
Ok.
Great. / Great idea.
It is an interesting idea.
I’d love to.
I’d like to.
Disagreeing :
I am sorry. I can’t.
I’d love to but + reason.
I’d like to but + reason.
Thanks for your joining us.

Goodbye.