Unit 1. Home life

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LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Unit 4: School Education System
I- PRONUNCIATION
STRESS IN THREE -SYLLABLE WORDS
Listen and repeat
algebra carefully politics

physical chemistry academic

primary statistics computing

cinema compulsory September
Practice reading these sentences.
1. The academic school year generally commences in September.
2. The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.
3. The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
4. The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
5. English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of the school education system.
Practise reading these sentences.

The academic school year generally commences in September
The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.
The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of the school education system.

Stress in three-syllable words
1. Những từ tận cùng bằng các đuôi: SION, TION, CIOUS, TIOUS, CIAL, IC(S), CIAN -> tr?ng âm s? roi v�o âm ti?t thứ 2 từ đuôi trở lại.
Ex: staTistics, ecoNomic, deCision, proTection, susPicious, oFficial, mathemaTician
Note: Politics, Television
2. Những từ tận cùng bằng đuôi: AL, Y -> tr?ng âm roi v�o âm ti?t thứ 3 từ đuôi trở lại.
Ex: Critical, ecoNomical, biOlogy, Chemistry
3. Những từ có đuôI như sau: EE, EER, ETTE, OO, OON, ESE, AIRE, ADE, AIN -> tr?ng âm s? roi v�o chính các đuôI này.
Ex: guarantee, volunteer, Vietnamese, entertain, Aquestionnaire, cigarette, kangaroo, afternoon
1. Những từ tận cùng bằng các đuôi: SION, TION, CIOUS, TIOUS, CIAL, IC(S), CIAN -> tr?ng âm s? roi v�o âm ti?t thứ 2 từ đuôi trở lại.
Ex: staTistics, ecoNomic, deCision, proTection, susPicious, oFficial, mathemaTician
Note: Politics, Television
2. Những từ tận cùng bằng đuôi: AL, Y -> tr?ng âm roi v�o âm ti?t thứ 3 từ đuôi trở lại.
Ex: Critical, ecoNomical, biOlogy, Chemistry
3. Những từ có đuôI như sau: EE, EER, ETTE, OO, OON, ESE, AIRE, ADE, AIN -> tr?ng âm s? roi v�o chính các đuôI này.
Ex: guarantee, volunteer, Vietnamese, entertain, Aquestionnaire, cigarette, kangaroo, afternoon
II- GRAMMAR
THE PASSIVE VOICE
Grammar: Revision of passive voice
Exercise 1: Fill each blank with the simple present passive form of the verb in brackets.
2. Each term...................... By a one- week break (separate)
4. The national curriculum ........... by the government and ............................. in all state schools. (set/ must follow)
6. The advanced students ….............. to take part in the annual International Olympic Competition. (choose)
Is set
must be followed
Are chosen
Is separated
Exercise 2: Change these sentences into passive voice
1. They first published this dictionary in 1870.
3. The students in my class are going to organize a big party tomorrow evening
4. They are painting the kitchen now.
6. They have translated Shakespeare`s tragedies into many languages
8. They will speak English at the conference.
Grammar: Revision of passive voice
This dictionary was first published in 1870.
A big party is going to be organized by the students in my class …..
The kitchen is being painted now.
Shakespeare`s tragedies have been translated into many languages
This picture was painted by Picasso.
Exercise 3: Fill in the spaces of the following passage with the correct tense in the passive voice of the verb in the brackets.

The world’ first electronic computer (1.build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. However, computers (2. sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s. Much progress on computer
(3. make) since 1950. Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they (4. can buy) much more cheaply. Computers (5. use) in the many fields-in business, science, medicine, and education, for example. They (6. can use ) to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where information (7.store) and calculations (8. do). A computer cannot think for itself – it (9.must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations (10. can do) very quickly on computer .
was built
were sold
has been made
can be bought
are used
can be used
is stored
are done
must be told
can be done
Pronunciation: Stress in three-syllable words
Grammar: Revision of passive voice