Unit 1. My friends

Period 6: Language focus
Unit:1. My friends
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Thu Tra
School year: 2010-2011
Thanh Cao secondary school
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6: Language focus
Saturdays August 28th, 2010
Was/were
be
send
sent
come
came
live
lived
show
showed
Write the past form of the verbs:
1. Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense:
(thì hiện tại đơn) (thì quá khứ đơn)
S + V / Vs/es … S + V2/ed …
- Every (day, night, week, month, year…). - Yesterday.
- Always, usually, often, sometimes, never. - Last (night, week, month, year...).
-(a day, six months, five years…)ago.

*Exercise1: Complete the paragraphs. Use the correct form of the verb in
brackets
Hoa (0)……….(live) in Hue last year, but now she (1)……….(live) in Ha Noi. Yesterday, Hoa’s friends Nien (2)………(send) Hoa a letter. Nien (3)………(be)Hoa’s neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue. She (4)……….(be) younger than Hoa.

Lan (0)……(be) Hoa’s best friends. The two girls (1)……….(be) in the same class at Quang Trung school. Last year, Hoa (2)………(come) to the school for the first time. Lan (3)………… (show) her around and (4)………………..(introduce) her to many friends.
lived
lives
sent
was
is
is
are
came
showed
introduced
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6: Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010
Ba: What do you know about the sun,Tuan ?
Tuan: The sun (0)………….in the east and (1)………in the west.
Ba: Can you tell me anything about the other planets?
Tuan: I know something about the earth. It (2)…………around the sun.
Ba: Yes, and the moon (3) …………around the Earth.
Tuan: Where is Mars, Ba?
Ba: It (4)……near the sun.
Tuan: No, it’s silly! That (5)……Mercury. Mars (6)……near the Earth.
*Exercise 2: Complete the dialogue. Use the correct form of the verbs
in the box
Ba is helping his young cousin Tuan with some homework
be
move
set
rise
go
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6: Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010
is
moves
is
goes
is
sets
rises
Model sentence
What does she look like?
She is beautiful.
Meaning: C« Êy tr«ng nh­ thÕ nµo?
C« Êy xinh ®Ñp
Form: (?) What do/does + S + look like?
(+) S + be + adjective.
Use: Hái bÒ ngoµi ai ®ã tr«ng nh­ thÕ nµo vµ tr¶ lêi
Pronunciation:
What does she look like?
She is beautiful.
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Practice
What does your mother look like?
She is beautiful
Word cue drill
0. your mother/ beautiful
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Practice
What do they look like?
They are lovely
1. they / lovely
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*Exercise 3: Look at the pictures. Ask & answer the questions
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6: Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010
a) How many people are there in the picture?
b) What does each people look like?
c) What is each person wearing?
Model sentense
She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
Meaning: C« Êy kh«ng ®ñ tuæi ®Ó cã thÓ ë cïng líp t«i.
Is Hoa older than Nien ?
Was Nien In Hoa class?
What does this sentence mean in Vietnamese?
Form: S + be (not) adjective + enough + to V …
Use: Dïng khi nãi ai ®ã ( kh«ng ®ñ) ®ñ kh¶ n¨ng, ®iÒu kiÖn ®Ó cã thÓ lµm g×.
Pronunciation:
Do we say: “She/ wasn’t /old/ enough /to/ be/in/ my/ class”
Or “ She wasn’t old enough / to be in my class”
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Practice: Picture cue drill
Andy is not tall. He can’t join the police.
Andy
Andy is not tall enough to join the police.
He isn’t strong enough to be a weight lifter
He isn’t strong. He can’t be a weight lifter
They are old enough to cycle safely.
They are 13 years old. They can cycle safely.
Hoa: Can you put the groceries in your bag?
Lan: No. It is ……………………….to carry every thing. ( big )

b) Hoa: Is Ba going to drive his father’s car?
Lan : Don’t be silly! Ba is……………………… to drive a car. ( old )

Hoa: Do you need any help?
Lan: No, thanks. I’m ………………….to lift this box. (strong )

Hoa: Why don’t you join our English Speaking Club?
Lan: I don’t think my English is ………………. to be a member. (good)

Complete the dialogues. Use (not) adjective + enough
Exercise 4:
not big enough
not old enough
strong enough
good enough
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6:Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010
1. He always……… to work by car. Yesterday he…………. to work by car, too. ( )

2. They always…….. up early. This morning they……… up late. ( )

3. I………… a letter to Jane every week. Last week I………….. two letters. ( )

4. She……… her friends every evening. She……. them yesterday evening, too.( )

5. They……. a new car every year. Last year they………. a new car, too. ( )

6. I…….an orange every day. Yesterday I……. two oranges. ( )

7. We usually……. shopping on Monday. We………. shopping last Monday, too.( )
Complete these sentences.Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
Exercise:
go
get
write
meet
buy
eat
go
goes
went
get
got
write
wrote
meets
met
buy
bought
eat
ate
go
went
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6:Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010
Homework
* Answer the questions in your notebooks.
* Prepare for next period: Unit 2: Lesson 1: Getting started. Listen & read.
Unit:1. My friends
Period 6: Language focus
Saturday August 28th, 2010