Unit 1. My friends

ENGLISH 8
UNIT 1
LANGUAGE FOCUS
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Was
were

Came

Lived

Showed

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live

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Show
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CONGRATULATION!
Was/were
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send
sent
come
came
live
lived
show
showed
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
1. Simple Present Tense and 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, a week, 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
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.
Note: Thì hiện tại đơn cũng dùng để diễn tả một sự thật hiển nhiên hay một chân lý.
*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
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
is
is
s
es
s
is
s
Describing people
Clothes
Build
Hair
- shirt
trousers
bag
skirt
- blouse
- shorts
tall
short
fat
thin
- slim
short
long
curly
blond
- bald
*Questions:
There are four people in the picture.
There is a tall, fat man.
 The man standing next to the taxi is wearing
a yellow shirt and black trousers.
a. How many people are there in the picture?
What does each person look like?
c. What is each person wearing?
There is a tall, thin woman with short hair.
There is a boy sitting on the ground.
There is a short man standing near the bus stop.
The woman is carrying a bag, and is wearing a
green skirt and red blouse.
The boy sitting on the ground is wearing blue short
and a white shirt.
The man standing near the bus stop is wearing
blue trousers and a pink shirt.
2. Enough…to…: đủ …để…
Ex: a. Hoa: Can you put the groceries in your bag ?
Lan: No. It is ……………………….to carry everything. ( )
S + be (not) + adj + enough +to infinitive…
đủ(không đủ )…..…….....để……………
b. Hoa: Is Ba going to drive his father’s car ?
Lan: Don’t be silly ! Ba is …………………….to drive a car. ( )
c. Hoa: Do you need any help ?
Lan: No, thanks. I’m………………..to lift this box. ( )
d. Hoa: Why don’t you join our English Speaking Club ?
Lan: I don’t think my English is…………………..to be a member. ( )
big
old
strong
good
* Complete the dialogues:
not enough
not enough
enough
enough
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:
3.Exercise:
go
get
write
meet
buy
eat
go
goes
went
get
got
write
wrote
meets
met
buy
bought
eat
ate
go
went
4. Home work:
- Rewrite the paragraph to describe the picture. (page 17 )
Good bye!