Unit 11. Sources of energy

TC 13
Cleft sentences
Date of planning: 25/2/2015
Date of teaching: …./3/2015



11A7
11A9


Aims: through the lesson, students will be able to know how to use cleft sentences
1. Skill:
Doing exercises
2. Knowledge
For better understanding of using cleft sentences
3. Attitude towards: pay attention to learning grammar English
Resources/devices :
Handouts
Activities

Contents


Activity 1
Presentation( 5 mins)

Purpose: This activity focuses students on reviewing cleft sentences
Introduction:
T asks Ss to work in pairs:
Cleft Sentences: It is/was ....that...
(Câu nhấn mạnh: Chính...)
Ex: The boy hit the baby in the garden this morning.
Subject focus: It was the boy who hit the baby in the garden this morning.
Object focus: It was the baby that the boy hit in the garden this morning.
Adverbial focus: It was in the garden that the boy hit the baby this morning.
Adverbial focus: It was this morning that the boy hit the baby in the garden.
*Là cấu trúc nhấn mạnh. Phần nhấn mạnh đứng sau It is/was
*It is ....that ...: nếu mệnh đề sau that ở thì hiện tại
*Có thể dùng ‘who’ thế cho ‘that’ nếu làm chủ ngữ chỉ người
Task: listen and note down


Activity 2
Exercise 1 (20 mins)

Purpose: This activity focuses students on rewriting these sentences
Introduction: rewrite these sentences

- T asks Ss to work in groups
-T guides and limits the time for Ss do exercise
Task: - Do the task and give the answer
I. Rewrite the sentences
1. If I had to choose between staying in my country or moving abroad, I would take the first option.
It is ...
2. We always meet on Friday.
It is...
3. They went to the cinema.
It was ...
4. We were supposed to meet at 6 o’clock.
It was ...
5. When the play was about to end, I couldn’t help weeping.
It was ...
6. Spring didn’t set in until late May.
It was not ...
7. They went to the cinema.
It was ...
8. The official announcement was made at that time.
It was…
9. An essay can begin with a relevant quotation.
It is…
10.Tom has just arrived.
It is…
KEY
 
1.     It is the first option that I would take if I had to choose between staying in my country or moving abroad.
2.     It is on Friday that we always meet.
3.     It was to the cinema that they went.
4.     It was at 6 o’clock that we were supposed to meet.
5.     It was when the play was about to end that I couldn’t help weeping.
6.     It was not until late May that spring set in.
7.     It was to the cinema that they went.
8.     It was at that time that the official announcement was made.
9.     It is with a relevant quotation that an essay can begin.
10.  It is Tom who/that has just arrived.

II. Rewrite the sentences using cleft sentences
1. Reading books keep me occupied.
2. The secretary sent Jake the photo last week.
3. She bought him a computer at this shop.
4. We can`t go out because of the rain.
5. I have been waiting for John.
6. Thanks to new medicines, many diseases are no longer dangerous.
7. Mai is my best friend.
8. Mary sent me the present by post.
Introduction: rewrite these sentences

- T asks Ss to work in groups
-T guides and limits the time for Ss do exercise
Task: - Do the task and give the answer
Keys:
1. It is reading books that keeps me occupied.
2. It was the secretary that sent Jake the photo last week.
3. It was this shop where she bought him a computer.
4. It is because of the rain that we can`t go out.
5. It is John that I have been waiting for.
6. It is thanks to new medicines that many diseases are no longer dangerous.
7. It is Mai that is my best friend.
8. It was the present that Mary sent me by post.



Conclusion and Home work (3 mins)
- T summarizes the main content of the lesson.
- T gives the homework.
+ do the tasks again.