Unit 12 language focus

A tomato[t`mɑ:tou]
Potatoes[ p’teitouz]
Elision
Unit 12
1.What is elision?
It’s the act of leaving out the sound of part of a word when you are pronouncing it.
2. The rules of elision:
Loss of weak vowels after p, t, k
Ex: potato [p`teitou] ; tomato [t`mɑ:tou]
Canary [k`neəri](chim hoàng yến) ; Perhaps [p`hæps]
Today [tə`dei]
b. Weak vowel + n, l, or r
Ex: tonight [tə`nait]; police [pə`li:s]
correct [kə`rekt]
c. Avoidance of complex consonant clusters.
Ex: acts [æks] Looked back [luk bæk]







A. PRONUNCIATION
grandmother castle family awful

history handsome postman garden

interest Edinburgh
Listen and repeat
/ `grænmʌđə/
/`fæmili/
/`kɑ:sl/
/`ɔ:ful/
/`histri/
/`hænsəm/
/`poustmæn/
/`gɑ:dn/
/`intrəst/
  /ˈɛdɪnbərə/
What is he doing?
 He is swimming.
What are they doing?
 They are playing water polo.
He
are playing
is swimming.
They
water polo.
An intransitive verb is a verb used without an object.
 They cannot have the passive voice.
Ex: A serious accident happened
S Vi
yesterday.
Adv
A transitive verb is a verb that must have a direct object.
 They can have the passive voice.
Ex: An will pay the bill.
S Vt O
 The bill will be paid by Ann.
* Notes:
- Not all transitive verbs can be changed into the passive.
Ex: I have a car.  A car is had by me.
- Some verbs can be either transitive or intransitive.
Ex: a) He runs. b) He runs a company.
S Vi S Vt O
run (vi): chạy run (vt): quản lý
Identify the underlined parts of speech:
The children were asked to tidy up the kitchen.
a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb
2. Trung turned around when he heard a strange noise behind him.
a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb
3. His ability to concentrate is marvellous.
a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb
4. Her brother likes classical music ,but she likes
rock’ n roll.
a. transitive verb b. intransitive verb
a
b
b
a
Exercise 2 : Which verbs in the following sentences are transitive ( T ) and which are intransitive ( I )
A serious accident happened yesterday
The customer bought a lot of butter
Our team won the game
Their team won yesterday
Alice arrived at 6 o’clock
They are staying at a resort hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
The wind is blowing hard today.
I walked to the station with my friends.
T
I
Exercise 3 :Choose the sentences that have objects and then change them to the passive voice.
1. Sue will come tomorrow.

2. The hotel supplies .

3. Accidents happen every day.

4. Everyone noticed .

5. The new didn’t surprise .
 Towels are supplied by the hotel.
 My mistakes were noticed by everyone.
 I wasn’t surprised by the news.
towels
my mistakes
me
x
0
0
x
0
x
0
x
x
0
0
x
0
x
0
x
0
x
help
rain
read
write
arrive
buy
lie
meet
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
sleep
Noughts and crosses
Christmas
Valentine
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
X
How paper is made?
Using the cues to write the process of paper production:
Trees / cut down
They / take / paper mill
Bark / remove
Wood / break / small chips
Chips / mix with water
Mixture / make / pulp
Chemicals and dyes/ add to the mixture
Pulp / press / rollers to remove water.
Paper / dry / by hot rollers
Roll of paper / send / factories, newspaper offices, etc.
Part 1: Greetings
Part 2: Knowledge Checking
Part 3: Crossword Puzzle
Part 4: Finishing
CONTENTS
Homework:
- Revise the grammatical point (intransitive and transitive verbs).
- Do all the exercises in the textbook.
Prepare for Unit 13: Reading
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