Unit 13. Festivals

UNIT 13 ( cont. )
(Language Focus)

Teacher : Nguyen Van Lua

Vinh Tan junior high school

UNIT 13 FESTIVAL (CONT.)
Language Focus
. Passive form : be + past participle
. Compound words : rice-cooking , fire-making , etc .
. Reported speech

What is the name of the festival ?

It is a rice-cooking festival .


How do the competitors make a fire ?

A fire is made in the traditional way : by rubbing pieces of bamboo together
1-Complete the sentences . Use the passive forms of the verbs in the box .Decide whether the time is past , present or future .
Grammar
a-Christmas songs …………………………….for people for people in towns and villages eight hundred years ago .
b-On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s , a tree ………………… and …………… in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga .
c-In the rice-cooking festival , a fire …………………………in the traditional way .
were performed
was decorated
put
is made
1-Complete the sentences . Use the passive forms of the verbs in the box
Decide whether the time is past , present or future .
d-An English-speaking contest …………………………….at Nguyen Hue School next month .
e-The first prize …………………………….to the MeKong Team just after the final match yesterday .
f-The Christmas carol “Silent Night , Holy Night” …………………………….in Austria by Franz Gruber in the 19th century .
will be held
was awarded
was written
2-Complete the conversation . Use the verbs in the box .

Break (2) jumble scatter pull

Hanh and her mother have just got home from the market .
GRAMMAR
Hanh :
Mom ! Something has happened to our kitchen .
Mrs Thanh
What’s wrong ?
Mom ! Look . The cupboard is open and everything has been ………………………..
Oh , no . The jar I like has been …………………………………
Many bowls and dishes have been (3)……………………, too . And look at this , Mom . The dried mushrooms have been ……………………….all over the floor .
And where is pan of fish I left on the stove ?
Here it is . It has been (5)……………………into the sink .
The fish has gone .
Who has done all this ?
Mom , it must have been the cat !
Mrs Thanh
Hanh
Mrs Thanh
Mrs Thanh
2-Complete the conversation . Use the verbs in the box .
Hanh
Hanh
Hanh
jumbled
broken
broken
scattered
pulled
3-Rewrite the sentences in your exercise book . Use a compound word in your sentences .
Example : It is a contest in
which participants have to cook rice .
It’s a rice-cooking contest .
a-It is a contest in which participants have to make a fire .
b-It is a festival in which people have their bulls fight
against each other .
c-The Unit States has a big industry that makes cars .
Grammar
It’s a fire-making contest .
It’s a bull-fighting festival .
The United states has a car-making industry .
3-Rewrite the sentences in your exercise book . Use a compound word in your sentences .
Example : It is a contest in which participants have to cook rice
It’s a rice-cooking contest .
d-Last week Tran Hung Dao School held a contest in which students arranged flowers as attractively as they could .
e-Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot rice .
f-This is a machine which is used to wash clothes .
Last week Tran Hung Dao School held a flower-arranging contest .
Viet Nam is a rice-exporting country .
This is a clothes-washing machine
What is he doing ?
He is fixing the faucets and the pipes .
4-Yesterday Lan’s grandmother , Mrs Thu , needed a plumber . A man came to her door . Report what the man told Mrs Thu .
Example :
a-I’m a plumber”
He said he was a plumber .
b- “I can fix the faucets.”
c-”The pipes are broken.”
d- “New pipes are very expensive.”
e- “You must pay me now.”
GRAMMAR
He said he could fix the faucets .
He said new pipes were very expensive .
He said the pipes were broken .
He said I had to pay him then .
Change the sentences below into passive voice .
a) They separated the rice from the husk
V
S
O
adv
the rice
from the husk
seperated
They
was
The rice was separated from the husk by them .
was
S
o
V-ed
S
V
O
adv
PASSIVE VOICE
( The Simple Past )

S + was/were + past participle

Direct speech :
“I ‘ll talk to Mr Jones” said he
Reported speech :
He said (that) he would talk to Mr Jones
Main verb
Reporting verb
Ex2:
“I’m leaving here tomorrow,” said Mary
Mary said that she was leaving there
the next day .
Ex 1:
Direct speech :
Reported speech :
REPORTED SPEECH
PASSIVE VOICE
( PRESENT PERFECT TENSE )
EX :
He has built the house for six months now .
S V O

The house has been built for six months by him
S V O
S + HAVE / HAS + BEEN Past Participle
HAVE /HAS
Past Participle
BEEN
Ex :
rice-cooking , fire-making ,
flower-arranging ,bull-fighting…
Form :
COMPOUND WORDS
Noun + V- ing
-Ask students to learn : all new words and structures.
-Ask them to prepare UNIT 14 Lesson 1
GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ .