Unit 13. Films and cinema

UNIT 13 : FILMS AND CINEMA
LANGUAGE FOCUS
2. It was not until.... that.....
(mãi cho đến …….thì …..)
EX:
1. She didn’t become a teacher until yesterday.
=> It was not until yesterday that he became a teacher.
time word
2. He didn’t come home until late in the evening
=> It was not until late in the evening that he came home.
time phrase
3. He didn`t know how to swim until he was 30 years old.
=> It was not until he was 30 years old that he knew how to swim.
time clause
 
It was not until + time word/phrase/clause that + clause

Notes : (Inversion) đảo ngữ mệnh đề 2

Not until + N + auxiliary+ S + V: Mãi đến khi
EX: Man didn`t fly into space until the early 1960s
=>Not until the early 1960s did man fly into space.
 
Not until S + V + auxiliary+ S +V: Cho đến khi
EX: They couldn`t go on working until the rain stopped.
=>Not until the rain stopped could they go on working
 
Exercise 3: Rewrite the following sentences
1. She didn’t become a teacher until 1990
It was not until
2. He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30.
It was not until
3. They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
It was not until
4. The boy didn’t do his homework until his father came home.
It was not until

5. The football match didn’t start until the lights were on
It was not until
1990 that she became a teacher.
he was 30 that he knew how to swim.
1980 that they began to learn English.
his father came home that the boy
did his homework.
the lights were on that the football
match started.
3. A / An and The
Eg : For lunch I had a sandwich and an apple. The sandwich wasn’t very good but the apple is very delicious.
indefinite article (a/an) and definite article (the).
Indefinite article: (a/an)
- a + singular countable noun beginning with a consonal sound (ex. A dog ,a bag, etc.)
- an + singular countable noun beginning with a vowel sound ( ex. An orange, an ice cream, etc.)
- may be not known by the speaker; …
Definite article: (The)
is used with singular countable, plural countable or uncountable nouns
(eg: The truth ,The time,The bicycle ,The bicycles ….
- has already been mentioned and has been known by the speaker; …
* We do not use a / an together with another determiner (ex. My, this, etc.)
* We do not use “the” together with another determiner (ex. My, this, etc.)
Use article “The”
+ Before sea, rivers, hotels, pub theatres, museums, newspapers,…( eg : The Atlantic,…)
+ If there is only one : the sun, the Queen,…
+ with superlative adjectives.
No use article “ The”
+ Before plural and uncountable nouns when talking about things in general ( eg: I like potatoes.)
+ Before countries, towns,streets, languages, magazines, meals, airports, stations and mountains.
+Before some places and some forms of transport
(eg :at home,in/to bed, at/to work, at/to school, by bus…)
Exercise 4 : Put A, An , The in the numbered blanks
1.This morning I bought (0) __a_ newspaper and (1)____magazine. (2)______ newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where I put (3) ____ magazine

2. I saw (4)____ accident this morning. (5)___ car crashed into (6)____ tree.(7)____ driver of (8)____ car wasn’t hurt, but(9)____ car was badly damaged

3.There are two car parked outside : (10)___ blue one an (11)___ grey one. (12)_____ blue one belongs to my neighbours ; I don’t know who (13)_____ owner of the grey car is.

4. My friend live in (14)____ old house in (15)_____small village. There is (16)____beautiful garden behind (17)____ house. I would like to have (18)____garden like that.

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5. Put in “a”, “an” or “the” in each blank.
1. How far is it from here to ____ airport?
2. “What’s _______ capital of Spain?” _“It’s Madrid”.
3. My father works in ______ office _____ city center.
4. ___ earth is ______ _ planet of _______ solar system.
5. She was born in _____ village in _____ north of England.
6. _____ village where she was born has ______ beautiful river.
7. Who is _____ best singer in ______ United Kingdom?
8. Can you switch off _____ television? Nobody’s watching it.
9. He felt bored with ______ woman who sat beside him at the party.
10. The ship was crossing ______ Atlantic Ocean when it hit _____ huge iceberg.

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Homework