Unit 13. Films and cinema

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Unit 13
Films and Cinema
Language Focus
Grammar
Adjective ending – ING or - ED
Adj. ending –ING is used to express the active meaning
Adj. ending –ED is used to express the passive meaning
Mary has been doing the same job again and again for a long time. She doesn’t enjoy it.
bored
boring
Mary is bored
Mary’s job is boring
Exercise 1: Write the adjectival forms of the verbs.
Ex :Interest –interesting --interested
1. fascinating - fascinated
2. exciting - excited
3. terrifying - terrified
4. irritating - irritated
5. horrifying - horrified
6. boring - bored
7. surprising - surprised
8. amusing - amused
9. embarrassing - embarrassed
10. frustrating - frustrated
Exercise 2: Complete two sentences for each situation.
1. It’s been raining all day . I hate this weather. (depress)
a. The weather is ________________________.
b. This weather makes me ______________.
2. Astronomy is one of Tan’s main interests. (interest)
a. Tan is _________________ in astronomy.
b. He finds astronomy very ________________.
3. I turned off the television in the middle of the program. (bore)
a. The program was ___________________.
b. I was ____________________ with the program.
4. Lan is going to Singapore next month. She has never been there before. (excite)
a. Lan is really _______________about going to Singapore.
b. It will be an _________________experience for her.
5. Huong teaches more children . It’s a hard job. (exhaust)
a. Huong often find her job______________________.
b. At the end of the day’s work she is often _________________.
depressing
deressed
interested
intersting
boring
bored
excited
exciting
exhausting
exhausted
Grammar
When did you first study English ?
It was not until…… that you studied English
Structure “It was not until …”
It was not until + time + that S + V2/ed ….
(mãi cho đến …….mới …..)
You didn’t study English until ……..
Exercises
Rewrite the sentences, using “It was not until…..”
He didn’t study English until 2002

It was not until 2002 that he studied English
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 đin’t do his homework until his father came home.
It was not until

5. The football match đin’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.
Grammar
Articles : A, An , The




For lunch I had a sandwich and an apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice,
“A” and “An” can precede only singular count nouns; they mean “one”, they are used to introduce a subject which has firstly mentioned. But “An” is used before the words that begin a vowel sound
“The” is used to indicate something that we have already mentioned before
Example
but the apple was very delicious
Exercise 4 : Put a, an or 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 cars parked outside : (10) ______ blue one and (11) ________ grey one .(12) _______ blue one belongs to my neighbours ; I don’t know who (13) ______ owner of the grey car is.
4. My friends 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 .
a
a
a
a
a
A
an
an
The
The
The
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
Complete sentences. Use an adjective ending -ing or -ed from the verb in brackets.
1. It is very ……. to work more than eights hours a day. (tire)
2. I am …….because my exam result is so bad. (bore)
3. Parents should always be ………….about the movies their children watch. (concern)
4. I never watch horror movies because of their…….. scenes. (frighten).
5.The children became ……….. about the cartoon. (excite)
6.The teacher was very much…………about our terrible acting. (annoy)
tiring
bored
concerned
frightening
excited
annoyed
Rewrite the following sentences.
1. I could’nt speak English well until the third year.
It was not until
2. He didn`t return to his nature village until the war ended.
It was not until
3. He was unable to take up the post until early the following year.
It was not until

4. They didn’t buy a house until they inherited a big sum of money from their parents.
It was not until

5. I didn’t know how to use a computer until I was ten.
It was not until
the third year that I spoke English well.
the war ended that he returned to his nature village .
early the following year that he was able to
take up the post.
I was ten that I knew how to use a computer.
they inherited a big sum of money from
their parents that they bought a house.
Fill in the blanks with articles.
1. Yesterday, I bought …. dictionary and …. English book. …. dictionary is expensive and …. English book is cheaper.
2. I bought …. sweater and …. watch for him yesterday. …. sweater doesn’t fit and …. watch doesn’t work
3. “ Life is like ….box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get.” (Forrest Gump)
4. ….French playwright said that one should eat to live, not live to eat.
5. Tom Hanks is …..American motion-picture actor, well – known for both his comic and dramatic performances.
a
an
The
the
a
a
a
A
an
the
the