Unit 13. Films and cinema

butterfly
fan
leaf
flowers
photograph
/f/
vase
seven
vote
violet
/v/
PRONUNCIATION
/ f / / v /
fan fiction van vote
first photograph vine Stephen
form enough view leave
Practice these sentences
1.He feels happy enough
2.I want a photograph for myself and my wife
3.Would you prefer a full photograph or a profile ?
4.Stephen is driving a van full of vines
5.We used to live in a village in the valley
6.They arrived in the village on a van
Adjective ending – ING or - ED
Mary has been doing the same job again and again for a long time. She doesn’t enjoy it.
bored
boring
Mary is bored with her job
Mary’s job is boring
*So when did I use an adjective ending with ING and when with an adjective ending with ED?
Rules :
* Adjective ending with ING used with nouns referring to things implying the active meaning.
It expresses the influence of something on us.
* Adjective ending with ED used with nouns referring to people ,implying the passive meaning.
It expresses our feeling.
* Eg : This is such an exciting story that many people are excited about it.
1.fascinate 6. bore
2.excite 7.surprise
3.terrify 8.amuse
4.irritate 9.embarrass
5.horrify 10.frustrate
Write the adjective forms of the verbs below
Example :
fascinate
fascinating
Exercise 1:
Answers :
1.fascinating 2. exciting
3.terrifying 4. irritating
5. horrifying 6. boring
7. surprising 8. amusing
9. embarrassing 10. frustrating

Exercise 2
Example : The movie wasn’t as good as we had expected ( disappoint)
a. The movie was __________
b. We were ___________ with the movie
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 T.V in the middle of the program. ( bore)
a. The program was _________
b. I was _________ with the program
depressing
depressed
interested
interesting
boring
bored
disappointing
disappointed
Rule:


Examples :
It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
It was not until I was 25 that I got married.
It was not until you were in grade 6 that you leant English.

It was not until
+ time in past
+ that
II. Grammar and vocabulary
2.It was not until…that …:
+ clause (past tense ).
Chuyển câu sang cấu trúc “It was not until…..”
1.She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.
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2.He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30.
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3.They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
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4. The boy didn’t do his homework until his father came home.
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5. The football match didn’t start until the lights were on.
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It was not until 1990 that she became a teacher.
It was not until he was 30 that he knew how to swim.
It was not until 1980 that they began to learn English.
Exercise 2
It was not until his father came home that the boy did his homework.
It was not until the lights were on that the football match started.
Articles : A, An , The




For lunch I had a sanwich and an apple. The sanwich wasn’t very nice
“A and An” can precede only singular count nouns; they mean one, they are used to introduced a subject which has firstly mentioned. But An is used before words that begin a vowel sound
“The” is used to indicate something that we have already mentioned before
This morning I bought _____ newspaper and ____magazine. ______ newspaper is in my bag, but I don’t know where I put _____ magazine
I saw ____ accident this morning. ___ car crashed into ____ tree. ____ driver of ____ car wasn’t hurt, but ____ car was badly damaged
3.There are two car parked outside : ___ blue one and ___ grey one. _____ blue one belongs to my neighbours ; I don’t know who _____ owner of the grey car is
a
a
The
the
an
A
a
The
the
the
a
a
The
the
Put a, an , the in the blanks
More practice :
1.Choose the best answers
1.We need to do more for…poor.
a. the b. a c. an d. zero
2.It is very ……. to work more than eights hours a day.
a. tiring b. tired c. tire d. tires
3. Have you already had … lunch ?
a. a b. an c. the d. zero
4. I am …. because my exam result is so bad.
a. bore b. bored c. boring d. bores
5. She is … most intelligent person I know.
a. the b. a c. an d. zero

2. Choose the part which needs correcting :
1.I can`t remember if I saw that film on TV or at a cinema.
A B C D
2. It was not until 2000 that I work as a teacher.
A B C D
3. I like that film because it is so interested. Whenever I see it
A B C
I feel excited.
D
4. She is studying her reseach at an university.
A B C D
I always feel excited whenever I see it.
Homework
Make sentences with : exciting , excited , fascinating , fascinated.
Make two sentences using "it was not until.that ".