Unit 13- Language focus

Teacher in charge:
Vuong Thi Ngoc
Question 1
I am an English playwright who wrote famous plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear.
Who am I?
William Shakespeare
Question 2
I am the director of the film Titanic
Who am I?
Question 2
Steven Spielberg
Question 3
I am very famous for Mickey Mouse
Who am I?
Walt Disney
Question 4
I am the main actor in the film Titanic.
Who am I?
Jack Dawson
Question 5
I am the clever mouse in the famous cartoon Tom and Jerry
Who am I?
Jerry Mouse
Unit 13: Theater and
movies
Period 7: Language Focus

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word study:
Ex:
I am really interested in English grammar




(ii) We were disappointed about the film. It was so boring.

 
* The use of the adjectives of attitude
- to express our thinking and feeling about something
* After to be and linking verbs (get, feel, seem)
Ex: She seems tired.
* Followed by a prepositional phrase:
Ex: I am really interested in Harry Potter.


St + make + sb + adjective

Ex: The teaching job makes me tired
The difference between an – ING adjective and an – ED adjective

The reason for identifying
The difference:
ING adjective: active meaning
Ex: Literature is interesting.
ED adjective: passive meaning
Ex: We are interested in literature
Practice: Vocabulary exercise/ p.178/ textbook
Give the appropriate adjective from the words given in the parentheses

Parents should always be __________ about the movies their children watch. (concern)
I never watch horror movies because of their _________ scenes. (fright)
The children became ________ about the cartoon. (excite)
The teacher was very much __________ about our terrible acting. (annoy)
To tell the truth, we can’t wait to read his __________ stories. (drama)
We all find his singing quite ___________ (wonder)


annoyed
frightening
excited
concerned
dramatic
wonderful
7. We all felt the _____________excitement about the stunt man. (breath)
8. It’ll be widely recognized as the most __________live show. (impress)
9. There is little doubt that his plays are _____________(origin)
10. This card is to send to someone very _____________ from someone very

_____________ (interest)
11. It is _____________ news to be awarded a Golden Raspberry. (delight)
12. The Oscar winner said he felt _____________ of his mother’s _____________ support. (appreciate/ value)

breathtaking
interested
delightful
invaluable
appreciative
original
interesting
impressive
Extra practice: - ING or ED adjectives
They frustrate me but they don`t bore me. I am never __________ when I study grammar.
Their classes bore me. And I`m not the only one. Many students find these classes very _________
How can teachers interest students? One way is to have __________ discussions.
Certain subjects interest almost everybody. For example, most students are __________ in the subject of crime and morality.
All the mental effort exhausts the student. Ask anybody. They all agree. Exams are __________.
bored
exhausting
interested
interesting
boring
Give an ED- adjective to describe
the following persons’ feelings

excited
frightened
Surprised
tired/ bored
Worried





Textbook examples
(i) In the theater, we enjoy a dramatic contest between two opposing sides.
(ii) It was suggested by Aristotle, an ancient thinker, that humankind’s greatest pleasure is in learning.
(iii) A third satisfaction of the theater is the opportunity for us to gain fresh perceptions.


meaning one, preceding a singular countable noun
Ex: I have a dog.
a/ an signals that the noun modified is indefinite (not exact, not clear), referring to any member of a group.
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant:
Ex: a boy, a car, a cat etc.
an + singular noun beginning with a vowel:
Ex: an elephant, an apple, an idiot etc.



Preceding a singular or plural noun, a countable or uncountable noun.
The signals that the noun modified is specific, is definite
Ex: I have a cat and a dog.
The cat is black and the dog is white
- the here signals that both the speaker and the listener know of the noun mentioned. The, thus, is definite article, (meaning certain or clear).

Other uses of the
the + superlative
Ex: the most beautiful, the hottest, etc.
the + ordinal number
Ex: the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, etc.
- the + unique concepts
Ex: the Earth, the Moon, the Sun



Geographical use of the

Zero article
names of sports
abstract nouns
holidays
academic subjects
work, home, school, college, church, breakfast, lunch, dinner, transportation.
names of languages and nationalities
Practice: p.179 - Fill in the gaps with a/an , the or zero article.
Tom Hanks is ___ American motion-picture actor, well-known for both his comic and dramatic performances.
We were surprised at ___ amount of money collected at the concert for the flood-hit areas.
___ French playwright said that one should eat to live, not live to eat. – It was Molière, wasn’t it?
Who’s that on ___ piano?
“Do you know much about eighteenth-century literature? ” – “The literature of ___ eighteenth century? Sorry, I know nothing about it. ”
an
the
the
the
A
6. “Life is like ___ box of chocolate. You never know what you gonna get.” (Forrest Gump)
7. Titanic was given the Academy Award for ___ Best Picture in 1997.
8. “The prejudice around AIDS exacts ___ social death which precedes the actual physical one”. (Philadelphia)
9. People just leave a problem of ___ home merely to encounter them at the theater or movies!
10. The television documentary has been given ___ fourth prestigious award so far.
a
the
the
Ǿ
Ǿ
I bought ______ pair of pants and ______ shirt.
I saw ______ car crash yesterday.
They are staying ______ downtown.
I think ______ man is unfriendly.
I don’t like ______ soccer.
That is ______ issue between you and the boss.
______water is dirty. Don’t drink it.
______ price of gas keeps rising.
Celine is ______ French.
the
Ф
the
a
a
a
The
Ф
The
Ф
I am from (1) ........Seattle, Washington. Seattle is (2) ........ city in (3) ........ United States. It is near (4) ........ border of Canada in (5) ........ northwest corner of ........ USA. I live in (6) ........ town called Olympia which is on the Puget Sound. I live in (7) ........house in (8) ........ street in (9) ........countryside. (10) ........ street is called "Bear Street" and (11) ........ house is old - more than 100 years old! I am (12) ........ English teacher at (13) ........ school in (14) ........ center of (15) ........ town. I like (16) ........books and taking photographs. I usually have (17) ........lunch at school. I usually go home by (18) ........car. We have all kinds of food in Olympia. I like (20) ........Italian food very much. Sometimes, I go to (20) ........ Italian restaurant in Seattle. (21) ........ restaurant is called "Luigi`s". (22) ........Italian food is great!
I am from Seattle, Washington. Seattle is a city in the United States. It is near the border of Canada in the northwest corner of the USA. I live in a town called Olympia which is on the Puget Sound. I live in a house in a street in the countryside. The street is called "Bear Street" and the house is old - more than 100 years old! I am an English teacher at a school in the center of the town. I like books and taking photographs. I usually have lunch at school. I usually go home by car. We have all kinds of food in Olympia. I like Italian food very much. Sometimes, I go to an Italian restaurant in Seattle. The restaurant is called "Luigi`s". Italian food is great!