Unit 3. At home

ENGLISH 8
UNIT 3: AT HOME
Language Focus
Unit 3
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Language Focus
Reflexive pronouns
Modals: must, have to, ought to
Why-Because
What do you do in your free time?
Do you help your parents at home?
What do you have to do to help them?
Suggested ideas:
- clean the house
- take care of younger sister/brother
- grow the vegetables
Examples:
I have to clean the house.
I have to take care of my younger sister.
Notes
Have to (phải). Dùng để diễn tả sự cần thiết phải làm điều gì đó. Đôi khi ta dùng must thay cho have to.
Example:
Oh, it’s too late.
I must go (I have to go.)
Match each verb with suitable picture.
Feed
Empty
Tidy
Sweep
Dust
Clean
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
must tidy
must feed
must empty
must clean
must sweep
Nga: Can you come to the movies, Lan?
Lan: No. I ……………….my chores.
Nga: What do you have to do?
Lan: I.…………………my bedroom. Then I…..…………….
the living-room and I …………………….the kitchen
floor, too.
Nga: That won’t take long. What else?
Lan: I………………………. the fish tank
and then I……………….………the garbage.
Finally, I….……………………the dog.
Nga: Ok. Let’s start. Then we can go out.
have to tidy
must dust
must do
Complete the dialogue with “have to”
have to dust
have to sweep
have to clean
have to empty
have to feed
have to do
Look at the situation.
Hoa is very sad because she failed her English test.
What do you say to advice her?
“You should study harder.”
Or “You ought to study harder.”
Notes:
Should/ought to: nên. Thường dùng để cho lời khuyên hay lời đề nghị.
Should not /Ought not to: không nên
Use “ought to” to give advice for these people.
You ought to get up earlier.
You ought to eat more fruit and vegetables
You ought to go to the dentist’s.
Look at the examples
a) You do your homework and nobody helps you.
You say “I do my homework myself”.
b) Ba drew that picture.
We say “He drew it himself”.
Notes:
Đại từ phản thân(reflexive pronouns) chỉ rõ hành động của động từ được thực hiện vào ngay chủ ngữ. Đại từ phản thân chỉ rằng, tác nhân vừa là chủ ngữ vừa là bổ ngữ.
Match a pronoun with a suitable reflexive pronoun.
Pronouns
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
Reflexive pronouns
Yourself/ Yourselves
Themselves
Herself
Himself
Itself
Ourselves
Myself
Complete these dialogues
ourselves
myself
yourself
himself
herself
themselves
yourselves
Look at the picture and answer
What’s the matter with Hoa?
Why did Hoa go to school late this evening?
She’s late for school.
Because she watched TV late last night.
Why …?: ask for reasons
Because … : give reasons
Notes:
Look at these pictures and give situations
Nam had to cook dinner.
Ha failed her English test.
Nga didn’t go to the movies.
Mrs. Vui was home late.
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Make questions with “Why” and answers with “Because”
Why did Nam have to cook dinner?
Why was Mrs.Vui, Nam’s mother home late?
Why did Ha failed her English test?
Why didn’t Nga go to the movies?
Because his mother was home late.
Because she had to come to see her mother.
Because didn’t learn for her exam.She played the computer game.
Because she had to do her chores.
Choose words in the box to fill in the blanks.
myself, because, should, ought, must
a) We are students. We ………….. go to school on time.
b) You ………… to get up earlier.
c) Look at the pictures on the wall. I drew it …………….
d) Why was she home late yesterday?
………….... she had a lot of things to do at school.
e) You ………… look for another job.
myself
should
Because
ought
must
Homework
Learn grammar notes by heart.
Write all exercises into your notebooks.
Do exercise 1 to 5, page 20-24 in the workbook.
Prepare the next lesson (Review).
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