Unit 4

Unit 4:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Aim :
Distinguish the sounds /ɔ/ and /ɔ:/
Using The + adj , used to + infinitive and Which as a connector


II OBJECTIVES:
Reviewing and systematizing the grammar points in Unit 4.
Developing speaking, reading, and writing skills.

III. TECHNIQUES
Questions- Answers
Complete the sentences

IV. TEACHING AIDS
Textbook
Worksheet

V. TIME: 45 minutes
VI. PROCEDURES
WARM-UP: (2’)
Sound games:
- Asking students to read these words aloud and sort them into sound columns /ɔ/ or /ɔ:/
Atom – form
Joy – award
Parrot – torch
Boss - laundry
Top - oral
PRONUNCIATION (8’)
Presentation:
Presenting the two sounds /ɔ/ and /ɔ:/
+ /ɔ/:First pronounce the sound /æ/ then put your tongue slightly back & bring your lips slightly forward. It is a short sound
+ /ɔ:/:First practice the sound then put the back of your tongue up a little. It is a long sound

Practice the two sounds:

- Playing the tape, asking students to repeat words and sentences after the tape.
- Asking students to practice words and sentences in pairs.
Listen & Repeat
/ɔ/: Top -boss -doctor -wrong -job -box
/ɔ:/: call –sport four walking more talk
Practice these sentences
Put the socks on top of the box.
He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.
What’s wrong with you, boss ?
Is walking called a sport ?
He can’t talk to her any more.
Four of us have walked for fourteen miles

EXERCISE 1: (10’)
Presentation:
- Presenting the example
Ex: The young have the future in their hands.
The young = young people
- Explaining the function of the + adj
→ indicates group of people
→ verbs used in the plural form
Practice 1:

- Asking students to read all the adjectives raised in Exercise 1
- Asking students to do exercise 1 in pairs
- Asking some students to read the sentences aloud
- Giving feedback

Exercise 1 : Complete these sentences using the + one of the adjectives ; injured -poor sick -unemployed -young
Ex :The young have the future in their hands.
Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took………………….to hospital .
Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for………………………. .
Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for……………………. .
In England there is an old story about a man called Robin Hood. It is said that he robbed……………… and gave the money to……………. .

Answer keys:

The young
the injured
the unemployed
the sick
the rich/ the poor

EXERCISE 2: (10’)

Presentation:
- Presenting the example
Ex: She used to cry for candies, but now she doesn’t
- Explaining the function of Used to + infinitive
→ describes a state or a habit in the past (it is not true now)
→ used to has no present form. To describe present states or habits, we use the Present Simple Tense.
- Raising the difference between used to and the Past Simple Tense
→ Past Simple is used to describe individual past action, or past actions which were not habits.


Practice 2:

- Asking students to practice in groups, completing the sentences with used to and a suitable word.
- Asking some students to read their sentences aloud
- Giving feedback

Exercise 2 : : Complete these sentences with used to ….. + a suitable verb.
Ex : Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
Liz a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
We came to live in Manchester a few years a ago. We in Nottingham.
I rarely eat ice-cream now, but I it when I was a child.
Jim my best friend, but we aren’t friend any longer .
It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened . It more than an hour .
There a hotel opposite the station , but it closed a long time ago.
When you lived in London, to theatre ?

Answer keys:
used to smoke
used to have / used to ride
used to live
used to like / used to love / used to eat
used to be
used to take
used to be
did you use to go
EXERCISE 3: (13’)

Presentation:
- Giving example
Ex: She couldn’t come to the party.
This was a pity.
→ Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity.
- Explaining how to use which:
which → connector
which → to indicate a clause
- Asking students to repeat the example
Practice 3:

- Asking students to practice in groups, join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new sentence, using which
- Asking a student in each group to read their sentences aloud.
- Giving feedback

Answer keys:
Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity.
Jill wasn’t on the phone, which makes it difficult to contact her
Neil has passed his examinations, which is good news
Our flight was delayed, which meant we had to wait for hours at the airport
Ann offered to put me up for the night, which was very nice of her.
The street I live in is very noisy at night, which makes it difficult to sleep.
Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go away tomorrow.
HOMEWORK: (2’)
Learn by heart structures
Do exercises at home
Prepare Unit 5 - Reading

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