Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

TRƯỜNG THCS TRẦN PHÚ
Năm học : 2008 - 2009
Welcome the teachers and students



Unit 4 : LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE FOCUS
(PART 1 & 2)
Play the game : JUMBLE WORDS
(Rearrange the letters to have meaning words)
acn
mtus
shloud
mya
mgiht
veha to
outgh to
Keys
acn can
mtus must
shloud should
mya may
mgiht might
veha to have to
outgh to ought to
can
must
should
may
might
have to
ought to
Modal Verbs










+ Verb infinitive





1- Complete the sentences. Use the modal verbs in brackets and the information in the box:
a) New words:
To weigh: cân
 (n) weight
To gain weight ≠ to lose weight
To feel – felt – felt : cảm thấy
Ex : I feel sick  To feel + adjective
Read the example :
a) Lan : My grades are terrible.
Mrs Quyen: If you want to get good grades, you must study hard. (must)
b)Hoa : I’d like to be a doctor.
Aunt Thanh: You have to go to university if you want to study medicine. ( have to)

Modal verbs with If





The modal verb in main clause gives more information about the outcome relating to ability, certainty, permission, obligation or necessity
b) Complete the sentences. Practice in pairs:
c) Ba : Oh, no! I weigh 60 kilos.
Nga : If you want to lose weight, . . . . . (should)
c) Ba : Oh, no! I weigh 60 kilos.
Nga : If you want to lose weight, you should do a lot of exercise.
d) Tuan : Where is Ba? He’s very late.
Mrs Thoa : If he doesn’t come soon, . . . . . (might)
d) Tuan : Where is Ba? He’s very late.
Mrs Thoa : If he doesn’t come soon, he might miss the train.
e) Mr Ha : I feel sick.
Mrs Nga : If you want to get well, . . . . . (ought to)
e) Mr Ha : I feel sick.
Mrs Nga : If you want to get well, you ought to stay in bed.
f) Na : I’d like to go to the movies, Mom.
Mrs Kim : . . . . . . . if you want to go out. (must)
f) Na : I’d like to go to the movies, Mom.
Mrs Kim : You must do your homework if you want to go out.
c) Further practice: Complete the sentences
1- If you want to buy some sugar, you . . . . . . (should)
2- If he wants to pass the examination, he . . . . (must)
3- If we don’t want to be late for school, we . . . . (ought to)
Keys:
1- If you want to buy some sugar, you should go to the market.
2- If he wants to pass the examination, he must study hard.
3- If we don’t want to be late for school, we ought to get up early.
2- Complete the table:
Ex 1:
Ba : ‘”I want to buy this house.”
 Ba said that he . . . .
Ex 2:
Mr Tam : ‘”I can go to Da Lat with you today.”
 Mr Tam told me that he. . . . .
 Ba said that he wanted to buy that house
 Mr Tam told me that he he could go to Da Lat with me that day.
a) Complete the table:
Past Progressive Tense
S + Would + verb + . . .
Could / might
Had to
Those
There
That day
The following day
b) Further practice:
Change these sentences into Reported speech:
He said: “I am going to the movies tomorrow.”
The teacher said : ”You can take the test today.”
Minh said: “I don’t have a computer now.”
The shop keeper said: “You may buy these jeans. ”
Keys :
He said he was going to the movies the following day.
The teacher said that we / I could take the test that day.
Minh said he didn’t have a computer then.”
The shop keeper said I might buy those jeans. ”
Homework
Learn by heart new words.
Redo the exercises.
Prepare Language Focus (P 3 & 4).
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