Unit 4. School education system

School Education System
Tran Hung Dao High School
Period 25th : Unit 4: School Education System
Part E: Language focus (Period 5th )
I. Pronunciation : Stress in three-syllable words
1. Listen and repeat
Algebra Carefully Politics Physical
Chemistry Academic Primary Statistics
Computing Cinema Compulsory September
2. How do you stress pattern of the words?
C1: Chúng ta đánh trọng âm ở âm thứ nhất đối với phần lớn các danh từ và tính từ có hai âm tiết .
Jacket angry Tired
teacher people mother
C2 : Chúng ta đánh trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ hai với phần lớn các động từ có hai âm tiết ngoại trừ ( Visit, finish, open, listen, happen, enter….)
attract correct appoint become return provide
C3: Chúng ta đánh trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ hai từ cuối lên đối với các từ kết thúc bằng (ic, sion, tion) .
For example :
For example
Nation Phonetic mechanic
Evolution Conversation Invention
C4 : Chúng ta đánh trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ ba tính từ cuối lên đối với các từ kết thúc là : ( cy, ty, phy , gy, al...)
gravity redundancy activity physical
C5: Chúng ta đánh trọng âm ở âm tiết đầu đối với các danh từ và tính từ ghép.
match-box paper-mill school- boy ink-pot
For example
For example :
For example
* The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of secondary education.
* English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national
examination at certain stages of the school education system.
* The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
* The typical school day normally finished at 3.00 pm in England.
* The academic school year generally commences in September .
2. Practise reading these sentences
II. Grammar

How do you use the passive voice?
Review the passive voice.
In the passive voice, the action is done to the subject.
1. Passive voice in simple present tense :
Passive : S(o) is/ am / are V(PII) Adv by O(s)
Active : S V (s, es,) O Adv
2. Passive voice in simple past tense :
Active : S V (ed, irr) O Adv
Passive : S(o) was / were V(PII) Adv by O(s)
3. Passive voice in simple past continuous tense :


Active : S was / were V-ing O Adv
Passive : S(o) was / were being V(PII) Adv by O(s)
4. Passive voice in simple present continuous tense :
Active : S is /am / are V- ing O Adv
Passive : S(o) is / am / are being V(PII) Adv by O(S)
5.Passive voice in simple present perfect tense
Active : S has / have V(PII) O Adv
Passive : S(O) has / have been V(PII) Adv by O(S)
6. Passive voice in simple past perfect tense:
.
Active : S had V(PII) O Adv
Passive : S(O) had been V(PII) Adv by O(S)
7. Passive voice in modal verbs.
can
could
S must V( infinitive ) O Adv
might
will / shall
can
could
S(o) might be V(PII) Adv by O(s)
……..
Active :
Passive
Fill each blank with the simple present passive form of the verb in the brackets.
1. The academic year in England in to three terms. (divide)
2. Each term by a one-week break .(separate)
3. The national curriculum by the government and
in all state schools .(set / must follow)
4. The national curriculum of more than ten subjects. (make up)
Exercise 1:
is divided
is separated
is set
must be followed
is made up
5. The state school system for by the state.( pay )
is paid
6. The advanced students to take part in the annual International Olympic Competition. (select)
Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice.
1. They built this school in 1997.
2. They first published this dictionary in 1870.
This dictionary was first published in 1870 ( by them).
are selected
Exercise 2
S V O Adv
This school was built in 1997 ( by them ).
S V O Adv
3.The students in my class are going to organize
a surprise party tomorrow evening.
A surprise party is going to be organized by the students in my class tomorrow evening.
S Adv( Place) V
4.They are painting the kitchen now.
S V O Adv
The kitchen is being painted now ( by them).
5. Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605.
S V O Adv
“Romeo and Juliet” was written by Shakespeare in 1605.
O Adv( _Time)
6. They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies in to
many languages.
S V O
Shakespeare’s tragedies have been translated in to many
languages (by them).
7.They have just built a new primary school in my village.
A new primary school has just been built in my village.
8. They will speak English at the conference .
English will be spoken at the conference.
S V O Adv
S V O Adv
9. Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.
The floor hasn’t been cleaned yet.
10. They will repaint the house soon.
The house will be repainted soon.
S V O
S V O Adv
Exercise 3
Fill in the spaces of the following passage with the correct tense in the passive voice of the verb in the brackets
The world’ first electronic computer (1.build)
by the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. However,
computer (2. sell) commercially for the
first time in the 1950s. Much progress on computer
(3. make) since 1950.
was built
were sold
has been made
Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and
they (4. can buy) much more cheaply.
Computers (5. use) in the many fields-in business, science, medicine, and education, for example.
They (6. can use ) to forecast the weather or
to control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where information (7.store) and calculations (8. do). A computer cannot think for itself – it (9.must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations
(10. can do) very quickly on computer .

can be bought
are used
can be used
is stored
are done
must be told
can be done
Home work:
Do the exercises again + hand-outs