Unit 4. School education system

Choose the word which has different stress pattern
from the rest.
1. A . happy
B. reading
C. money
D. agree
2. A. listen
B. repeat
C. confide
D. refuse
A
D
Tuesday October 21st , 2008
Unit 4 : School education system
( Language focus )
I. Pronunciation : Stress in three - syllable words
Listen and repeat these words, then underline the stress pattern of these words:
1. happy
2. happiness
3. unhappy
4. happily
* Chú ý:
Từ một từ ta có thể tạo ra nhiều từ khác dài hơn bằng cách
thêm vào từ đó tiền tố hoặc hậu tố mà không thay đổi
trọng âm của từ ban đầu.

*Sau đây là những tiền tố & hậu tố không làm thay đổi trọng âm của từ ban đầu:


Tiền tố:
- in (incorrect)
- im ( impossible)
- un (unhappy)
- under (undergo)
Hậu tố:
-able (memorable)
-al (musical)
-ful (careful)
-ish (tallish)
-less (useless)
-ly (friendly)
-ness (happiness)
-ise/ize (civilize)
-ment (development)
-hood (neighborhood)
-ing (opening)
-er (listener)
2. Trọng âm rơI vào âm tiết thứ 2 từ cuối lên:
-Với những tính từ có hậu tố là: - ic ( electric , scientific)
-Với những danh từ có hậu tố là: -ion, -ian
( calculation, Italian, education)
3. Trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3 từ cuối lên:

- Với những từ có hậu tố là : -y
( chemistry, primary, beautify)
- Với những tính từ có hậu tố là: - al ( natural , industrial)
* Identify the stress pattern in these words.
1. investigation
2. biology
3. economic
4. flexibility
5. underpayment
6. Canadian
*Look at these words, listen and repeat:
algebra carefully politics physical
chemistry academic primary statistics
computing cinema compulsory September
*Practise reading these sentences.
The academic school year generally commences in September.
The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.
The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of school education system.
II. Grammar.
Passive voice: be + pp ( past participle )
* Matching:
Ex, Our classroom is cleaned everyday.
A
B
* How to change the active into the passive voice
Active: S + V + O
Passive : S
+ (be) pp
+ by + O
Ex, I clean the living room everyday.

-> The living room

is cleaned
by me
everyday.
* Practice:
1.Circle the word or the phrase that must be changed:
Was this room repainted by he ?
A B C D
D
2.Choose the best option to complete this sentence:
My classroom . . . . . . everyday
A. is cleans B. cleans C. is cleaned D. was cleaned
C
3.Choose the sentence which has the same meaning to
the root one.
Shakespeare wrote this play in 1605.
A. This play was wrote by Shakespeare in1605.
B. This play is written by Shakespeare in 1605.
C. This play were written by Shakespeare in 1605
D. This play was written by Shakespeare in 1605.
D
Exercise 1. Fill each blank with the simple present passive
form of the verb in brackets
The academic year in England ......................... in 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 )
5. The state school system ..................... for by the state. (pay )
6. The advanced students ............................. to take part in the
annual International Olympic Competition. ( select )
is divided
Game: Lucky star
2
5
4
6
3
is separated
is set
must be followed
is made
is paid
are selected
Exercise 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the
passive voice
Example: They built this school in 1997.
-> This school was built in 1997.
The students in my class are going to organize a
surprise party tomorrow evening.
...................................................................................................
.......................................
2. They are painting the kitchen now.
........................................................................................
3. Shakespeare wrote " Romeo and Juliet" in 1605 .
.........................................................................................
4. They will speak English at the conference.
.......................................................................................
5. Jane hasn`t cleaned the floor yet.
......................................................................................
A surprise party is going to be organized by the students
in my class tomorrow evening.
The kitchen is being painted now.
"Romeo and Juliet" was written by Shakespeare in 1605.
English will be spoken at the conference.
The floor hasn`t been cleaned by Jane yet.
Exercise 3. Fill in the space of the following passage with the correct
tense in passive voice of the verbs in brackets.
The world`s first electric computer . . . . . . . . .(1.build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. However, computers . . . . . . . . (2. sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s. Much progress on computers . . . . . . . . . . . . (3. make) since 1950. Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they . . . . . . ... (4. can buy) much more cheaply.

Computers .. . . . . (5.use) in 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 can not think for itself- it . . . . . . . . . (9. must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations . . . . . . . . . (10. can do) very quickly on computers.


was built
were sold
have been made
can be bought
are used
can be used
is stored
are done
must be told
can be done

Do Exercise 2 :( sentences 2, 6, 7, 10 )

Review the passive voice.


Goodbye!