Unit 7-Language focus

Thursday, November 27th ,2008
What are “CAN, MUST, COULD, WILL, SHALL”?
-> They are modal verbs
What are “DO, HAVE, HAS, AM, IS, ARE”?
-> They are auxiliaries
A: Can he swim? /kən/ /hi/ /swim/?
B: Yes, he can /jes/ /hi/ /kæn/
-> We will study “weak and strong forms of some modal verbs and auxiliaries”.




*Strong form is often used in affirmative sentences
*Weak form is often used in interrogative sentences and in spoken languages
Strong and weak forms
of auxiliaries
Repeat
Can [kæn]
[kən]
Have [hæv]
[həv, v]
Could [kud]
Must [mʌs]
Will [wil]
shall [∫æl]
[kəd]
[məst]
[∫əl]
Has [hæz]
Do [du:]
Does [dʌz]
Is [iz]
Am[ æm]
[həz, əz, z]
[du]
[ dəz]
[əm, m]
Strong forms
Weak forms
Strong forms
Weak forms
Practice reading the sentences:
A: Can you speak English?
B: Yes, I can.
A: Must we go now?
B: I think we must.
A: Have you met Quang?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Has she gone?
B: Yes, she has.
A: Shall we go now?
B: I think we ought to.
A: Will you come tomorrow?
B: Yes, I will.
A: Do you really have time for it?
B: Yes, I do.
Adverbial clauses of concession:
(MÖnh ®Ò tr¹ng ng÷ chØ sù t­¬ng ph¶n)
1. Although the weather was very bad, we had a wonderful holiday.
2. Though they lack official support, they continue their struggle.
3. Even though you dislike Teo, you should try to be nice to him.
Although, even though, though




MÖnh ®Ò tr¹ng ng÷ chØ sù t­¬ng ph¶n lµ mÖnh ®Ò phô chØ sù t­¬ng ph¶n cña hai hµnh ®éng trong c©u.
It rains. Lan goes
to school



Although it rains, Lan goes to school.
She was tired.
She tried to finish
the report.



She tried to finish the report although she was tired.


He had promised
to come. He didn’t
come.


Though he had promised to come, he didn’t come.

II.
Exercise1: Combine the sentences with
although, even though.
1.It rained a lot. We enjoyed our vacation.

2. It was cold and rainy. We managed to go to class in time.

3. I didn’t go to bed early. I was really sleepy.
->Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our vacation.
->Although it was cold and rainy, we managed to go to
class in time
->I didn’t go to bed early although I was really sleepy.
Although I was very tired,
I couldn’t sleep.
LUCKY NUMBER
CONGRATULATIONS!



,
I recognized her from the distance.
Although I had never seen her before





She wasn’t wearing a coat
although it was pretty cold
We thought we’d better invite them to the
party……………………………….................
although we don’t like them very much



,
I managed to make myself understood.
Although I didn’t speak the language
,
the room wasn’t very warm.
Although the heat was on
I didn’t recognize her
………………………………………
although I’d met her twice before.
We’re not very good friends

………………………………………………….
although we have known each other for a long time
LUCKY NUMBER
CONGRATULATIONS!

Use your own ideas to complete the following sentences
Although we had packed our bags the night before,…………………………….
They didn’t eat anything although………..
Although Luong hadn’t shtudied English before,…………………………………..
Answer
1.Although we had packed our bags the night
before, we forgot many things
2.They didn’t eat anything although they were
very hungry
3.Although Luong hadn’t studied English before,
he could speak very well
-Do exercises in Sts’ workbook.
-Prepare Unit 8 (part A-Reading)