Unit 7. The mass media

Period 42:Language focus
A- Pronunciation:
B- Grammar and vocabulary:
1. The present perfect
3. Phrases or clauses of reason and concession
I- Presentation:
II- Practice
III- Production:
* Consolidation:
* Homework:
* Warmer:
game
2- since ,for , ago
/ ei/ / ai/ / i /
Warmer:
Model:
Rolls Royce
* Warmer:
radio
newspaper
tiger
lion
boy
oil
knife
ice-cream
A- Pronunciation:


radio
newspaper
lion
tiger
Rolls Royce
play
height
noise
voice
wildlife
destroy
/ ei/ / ai// i /
ei
ai
i
they
Notes:
*common spelling
-/ei/: a, ai, ay (radio,rain,way)
-/ai/: i, y, igh (blind, try,high)
*All
-/ i/: oi ,oy ( oil, toy)

Pronunciation:
/ ei/ / ai// i /
Practise these sentences:
1. I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake.
2. They changed the timetable at the end of April.
3. I have ninety- nine pages to type by Friday.
4.Would you like to go for a ride with me on Friday?
5. This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I’ve ever heard.
/ai/
/ei/
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/ai/
/ei/
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/ai/
/ai/
/ai/
/ei/
/ai/
/ai/
/ai/
/ai/
/ai/
/ai/
/ i/
/ i/
/ai/
6. While you’re changing the oil , I’ll go and visit my boy.
/ai/
/ei/
/ i/
/ i/
B- Grammar and vocabulary:
1.The Present perfect :
Ex1:Mr Pike has been a doctor since 1990.
Ex2:Tom has been in hospital for 2 days.
Mr Pike/be/doctor/1990
Tom/be/hospital/2 days
(Mr Pike is a doctor.He became a doctor in 1990).
(Tom went to hospital 2 days ago.
Now he is still in hospital)
B- Grammar and vocabulary:
1.The Present perfect :
a. Presentation:
b.Practice:
1. The bus / just / leave
2. Nam/ be/ Hanoi / five days
The bus has just left.
Nam has been in Hanoi for five days.
Picture cue drill
3. Mary / play/ tennis/ 2004
4.They/ already/visit/ Phong Nha Cave
Mary has played tennis since 2004.
They have already visited Phong Nha Cave.
b. Practice
Picture cue drill
Bob is in New york . He is writing to Tom, who is in London.Complete the letter using the present perfect of the verbs in the box.
New york
London
Dear Tom,
Here I am in New York! I (1)……………..here for two weeks now and it’s very exciting.
My friend, Nancy (I met her in London in 1992). (2)…………….in New York for seven years, so she knows all about it. I (3)……………..a lot of people and I (4)……………all the things that tourists usually do. I (5)…………….a hot lunch in China town. I (6)………………a trip to the Statue of Liberty.
I even (7)………………….a ball game on TV!
Back on the 19th .
See you later,
Bob
have been
has lived
have watched
have taken
have had
have done
have met
Notes for exercise 2:
Since+ time/ clause
For + a period of time
A period of time + ago
Since ,for , ago
*Since and for are used in the present perfect.
* Ago is used in the simple past.
Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences using for, since, or ago
1. They have lived in this street ………………..1989.
2. Nobody has written to me……… many weeks
3. I haven’t seen her …………………a long time.
4. My father has worked in that factory…………..he was 18.
5. He finished his work three hours………………
6. My son arrived home twenty minutes…………
since
for
for
since
ago
ago
a. Presentation:
Ex : In spite of the heavy rain they went to the park.
( Although it rained ,they went to the park.)
In spite of/ despite + N/ N phrase/ gerund phrase
Although/ though/ Even though + S + V

3. Phrases and clauses of concession:
*Meaning: dù, mặc dù

* Usage: To express contrasting statements
a. Presentation:
Ex : He wore a rain coat because of the heavy rain.
( He wore a warm coat because it rained heavily.)
2.. Phrases and clauses of reason
*Meaning: vì, bởi vì

*Usage: -To express reasons
-To answer questions with “why”
*Form:
Because of + N/ N phrase/ Gerund phrase
Because + S + V
b-Practice:
Complete these sentences using
1. We can’t buy it …………………we haven’t got enough money.
2.She was tired ……………………….her long walk.
3. He was absent yesterday ……………….his sickness..
4.……………her illness, she tried her best to complete the test.
5….................coming late, she missed the bus.
6. I went swimming………….……….the weather was cold.
7. They continued climbing the mountains…………….
the bad weather.
8. ……………….his old age, he works as hard as he used to.
Because of
because of
because,
because of
although
in spite of
In spite of
because of
although
in spite of
In spite of
although,
Consolidation:
A- Pronunciation : /ei/, /ai/ , /oi/
B- Grammar and vocabulary:
1. The present perfect
2. Since , for , ago
3. because/ because of
although/ in spite of
I go swimming every day
in spite of the cold weather.

I have taught in this school
since 1993.
Homework: Fill in the blanks with “because or because of”, “although or in spite of”

We arrived late ………………………the bad traffic
…………..he is very rich, he is not happy.
She didn’t buy it ……………the price was too high.
…………….having bad cough, she was able to sing.
He is tired…………...staying up late last night
The villagers refused to leave…………….the flood.
because of
because
because of
Although
In spite of
in spite of
Do exercise 2 ,3 in text books page 80, 81
Make 10 sentences using because / because of , although/ in spite of
HOMEWORK
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