Unit 13 language focus

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Unit 13

FILMS AND CINEMA

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Unit 13: FILMS AND CINEMA

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I Pronunciation

/f/ /v/

• photograph leave

Choose the underlined part which is

pronounced differently from the others.

1.A Wife B knife C leaves D leaf 2.A First B fan C laugh D.discover

3.A Off B of C few D prefer

4 A Though B laugh C life D film

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II GRAMMAR:

1.Adjectives of attitude:

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Rules :

* V-ING (adj): active meaning, the

influence of something on us

* V-ED (adj): passive meaning, our

feeling

Ex : This is such an exciting story

that many people are excited about

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Exercise 1: Write the adjectival forms of the verbs.

Answers :

1.fascinating 2 exciting

3.terrifying 4 irritating

5 horrifying6 boring

7 surprising 8 amusing

9 embarrassing 10 frustrating

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Exercise 2 :Complete the sentences

with the correct adjectives ( V-ing

or V-ed )

Answers :

1 a depressing b depressed

2 a interested b interesting

3 a boring b bored

4 a excited b exciting

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II Grammar

2.It was not until…that …:

Ex : -I didn’t study English before

1993.

 It was not until 1993 that

I started studying English.

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Examples :

-It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry

-It was not until I was 27 that I got

married

Rule:

It was not until + time in past + that +

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Exercise 3 : Rewrite the sentences

1 It was not until 1990 that she became a

teacher

2 It was not until he was 30 that he knew how to

swim

3 It was not until 1980 that they began to learn

English.

4 It was not until his father came home that the

boy did his homework.

5 It was not until the lights were on that the

football match started.

II Grammar and vocabulary

3 Articles : a, an ,the

Examples :

Yesterday I bought a dictionary and an

English book

The dictionary is expensive and the English book is cheaper

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Rules :

*Indefinite articles : a, an

Eg : a big orange, an hour , an orange , a

university

*Definite article : the

Eg : I have a dog and a cat The dog is

black and the cat is white

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Exercise 4 : Put a , an or the in the blanks

1 a- the – the

2 An- a –a- the – the – the

3 The – the – the – the

4 An- a –a – the -a

More practice :

1.Choose the best answers

1.We need to do more for…poor

2.It is very …….to work more than eights hours a day

3 Have you already had … lunch ?

4 I am … because my exam result is so bad

5 She is … most intelligent person I know

2 Choose the part which needs correcting :

1.I can’t remember if I saw that film on TVor at a cinema

A B C D

2 It was not until 2000 that I work as a teacher

A B C D

3 I like that film because it is so interested Whenever

A B

I see it I feel excited

C D

4 We have got new offices near a centre of the city

Homework

1 Make sentences with : exciting ,

excited , fascinating , fascinated.

2 Make two sentences using “it was

not until…that “.

Today we have learnt :

1 /f/ and /v/.

2 Adjective ending –ING or-ED form.

3 It was not until … that…

4 Articles.