Unit 12: A vacation abroad Lesson 5 : Language focus

=> Hoa was eating dinner at 8 o’clock last night.. => Bao was reading a book at 8 o’clock last night.. => Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.. => Na was walking with her do

I vocabulary

+ win (v)

+ mailman (n)

+ drum (n)

+ crowd (n)

+ cheer (v)

+ miss (v)

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II Exercises

1.Exercise 1

Match the pictures presented on the board with the phrases given:

1 Walk with her dog

2 Eat dinner.

3 Take a shower.

4 Talk to her grandma.

5 Read a book

6 Write a letter.

Picture a + Picture b + Picture c + Picture d + Picture e + Picture f +

3 2 5 6 1 4

* What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?

Ba / He was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.

Form :

Use :

S + was/ were+ V-ing

Talk about an action happening at a specific time in the past.

=>: Past progressive tense

1 Ba / take a shower.

=> Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.

2 Hoa /eat dinner.

=> Hoa was eating dinner at 8 o’clock last night.

3 Bao / read a book.

=> Bao was reading a book at 8 o’clock last night.

4 Nga / write a letter.

=> Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.

5 Na / walk with her dog.

=> Na was walking with her dog at 8 o’clock last night.

6 Lan / talk to her grandmother.

=> Lan was talking to her grandmother at 8 o’clock last night.

2 Exercise 2 Look at the pictures

Match the half sentences in column A to column B

A

a.The Le family was sleeping.

b While Hoa was eating,

c When Nam won the race,

d Mrs Thoa was cooking

e When Lan arrived at school,

f It was raining

B.

A When Tuan arrived home.

B When the plane got to Ha Noi

C When the mailman came.

D The school drum was sounding.

E The crowd was cheering.

F The phone rang.

a + C b+ F c+ E d+ A e+ D f+ B

+ What was the Le doing while the mailman came?

=>The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.

+ What happened while Hoa was eating?

=>The phone rang while Hoa was eating.

Form:

Use: Talk about an action that was happening when another

Past progressive

3.Exercise 3

Look at the pictures Write the sentences Say what the people are always doing

=>Form: is/am /are +always + V- ing

Use: To express a complaint

a b c

a Bao/ forget/ homework.

=> Bao is always forgetting his homework.

b Mrs Nga / lose/ umbrella.

=> Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella.

c Mr and Mrs Thanh / miss / bus.

=> Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus.

d Nam / watch / TV.

=> Nam is always watching TV.

e Na / talk / the phone.

=> Na is always talking on the phone

f Liem / go out.

=> Liem is always going out.

III.FURTHER EXERCISE

Put the verbs in parentheses in correct forms

1 I (walk) to school at 6.30 yesterday morning.

2 They (watch) TV at 9 0’clock last night.

3 When he (come) to my house yesterday, I was listening to music.

4 Lan always (go) to school late.

was walking

were watching

came

4 Lan (go) is always going to school late

* Revise the lesson.

* Prepare “ Getting started and Listen and Read” Unit 13