Language focus 13

He finds astronomy very…….. Huong often finds her job… b.. - I did not know how to ride bicycle until I went to high school.. It was not until I went to high school that I knew how to

WELCOME TO

Class 10A4

UNIT 13:

FILMS AND

CINEMA

FOCUS

What can you see in the picture?

flowers

leaves vase

leaf

First practice /f/ and then use your voice to make /v/

- Touch your top teeth

with your lower lip

- Blow out air between

your lip and your teeth.

A Pronunciation

/f/: voiceless sound /v/: voiced sound

1 Listen and repeat

/f/ /v/

fan fiction van vote

first photograph vine Stephen form enough view leave

2 Practice these sentence s.

1.He feels happy enough.

2 I want a photograph for my self and my wife.

3 Would you prefer a full photograph or a profile?

4 Stephen is driving a van full of wines

5 We used to live in a village in the valley.

6 They arrived in the village on a van

B Grammar and

Vocabulary

Ex: - A boy is watching a horror film.

+ It makes him horrified

+The film is horrifying for him to watch

Form: Usage:

V-ing: - having active meaning

- the subject causing the action -describe the nature of people/things -Eg Exciting, interesting …

V-ed: - having passive meaning

- the subject affected by another objects -express people’s attitude or feelings

-Eg Bored…

Ex 2: Complete the

sentences using adjective ending “-ing”

or “–ed”.

1 It’s been raining all day I hate this weather.(depress)

a The weather is……

b This weather makes me……

2 Astronomy is one of Tan’s main interests (interest)

a Tan is……… in astronomy

b He finds astronomy very……

3 I turned off the T.V in the middle of he program (bore)

a The program was…

b I was… with the program

4 Lan is going to Singapore next month She has

never been there before (excite)

a Lan is really… About going to Singapore.

b It will be an… experience for her.

5 Huong teaches small children It’s a hard job.

(exhaust)

a Huong often finds her job…

b At the end of the day’s work she is often…

Suggested answers

1 a The weather is depressing

b This weather makes me depressed.

2 a Tan is interested in astronomy

b He finds astronomy very interesting.

3 a The program was boring

b I was bored with the program.

4 a Lan is really excited about going to Singapore

b It will be an exciting experience for her

5 a Huong often finds her job exhausting

b At the end of the day’s work she is often

2 It is/ was not until… that…

= It was not until 1972 that Chu Van An

High School was built.

Ex: - Chu Van An High School was not

built until 1972.

- I did not know how to ride bicycle until I went to high school

It was not until I went to high school that

I knew how to ride bicycle.

 It was not until + point of time/clause +

that + clause

to emphasize the point of time in the past when some events happened

Ex 3: Rewrite the following

sentences, using 

‘ It was not until that ’.

1.She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.

It was not until 1990 that she became a teacher.

2 He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30.

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

swim.

3 They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980. It was not until 1980 that they began to learn

English.

4 The boy didn’t do his homework until his

father came home.

It was not until his father came home that the boy did his homework.

5 The football match didn’t start until the lights were on.

It was not until the lights were on that the

football match started.

3 Articles:

A + “a”+singular countable noun beginning with

a consonant

I work in a factory.

An + “an”+ singular countable noun beginning

with a vowel

She is an English teacher.

The + “the” + singular countable noun and plural

countable noun, uncountable noun

Eg She‘s got a boy and a girl The boy is 5

years old and the girl is 3 years old.

• An hour v.s a house

['auə] [haus]

• A university v.s an umbrella [,ju:ni'və:səti] [ʌm'brelə]

3.2 Put a – an – the in the

numbered blank.

1 This morning I bought a newspaper and

(1) magazine (2) newspaper is

in my bag, but I don’t know where I put

(3) magazine.

2 I saw (4) accident this morning

(5) car crashed into (6) tree

(7) driver of (8) car wasn’t hurt,

the A

an

a the

The

the

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Reading - Unit 14