Unit 4 - E10 - language focus

1.The + adjective=plural noun Ex: the poor, the rich, the sick... Exercise 1:Complete these sentences using “The + one of the adjectives”: injured, poor, rich, sick, unemployed, young 1

Language Focus

• Pronunciation: / / - / /

• Grammar and vocabulary :

1.The + adjective

2.Used to + infinitive

3.“Which” as a connector

wrong talk Job box doctor

sport four

• Listen and repeat .

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/ / call sport four walking More

Practise these sentences

1.Put the s o cks on t o p of the b o x.

2.He l o st his j o b as a d o ctor in the h o spital.

3 What’s wr o ng with you, b o ss ?

4 Is w a lking c a lled a sp o rt?

5.He can’t t a lk to her any m o re.

6.F o ur of us have w a lked f o r f o urteen miles.

Can they hear?

The deaf

Can they see?

The blind

1.The + adjective

=plural noun

Ex: the poor, the rich, the sick

Exercise 1:

Complete these sentences using “The + one of the

adjectives”:

injured, poor, rich, sick, unemployed, young

1) The young have the future in their hands

2) Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took

………to hospital

3) Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy

for………

4) Julia has been a nurse all her life She has spent her life caring for …………

5) In England there is an old story about a man called Robin

Hood It is said that he robbed ………….and gave the money to………

the injured

the unemployed

the sick

the rich the poor

He used to smoke

Form : (+) S + used to + V-infi.

eg: I used to cry when I was a baby.

(-) S + didn’t + use to + V-inf.

eg: She didn’t use to go to the theatre.

(?) Did + S + use to + V-infi ?

Yes, S + did / No, S + didn’t.

eg: Did you used to eat candy when you was a child? -Yes, I did.

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2 Used to +infinitive

Exercise 2:

Complete the sentences with used to… + a

suitable verb.

1) Dennis gave up smoking two years ago He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a days.

2) Liz ……… … a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

3) We came to live in Manchester a few years ago We ……….in

Nottingham.

4) I rarely eat ice cream now, but I……… it when I was a child.

5) Jim ……… my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.

6) It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened It ……… more than an hour.

7) There ……… a hotel opposite the station, but it closed a long time ago 8) When you lived in London, ……… to the theatre?

used to have / ride

used to live

used to eat /like used to be

used to take

did you use to go used to be

3 “ Which” as a connector

• Eg: She can’t speak English It is her

disadvantage.

• “It” = She can’t speak English.

 She can’t speak English, which is her

disadvantage.

• “ which” = “ It” = She can’t speak English.

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Exercise 3:

Join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new

sentence Use “which”.

1 Sheila couldn’t come to the

party.

2 Jill isn’t on the phone

3 Neil has passed his

examinations

4 Our flight was delayed

5 Ann offered to put me up

for the night

6 The street I live in is very

noisy at night

7 Our car has broken down

a This was very nice of her

b This means we can’t go

away tomorrow

c This makes it difficult to

contact her

d This makes it difficult to

sleep

f This is a good news

g This meant we had to wait

for hours at the airport

1 Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity

2 Jill isn’t on the phone, which makes it difficult to

contact her

3 Neil has passed his examination, which is good news

4 Our flight was delayed, which meant we had to wait for hours at the airport

5 Ann offered to let me stay in her house, which was

very nice of her

6 The street I live in is very noisy at night, which makes

it difficult to sleep

7 Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go away tomorrow

• Do the exercises again

• Prepare reading carefully