UNIT8 -E 12- LANGUAGE FOCUS

UNIT 8: Life in the future LESSON 5:LANGUAGE FOCUS Friday, December 10 th ,2010 - Pronunciation: Contracted forms of auxiliaries cont... Pay attention to how the full and contracted for

UNIT 8: Life in the

future

LESSON 5:LANGUAGE FOCUS

Friday, December 10 th ,2010

- Pronunciation: Contracted forms of

auxiliaries (cont).

- Grammar: 1, Prepositions.

2, Articles.

Read the following phrases Pay attention to how the full and contracted forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced:

Full

forms

Full forms

Contracte

d forms Contracte d forms

I have

You

have

He has

She

has

It has

I ve ’

You ve ’

He s ’

She s ’

It s ’

I have not

You have not

You haven t’

He has not

He hasn t’

She has not

She hasn t’

It has not It

hasn t’

I haven t ’

• I’ve got something for you.

• You’ve got something for me?

• We’ve failed and they’ve passed.

• I haven’t always lived in this cottage, you know.

• Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course.

• I haven’t but I’ve grown to love it already

• He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too.

• Hasn’t the doctor come yet?

• No The doctor hasn’t been called.

PREPOSITIONS- Giới từ

1 On time: Đúng giờ

In time: Kịp giờ

2 To die of: Chết vì ( To die of a disease/hunger/thirst)

3 To be on business/ to go on business: Đang / Đi công tác

4 To believe in sth/sb: Tin tưởng

5 To warn sb about/against /of sth: Cảnh báo ai về cái gì

6 To be famous for sth: Nổi tiếng về cái gì

7 To get married to sb: Kết hôn với

8 In the end = finally : Cuối cùng

At the end of sth: Phần cuối

9 True to: Trung thực

10 Agree with: Đồng ý

11.Give up: Từ bỏ

Choosing the appropriate prepositions.

1 Luckily, you are /ON time for the meeting.

2 Many people are dying /BY various types of cancer.

3 I will not be here next week I am going to be /IN business

in Mexico.

4 /IN the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after

5 Thank you for everything you’ve done You are a true friend OF/ me.

6 I can’t believe /TO you You always let me down

7 I have warned you ON/ the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job.

8 Britney Spears is famous BY/ her beautiful face and sweet voice.

9 The bookshop is AMONG/ the chemist’s and the butcher’s and ACROSS/ the library.

10.Next year, I’m going to get married /WITH John and we are going to move to Bristol.

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The Article

1.The indefinite article- Mạo từ không xác định

USAGE:

a, A: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng phụ âm: a cat, a pen

Note: a university

An: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng

nguyên âm: an orange, an apple

Note: an hour

b, Trước từ chỉ nghề nghiệp;

eg: teacher, doctor, nurse

c, Danh từ chưa xác định và có nghĩa chung chung: an accident, a taxi

d, Danh từ chỉ bệnh tật: a headache, a cold

e, Từ chỉ số lượng: a lot of, a little,a few

The Article

2 The Definite Article – Mạo từ xác định:

a, Trước tên đại dương, nhạc cụ, một số nước, sông : Eg: The Atlantic, The United State, the violin, the guitar

b, Danh từ chỉ sự duy nhất:

Eg: The sun, The moon, The world, The earth,The Queen, The capital, The monitor

c, Tính từ so sánh hơn nhất:

Eg: the tallest, the most important

d, Trước số thứ tự và những từ:

Eg: next last, same, right, wrong, first, second, third

The Article

3 No article – Không dùng mạo từ:

a,Không đi với danh từ trìu tượng, số nhiều,danh từ

không đếm được với nghĩa chung chung:

Eg: Milk , music, poetry,people

b, Trước danh từ riêng chỉ tên người,quốc gia, đường

phố, thành phố, ngôn ngữ, bữa ăn:

Eg: lunch, dinner, breakfast, English, Viet Nam, Le loi

street

c, Trước từ chỉ trò chơi,môn thể thao, phương tiện,từ

chỉ thời gian:

Eg: by bus, by train, by air, by car, football, yesterday,

last year,…

d, Trước một số danh từ: bed, school, hospital,

university

EXERCISE 2:

Put a/an, the, Ø in each space to complete the following sentences.

1 We went by ……train to the west of England.

2 …….people who live in…… Scotland are

called……… Scots.

3 ………Columbus was one of ……first people to

cross… …Atlantic.

4 Davis learned to play…….violin when he was at

… university.

5 Did you read ……book I lent you …….last week?

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EXERCISE 2:

6 Is that … present Bill gave you for …….Christmas?

7 … computer has already changed……… our life

drammatically.

8 There was … accident yesterday at …….corner of …… street.

9 I need …….time to think about…….offer you gave me.

10 …little knowledge is …dangerous thing.

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- Prepare the next part.