Unit 13-language focus

Look at the sentence: Mai bought this book yesterday.. Mai bought this book yesterday.. Subject Verb Object Modifier - Who bought this book yesterday?. -It was Mai who bought this book

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* Look at the consonants and tell which is voiced (hữu thanh) and which is voiceless (vô thanh) ? /p/ & /b/

- “ ed ” đứng sau / p / được phát âm là / t

- “ ed ” đứng sau / b / được phát âm là / d /

- “ s ” đứng sau / p / được phát âm là / s /

- “ s ” đứng sau / b / được phát âm là / z /

Ex: stopped [ stɔ pt ]

robbed [ rɔ bd ]

stops [ stɔ ps ]

robs [ rɔ bz ]

b is voiced

p is voiceless.

Unit 13: HOBBIES Part E: Language Focus

•PRONUNCIATION : /pt/ - /bd/ - /ps/ - /bz/

1.Subject focus 2.Object focus

3.Adverbial focus

stopped

[ stɔ pt ] [ rɔrobbedbd ] [ stɔstopsps ] [ rɔrobsbz ]

jumped

[d m ʒʌ pt ] [stæstabbedbd ] [stestepsps ] [braibribesbz ]

stepped

[ste pt ] [grægrabbedbd ] [mæmapsps ] [rʌrubsbz ] trapped

[træ pt ] [braibribedbd ] [∫ɔshopsps ] [klʌclubsbz ]

PRACTICE READING THE SENTENCES

Work in pairs:

1 She was rob bed

2 He stop ped smoking.

3 Lan drop ped the teapot.

4 The boy jum ped out into the road and bum ped into an old man.

5 She’s been to a number of sho ps and clu bs

6 He ru bs his hands because he wants to interrupt their talk.

Look at the sentence:

Mai bought this book yesterday

Mai bought this book yesterday.

Subject Verb Object Modifier

- Who bought this book yesterday ?

-What did Mai buy yesterday ?

-When did Mai buy this book ?

-It was Mai who bought this book yesterday

-It was this book that Mai bought yesterday

-It was yesterday that Mai bought this book

Cleft sentences

GRAMMAR : CLEFT SENTENCES 1.Subject focus

2.Object focus

3.Adverbial focus

Ex: The boy often meets Lan at school.

S V O M

-Who often meets Lan at school ?

-It is the boy who often meets Lan at school

-Who does the boy often meet at school ?

-It is Lan who(m) the boy often meets at school

-Where does the boy often meet Lan ?

-It is at school that the boy often meets Lan

Give your comments on :

Ex1: Mai bought this book yesterday.

S V O M

-Who bought this book yesterday ?

-It was Mai who bought this book yesterday.

-What did Mai buy yesterday ?

-It was this book that Mai bought yesterday.

-When did Mai buy this book ?

-It was yesterday that Mai bought this book.

Ex2: The boy often meets Lan at school.

S V O M

-Who often meets Lan at school ?

-It is the boy who often meets Lan at school.

-Who does the boy often meet at school ?

-It is Lan who(m) the boy often meets at school.

-Where does the boy often meet Lan ?

-It is at school that the boy often meets Lan.

*Comments:

- Khi ta muốn nhấn mạnh chủ từ của một câu thì ta dùng

It + be + the subject ….

- Khi ta muốn nhấn mạnh túc từ của một câu thì ta dùng

It + be + the object……

- Khi ta muốn nhấn mạnh từ bổ nghĩa của một câu thì ta dùng

- It + be + the modifier…

hoặc làm túc từ

- That :được dùng sau danh từ chỉ đồ vật , con vật,

sự việc và từ bổ nghĩa (trạng từ hoặc ngữ trạng từ)

General Structures:

1.Subject focus(nhấn mạnh chủ từ)

2.Object fucus (nhấn mạnh túc từ)

3.Adverbial focus ( nhấn mạnh trạng từ hoặc ngữ trạng từ)

It + is/was + Subject + who/that + V + O + M

It + is/was + Object + who(m)/that + S + V +M.

It + is/was + Modifier + that + S + V + O.

*Exercise 1: Work in pairs.

Ex: The man gave her the book

- It was the man who gave her the book.

It + is/was + Subject + who/that + V + O + M

1.The boy visited his uncle last month.

2.My mother bought me a present on my birthday.

3.Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.

4.Nam’s father got angry with him.

5.The boys played football all day long.

6.The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday 7.His presence at the meeting frightened the children.

1.It was the boy who visited his uncle last month.

2.It was my mother who bought me a present on

my birthday

3.It was Huong and Sandra who sang together at the party

4 It was Nam’s father who got angry with him

5 It was the boys who played football all day long

6 It was the girl who received a letter from her friend yesterday

7.It was his presence at the meeting that

frightened the children

Exercise 1

PRACTICE

*Exercise 2: Work in pairs.

Ex: The boy hit the dog in the garden.

- It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden.

It + is/was + Object + who(m)/that + S + V +M.

1 The man is learning English.

2 The woman gave him the book

3 She sent her friend the postcard.

4 Hoa borrowed the book from Long.

5 The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange

language.

6 The pedestrian asked the police a lot of questions.

7 The dog barked at the stranger

Exercise 2

1 It is English that the man is learning

2 It was the book that the woman gave him

3 It was the postcard that she sent her friend

4 It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long

5 It was his grandfather who(m) the little boy greeted in a strange language

6 It was the policeman who(m) the pedestrian asked a lot of questions

7 It was the stranger who(m) the dog barked at

*Exercise 3:

Ex: She bought him a present at the shop.

- It was at the shop that she bought him a present.

It + is/was + Modifier + that + S + V + O.

1 The boy hit the dog in the garden

2 She made some cakes for tea.

3 His father repaired the bicycle for him.

4 She presented him a book on his birthday

5 He met his wife in Britain

6 She bought that present from the shop.

7 The meeting started at 8.00a.m.

Exercise 3

1.It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog

2 It was for tea that she made some cakes

3 It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle

4.It was on his birthday that she presented him a book

5 It was in Britain that he met his wife

6 It was from the shop that she bought that

present

7 It was at 8.00a.m that the meeting started

-Practice pronouncing /pt/-/bd/-/ps/-/bz/

-Rewrite the exercises into your exercise notebook -Prepare Unit 14: Reading

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