UNIT8-LANGUAGE FOCUS

3.It occurs in late January or early February.. Auld Lang Syne Guessing game... Tet occurs in late January or early February.. Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early Feb

Guessing game:

• What is it ?

1 It’s a festival

2 It’s a time for families to be together

3.It occurs in late January or early February

Tet

Guessing game

Who is that?

1 He is a man

2 He teaches us how to love, cry and laugh

3 His feelings for us are so strong that the

world love can’t describe them

A father

Guessing game

• What is it?

1 It is a song

2 It is sung on New year’s Eve

3 Another name of a song is The Good Old

days

Auld Lang Syne

Guessing game

Adverb clauses of concession Relative clauses

LANGUAGE FOCUS LANGUAGE FOCUS

I RELATIVE CLAUSES:

Ex: Tet is a festival Tet occurs in late

January or early February

Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February

Ex: Tet is a festival Tet occurs in late

January or early February

Monday, March 8 th, 2010

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS

1 2 3 4

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

a Auld Lang Syne is a song Auld Lang Syne

is sung on New Year’s Eve

Auld Lang Syne is a song which is sung

on New Year’s Eve

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

b This watch is a gift The watch was given

to me by my aunt on my 14 th birthday

This watch is a gift which was given to me

by my aunt on my 14th birthday

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

c My friend Tom can compose songs Tom

sings Western folk songs very well

My friend Tom, who sings Western folk

songs very well, can compose songs

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

d We often go to the town cultural house The

town cultural house always opens on public holidays

We often go to the town cultural house,

which always opens on public holidays.

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

e I like reading books Books tell about

different peoples and their cultures

I like reading books which tell about

different peoples and their cultures

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

f On my Mom’s birthday my Dad gave her

roses The roses were very sweet and

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

g Judy liked the full-moon festival very much

The festival is celebrated in mid-fall

Judy like the full-moon festival, which is

celebrated in mid-fall, very much

1 Join the sentences Use relative clauses:

h Tomorrow I’ll go to the airport to meet my

friends My friends come to stay with us

during the Christmas

Tomorrow I’ll go to the airport to meet my

friends, who come to stay with us during

the Christmas

2 Describe each of the people in the

pictures Use relative clause.

I am the boy who is wearing a white T-shirt

II Adverb clauses of concession

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

brackets

a.Thu Ha isn’t satisfied with her preparations for Tet Thu Ha has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes (eventhough)

Thu Ha isn’t satisfied with her preparations for Tet eventhough Thu Ha has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

b Although we don’t have a Mother’s

Day in VietNam, Dad and I have special

gifts and parties for my mom every year

on the 8th of March

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

brackets

c We went to Hanoi to watch the parade on National Daylast year We live in Nam

Dinh (eventhough)

c We went to Hanoi to watch the parade

on National Daylast year eventhough

we live in Nam Dinh

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

brackets

d Many tourists enjoy festivals in Vietnam Tourists do not understand Vietnamese culture very much (though)

d Many tourists enjoy festivals in Vietnam though tourists do not understand

Vietnamese culture very much

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

brackets

e In Australia,Christmas season is in the

summer The Australia enjoy Christmas as much as people in European countries do (even though)

e Even though in Australia,Christmas

season is in the summer The Australia

enjoy Christmas as much as people in

European countries do

3 Join the sentences Use the words in

brackets

f Jim could see the main part of the show

He came to the show late due to the traffic jam (although)

f Although Jim could see the main part of the show He came to the show late due to the

traffic jam

4: Look at the pictures Complete the sentences Use the correct tense of the verbs and the

information

help / Tuan / homework

a Although Mrs Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework

watch / TV

b Even though Liz has an exam

tomorrow, ………she is still watching TV now.

weather bureau / predict / fine weather

c It rained yesterday although ………bureau predicted the weather would be fine

the weather

eat / lot / food

d Ba ………though he wasn’t very hungry

ate a lot of food

finish /letter

e Even though the keyboard wasn’t working well, ………she tried to finish her letter.

c which

a who b whose

2 That is the book ……he bought yesterday

Multiple choice:

1 He is the man …… was helped last night

a who b whom c which

3 We could do the test … it was very difficult

a as b though c despite

• Remember:

-Rewrite the answers in your notebooks -Prepare “ unit 9 ” for next period