Unit 7 5

Distinguishing the sounds /ei/, /ai/ and /oi/ Reviewing the present perfect and using because of and in spite of appropriately 2.. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be ale to: - pronou

UNIT 7 : THE MASS MEDIA - FOCUS LANGUAGE

1 Aim

Distinguishing the sounds /ei/, /ai/ and /oi/

Reviewing the present perfect and using because of and in spite of appropriately

2 Objectives

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be ale to:

- pronounce the sounds /ei/, /ai/ and /oi/ clearly and

correctly

- master the use of the present perfect tense and use

because of and in spite of appropriately.

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I PRONUNCIATION / ei / - / ai / - / ɔi /

+ / e i / : play , today , radio , newspaper , they , stay , hay , may , bay + / ai / : timetable , wildlife , height , buy , type , cry , deny , fly , tired + / ɔ i / : voice , noise , toy , enjoy , destroy , cowboy , annoy ,

* PRACTISE THESE SENTENCES

* PRACTISE THESE SENTENCES

1 I am afraid you have made a mistake

2 They changed the timetable at the end of April

3 I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday

4 Would you like to go for a ride with me on Friday ?

5 This is the noisiest Rolls Royce I have ever heard

6 While you are changing the oil , I will go and visit my boy

UNIT 7 : THE MASS MEDIA

Friday , December 15th , 2006.

Lesson : LANGUAGE FOCUS

Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

from that of the other words

1 A k i te B l i fe C b u y D h i t

2 A destr o y B t o y C b o ss D c oi n

3 A h ei ght B tod a y C th e y D ei ght

4 A timet a ble B mist a ke C afr ai d D m a ss

5 A v i olent B v i sual C real i ze D r i ght

1 A kite [kait] B life [laif]

C buy [bai] D hit [hit]

2 A destroy [di's trɔ i] B toy [tɔ i]

C they [δe i] D eight [e it]

4 A timetable ['taimte ibl] B mistake [mis 'te ik]

C afraid [ə 'fre id] D mass [mæ s ]

5 A violent ['vaiə lə nt] B visual ['viʒ uə l]

C realize ['riə laiz] D right [rait]

II GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY

1 The present perfect tense

Eg :  I have worked as a teacher for twelve years

 Tan has lived in this town since 2001

Complete the letter , using the present perfect of the verbs in the box

do be watch live meet have take

EXERCISE

……… …all the things that tourists usually do I ……….…a hot lunch

in China town I ……….a trip to the Statue of Liberty

I even ………a ball game on TV !

have taken have watched

2 The simple past tense

• Form : (were/was)

• ( + ) : S + V + ( O )

• (ed/ C2 )

( - ) : S + weren’t/wasn’t (didn’t + V( inf )) + ( O )

( ? ) : Were/Was (Did) + S + (V(inf )) + ( O ) + ?

 Yes, S + were/was (did).

 No , S + weren’t/wasn’t (didn’t).

* Use :

+ Expresses an action which began in the past

+ The time expressions that are common with this use : ago , last , yesterday …

Eg :  I worked as a teacher twelve years ago

 My sister lived in this town last summer holiday

EXERCISE

Complete the following sentences using : FOR , SINCE or AGO

1 Lan and Minh have lived in Ho Chi Minh City ……… 1999.

2 Hoa and Quan quarreled with each other some time …………

3 The house is very dirty We haven’t cleaned it …………ages

4 We haven’t had a good meal ………three weeks

5 ……… Christmas , the weather has been quite good

since

ago for

for Since

6 They have known each other ……….a long time

7 They first met a long time ………

8 They arrived home ten minutes ……….

9 It’s two years ………I last saw Quoc Anh

10 How long is it ……….you last saw Linda

3 BECAUSE and IN SPITE OF .

a Because of (Prep) : shows the cause

Because of + Noun / Noun phrase / Gerund

Eg : * He doesn't go to shool because of his toothache

* They are here because of us

* He walked slowly because of his bad leg

* Because of his wife('s) being there, I said nothing about it

b In spite of (Prep) : shows the confession

In spite of + Noun / Noun phrase / Gerund

Eg : * They went out in spite of the rain

* The family always enjoy themselves in spite of having no

money

EXERCISE

Complete the following sentences , using the information in the box

a- We could not see what was going on.

b- He had to cancel the appointment

c- We kept the fire burning all day

d- He managed to come to school

e- There were enough seats for everyone

f- We all wore shorts g- They enjoyed living there h- Everyone is living on beans i- The council demolished it j- We have managed to get some beef

1  Because of the cold weather ……….

 In spite of the cold weather ………

2  Because of his illness ………

 In spite of his illness ……….

3  Because of the large crowds ………

 In spite of the large crowds ………

4  Because of the meat shortage ……….

 In spite of the meat shortage ………

5  Because of the bad condition of the house ………

 In spite of the bad condition of the house ……….………

1  Because of the cold weather , we kept the fire burning all day

NOUGHTS ( O ) AND CROSSES ( X )

1 Do the exercises in your workbook – Pages : 41 to 46

_ Exercise 1 _ Exercise 2 _ Exercise 3 _ Exercise 4

2 Prepare Unit 8 : Reading