Unit 4- Language focus

Từ một từ ta có thể tạo ra nhiều từ khác dài hơn bằng cách thêm vào từ đó tiền tố hoặc hậu tố mà không thay đổi trọng âm của từ ban đầu... *Sau đây là những tiền tố & hậu tố không làm t

Choose the word which has different stress pattern

from the rest.

1 A happy B reading C money D agree

2 A listen A B repeat C confide D refuse

D

Tuesday October 21st , 2008

Unit 4 : School education system

( Language focus )

I Pronunciation : Stress in three - syllable words

Listen and repeat these words, then underline the stress pattern of these words:

1 happy 2 happiness 3 unhappy 4 happily

* Chú ý:

1 Từ một từ ta có thể tạo ra nhiều từ khác dài hơn bằng cách thêm vào từ đó tiền tố hoặc hậu tố mà không thay đổi

trọng âm của từ ban đầu

*Sau đây là những tiền tố & hậu tố không làm thay đổi trọng

âm của từ ban đầu:

Tiền tố: - in (incorrect)

- im ( impossible)

- un (unhappy)

- under (undergo)

Hậu tố:

-able (memorable)

-al (musical)

-ful (careful)

-ish (tallish)

-less (useless)

-ly (friendly) -ness (happiness) -ise/ize (civilize) -ment (development) -hood (neighborhood) -ing (opening) -er (listener)

2 Träng ©m r¬I vµo ©m tiÕt thø 2 tõ cuèi lªn:

-Víi nh÷ng tÝnh tõ cã hËu tè lµ: - ic ( electric , scientific)

-Víi nh÷ng danh tõ cã hËu tè lµ: -ion, -ian

( calculation, Italian, education)

3 Träng ©m r¬i vµo ©m tiÕt thø 3 tõ cuèi lªn:

- Víi nh÷ng tõ cã hËu tè lµ : -y

( chemistry, primary, beautify)

- Víi nh÷ng tÝnh tõ cã hËu tè lµ: - al ( natural , industrial)

* Identify the stress pattern in these words .

*Look at these words, listen and repeat:

algebra carefully politics physical

chemistry academic primary statistics

computing cinema compulsory September

*Practise reading these sentences.

The academic school year generally commences in September The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m in

England.

The national curriculum is usually set by the government.

The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary

Education.

English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national

examination at certain stages of school education system.

II Grammar Passive voice: be + pp ( past participle )

* Matching: Ex, Our classroom is cleaned everyday.

* How to change the active into the passive voice

Active: S + V + O

Passive : S+ (be) pp + by + O

Ex , I clean the living room everyday

-> The living room

is cleaned by me everyday.

* Practice:

1.Circle the word or the phrase that must be changed:

Was this room repainted by he ?

A B C D D

2.Choose the best option to complete this sentence:

My classroom everyday

A is cleans B cleans C is cleaned D was cleaned C 3.Choose the sentence which has the same meaning to

the root one. Shakespeare wrote this play in 1605.

A This play was wrote by Shakespeare in1605.

B This play is written by Shakespeare in 1605.

C This play were written by Shakespeare in 1605

Exercise 1 Fill each blank with the simple present passive form of the verb in brackets

1 The academic year in England in three

terms ( divide )

2 Each term … … by a one- week break ( separate ) … … by a one- week break ( separate ) .by a one- week break ( separate )

3 The national curriculum … … by a one- week break ( separate ) by the government

and .in all state schools ( set, must follow ) 4.The national curriculum of more than ten

subjects (make up )

5 The state school system for by the state (pay )

6 The advanced students to take part in the annual International Olympic Competition ( select )

is divided

Game: Lucky star 2 5 4 6 3

is separated

is set

must be followed

is made

is paid

are selected

Exercise 2 Rewrite the following sentences using the

passive voice

Example: They built this school in 1997.

-> This school was built in 1997.

1 The students in my class are going to organize a

surprise party tomorrow evening.

2 They are painting the kitchen now.

3 Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605

4 They will speak English at the conference.

.

5 Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.

A surprise party is going to be organized by the students

in my class tomorrow evening.

The kitchen is being painted now.

“Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare in 1605. ”

English will be spoken at the conference.

The floor hasn t been cleaned by Jane yet. ’

Exercise 3. Fill in the space of the following passage with the correct

tense in passive voice of the verbs in brackets

University of Pennsylvania in 1946 However, computers (2 sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s Much progress on computers (3 make) since 1950 Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they … … by a one- week break ( separate )… … by a one- week break ( separate ) (4 can buy) much more cheaply

Computers … … by a one- week break ( separate ) (5.use) in many fields- in business, science,

medicine, and education, for example They (6 can use) to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars The

computer’s memory is the place where information (7 store) and calculations … … by a one- week break ( separate ) (8 do) A computer can not think for itself-

it (9 must tell) exactly what to do A lot of difficult

was built

were sold

have been made

can be bought

are used

can be used

is stored are done

must be told

can be done

- Do Exercise 2 :( sentences 2, 6, 7, 10 )

-Review the passive voice.

Goodbye!