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Unit 13 - Language Focus

I Pronunciation: /pt/ /bd/ /ps / bz/

Listen and repeat

/ pt / / b d / / p s / / b z/

stop p ed rob b ed sto p s ro b s

jum p ed stab b ed ste p s bri b es

step p ed grab b ed map s ru b s

trap p ed bri b ed sho p s clu b s

Practice similarly

chopped kept opt tips keeps cubs ribs (xương sườn) rubbed mobbed (tấn công, phá

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Practise reading aloud these sentences

1 She was robbed

2 He stopped smoking.

3 Lan dropped the teapot.

4 The boy jumped out into the road and

bumped into an old man.

5 She's been to a number of shops and

clubs

6 He rubs his hands because he wants

to interrupt their talk

II Grammar: Cleft sentences

* Watch a short film and answer the question:

When would Bob and Albert see Michelle ?

a after dinner

b after the movie

c at two o’clock

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Bob and Albert would see Michelle after the movie.

S adverbial modifier

Different parts of the sentence can be

emphasised in this way:

- It was Bob and Albert who would see Michelle after the movie (Subject focus)

- It was Michelle who Bob and Albert would see after the movie (Object focus)

O

- It was after the movie that Bob and Albert would see

Michelle (Adverbial focus)

Answer:

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Cleft constructions, then, exhibit the pattern:

It + be + focus + clause

(This is called a CLEFT SENTENCE because the original sentence has been divided (or

"cleft") into two clauses)

Exercise 1 Write the following sentences

after the model, paying attention to the

subject of the sentence (sentence 1-4: at

class / 5-7: at home)

Example:

The man gave her the book

 It was the boy who visited his uncle last month

1 The boy visited his uncle last month

2 My mother bought me a present on my birthday.

 It was my mother who bought me a

present on my birthday

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3 Huong and Sandra sang together at the party

4 Nam's father got angry with him

him

Production : Make two sentences with the structure

of Example 1.

Suggested answer:

- It was NGUYEN DU who wrote Truyen Kieu.

- It was TRUYEN KIEU that Nguyen Du wrote

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Exercise 2: Write the following sentences after the model, paying attention to the object of the

sentence (sentence 5-7 : at class / 1-4: at home )

Example:

The boy hit the dog in the garden.

 It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden

5 The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language.

 It was his grandfather that the little boy greeted

in a strange language.

6 The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions

7 The dog barked at the stranger

 It was the policeman that The pedestrian asked

a lot of questions.

 It was the stranger that The dog barked at

Production: Listen to the song and make the

sentence with this structure

(speaking)

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Exercise 3 Write the following sentences after the

model, paying attention to the adverbial modifier of the sentence (sentence 2,5: at class / the rest: at

home)

Example:

She bought him a present at the shop

 It was at the shop that she bought him a present

2 She made some cakes for tea

 It was for tea that she made some cakes.

The meeting started at 8.00 a.m

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

Listen to the song “Đôi” and fill in the blank :

It is ……… that the song is performed.

It is in the film “Cô Gái Xấu Xí ” that the song is performed.

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Write four sentences that come from the sentence

below, paying attention to subject , object and adverbial focus

Kathy bought her husband an anniversary gift

at a sports shop

1 It was Kathy who bought her husband an

anniversary gift at a sports shop.

2 It was her husband who Kathy bought an

anniversary gift at a sports shop.

3 It was an anniversary gift that Kathy bought her husband at a sports shop.

4 It was at a sports shop that Kathy bought

her husband an anniversary gift.

1 Translate theses sentences into

Vietnamese.

a Chính thầy giáo chủ nhiệm đã giúp chúng tôi vượt qua những khó khăn này.

b Đúng ngày hôm qua tôi thấy Lan lái

xe máy không đội mũ bảo hiểm.

2 Do the rest of the exercises in the

textbook.

3 Prepare reading lesson of unit 14

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