Unit 7- E

Chuyển động từ sang V-ing nếu 2 mệnh đề cùng chủ ngữ 2.. Chuyển tính từ hoặc động từ của câu về Danh từ nếu có thể Bắt buộc khi chủ ngữ của 2 mệnh đề khác nhau... => I go to school late

1 Pronunciation

• Practise these sentences:

1 I’m afraid you’ve 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’ve ever heard

6 While you’re changing the oil, I’ll go and visit my boy

UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA

Part E: Language Focus

1 Pronunciation

/ eI / / aI / / OI /

Play

Today

Radio

Newspaper

they

Time Wildlife Height Buy type

Voice Noise Toy Enjoy Destroy

2 Grammar

1 The present perfect

2 For, Since, Ago

3 Because of/ In spite of

2 Grammar

• The present perfect:

HAVE/HAS + PII

Exercise 1

Complete the letter by using the words in the box

Dear Tom,

Here I am in New York I (1) here for two weeks now and it’s very exciting My friend, Nancy (I met her in London in 1992), (2) in New York for seven years,

so she knows all about it I (3) a lot of people and I (4) _all the things that tourists usually do I

(5) _a hot lunch in China town I ( 6) _a trip

to the Statue of Liberty

I even (7) _a ball game on TV!

Back on the 19th.

See you later,

Bob

2 Grammar

• For, Since and Ago

 For + khoảng thời gian

Ex: For 2 years, for 3 months, …

 Since + mốc thời gian

Ex: Since 1999, since I last saw him,…

 Khoảng thời gian + Ago

Ex: 3 months ago, 6 years ago, …

Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences using For, Since and 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

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?

since

ago

for

for since

for ago

ago since

since

2 Grammar

• Because/ Because of: Bởi vì

Because + Clause

Ex: I go to school late because I get up late

Because of + N/ V-ing

Ex: Because of his headache, he can’t go to work

• Cách chuyển từ Because sang Because of

1 Chuyển động từ sang V-ing nếu 2 mệnh đề cùng chủ ngữ

2 Chuyển tính từ hoặc động từ của câu về Danh từ nếu có thể (Bắt buộc khi chủ ngữ của 2 mệnh đề khác nhau)

2 Grammar

1 I go to school late because I get up late

=>

2 John didn’t go to school because he was ill

=>

3 He was punished because he made noise in class

=>

4 We didn’t go to the seaside because the weather

was cold

=>

5 She can go to Thay Pagoda because her parents

permit her

=>

I go to school late because of getting up late

John didn’t go to school because of being ill

He was punished because of making noise in class

We din’t go to the seaside because of the cold weather

She can go to Thay Pagoda because of her parents’ permission John didn’t go to school because of his illness

2 Grammar

• Although/ In spite of : Mặc dù

Although + Clause

Ex: I go to school on time although I get up late

In spite of + N/ V-ing

Ex: In spite of his headache, he still went to work

• Cách chuyển từ Although sang In spite of

1 Chuyển động từ sang V-ing nếu 2 mệnh đề cùng

chủ ngữ

2 Chuyển tính từ hoặc động từ của câu về Danh từ nếu có thể (Bắt buộc khi chủ ngữ của 2 mệnh đề

khác nhau)

3 Thêm “the fact that” sau “in spite of” và giữ nguyên 2 mệnh đề như ban đầu

2 Grammar

1 Although he was tall, he couldn’t touch the light

⇒ In spite of

2 Although she was poor, she still bought the expensive car.

⇒ In spite of

3 I still finished the homework although it was noisy

⇒ In spite of

being tall, he couldn’t touch the light

In spite of his height , he couldn’t touch the light

In spite of the fact that he was tall, he couldn’t touch the light

being poor, she still bought the expensive car

the noise, I still finished the homework

In spite of the fact that it was noisy, I still finished the homework

In spite of her poorness, she still bought the expensive car

In spite of the fact that she was poor, she still bought the expensive car

Exercise 3

• Complete the following sentences using the information in the box