Unit 13 hobbies language focus 2

I/ go/ shops/ book/often/ while/ my/ friends/ attend/ social clubs/ on/ weekends/..  I often go to book shops while my friends attend social clubs on weekends...  Subject focus : is

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Play guitar Karaoke singing chatting

Part E : Language focus

Rearrange the following words to make meaningful

sentences :

1 she/ someone/ bus/ robbed/ station/ stopped/

when/ at/her/ purse/ the/

 Someone robbed her purse when she stopped at

the bus station.

2 I/ go/ shops/ book/often/ while/ my/ friends/

attend/ social clubs/ on/ weekends/.

 I often go to book shops while my friends attend

social clubs on weekends.

/ pt / /bd/ /ps/ /bz/

Pronunciation:

stopped

jumped

stepped

trapped

robbed stabbed grabbed bribed

stops steps maps shops

robs bribes rubs clubs

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.

1.Huong stole my favorite book.

 It was Huong who stole my favorite book.

2.We like our English teacher best.

 It is our English teacher that we like best.

3.We first met in a fall day in front of the

university’s gate.

 It was in a fall day that we first met in front of

the university’s gate

 It was in front of the university’s gate that we

first met in a fall day.

Cleft sentences 1 Subject focus 2 Object focus

3 Adverbial focus

 Subject focus : is used to emphasize the subject in the sentence.

It + to be+ Subject+ that / who + Verb +

 Object focus : is used to emphasize the object in the sentence.

It + to be+ Object+ that / who(m) + Subject+Verb +

 Adverbial focus: is used to emphasize the adverbial modifier in the sentence.

It + to be+ Adverbial modifier + that + Subject+Verb+

 Notes:

Exercise 1:

1 The boy visited his uncle last month.

 It was the boy who 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

3 Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.

 It was Huong and Sandra who sang together at the party.

4 Nam’s father got angry with him.

 It was Nam’s father who got angry with him.

5 The boys played football all day long.

 It was the boys who played football all day long.

6 The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.

 It was the girl who received a letter from her friend

yesterday.

7 His presence at the meeting frightened the children.

 It was his presence at the meeting that frightened the

children

Exercise 2

1.The man is learning English

 It is English that the man is learning

2 The woman gave him the book

 It was the book that the woman gave him

3 She sent her friend the postcard

 It was the postcard that she sent her friend

4 Hoa borrowed the book from Long

 It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long

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

 It was the policeman that the pedestrian asked a lot of questions

7.The dog barked at the stranger

 It was the stranger that the dog barked at

Exercise 3:

1.The boy hit the dog in the garden

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

2 She made some cakes for tea

 It was for tea that she made some cakes

3 His father repaired the bicycle for him

 It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle

4.She presented him a book on his birthday

 It was on his birthday that she presented him a book

5 He met his wife in Britain

 It was in Britain that he met his wife

6 She bought that present from the shop

 It was from the shop that she bought that present

7 The meeting started at 8.00 am

 It was at 8.00 am that the meeting started

 Write three sentences, paying

attention to Subject, Object, and

Adverbial focus:

1 Walking alone along the beach makes me

comfortable.



2 I admire the teachers at the university very

much.



3 I hope to visit Hanoi in the 1000- year Thang

Long festival.

