Unit 7 The mass media Language focus.. II.[r]
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I Pronunciation:
Read the sentence:
M y small boy doesn’t l i ke pl ay ing with toys What sounds are we going to study today? / eI / : stay, fail, grey, potato, break
/ aI / : fly, high, height, buy, kite,
/ ƆI / : voice, exploit, destroy, employ,
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I Pronunciation:
* Listen and repeat
* Practise the sentences
* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1 decision excite alive spite
2 great steak feature breakable
3 shy reply multiply syllable
4 boil coin pagoda enjoy
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II Grammar:
1 The present perfect( review)
Make examples using the present perfect
tense
Work out the form and the use of the present perfect tense
You have learnt about it in unit 5
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II Grammar:
1 The present perfect( review)
EX:
We have learnt English for 8 years.
We have learnt English since 2000.
We started learning English 8 years ago.
What are the differences among since , for and ago ?
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II Grammar:
1 The present perfect( review)
For ( present perfect ) + duration of time: 2
months, 3 days, 1 hour,…
Since ( present tense + point of time : yesterday, last year, Christmas,…
Ago ( simple past tense ) + duration of time:
some years ago, a long time ago,
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II Grammar:
1 The present perfect( review)
Exercise 1:Complete the letter, using the present perfect tense of the verb.
1 have been
2 has lived
3 have met
4 have done
5 have had
6 have taken
7 have even watched
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II Grammar:
1 The present perfect( review)
Exercise 2 Complete the sentences, using for, since or ago.
1 since
2.ago
3 for
4 for
5 Since
6 for
7 ago
8 ago
9 since
10.since
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II Grammar:
2 Because of and in spite of:
Ex:
She didn’t go to school because of her
illness
She went to school in spite of her illness
What are the uses of because of and in spite of?
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II Grammar:
2 Because of and in spite of:
* Because of / In spite of + noun / noun phrase / gerund
* Because of : shows the cause
* In spite of = despite: shows the confession
Ex:
In spite of having a lot of money, she is very mean Because of having a lot of money, she always helps the poor.
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II Grammar:
2 Because of and in spite of:
Exercise 3 Complete the sentences, using the information in the box.
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More practice
Choose the best answers.
1 It looks like they are going to succeed…….their present difficulties.
2 Tim can’t reach the ceiling……he isn’t as tall as Mark.
3 How long ….you ….him?
Since we were kids.
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Summary
* The sounds / eI / , / aI / , / Ɔ I/
* The present perfect tense.
* Because of and in spite of.
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Homework Rewrite the sentences
1 We didn’t buy the colour TV because of its high price
Because the colour TV………
2 In spite of a heavy snowstorm, the
reporter went out to do their tasks
Even though………