Unit 04 special education language focus

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Language Focus

• Pronunciation: / / - / /

• Grammar and vocabulary :

1.The + adjective

2.Used to + infinitive

3.“Which” as a connector

• Listen and repeat .

/ / top boss doctor wrong Job

/ / call sport four walking More

Practise these sentences

1.Put the socks on top of the box

2.He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital

3 What’s wrong with you, boss ?

4 Is walking called a sport?

5.He can’t talk to her any more

6 Four of us have walked for fourteen miles

Practise these sentences

1.Put the socks on top of the box

2.He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital

3 What’s wrong with you, boss ?

4 Is walking called a sport?

5.He can’t talk to her any more

6.Four of us have walked for fourteen miles

Grammar and vocabulary 1

The + adjective = common noun

( Danh tõ tËp hîp)

Eg : old ( adj)  The old (n) = old people

rich (adj)  The rich (n) = Rich people

Note: Common nouns are used to describe a group of people, so they are followed by a plural verb

Eg: - The old like living in the countryside.

- The rich often have a lot of money.

Exercise 1:

Complete these sentences using “The + one of the

adjectives”:

injured, poor, rich, sick, unemployed, young

2) Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took

………to hospital

3) Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy

for……….

4) Julia has been a nurse all her life She has spent her life caring for ………….

5) In England there is an old story about a man called Robin

Hood It is said that he robbed ………….and gave the money to……….

the injured

the unemployed

the sick

the rich the poor

Grammar and vocabulary 2

Used to + infinitive

-I smoked 40 cigarettes a day

 I used to smoke 40 cigarettes

a day.

- I don’t smoke any longer

Note : Used to + infinitive is used to express a past habit or past state.

(DiÔn t¶ thãi quen trong qu¸ khø hoÆc 1 t×nh tr¹ng trong qu¸ khø)

Eg : I used to own a bike 5 yeas ago.

(+) S + used to + Vinfi

eg: I used to cry when I was a baby

(-) S + didn’t + use to + Vinf

eg: She didn’t use to go to the theatre

(?) Did + S + use to + Vinfi ? Yes, S + did / No, S + didn’t

eg: Did you used to eat candy when you was a child?

Yes, I did

Wh- word + did + S + use to + Vinfi?

 S + used to + Vinfi.

eg: Where did you use to go when you were in

London?

Exercise 2:

Complete the sentences with used to… + a

suitable verb

1) Dennis gave up smoking two years ago He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a days.

2) Liz ……… … a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

3) We came to live in Manchester a few years ago We ……….in

Nottingham.

4) I rarely eat ice cream now, but I……… it when I was a child.

5) Jim ……… my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.

6) It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened It ……… more than an hour.

7) There ……… a hotel opposite the station, but it closed a long time ago 8) W hen you lived in London, ……… to the theatre?

used to have / ride

used to live

used to eat /like used to be

used to take

did you use to go used to be

Grammar and vocabulary 3

“ Which” as a connector

• Eg: She can’t speak English It is her

disadvantage.

• “It” = She can’t speak English.

 She can’t speak English, which is her

disadvantage.

• “ which” = “ It” = She can’t speak English.

Exercise 3:

Join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new

sentence Use “which”.

1 Sheila couldn’t come to the

party.

2 Jill isn’t on the phone.

3 Neil has passed his

examinations.

4 Our flight was delayed.

5 Ann offered to put me up

for the night.

6 The street I live in is very

noisy at night.

7 Our car has broken down.

a This was very nice of her.

b This means we can’t go

away tomorrow.

c This makes it difficult to

contact her.

d This makes it difficult to

sleep.

e This was a pity.

f This is a good news.

g This meant we had to wait

for hours at the airport

1 Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity

2 Jill isn’t on the phone, which makes it difficult to

contact her

3 Neil has passed his examination, which is good news

4 Our flight was delayed, which meant we had to wait for hours at the airport

5 Ann offered to let me stay in her house, which was

very nice of her

6 The street I live in is very noisy at night, which makes

it difficult to sleep

7 Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go away tomorrow

• Do the exercises again

• Prepare reading carefully