unit 16 language focus rất hay

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Lesson 5: Language Focus
I.OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Pronunciation: /ft/ - /vd/ - /fs - /vz/
-Grammar and vocabulary:
+It is said that…
+People say that…

II. PREPARATION : Pictures, poster, handout, books…
III.PROCEDUCE:
Time Contents T’s & Ss’ activities
4’
10’
I. Warm up “Guessing” game (Guess the names of
these four wonders of the world)
a) It’s in Egypt. It was built over a 20-year period. It was
147 meters high on a base of 230 meters square.
b) It’s in China. It’s the longest structures in the world (over
6000 km)
c) It’s in Quang Ninh, Viet Nam.It was recognized as a
wonder of the world by UNESCO in 1994. It’s famous for
beautiful caves and beaches.
d) It’s in India. It’s a great mausoleum. It was commissioned
by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It was built over a 23-
year period.
Keys:
a) The Great Pyramid of Giza
b) The Great wall

c) Ha Long Bay
d) Taj Mahal in India
II. Pronunciation:
* Lead-in:
/ft/ - /vd/ - /fs - /vz/
coughs, gift, behaves, arrived, soft, moved, knives, roofs.
Keys:
/ft/: gift, soft
/vd/: arrived, moved
/fs/: coughs, roofs
/vz/: behaves, knives
/ft/ /vd/ /fs/ /vz/
- T speaks out the sentences.
- Ss work in groups of 5 and
guess the names. The
quickest group with correct
answer will win.
- T shows pictures of these
places on the board and gives
marks for these Ss.


- T writes these words and
these compound consonants
on the board then pronounces
these words twice.
- Ss work in pairs to put them
in the right column of
compound consonants.
- T gives correction when Ss

are wrong.
- T hangs this chart on the Bb
UNIT 16
THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
10’
Gift Arrived Coughs Behaves
Lift Loved Laughs Loves
Soft Moved Roofs Knives
Practise reading aloud these sentences
1. They are not on the roof now. They’ve been moved to the
ground.
2. Use the lift. I’ll ring to say you’ve arrived.
3. I think he’s improved. Still coughs but laughs a lot, of
course.
4. We have plenty of laughs. We miss him when he leaves.
5. He loves a nurse. Her name’s Soft. He wants me to bring
her this gift.
6. He brought me gift when he arrived.
T reads the sentences aloud, then asks Ss to listen and repeat
after him.
T calls on some Ss to read the sentences aloud, correcting
their mistakes if necessary.
III. Grammar
* Questions:(1’) 1) Where is the Taj Mahal mausoleum?
2) How long was it built?
* Answers:(2’) 1) The Taj Mahal mausoleum is in India.
2) The Taj Mahal in India was built over a 23-year period.
* Example:(5’)
+ The 1
st

way:1) People say that The Taj Mahal mausoleum
is in India.
2) People say that The Taj Mahal in India was built over a
23-year period.
+ The 2
nd
way:
1.1) It is said that The Taj Mahal mausoleum is in India.
2.1) It is said that The Taj Mahal in India was built over a
23-year period.
+ Change into passive:
1.1) The Taj Mahal mausoleum is said to be in India.
2.1) The Taj Mahal in India is said to have been built over a
23-year period.
People say that/ It is said that + S + V(active)
(poster on the board)
- T plays the tape of these
consonants and words twice.
- Ss listen and practice: first
in chorus, then in chain (one
by one).
- T calls some Ss to repeat
and corrects if necessary.
- T plays the tape, Ss listen to
the tape and repeat.
- T asks Ss to pay attention to
the sentence stress and pick
out the words having the
sounds /ft/ - /vd/ - /fs - /vz/
after listening to the tape

twice.
-Ss work in groups of five
and practice pronouncing
these sentences.
-T goes round and helps Ss if
necessary.
-T asks Ss some questions,
calls some to answer then T
writes them on the board.
* T says these sentences in
another way and writes them
on the board as an example
for the grammar point.
- T asks some good Ss for the
2
nd
to rewrite these sentences.
T can help to says out them
and writes on the board if Ss
don’t know.
- T changes the sentences 1.1
and 2.1 into passive voice.
- Ss pay attention to the way
- T rewrites these sentences
(the underlined words)
- T asks Ss to supply the
form of the grammar point
- T introduces some more
8’
8’

 S + is/ was (said…) + to + Vo
People say that/ It is said that + S + V(passive)
 S + is/ was (said…) + to + have + V3/ed
* Note:(2’)After some passive verbs: say (nói), think (nghĩ),
believe (tin), report (tường thuật), expect (trông chờ), know
(biết), suppose (cho là), consider (nghĩ là), understand (hiểu),
feel (cảm thấy), find (nhận thấy) we use infinitive
constructions.
Exercise 1 (text book, exercise 2 sentences 1-> 4, page 186)
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means almost the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. People say that he is 108 years old
 It is said that
 He is said that
2. People say that those dogs are dangerous.
 It is said that
 Those dogs
3. People think that he is very clever.
 It is thought that
 He is thought
4. People believe that the wanted man is living in New York
 It is believed that
 The wanted man
5. People know that he is very rich
 It is known that
 He
Keys:
1. It is said that he is 108 years old
He is said that to be 108 years old
2. It is said that those dogs are dangerous.

Those dogs are said to be dangerous
3. It is thought that he is very clever
He is thought to be very clever
4. It is believed that the wanted man is living in New York.
The wanted man is believed to be living in New York
5. It is known that he is very rich.
He is knwn to be very rich.
Exercise 2 (E1 in textbook, sentences 1->4, page 185, 186)
1. It is said that many people are homeless after the floods
 Many people are said
2. It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the
wall.
 The prisoner
verbs used in this grammar
point
- T explains how to do the
exercise
- Ss do the exercise alone and
then share with their partner
- T goes around and helps Ss

- T asks Ss to write the
answers on the board.

- T corrects with the whole
class
- T explains how to do the
exercise
5’
3. It is believed that he drove through the town at 90 km an

hour
 He
4. It is reported that two people were seriously injured in the
accident.
 Two people
5. It is said that three men were arrested sfter the explosion
 Three men
Keys:
1. Many people are said to be homeless after the floods.
2. The prisoner is thought to have escaped by climbing over
the wall.
3. He is believed to have drive through the town at 90km per
hour.
4. Two people are reported to have been seriously injured in
the accident.
5. Three men are said to have been arrested after the
explosion.
Task 3: Choose the best answer
1. It was in this village that Mr. John……….17 years ago.
A. were born B. was born
C. born D. has been born
2. Nam is said to……….a big company in Ho Chi Minh city
now.
A. be B. been C. has been D. have been
3. His wife is said to……….for her husband 10 years before
she remarried.
A. be running B. run
C. will be running D. to have run
4. The woman was said to be………. for her husband 10
years before she remarried.

A. wait B. waited C. has waited D. have waited
Keys: 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D
IV. Homework
Rewrite the following sentences:
1. They say that John is the brightest student in class.
 It is said………………………………….
John is said ………………………………
2. They think that he has died a natural death.
 It is thought ………………………………
He is thought …………………………….
3. They declared that she won the competition.
 It was declared …………………………
- Ss do the exercise alone and
then share with their partner
- T goes around and helps Ss

- T asks Ss to write the
answers on the board.

- T corrects with the whole
class
- T explains how to do the
exercise
- Ss do the exercise alone and
then share with their partner
- T goes around and helps Ss

- T asks Ss to write the
answers on the board.

- T corrects with the whole
class
She was declared …………………………
- Redo the task again and remember to prepare the review to
test yourself F