Unit 12: A vacation abroad Lesson 5 : Language focus

I. vocabulary
+ win (v)
+ mailman (n)
+ drum (n)
+ crowd (n)
+ cheer (v)
+ miss (v)
+ umbrella (n )
thắng
người đưa thư
cái trống
đám đông
cổ vũ
nhỡ, lỡ
cái ô

II. Exercises
1.Exercise 1
Match the pictures presented on the board with the
phrases given:

1. Walk with
her dog
2. Eat dinner.
3. Take a

shower.
4. Talk to her
grandma.
5. Read a book
6. Write a
letter.
a b c
d e f




Picture a +
Picture b +
Picture c +
Picture d +
Picture e +
Picture f +
3
2
5
6
1
4

* What was Ba doing at 8 o’clock last night?
Ba / He was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
Form :
Use :
S + was/ were+ V-ing

Talk about an action happening at a specific time in the
past.
=>:Past progressive tense

1. Ba / take a shower.
=> Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
2. Hoa /eat dinner.
=> Hoa was eating dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
3. Bao / read a book.
=> Bao was reading a book at 8 o’clock last night.
4. Nga / write a letter.
=> Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.
5. Na / walk with her dog.
=>Na was walking with her dog at 8 o’clock last night.
6. Lan / talk to her grandmother.
=> Lan was talking to her grandmother at 8 o’clock last night.

2. Exercise 2. Look at the pictures
a b c
d e f

Match the half sentences in column A to column B
A
a.The Le family was sleeping.
b. While Hoa was eating,
c. When Nam won the race,
d. Mrs Thoa was cooking
e. When Lan arrived at school,
f. It was raining
B.

A . When Tuan arrived home.
B. When the plane got to Ha Noi
C. When the mailman came.
D. The school drum was sounding.
E. The crowd was cheering.
F. The phone rang.
a +
C
b+ c+
d+
e+ f+
F
E A
D
B




+ What was the Le doing while the mailman came?
=>The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
+ What happened while Hoa was eating?
=>The phone rang while Hoa was eating.
Form:
Use: Talk about an action that was happening when another
action took place.
Main clause
Main clause
Conjunction
Conjunction

Adverb clause
Adverb clause
Past progressive
Past progressive
Past simple
Past simple
When
When
While
While
Past simple
Past simple
Past progressive
Past progressive




3.Exercise 3.
Look at the pictures. Write the sentences. Say what the
people are always doing .
Ex :Bao is always forgetting his homework.
=>Form: is/am /are +always + V- ing
Use: To express a complaint

a b c
d
e f

a. Bao/ forget/ homework.

=> Bao is always forgetting his homework.
b. Mrs Nga / lose/ umbrella.
=> Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella.
c. Mr and Mrs Thanh / miss / bus.
=> Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus.
d. Nam / watch / TV.
=> Nam is always watching TV.
e. Na / talk / the phone.
=> Na is always talking on the phone
f. Liem / go out.
=> Liem is always going out.

III.FURTHER EXERCISE
Put the verbs in parentheses in correct forms
1. I (walk) to school at 6.30 yesterday morning.
2. They (watch) TV at 9 0’clock last night.
3. When he (come) to my house yesterday, I was
listening to music.
4. Lan always (go) to school late.
5.Mai and Ba always (talk) in the classroom.
was walking
were watching
came
4. Lan (go) is always going to school late.
5.Mai and Ba (talk) are always talking in the classroom.




* Revise the lesson.

* Prepare “ Getting started and Listen and Read” Unit 13