Unit 12language focus

Teacher : Le Thanh Huong
Le Hong Phong secondary school
Class : 8A

1. Activity 1
Ex: Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night
* Past progressive: (thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
V_ingbe
S + was/ were + V_ing +…
- Diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm được
xác định trong quá khứ
At 8 o’clock last night

*Look at the pictures, then say what each person was
doing at eight o’clock last night
b)
c) d) e)
f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at eight o’clock last
night.
b) Hoa was eating dinner at eight o’clock last night.
c) Bao was reading a book at eight o’clock last night.
d) Nga was writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.
e) Na was walking with her dog at eight o’clock last night.
f)
f

2. Activity 2:
Ex : The phone rang while Hoa was eating
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came
Past

Past progressive
Past progressive
Past
* Past progressive with while and when
Past progressive tense + when + Past tense
Past tense + while + Past progressive tense
- Diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra trong quá khứ thì có
một hành động khác xảy đến

*Look at the picture, then match the half-sentences in the
column A to those in Column B
1) 2)
3)
4)
A
1-When Nam won the race,
2- When Lan arrived at
school,
3- Mrs. Thoa was cooking
4- It was raining
B
A- when the plane got to Ha Noi.
B- when Tuan arrived home.
C- the school drum was
sounding.
D- the crowd was cheering.
* Answer keys :
1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4- A
1- When Nam won the race, the crowd was cheering.
2- When Lan arrived at school, the school drum was

sounding.
3- Mrs. Thoa was cooking when Tuan arrived home.
4- It was raining when the plane got to Ha Noi.

3. Activity 3:
Ex: Bao is always forgetting his homework

a) Bao/ forget/
homework
be adv V_ing
* Present progressive with always
S + am/is /are + always + V_ing + …
- Diễn tả hành động lập đi lập lại thường xuyên và nó
diễn tả sự than phiền

* Look at the pictures and write the sentences
using : always + V_ ing +…
b. Mrs. Nga/ lose/
umbrella
C. Mr. and Mrs
Thanh/miss bus
d. Nam/ watch/TV e. Na / talk / phone
f. Liem / go / out

Mrs. Nga is always losing her umbrella
* Look at the pictures and write the sentences:
b. Mrs. Nga/ lose/ umbrella

* Look at the pictures and write the entences:
C. Mr. and Mrs Thanh / miss bus

Mr. and Mrs. Thanh are always missing the bus.

* Look at the pictures and write the entences:
d. Nam/ watch/TV
Nam is always watching TV.

* Look at the pictures and write the sentences:
e. Na / talk / phone
e) Na is always talking on the phone.

* Look at the pictures and write the sentences:
f. Liem / go / out
Liem is always going out.

-Learn by heart the structures.
-Rewrite the answers in notebooks.
-Prepare: Unit 13: Getting started +
Listen and read


1-He (get, always) up late.
2-we (learn) our lessons when he came.
3-I (read) while my sisters were playing with their dolls
4-My hat fell off while I (run)
is always getting
were learning
was reading
was running
4. Activity 4 : Supply the correct forms of the
verbs :