Language focus 13

WELCOME TO
Class 10A4

UNIT 13:
FILMS AND
CINEMA
Lesson5- LANGUAGE
FOCUS

What can you see in the picture?
flowers
leaves
vase
leaf

First practice /f/ and then
use your voice to make /v/.
- Touch your top teeth
with your lower lip
- Blow out air between
your lip and your teeth.
A. Pronunciation
/f/: voiceless sound /v/: voiced sound

1. Listen and repeat
/f/ /v/
fan fiction van vote
first photograph vine Stephen
form enough view leave

2. Practice these sentence
s.
1.He feels happy enough.
2. I want a photograph for my self and my wife.
3. Would you prefer a full photograph or a profile?
4. Stephen is driving a van full of wines.
5. We used to live in a village in the valley.
6. They arrived in the village on a van

B. Grammar and
Vocabulary
Ex: - A boy is watching a horror film.
+ It makes him horrified
+The film is horrifying for him to watch


Form: Usage:
V-ing: - having active meaning
- the subject causing the action
-
describe the nature of people/things
-
Eg. Exciting, interesting ….
V-ed: - having passive meaning
- the subject affected by another objects
-
express people’s attitude or feelings
-
Eg. Bored…

Ex 2: Complete the
sentences using
adjective ending “-ing”
or “–ed”.
1. It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather.(depress)
a. The weather is…….
b. This weather makes me…….
2. Astronomy is one of Tan’s main interests. (interest)
a. Tan is……… in astronomy
b. He finds astronomy very…….
3. I turned off the T.V in the middle of he program. (bore)
a. The program was….
b. I was… with the program.

4. Lan is going to Singapore next month. She has
never been there before. (excite)
a. Lan is really…. About going to Singapore.
b. It will be an… experience for her.
5. Huong teaches small children. It’s a hard job.
(exhaust)
a. Huong often finds her job…
b. At the end of the day’s work she is often…

Suggested answers
1. a. The weather is depressing.
b. This weather makes me depressed.
2. a. Tan is interested in astronomy.
b. He finds astronomy very interesting.
3. a. The program was boring.
b. I was bored with the program.

4. a. Lan is really excited about going to Singapore.

b. It will be an exciting experience for her.
5. a. Huong often finds her job exhausting.
b. At the end of the day’s work she is often
exhausted.

2. It is/ was not until…
that…
= It was not until 1972 that Chu Van An
High School was built.
Ex: - Chu Van An High School was not
built until 1972.
-
I did not know how to ride bicycle until I went to
high school.

It was not until I went to high school that
I knew how to ride bicycle.

 It was not until + point of time/clause +
that + clause
to emphasize the point of time in the past when
some events happened

Ex 3: Rewrite the following
sentences, using/
‘It was not until that ’.
1.She didn’t become a teacher until 1990.
It was not until 1990 that she became a teacher.

2. He didn’t know how to swim until he was 30.
It was not until he was 30 that he knew how to
swim.
3. They didn’t begin to learn English until 1980.
. It was not until 1980 that they began to learn
English.

4. The boy didn’t do his homework until his
father came home.
It was not until his father came home that the
boy did his homework.
5. The football match didn’t start until the lights
were on.
It was not until the lights were on that the
football match started.

3. Articles:
A + “a”+singular countable noun beginning with
a consonant
I work in a factory.
An + “an”+ singular countable noun beginning
with a vowel
She is an English teacher.
The + “the” + singular countable noun and plural
countable noun, uncountable noun.
Eg. She‘s got a boy and a girl. The boy is 5
years old and the girl is 3 years old.

•
An hour v.s a house

['auə] [haus]
•
A university v.s an umbrella
[,ju:ni'və:səti] [ʌm'brelə]

3.2. Put a – an – the in the
numbered blank.
1. This morning I bought a newspaper and
__(1)__ magazine. __(2)__ newspaper is
in my bag, but I don’t know where I put
__(3)__ magazine.
2. I saw __(4)__ accident this morning.
__(5)__ car crashed into __(6)__ tree.
__(7)__ driver of __(8)__ car wasn’t hurt,
but __(9)__ car was badly damaged.
a
The
the
A
an
a
the
The
the

HOMEWORK
Prepare for the lesson
Reading - Unit 14