EL8-Unit 1-Language focus

I. Vocabulary:


- earth (n)
: trái đất
- Mars (n)
: sao hoả
- moon (n): mặt trăng
- Mercury (n)
: sao thuỷ
- sun (n)
UNIT 1 : MY FRIENDS
UNIT 1 : MY FRIENDS
LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
- (to) rise
: mọc
: mặt trời
- (to) set
: lặn
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2. Simple tenses
* Present simple: (Hiện tại đơn)
EX:
1, I (be) a student in grade 8 and my brother (be) in
grade 10. We (be) both good students.

2, She (live) in Lang son city but her parents still (live)
in Loc Binh.
* Past simple: (Quá khứ đơn)
EX:
1, I (be) at home last night but my brothers (not be)
2, She (live) in Lang son 10 years ago but her family (go)
to Hanoi last year.
* Future simple: (Tương lai đơn)
I (be) back tomorrow
isam
are
lives live
was weren’t
lived went
will be

Simple present and simple past
a. Hoa (0) ………(live) in Hue last year, but she now
(1) (live) in Ha Noi. Yesterday, Hoa’s
friend, Nien (2) (send) Hoa a letter. Nien
(3) (be) Hoa’s neighbor when Hoa lived
in Hue. She (4) (be) younger than Hoa.
b. Lan (0) …….(be) Hoa’s best friend. The two girls
(1) (be) in the same class at Quang
Trung school. Last year, Hoa (2) (come)
to the school for the first time. Lan (3)
(show) her around and (4) (introduce)
her to many friends.
1.Complete the paragraph using correct form
of the verbs in brackets

lived
lives
sent
was
is
are
came
showed
introduced

2. Complete the dialogue.
be move set rise go
Ba: What do you know about the sun, Tuan?
Tuan: The sun (0) .……… in the east and (2)
in the west.
Ba: Can you tell me anything about another
planet?
Tuan: I know something about the earth. It
around the sun.
Ba: Yes, and the moon (3) around
the Earth.
Tuan: Where is Mars Ba?
Ba: It (4) near the sun.
Tuan: No, It’s silly! That (5)
Mercury. Mars (6) near the Earth
rises
sets
moves
goes
is

is
is

III. ADJ ENOUGH + TO INFINITIVE
a. Hoa: Can you put the groceries in your bag?
Lan: No, it is ……….…………to carry
everything (big)
b. Hoa: Is Ba going to drive his father’s car?
Lan: Don’t be silly! Ba is to
drive a car (old)
c. Hoa: Do you need any help?
Lan: No, thanks. I’m to lift this
box. (strong)
d. Hoa: Why don’t you join our English
speaking club?
Lan: I don’t think my English is
to be a member (good)
Complete the dialogue.
not big enough
not old enough
strong enough
not good enough

* Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one
sentence using (not) adj + enough
1. The food isn’t good. I can’t eat it
⇒
The food isn’t good enough for me to eat.
2. He isn’t tall. He can’t reach the shelf.
3. Don’t sit in the garden. It isn’t warm.

4. He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions.
5. The house is big. All of us can live in it
He isn’t tall enough to reach the shelf.
It isn’t warm enough to sit in the garden.
He is intelligent enough to answer all the questions.
The house is big enough for all of us to live in.

* Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one
sentence using (not) adj + enough
6. He is good. He will pass the examination.
7. You aren’t well. Don’t go to school today.
8. This place is peaceful. They can live here.
9. He is sociable. He can make a lot of friends.
10. The chair isn’t strong. You can’t sit on it.
He is good enough to pass the examination.
You aren’t well enough to go to school today.
This place is peaceful enough for them to live.
He is sociable enough to make a lot of friends.
The chair isn’t strong enough for you to sit on.

*Make the sentences.
1. I/am/luck/enough/have/a lot/friends/
2. Of/all/friends/Hoa, Lan, Anh/be/the/ones/I/
spend/most/my/time/with/
3. He/spend/free time/do/volunteer work/a
local/ orphanage/
I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends.
Of all friends, Hoa, Lan and Anh are the
ones I spend most of my time with.
He spends his free time doing volunteer

work at a local orphanage.

1. Look and describe (p17)
(?) How many people are there in the picture?
There are four/Four
•
The man standing next to the green car
•
The woman standing near the taxi
•
The boy sitting on the street
•
The man standing in the bus stop.
(?) What does each person look like? What is each
person wearing?

•
The man standing next to the green car is tall and big. He
has short dark hair. He is wearing a yellow shirt and black
trousers with a pair of black shoes.
•
The woman standing near the taxi is short and thin. She
has short black hair. She is wearing a red blouse and a green
skirt with a pair of brown shoes. She is wearing a handbag,
too.

•
The boy sitting on the street is tall and thin, he has short dark hair.
He is wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts, he is wearing a pair of
sandals.

•
The man standing in the bus stop is quite short and fat, he has
short black hair. He is wearing a pink shirt with a tie and blue jeans.
He is also wearing glasses and carrying a bag.

3. Grammar:
_ seem (tình thái từ) + [a]
Ex: You seem happy
_ receive (sth) from (sb)
Ex: I receive a letter from my friend
_ (not) + [a] + enough + to be (không có verb)
Ex: She was not old enough to be in my class
_ (not) + [a] + enough + to do (có verb)
Ex: I’m not strong enough to lift this box
_ [trợ động từ to do] + be + adj
Ex: Don’t be silly!

_ model verb + be + … (không có verb)
Ex: She will be here at Christmas
_ spend + time + with (sb)
Ex: I spend most of my time with Bao, Khai
and Song
_ spend + time + doing (sth)
Ex: He spends his free time doing volunteer
work at a local orphanage
_ enjoy + [V_ing] or [Noun]
Ex: I enjoy telling jokes
Khai and Song enjoy sports.

_ prefer to do (sth) (có verb)

Ex: I prefer to watch TV
_ prefer to be + … (không có verb)
Ex: They prefer to be outside the classroom
_ to be + (not) as [V_ing] or [Noun] as (sb)
Ex: I am not as outgoing as Bao
_ get tired of (sth) or [V_ing]
Ex: Ba’s friends sometimes get tired of his
jokes
_ send (sb) (sth)
Ex: Nien send Hoa a letter

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Do exercise 1 4 ( SBT)
- Prepare Unit 2. Getting + Listen and read.