Unit 06: Language focus

Period 32: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Unit 06: Language focus
Unit 06: Language focus
PRONUNCIATION
PRONUNCIATION
/tr/ /dr/ /tw/
traffic drive twelve
troops dreadful twenty
trousers drink twin
tropical dress twinkle
1. John always enjoys traveling by train.
2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.
3. George is driving dangerously.
4. Her new dress is an absolute dream.
5. She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.
6. Think twice before doing something.
Unit 06: Language focus
Practice these sentences
The little boy suggested _________________________________
going to the beach the next day.
“It’s so hot today.”
“Let’s go to the beach
tomorrow.”
The teacher accused _____of________________________________
Nam not paying attention to the lesson.
“You don’t pay attention
to the lesson, Nam”.
“Don’t eat so much
nutritious food.”
The doctor warned ____ against ___________________________him eating so much nutritious food.

Unit 6. Language focus
Unit 6. Language focus
Reported speech with Gerund
Reported speech with Gerund
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Use: We use reported speech with Gerund in order to
report feelings or suggestions. (để tường thuật cảm xúc hoặc lời
đề nghị của ai đó,)
S + V + (not) Gerund phrase
S + V + (O) + prep + (not) Gerund phrase

suggest
admit
deny
insist on
think of
dream of
look forward to
apologize (sb) for…
accuse sb of
thank sb for
congratulate sb on
prevent sb from
warn sb against…
Verbs:
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Note: Change Subject Pronouns, Object pronouns, Possessive
adjectives, in reported speech
- First person (I , We) → S
- Second person (You) → O

- Third person (He, she, it, they) → unchanged
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Change the verb tense if the introducing verb is in past tense.
“You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said
to him
→ The teacher accused him of not paying attention to what
she had said.
Unit 6. Language focus
Unit 6. Language focus
Reported speech with Gerund
Reported speech with Gerund
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Lucky number
“I’m sorry I didn’t
phone you earlier.”

Mary apologized for ________________________not phoning him earlier.
MANGER
“I’ll drive you to the
station. I insist.”
Peter insisted on ________________________.driving her to the station
Mary congratulated ______ on _________________ them passing their exams.
“I hear you passed your
exams. Congratulations!”
She has always dreamed of ____________.being rich
“I’ve always wanted
to be rich.”
I warned ____ against _______________________________ him staying at the hotel near the airport.
“Don’t stay at the hotel near
the airport.”
Congratulation
Congratulation
“Stay here! I can’t let
you go out tonight.”
His mother prevented _______ from ____________________him going out that night.
Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund. (p.75)
Ex: Teacher: Come in, Peter!
Peter : I’m sorry I’m late.
Peter apologized for ___________
1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on _____________________
2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to ________________________
3. Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house

Boy : Oh … no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know
anything about it.
The boy denied _____________________________________
4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
Customer : What’s that?
Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop!
Policeman stopped the customer from _______________.
5. Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
Ann :What about having a party?
Ann suggested_______________________________
paying for the meal.
meeting their children soon.
having broken the window of her house.
leaving the shop
having a party the next Saturday.
being late
Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or has the
closest meaning to the original one.
1.The police prevented us _________getting into the park.
A. from B. off C. on D. out of
2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle.
A. for drinking B. to drinking C. of drinking D. drinking
3.“Don’t cut flowers in the park!”, the old lady said to us.
A. The old lady wanted us to cut flowers in the park.
B. The old lady insisted us on cutting flowers in the park.
C. The old lady warned us against cutting flowers in the park.
D. The old lady congratulated us on cutting flowers in the park.
4. Cathy said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”
A. Cathy thanked for going to the cinema.
B. Cathy suggested going to the cinema.

C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.
D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.
C
B
A
D
Homework
- Revise how to make reported speech with gerund.
- Prepare for Test yourself B.