UNIT8 -E 12- LANGUAGE FOCUS

UNIT 8: Life in the
UNIT 8: Life in the
future
future
LESSON 5:LANGUAGE FOCUS
Friday, December 10
th
,2010
- Pronunciation: Contracted forms of
auxiliaries (cont).
- Grammar: 1, Prepositions.
2, Articles.

Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how
the full and contracted forms of the auxiliaries
are pronounced:
Full
forms
Full
forms
Contracte
d forms
Contracte
d forms
I have
You
have
He has
She

has
It has
I ve’
You ve’
He s’
She s’
It s’
I have
not
You have
not
You
haven t’
He has
not
He hasn t’
She has
not
She hasn t’
It has not
It
hasn t’
I haven t’

•
I’ve got something for you.
•
You’ve got something for me?
•
We’ve failed and they’ve passed.

•
I haven’t always lived in this cottage, you know.
•
Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course.
•
I haven’t. but I’ve grown to love it already
•
He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too.
•
Hasn’t the doctor come yet?
•
No. The doctor hasn’t been called.

PREPOSITIONS- Giới từ
1 On time: Đúng giờ
In time: Kịp giờ
2. To die of: Chết vì (To die of a disease/hunger/thirst)
3. To be on business/ to go on business:Đang / Đi công tác
4. To believe in sth/sb: Tin tưởng
5. To warn sb about/against /of sth: Cảnh báo ai về cái gì
6. To be famous for sth: Nổi tiếng về cái gì
7. To get married to sb: Kết hôn với
8. In the end = finally: Cuối cùng
At the end of sth: Phần cuối
9. True to: Trung thực
10. Agree with: Đồng ý
11.Give up: Từ bỏ

Choosing the appropriate prepositions.
1. Luckily, you are /ON time for the meeting.
2. Many people are dying /BY various types of cancer.
3. I will not be here next week. I am going to be /IN business
in Mexico.
4. /IN the end of the book, they get married and live happily
ever after
5. Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend
OF/ me.
6. I can’t believe /TO you. You always let me down
7. I have warned you ON/ the difficulties you have to
face when applying for the job.
8. Britney Spears is famous BY/ her beautiful face and
sweet voice.
9. The bookshop is AMONG/ the chemist’s and the
butcher’s and ACROSS/ the library.
10.Next year, I’m going to get married /WITH John and we
are going to move to Bristol.
IN
OF
ON
AT
TO
IN
ABOUT
FOR
BETWEEN
OPPOSITE
TO

The Article
1.The indefinite article- Mạo từ không xác định
USAGE:
a, A: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng phụ
âm: a cat, a pen
Note: a university
An: Trước danh từ đếm được ở số ít bắt đầu bằng
nguyên âm: an orange, an apple
Note: an hour
b, Trước từ chỉ nghề nghiệp;
eg: teacher, doctor, nurse
c, Danh từ chưa xác định và có nghĩa chung chung: an
accident, a taxi
d, Danh từ chỉ bệnh tật: a headache, a cold
e, Từ chỉ số lượng: a lot of, a little,a few

The Article
2. The Definite Article – Mạo từ xác định:
a, Trước tên đại dương, nhạc cụ, một số nước, sông :
Eg: The Atlantic, The United State, the violin, the guitar
b, Danh từ chỉ sự duy nhất:
Eg: The sun, The moon, The world, The earth,The Queen,
The capital, The monitor
c, Tính từ so sánh hơn nhất:
Eg: the tallest, the most important
d, Trước số thứ tự và những từ:
Eg: next. last, same, right, wrong, first, second, third


The Article

3. No article – Không dùng mạo từ:
a,Không đi với danh từ trìu tượng, số nhiều,danh từ
không đếm được với nghĩa chung chung:
Eg: Milk , music, poetry,people
b, Trước danh từ riêng chỉ tên người,quốc gia, đường
phố, thành phố, ngôn ngữ, bữa ăn:
Eg: lunch, dinner, breakfast, English, Viet Nam, Le loi
street
c, Trước từ chỉ trò chơi,môn thể thao, phương tiện,từ
chỉ thời gian:
Eg: by bus, by train, by air, by car, football, yesterday,
last year,…
d, Trước một số danh từ: bed, school, hospital,
university

EXERCISE 2:
Put a/an, the, Ø in each space to complete the following
sentences.
1. We went by ……train to the west of England.
2. …….people who live in…… Scotland are
called……… Scots.
3. ………Columbus was one of ……first people to
cross… …Atlantic.
4. Davis learned to play…….violin when he was at
… university.
5. Did you read ……book I lent you …….last week?
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EXERCISE 2:
6. Is that … present Bill gave you for …….Christmas?
7. … computer has already changed……… our life
drammatically.
8. There was … accident yesterday at …….corner of ……
street.
9. I need …….time to think about…….offer you gave me.
10. …little knowledge is …dangerous thing.
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- Prepare the next part.