Unit 01: Language focus- 0988 055 990

Give the correct form of verbs in brackets
1. I always (get)……… up at six.
2. My brother often (go)…………to school in the
afternoon.
3. My mother (not/watch)…………………. TV at
night but my father (do)……
4. What time you (do)…… your homework?
5. We (spend)………. our last summer holiday in
Nha Trang.
6. I’m very tired because I (stay)…… up late
last night.
get
goes
doesn’t watch
does
do do
Which tense?
The present simple tense
The past simple tense
spent
stayed
Read the following sentence:
I see a sheep on a ship
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Sheep [ p]ʃɪː

Ship [ p]ʃɪ
I. Pronunciation: / I / - / i: /
/ I /

Hit
Bit
Little
Kick
Click
interest
/ i: /
Heat
Beat
Meat
Repeat
Read
eaten
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i, e, -ate, -age [i]
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i, e, ea, ee, ei [i:]
Practise these sentences:
1. Is he coming to the cinema?
2. We’ll miss the beginning of the film.
3. Is it an interesting film, Jim?
4. The bean and the meat were quite cheap.
5. He’s going to leave here for the Green Mountains.
6. Would you like to have meat, peas and cheese?
/ I /
/ i: /
/ I / / I /
/ I // I /
/ I /
/ i: /

/ I /
/ I / / I /
/ I /
/ i: /
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/ I /
/ i: /
/ i: /
/ i: /
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/ i: / / i: / / i: /
/ I /
1. The present simple tense
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Usage: the present simple is used to describe:
- a repeated action
- a permanent situation
-
general truths
* Common signs: every + day, month, year….;
always, often, usually……
II. GRAMMAR
With normal verb:
+) S + V1/Vs/es + …
+) S + do/does + not + V(inf)…
?) Do/does+ S+ V(inf) …
 With “to be”:
+) S + is/am/are + …
-) S + is/am/are + not + …
?) Is/am/are + S+ …

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Form:
2. Adverbs of frequency
Always usually often sometimes occasionally
normally as a rule seldom hardly ever never…

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Usage: -show how often something happens
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Position:
- in front of normal verb.
- between an auxiliary verb and the main verb.
- after the verb “to be”.
- at the beginning of a sentence (as a rule, usually,
sometimes)
- at the end of a sentence (usually, sometimes, once a
month, every day)
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note:
- we always put the adverb “as a rule” at the beginning of a
sentence
- these following adverbs can’t be used in negative form: never,
seldom, hardly ever, rarely…
II. GRAMMAR
3. The past simple tense
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Form:
+) S +{ were/was +……
{V(2/ed)+…….
-) S + {were/was + not+…

{Did +not+ V(inf)……
?) { were/ was + S+….
{Did + S + V(inf)+… ?
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Use: - describe a complete action or situation in
the past.
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Common signs: yesterday, the day before
yesterday, last + (week, month, year,
Christmas… ), time + ago (2 days ago) …
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1:
Fishing (1)___ my favourite sport. I often (2)___ for
hours without catching anything. But this does not (3)
___ me. Some fishermen (4)___ unlucky. Instead of
catching fish, they (5)___ old boots and rubbish. I
(6)___ even less lucky. I never (7)___ anything – not
even old boots. After having spent whole morning on
the river, I always (8)___ home with an empty bag. “
You must (9)______ fishing!”, my friends (10)___
“It’s a waste of time”. But they don’t (11)______that I
(12)___ not really interested in fishing. I’m only
interested in sitting in a boat, doing nothing at all.
III. PRACTICE
be play take run fish go
say catch give up like realise
is
am catch
go
give up say

realise
am
fish
worry
catch
are
At home
III. PRACTICE
Exercise 2:
1.was done
2.Cooked
3.were
4.Smelt
5.Told
6.Sang
7.Began
8.Felt
9.Put out
III. PRACTICE
Exercise 3:
10.crep
11.Slept
12.Woke
13.Was
14.Leapt
15.Hurried
16.Found
17.Wound
18.flowed
Homework

1.Do exercise 2 in the
textbook -page 21.
2.Prepare next lesson.
Good bye
class !!!