English 8 Unit14 Language focus

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teachers to our class
ENGLISH 8
ENGLISH 8

What are the names of the
following famous places ?

Hanging Garden of Babylon

Angkor Wat

Statue of Zeus


The Eiffel Tower

The Pyramids

Petronas Twin Towers

Mount Everest

Taj Mahal

Ha Long Bay

The Great Wall of China

Thursday, March 31
st
,2011
Unit 14 :

When was Sydney Opera House completed ?
It was completed in 1973.
Past Simple
Passive form
Completed / 1973
S + was / were + P.P + +by O .…

1/ Complete the sentences. Use the passive form
of the verbs in the box.
construct reach present complete design
a) Sydney Opera House in 1973.………………
b) The first and longest section of the Great Wall of
China between 221 and 204 BC
c) The Eiffel Tower by the French civil engineer
Alexander Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World’s Fair of 1889.
d) The Statue of Liberty to the United States by
France in 1876.
e) The summit of Mount Everest by two members
of a British expedition and a Nepalese guide on May 29, 1953.
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Mr. LONG
Do you know My Son, Nga?
NGA
He said he was a plumber. Nhi asked Nga if she knew My Son.
Nhi asked Nga whether she knew My Son.
He said “ I’m a plumber”.
Nhi asked Nga “ Do you know My Son,Nga?”
DIRECT SPEECH
Affirmative
Yes/ No question
I’m a
plumber.
NHI
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Is it far from Ha Noi?
Nhi asked Nga whether/ if it was far from Ha Noi.
2. Is My Son in Quang Nam Province?
Nhi asked Nga whether/if My Son was in Quang Nam Province.
3. Do many people live at My Son?
Nhi asked Nga whether/ if many people lived at My Son.
4. Do many tourists visit My Son every year?
Nhi asked Nga whether/ if many tourists visited My Son every
year.
5. Do you want to visit My Son one day?
Nhi asked Nga whether/ if she wanted to visit My Son one day.
2/ Yesterday, Nga and Nhi talked about My Son, one of the World
Cultural Heritages of Viet Nam.Report the questions Nhi asked Nga .

Nhi asked Nga how she could go to My Son .
Nhi asked Nga how to go to My Son .
Question word to-infinitive
(Dạng rút gọn của câu hỏi gián tiếp)
How can I go to My Son ?
NGA
Nhi asked Nga : “ How can I go to My Son ?”
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH

3/ Nga answered Nhi’s questions. She then gave Nhi some
additional information.Use the words to write about the
information that Nga gave to Nhi.
b) show / where / get tickets.
c) point out / where / buy souvenirs.
d) advise / how / go from My Son to Hoi An.
e) tell / what / do there during the visit.
Nga showed Nhi where to get tickets.
Nga pointed out where to buy souvenirs.
Nga advised Nhi how to go from My Son to Hoi An.
Nga told Nhi what to do there during the visit.

This is Mr Nam.
He wanted to go to the cinema.
But it started to rain heavily.
So he decided to stay at home.
VERB + TO-INFINITIVE

Nhi and her parents are visiting Hoi An and My Son. They

are staying at a hotel near Cua Dai. Early this morning,
Nhi decided(0) (go)for a run. She left the hotel
and started(1) (jog) in the direction of Cua Dai
beach. She thought she might(2) (go) along the
beach for 20 minutes before heading for the hotel.
Unfortunately, after 10 minutes, dark clouds began (3)
(gather) and it
started(4) (rain). Nhi tried(5) (reach)a
shelter, but within a few seconds she was completely wet.
So she decided(6)
(continue)her run because she couldn't(7) (get)wetter!
4/ Complete the passage. Use either the to-infinitive or
the bare infinitive form of the verbs in brackets.
to go
to jog
go
to gather to rain
to reach
to continue
get

Exercise:
1/ Change into Passive form:
a/ Miss Lien wrote the letter.
-> The letter was written by Miss Lien.
b/ People built that temple sixty years ago.
-> That temple was built sixty years ago.
2/ Change into Reported Speech:
a/ Lan asked me: “ Is Big Ben in London ?”
-> Lan asked me if Big Ben was in London.

b/The boy asked the girl:“Do you live in thecountry?”
-> The boy asked the girl if she lived in the country.

3/ Using to-infinitive or bare-infinitive:
a/ She don’t know where……………(go).
b/ He should …………….(study) hard.
c/ They began…………….( join) in the English
club.
study
to join
to go

-Review passive form.
- indirect questions with if and whether
- Do the exercises again
- Prepare Unit 15 : Computers