Unit 12 A vacation abroad -Tiếng anh 8.

Giáo án lớp 8 dự thi GVG 2014-2015: HỒ HÒA BÌNH
Unit twelve : A VACATION ABROAD
LESSON 6 : LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to talk about activities using the Past progressive tense and
Present progressive tenses with "always".
II. Preparation : Power point.
III. Procedures :
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
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1.Warm up:(5’)
Listen to the song and answer: What tense is used in
the song?
2. Presentation: (35’)
Task 1:
I. The present progressive tense with “always”:
Have Ss look at the picture and answer the question:
What is Nam doing ?Then introduce the structure.

Nam/watch TV.
Teacher gives his mother’s complaint: “You are always
watching TV”
Nam is always watching TV
From: subject+ am/ is /are+ always+ V-ing
Uses:
-Always can be used with the present progressive to
describe continually-repeated actions.
- to express a complaint
Practice:
- Have Ss do exercise 3/120. Look at the pictures. Write

the sentences. Say what the people are always doing.
a ) Bao / forget / homework
b ) Mrs.Nga/ lose/umbrella
c ) Mr and Mrs.Thanh / miss /bus
d ) Na/ talk/phone
e ) Liem /go/ out
Task 3:The past progressive tense :
Ex: Nam was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night
Form:
Subject+ was /were + V-ing
Uses:
-To indicate an action that was in progress at a point
of time in the past.
- An action was taking place in the past when
another action took place.
• When + short action (Past Simple)
• While + long action (Past Continuous)

- The present progressive tense
Listen and answer the questions
-He is watching TV.
Ss look at the pictures
Listen to the teacher’s explanation
Give the structure
Give examples
Look at the pictures and say what the people are
always doing.
Suggested answer
Bao is always forgettingis homework.
Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella.

Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus.
Na is always talking on the phone.
Liem is always going out.
Ss look at the pictures
Listen to the teacher’s explanation
Tea date: 12/ 03 / 2015
Week: 27
Period: 83
Giáo án lớp 8 dự thi GVG 2014-2015: HỒ HÒA BÌNH
Ex:Hoa was having dinner when the phone rang.
While Hoa was having dinner , the phone rang.
- Two actions occurring at the same time in the past.
Ex:Hoa was having dinner while Nga was writing a
letter.
Task 4 -Have Ss do exercise 1/119. Look at the pictures.
Say: What each person was doing at 8 o’clock last
night.
a) Ba / take a shower
b) Hoa / have dinner
c) Bao / read a comic
d) Nga / write a letter
e) Na / walk with her dog
f) Lan / talk to her grandma
Task 5
Have Ss to look at the pictures on page 119 and do the
matching on page 120.
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences in
to those in column A with column B
A B
1) The Le family was

sleeping.
2) While Hoa was eating ,
3) When Nam won the
race,
4) Mrs Thoa was cooking
5) When Lan arrived at
school,
6) When Lan arrived at
school,
7) It was raining
A. when the plane got to
Ha Noi.
B. when Tuan arrived
home.
C. when the mailman
came.
D. the school drum was
sounding.
E. the crowd was cheering.
F. the phone rang.
Lucky number: 2-5-7
1./ Choose the best answer:
I was studying ………the light went out. ( when/ while)
3./ Complete the sentences:
Mai/always/watch TV
4. / Find and correct the mistakes.
They are learning at 8:15 yesterday morning.
6./ Put the verb into correct form:
The phone …(ring) while I…. (cook)
8./ Put the verb into correct form:

When I (see) him, he (sit) asleep in a chair.
9./ Complete the sentence:
What/ you /do /from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
3.Homework: (5’)
- Rewrite these exercises in your notebooks.
- Notice the present progressive with “always” and the
past progressive.
- Prepare: Unit 13: Festivals- - Getting started + Listen
and Read.
Listen to the teacher’s explanation
Give the examples
Look at the pictures and complete sentences
Suggested answer
a ) Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
b ) Hoa was having dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
c ) Bao was reading books at 8 o’clock last night.
d ) Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.
e ) Na was walking with her dog at 8 o’clock last
night.
f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at 8 o’clock
last night.
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences
in to those in column A with column B
1) The Le family was sleeping when the
mailman came
2) While Hoa was eating , the phone rang.
3) When Nam won the race, the crowd was
cheering.
4) Mrs Thoa was cooking when Tuan arrived
home.

5) When Lan arrived at school, the school
drum was sounding.
6) It was raining when the plane got to Ha Noi.
1./ when
3./ Mai is always watching TV.
4./ are were
6./ The phone rang while I was cooking
8./ saw - was sitting
9./ What were you doing from 7 to 9 yesterday
evening?
Listen and write on the notebooks
IV. Comments: