Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 8: Life in the future

LANGUAGE FOCUS


Listen to the song and fill in the spaces with the correct sentence
We must have been stone crazy
when we thought we were just friends,
'Cause I miss you, baby,
And I've got those feelings again.
I guess I'm all confused about you,
"I feel so in love
Oh, baby, what can I do?
___________________________________
(4 times)
I've been thinking about you.
shi-pow-pow!"
=

I have been
thinking
about you
Suddenly
we're
strangers,
I watch you walking away.
She was my one temptation,
Oh, I did not want her to stay
Deep down, I'm still confused about you
repeat " "
What good is being here without you?
repeat " "

song


UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
PART E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation
●Read the following phrases . Pay attention to how the full and
contracted forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced
Full forms

I have
you have
he has
she has
it has

Contracted forms

I’ve
you’ve
he’s
she’s
it’s

Full forms

I have not
you have not
he has not

she has not
it has not

Contracted forms

I haven’t
you haven’t
he hasn’t
she hasn’t
it hasn’t


Practise reading these sentences
1. I’ve got something for you.
2.You’ve got something for me?
3.We’ve failed and they’ve passed.
4. I haven’t always lived in this cottage, you know.
5.Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course.
6. I haven’t. but I’ve grown to love it already.
7.He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too.
8. Hasn’t the doctor come yet?
9.No. The doctor hasn’t been called.


II. Grammar
Prepositions and articles
1. Prepositions.
a. Prepositions of time:

at, on, in….

 At :
E.g. at 10:30, at 5:00 o’clock
at night, at noon
at the moment
at the time
at the end of sth
E.g. at the end of the film
 On :
E.g. on Monday , On 10th October
on time : neither late nor early
 In :
E.g. in January, in1999, in summer, in 21st century
in the morning, in the past….
in time (for sth / to do sth)
in the end

: finally

: not late


b. Prepositions of places:
The black object is in the box


c. Prepositions with common words and phrases:
 to die of sth
 to believe in sb/ sth
 to get married to sb

 in business

: being a businessman

 on business

: to go on business


Ex1 : Choosing the appropriate prepositions.
Luckily, you are in / on time for the meeting.
Many people are dying of / by various types of cancer.
I will not be here next week. I am going to be on / in business in Mexico.
At / In the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after
Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend of /to me.
I can’t believe in / to you. You always let me down
I have warned you on/ about the difficulties you have to face when
applying for the job.
8. Britney Spears is famous by / for her beautiful face and sweet voice.
9. The bookshop is among/ between the chemist’s and the butcher’s and
across/ opposite the library.
10.Next year, I’m going to get married to /with John and we are going to move
to Bristol.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

A / AN ; THE

2. ARTICLES:

a. The indefinite article : A / AN:
a
+
E.g. a radio
an

+

singular countable nouns beginning with consonant sounds
singular countable nouns beginning with vowel sounds

E.g. an umbrella
- has an indefinite meaning and is used in general statements
E.g. An architect is a person who designs buildings
E.g. A cat is a domestic animal
- means “only one”
E.g. I’d like an apple
- is used when something is mentioned for the first time
E.g. I looked up and saw a plane . The plane flew low over the trees


b. The definite article : THE
singular countable nouns

E.g. the man

the

plural countable nouns

E.g. the women

uncountable nouns

E.g. the water

+

- has a definite reference
E.g. The pens I gave you were free samples
- is used with “noun + of”

E.g. the life of the individual

- is used with “noun + clause”
E.g. The man you’re looking for no longer lives here
- is used with time sequences
E.g. the beginning, the end, the first, the last…
- is used with the names of musical instruments, scientific achievements and oceans
E.g. the violin, the telescope, the Atlantic


 We don’t use articles in following cases:
- plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns are used in general statements

E.g. Women are fighting for their rights
E.g. Money makes the world go round
- is used with the name of people and holidays :
E.g. Ann, John
Christmas


Exercise 2 . Put a/an, the or Þ in each space to complete the following
sentences .
Þ
1.We went by………
train to the west of England.
Þ Scotland are called ……….
Þ
Þ
2. ………
people who live in ……..
Scots.
Þ Columbus was one of ………
the first people to cross ………
the Atlantic.
3.………
Þ
the
4.Davis learned to play ………
violin when he was at ………
university .
Þ
the
5.Did you read ………book

I lent you ………last
week ?
Þ
the present Bill gave you for ………Christmas
6.Is that ……….
?
Þ our lives dramatically .
The computer has already changed ……..
7.………
the corner of …….
an
the street.
8.There was ………accident
yesterday at …….
Þ time to think about ……….
the offer you gave me .
9.I need………..
Þ
a
10.………..
little knowledge is ………..
dangerous thing .


Exercise 3: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D which best completes each sentence:
1. I come to ________ school by _______ bus.
A. a – a
B. a – the
C. the – Ø
D. Ø – Ø

2. Ankara is ________ capital of Turkey.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. Ø
3. There isn’t _______airport near where I live. _________ nearest airport is 70 miles away
A. a – The
B. an – The
C. the – The
D. the – A
4. A: When did you do _______last night?
B: I went to ________party.
A: Oh? Where was it?
A. the - Ø
B. Ø – a
C. the – the
D. Ø - Ø
5. I am returning to France _________the end of this month.
A. in
B. at
C. behind
D. on
6. Do you live ________Hanoi?
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. before
7. Are you going to study ________the afternoon or ________ night?
A. at – at
B. in – at

C. in – in
D. at – in
8. I’m very interested _______ football.
A. of
B. in
C. for
D. at
9. Janet warned me _________the water. He said it wasn’t safe to drink.
A. on
B. at
C. about
D. for
10. The children are very fond _______ swimming _____ summer.
A. of – in
B. about – in
C. at – at
D. at - on


* Homework :
- Practise reading the sentences in the part “Pronunciation” again
- Do the exercise 1 and 2 again

- Prepare for the next period: TEST YOUR SELF C