Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 11 – Unit 4: Volunteer work (Language focus)

Friday, October 9th 2009

UNIT 4:
Lesson: Language Focus


Miss World
/w/

New York
/j/


I. Pronunciation
Listen and repeat
/w/
we
west
wine
wheel
wet
whale

/j/
Yes
Yellow
Young
Years
Use
York

Practice these sentences
1.

We went for a walk in the woods near the railway.
/w/ /w/

2.

/w/

/w/

/w/

At about twelve, we had veal sandwiches and sweet
/w/

/w/

white wine, and we watched TV
/w/

3.

/w/

/w/

Did you use to live in York?

/j/

4.

/w/

/j/

/j/

I read about Hug in the newspaper yesterday
/j/

/w/


II. Grammar
1. Gerund and present participle
Example:
a. I like cooking.
              Gerund
b. I am cooking.
         Present Participle
    * Form: 
                  V_ing
    * Uses:


1.1 Gerund
• as the subject of a

sentence
Walking is a very good exercise to stay health.
Subject

• as complement of a
verb
His favorite hobby is reading.
complement

• in a compound noun

This is his swimming pool.
in compound noun


1.1 Gerund
• after a preposition

• after some verbs: 
enjoy, miss, finish, 
delay, avoid, suggest, 
risk…

He is good at teaching Physics.
after a preposition

They enjoy singing.
after some verbs

V + ing
Smoke
swim

Lie
Listen

Begin

….e

Smoking
swimming
Lying

Listening
Beginning


Complete each of the following sentences with an
appropriate gerund of the verbs from the box.

spend
start
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

behave
bend

wait
meet

park
listen

hearing
I have no objection to………….to
your story again.
bending
Touch your toes without……………..your
knees.
behavingso
You should be ashamed of yourself for…………
badly.
meeting
I am looking forward to……………..you.
spending
You can’t prevent him from………………his
own
money.
waiting
Would you mind…………………for
a moment?
starting

In spite of……………….late,
we arrived in time.


1.2 Present Participle
• As part of the continuous 
form of a verb

They are talking to each other.
As part of the continuous form of a verb.

• Used after certain verbs: 
go, come, spend, waste, be 
busy
They go fishing.
used after certain verbs

• After verbs of sensation: 
smell, hear, see, watch, 
notice, observe

.

I can smell something
burning.


1.2 Present Participle
• As an adjective

It is an interesting film.
As an adjective

• V + object + pre.participle
(find / catch / leave)
I find her lesson satisfying.
Find + object + present participle


1.2 Present Participle
• Reduce relative clause

The girl (who is) sitting on the brick 
wall is my sister.

• Replace S + V in main 
clause or subordinate 
clause
Entering the room, I saw her.
(I + entered)


Complete each of the following sentences with an
appropriate present participle of the verbs from the box.
lie
modernize
rise try
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.

shop
read

pass
burn

prepare

burning
She smelt something……………….and
saw
rising
smoke………….
reading
If she catches you…………her
diary, she’ll be furious.
They found a tree……………across
the street.
lying
shopping
I’m going …………………this
afternoon.
preparing
He doesn’t spend much time………………his
lesson.

trying
They wasted a whole afternoon…………….to
repair
the bike.
modernizing
They spent a lot of money…………………the
house.


2. Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Ex: a. He admitted having stolen the bicycle.
                              perfect gerund
      b. Having finished her work, she went home.
        Perfect participle
      * Form: 
                    having + V3/ed
      * Use:
       Perfect participle
                           Perfect Gerund
is the perfect form of the gerund. It is 
used to refer to a past action.

is the perfect form of the present participle. 
It is used when one action happens before 
another action.


Homework:
­ Do the exercise 3 in your notebook.
­ Prepare Unit 5 – Reading.