Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 - Unit 04: School education system (Language focus)

Hao

Dak Glong High School
Class: 12B

Tuesday, November 12th, 2010


Watching a funny film


UNIT 4

SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation:

Stress in three­syllable words

* Một số quy tắc về trọng âm
    1.  Những từ tận cùng bằng những tiếp vị ngữ như: 
­sion, ­tion, ­ic, ­ical, ­ity, ­ial, ­ially, ­itive, ­logy, 
­etry, ­cious, ­tious thường có trọng âm rơi vào âm 
tiết đứng trước tiếp vị ngữ đó.
Ex: a`bility, bi`ology, `musical, e`sentially
Except: `television, `politics…


2. Những từ tận cùng bằng những tiếp vị ngũ như: ­ate, 
­ise, ­ous, ­ary thường có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3 

tính từ sau lên.
Ex: fortunate, necessary, dictionary
3. Những từ tận cùng bằng những tiếp vị ngữ như: ­ee, 
­eer, ­ese, ­ain, ­aire, ­ ique, ­esque thường có trọng 
âm rơi vào chính tiếp vị ngữ này.
Ex: mainTAIN, addresSEE, questioNAIRE, 
engiNEER, volunTEER. technique


4. Một số tiếp đầu ngữ và tiếp vị ngữ khơng 
làm thay đổi trọng âm chính của từ gốc
       
 ­  Một số tiếp đầu ngữ: un­, im­, ir­, dis­, il­, 
non­, re­, over­, pre­ và under­ 
       
Ex: `possible (có thể) →  im`possible
im`possible (khơng th
 (khơng thể)
    

`estimate (ước tính) → under`estimate       

­  Một số tiếp vị ngữ: ­ment, ­ship, ­ness, 
­er/or, ­hood, ­logy, ­grahpy, ­ing, ­ise, ­en, 
­full,  ­less, ­able, ­ous, ­ly
       


Ex: de`velop → de`velopment
`Careless → `carelessness

* Practice: Listen and repeat 
      Algebra           Carefully 
Physical

Politics

 

      Chemistry      Academic

Primary

            Statistics

      Computing
September 

      Cinema

Compulsory

            


*   Practise  reading these sentences 
* The academic school  year generally commences in September .
* The typical school day normally finished at 3.00 pm in England.
* The national curriculum is usually set by the government.

* The GCSE stands for  the General Certificate of secondary education. 
* English,  Maths and Science are compulsory in the national   
   examination  at certain stages of the school education system.


UNIT 4

SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation

II. Grammar Review the passive voice
General form: to be + Vp.p
Active: 

S  + V  +

O 

Passive:  S  + BE + V3, ed + By +O


S  + V  +

O 

S  + BE + V3, ed + By +O

Ex:  The dog   bit   the boy 

The boy   was bitten   by the dog 


    1. Passive voice in simple present tense :

S + is/am/are + V p.p
Ex:    My cat catches a mouse
A mouse is caught by my cat 


    2. Passive voice in present continuous tense :
S + is/am/are + being + V p.p
Ex:

People are building a house for an old woman
A house is being built for an old woman


3. Passive voice in simple past tense :
S + was/were + V p.p
Ex:  They built a new school in Quang Khe last year
A new school was built in Quang Khe last year


   4. Passive voice in past continuous tense :

S + was/were + being + V p.p
5. Passive voice in present perfect tense

S + have/has + been + V p.p
6. Passive voice in past perfect tense 

S + had + been + V p.p


7. Passive voice in future simple tense: 

S + will + be + V p.p
8. Passive voice in modal verbs.

  

can 

         could
 S  +  

must     +        be       +   Vp.p    
might
will / shall
….


9. Passive voice with “to be going to.”

S + is/am/are + going to be + V p.p
10. Passive voice with “have to.”

S + have to/ has to + be + V p.p


Exercise 1: Fill each blank with the simple present 
 passive form of the verb in brackets.
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                           Answers
1. is divided
2. is separated
3. is set / must be followed
4. is made 
5. is paid
6. are selected


Exercise 2 Rewrite the following sentences
using the passive voice
1. They  built this school in 1997.
2. They  first published this dictionary in 1870
3. The students in my class are going to organize a surprise 
party tomorrow evening.
4. They are painting the kitchen now.
5. Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605.

6. They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies into many 
languages.
7. They have just built a new primary school in my village.
8. They will speak English at the conference
9. Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.
10. They will repaint the house soon.


1. They  built this school in 1997.
             ­ This school was built in 1997
2. They  first published this dictionary in 1870
              ­ This dictionary was first published in 1870
3. The students in my class are going to organize a surprise 
party tomorrow evening.
              ­ A surprise party is going to be organized by my 
class tomorrow evening
4. They are painting the kitchen now.
              ­ The chicken is being painted now
5. Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605.
          ­ “Romeo and Juliet” was written by Shakespeare in 
1605


6. They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies into
many languages.

7. They have just built a new primary school in my
village.

8. They will speak English at the conference

9. Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.
10. They will repaint the house soon



2. They first published this dictionary in 1870
This dictionary was first published in 1870.


3. The students in my class are going to organize
a surprise party tomorrow evening?

A surprise party is going to be organized
by the students in my class tomorrow
evening.


4. They are painting the kitchen now.
The kitchen is being painted now.


5. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet” in
1605.
“ Romeo and Juliet” was written by
Shakespeare in 1605.