Unit 04 special education language focus

Language Focus
• Pronunciation: /
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• Grammar and vocabulary :
1.The + adjective
2.Used to + infinitive
3.“Which” as a connector


pronunciation

• Listen and repeat.
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top

call

boss

sport

doctor

four

wrong

walking

Job

More

box

talk


Pronunciation
Practise these sentences
1.Put the socks on top of the box.
2.He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.
3. What’s wrong with you, boss ?
4. Is walking called a sport?
5.He can’t talk to her any more.
6. Four of us have walked for fourteen miles.


Practise these sentences
1.Put the socks on top of the box.
2.He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.
3. What’s wrong with you, boss ?

4. Is walking called a sport?
5.He can’t talk to her any more.
6.Four of us have walked for fourteen miles.


Grammar and vocabulary 1
The + adjective = common noun
( Danh tõ tËp hỵp)
Eg : old ( adj)

 The old (n) = old people

rich (adj)  The rich (n) = Rich people
Note: Common nouns are used to describe a
group of people, so they are followed by a
plural verb.
Eg: - The old like living in the countryside.
- The rich often have a lot of money.


Exercise 1:
Complete these sentences using “The + one of the
adjectives”:
injured, poor, rich, sick, unemployed, young
1) The young have the future in their hands.
2) Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and
the injured
took
……………to hospital.
3) Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so

thefor…………………….
unemployed
easy
4) Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life
the for
sick………….
caring
5) In England there is an old story about a man called
therobbed
rich ………….and gave
Robin Hood. It is said that he
the
poor to…………….
the
money


Grammar and vocabulary 2
Used to + infinitive
5 years ago
-I smoked 40 cigarettes a day.

now
- I don’t smoke any
longer.

 I used to smoke 40 cigarettes
a day.

Note: Used to + infinitive is used to express a

past habit or past state.
(DiƠn t¶ thãi quen trong quá khứ
hoặc 1 tình trạng trong quá khứ)
Eg : I used to own a bike 5 yeas ago.


Form:

(+) S + used to + Vinfi.
eg: I used to cry when I was a baby.
(-) S + didn’t + use to + Vinf.
eg: She didn’t use to go to the theatre.
(?) Did + S + use to + Vinfi ?
Yes, S + did. / No, S + didn’t.
eg: Did you used to eat candy when you was a
child?
Yes, I did.
Wh- word + did + S + use to + Vinfi?
 S + used to + Vinfi.

eg: Where did you use to go when you were in
London?
I used to go to the theatre.


Exercise 2:
Complete the sentences with used to… + a
suitable verb.
1) Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40
cigarettes a days.

used to have / ride
2) Liz ………………….
…..a motorbike, but last year she sold it and
bought a car.
used
live
3) We came to live in Manchester a few years ago.
Weto
……………….in
Nottingham.
used
to eat /like
4) I rarely eat ice cream now, but
I……………………..it
when I was a
child.used to be
5) Jim ……………….. my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.
used
to about
take 40 minutes to get to work since the new
6) It only takes
me
used
to be It ……………….. more than an hour.
road was
opened.
7) There ……………. a hoteldid
opposite
the
you use to

gostation, but it closed a long
time ago.
8)

When you lived in London, ………………….

to the theatre?


Grammar and vocabulary 3
“ Which” as a connector
• Eg: She can’t speak English. It is her
disadvantage.
• “It” = She can’t speak English.
 She can’t speak English, which is her
disadvantage.
• “ which” = “ It” = She can’t speak English.
• Note: which đợc dùng trong mệnh đề quan
hệ để thay thÕ cho 1 mƯnh ®Ị quan hƯ
®øng tríc nã.


Exercise 3:
Join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new
sentence. Use “which”.

A

B

1. Sheila couldn’t come to the
party.
2. Jill isn’t on the phone.
3. Neil has passed his
examinations.
4. Our flight was delayed.
5. Ann offered to put me up
for the night.
6. The street I live in is very
noisy at night.
7. Our car has broken down.

a. This was very nice of her.
b. This means we can’t go
away tomorrow.
c. This makes it difficult to
contact her.
d. This makes it difficult to
sleep.
e. This was a pity.
f. This is a good news.
g. This meant we had to wait
for hours at the airport.


Answers:
1. Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity
2. Jill isn’t on the phone, which makes it difficult to
contact her
3. Neil has passed his examination, which is good

news
4. Our flight was delayed, which meant we had to wait
for hours at the airport
5. Ann offered to let me stay in her house, which was
very nice of her
6. The street I live in is very noisy at night, which
makes it difficult to sleep
7. Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go
away tomorrow


Homework
• Do the exercises again
• Prepare reading carefully