Unit 06 competitions language focus 2

What is this?

What is this
number?

train
Tree

twenty dress


Period 32 : LANGUAGE

FOCUS


Put these words into the correct column
I. traffic
Pronunciation :drive
/ tr / ; / dr / ; /twelve
tw/

twin and repeattroops
1. Listen
:
dreadful
/ tr /

1./tr/

drink

trousers
dress
/ dr /

twinkle
tropical
twenty
/ tw /

2. /dr/

3./tw/


I. Pronunciation : / tr / ; / dr / ; / tw/
2. Practise reading aloud these sentences :
1. John always enjoys traveling
traveling by train
train
2. Jane’s teeth are troubling
troubling her
3. George is driving
driving dangerously
4. Her new dress
dress is an absolute dream
dream
5. She has an amused twinkle
twinkle in her eyes

6. Think twice before doing something

twice


It’s so hot, today.
Let’s go to the
beach.

What did the little boy suggest ?

He suggested going to the beach


Sorry,
I’m late

 She apologised for being late


Thank you for helping me build this snowman.

 She thanked him for helping her build that snowman


Reported Speech with
Gerund
 She apologised for being late
S+

V

+prep+V-ing…

 He suggested going to the beach
S + V + V-ing…
She thanked him for helping her build that snowman

S + V + O+prep+V-ing….


Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS
II. Grammar : Reported speech with gerund
* Structures
1. S + V +V- ing…
admit, deny, suggest, regret…
2. S + V + Preposition (Prep) + V – ing…
apologize for, complaint about, insist on, object to, dream of, insist on,
think of …..
3. S + V + O + Preposition (Prep) + V – ing…
accuse sb of; blame sb for; congratulate sb on; warn sb against;
thank sb for; criticize sb for; praise sb for; prevent sb from; to
suspect sb of….

Use: We use reported speech with Gerund in order to report feelings
or suggestions. (để tường thuật cảm xúc hoặc lời đề nghị ....của ai đó,)


 Note: Change Subject Pronouns, Object pronouns, Possessive
adjectives,... in reported speech

- First person (I , We)

→ S

- Second person (You)

→

- Third person (He, she, it, they) →

O
unchanged

 Change the verb tense if the introducing verb is in past tense.
“You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to him
→ The teacher accused him of not paying attention to what she
had said.


III . EXERCISES :
Exercise 1 : Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin each
of the sentences in the way shown.


Lucky number

1

2
3

5
4


“I’m sorry I didn’t
phone you earlier.”
Marry said.

Mary apologized for ________________________
not phoning him earlier.


“I’ll drive you to the
station. I insist.” Peter
MANGER
said to Linda.

Peter insisted on ________________________.
driving Linda to the station


Congratulation


“You don’t pay attention to the lesson to
what I said,” the teacher said to the boy.

the boyof_____________________________
not paying attention to what she had said.

The teacher accused _____


“I hear you passed your exams.
Congratulations!” John said to us

Mary congratulated ______
us on _________________
passing our exams.


Exercise 1

“I hear you passed your exams.
Congratulations!” John said to us.
John congratulated ……
us on……………………………
passing our exams
2. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” Mary
said.
not phoning me earlier
Mary apologised for ……………………………………
3. “I’ll drive you to station. I insist,” Peter said to
Linda
driving Linda to station
Peter insisted on …………………………………………
4. “You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the
teacher said to the boy.
The
teacher

accused
of …………………………
The
teacher
accused
the boy of ……
not paying
attention to what she had said
1.


Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund.
Ex: Teacher: Come in, Peter!
Peter : I’m sorry I’m late.
Peter apologized for being
___________
late

1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on _____________________
paying for the meal.
2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to________________________
meeting their children soon.
3. Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house
Boy : Oh … no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know anything about
it.
having broken the window of her house.

The boy denied _____________________________________
4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
Customer : What’s that?
Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave theleaving
shop! the shop
Policeman stopped the customer from _______________.


Homework
• Revise how to make reported speech
with gerund.
• Do exercises again
• Prepare for Test yourself B



Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 32: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Homework : I. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as the shown.
1.“ I must have made a mistake in the calculations.” Mr. Forest
said.
->Mr. Forest admitted .......................................................................
2.“ I can’t let you use the mobile phone.” Her mother said.
-> Her mother prevented ....................................................................
3.“ I didn’t steal the car”, the boy said. “ I just borrowed it.”
-> The boy denied................................................................................
4.Peter said, “ I wish I hadn’t lent him some money.”
-> Peter regretted ...............................................................................
5. “ The man is a spy.” She said.
-> She suspected....................................................................................
6. “ I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry.

->He apologized ...................................................................................


Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or has
the closest meaning to the original one.
1.The police prevented us _________getting into the park.

A
A. from

B. off
C. on
D. out of
2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle.
A. for drinking
B. to drinking
C. of drinking
D. drinking
D
3.“Don’t cut flowers in the park!”, the old lady said to us.
A. The old lady wanted us to cut flowers in the park.
B. The old lady insisted us on cutting flowers in the park.

C
C. The old lady warned us against cutting flowers in the park.
D. The old lady congratulated us on cutting flowers in the park.
4. Cathy said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”
A. Cathy thanked for going to the cinema.
B.
B Cathy suggested going to the cinema.

C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.
D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.