English 11 Unit 13 Language Focus

UNIT 13:HOBBIES
LANGUAGE FOCUS


/pt/- /bd/ - /ps/ - /bz/
Listen and repeat:
/pt/

/bd/

/ps/

stopped
jumped
stepped

robbed
stabbed
grabbed

stops
steps
maps

/bz/
robs
bribes
rubs


Practise reading aloud these sentences:

/d/
1.She was robbed.
/t/
/t/
2. The boy jumped out into the road and bumped into
an old man
/s/
/z/
3. She’s been to a number of shops and clubs.
/s/
/z/
4. He rubs his hands because he wants to interrupt their
talk.


B. GRAMMAR
Cleft Sentence
1.Subject focus
2.Object focus
3.Adverbial focus


1. Subject focus: (Nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ)
likes
playing
football.
Ex1:Ex1:
TomTom
likes
playing

football.
football
S
It isItTom
that likes
that playing football.
→
is who/who/
Ex 2: The dog barked at the stranger.
The dog barked at the stranger
Ex2:
 It was the dog
that barked at the stranger.
that
→ It was

It + is/was + S + that/who + V + …


2. Object focus: (Nhấn mạnh tân ngữ)
Ex1:
hithit
thethe
dogdog
in his
Theman
man
inhouse.
his house
Ex1:The

O
It was the dogthat
that the man hit in his house
 It was
Ex2:
Ex2: Nam
Nam isis reading
reading novel.
novel.
 ItIt isis novel
novel that
that Nam
Nam isis reading.
reading.

It+ is/ was+ O + that + S+ V ………..


3. Adverbial focus: (Nhấn mạnh trạng ngữ)
Ex1: She bought him a present at the shop.

 It was at the shop that she bought him a present.
Ex 2: I live near the bank.
 It is near the bank that I live.

It+ is/was+ adverb + that+ S+ V ……


Exercise 1: Write the following sentences, using the Subject ,
Object, Adverbial focus structure:

1. The boy visited his uncle last month.
2. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
3. Huong and Sandra sang together at the part
4. The men is learning English.
5. The woman gave him the book.
6. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language
7. She made some cakes for tea.
8. His father repaired the bicycle for him.
9. She presented him a book on his birthday.


1. The boy visited his uncle last month.
 It was the boy that (who) visited his uncle last month.
2. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
 It was my mother that (who) bought me a present on my birthday.
3. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
It was Huong and Sandra that (who) sang together at the party.


4. The men is learning English.
- It is English that the men is learning
5. The woman gave him the book.
- It was the book that the woman gave him
6. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language
- It was his grandfather that the boy greeted in a
strange language


7. She made some cakes for tea.

 It was for tea that she made some cakes.
8. His father repaired the bicycle for him.
 It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle .
9. She presented him a book on his birthday.
 It was on his birthday that she presented him a book .


Cleft sentences
EXAMPLE:The man hit the dog in his house
S
V
O
Adv
It was the man who/ that hit the dog in his house.
(Subject focus)

It was the dog that the man hit in his house.
(Object focus)

It was in his house that the man hit the dog.
(Adverbial focus)


Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. The man is learning English.
English
A. It is English that the man is learning.
B. It is English the man is learning.
C. It was English that the man is learning
2. The woman gave him the book.

book
A. It is the book that the woman gave him.
B. It was the book that the woman gave him.
C. It was the book that the woman gave him the book.
3. She sent her friend the postcard.
A. It was the postcard that she sent her friend.
B. It was the postcard she sent her friend.
C. It is the postcard that she sent her friend.
4. Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
A. It was the book that Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
B. It is the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.
C. It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.


Further practice:

Choose the best word or phrase to
complete each sentence
1. It is on New Year’s Day ......................... To children
A. that we give lucky money

B. we give lucky money

C. that gives lucky money

D. who gives lucky money

2. It was the girl …………… received a letter from her friend
yesterday
A. which

B. whom

C. who

D. whose

3. ……………………… that the dog barked at
A. It is the stranger

B. That is the stranger

C. Which is the stranger

D. It was the stranger

4. It is my best friend ……………… me a lot when I am in difficulty.
A. Who helps B. Who she helps

C. Which helps

D. who help


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