Unit 4 School education system

Teacher:Dang ThiThao


Compulsory
Public
school

curriculum

pupil

optional

Second
ary
educat
ion

Primary
education

State
school


PERIOD 26: E. LANGUAGE FOCUS


Unit 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Period 26 : E – Language Focus

Contents
I. Pronunciation
–Stress in three syllable words
II. Passive voice


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation: Stress in three –
syllable words
• Eg. ‘Educate, ‘complicate, ‘physical, ‘agency,
‘company, ‘certify, 'criticise, 'modernize
Rule 1: Stress in the first syllable of words
ending with: -ate, - cy, -fy, -ise, ize , -ical, ….


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation: Stress in three –syllable
words
Eg. Sta'tistic, re'jection, de'cision, mu'sician, etc
Rule 2: Stress in the second syllable of words
ending with: -ic, -tion, -sion, -ian,
Exception: ‘television, ‘politics, ‘lunatic,
‘catholic


Unit 4: School education system

Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

Rule 3: Stress in the syllable containing :
-ade, -ee, -ese, -eer, -ette, -oo, -oon, -aire, -ique,
-ain
Lemo'nade, Engi'neer, Chi'nese, after'noon,
millio'naire,, enter'tain
Exception: coffee /'kɔfi/,
committee /kə'miti/


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

Notes
Stress of the original words are unchanged
with following prefixes : un-, im-, in-, ir- ,
dis, non- , en-, reEg. 'healthy -> un'healthy
‘patient -> im’patient…
‘smokers -> non’smokers,
‘courage -> en’courage,


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

Notes
Stress of the original words are unchanged
with following suffixes: ful , less, able, al,
ous, ly, ise/ -ize, ing, en, ment, ness, ship,

hood

Eg.

‘beauty ->‘beautiful,
tra’dition -> tra’ditional …
di’rect -> di’rectly …
be’gin -> be’ginning,


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

Put a tick in the correct column
Words

Stress in
1st
syllable

Stress in
Stress in
2nd syllable 3rd
syllable

1



2

lunatic

3

historic

4

holiday

5

determine







*Mark stress of the following words then listen and
repeat:
algebra

carefully

politics

chemistry

academic

primary

computing

cinema

compulsory

physical

statistics

September


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

*Practice reading these sentences.

1.The academic school year generally
commences in September.
2. The typical school day normally finishes at
3.00 p.m. in England.
3.The national curriculum is usually set by the
government.

Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

II. Grammar: Passive voice
1. Revision: Match each tense in column
A with its structure of the passive form in
column B


A

B

1. Present simple

A. S + have/has been + V(ed/3) ..

2. Present continuous

B. S + was/were + V(ed/3) + ….

3. present perfect

C. S + will be + V(ed/3) ….

4. Past simple

D. S + is/am/are + V(ed/3) …..

5. Past continuous

E. S + had been + V(ed/3) …..

6. Past perfect

F. S+ is/am/are + being + V(ed/3)

7. Future simple

G. S + can/may/ must/… be +V(ed/3)

8. Modal verbs

H. S + am/is/ are + going to be
+V(ed/3)

9. Near future

I. S + was/were being V (ed/3) …


* How to change the active into the passive voice
Active:

S

+ V +

O

Passive : S+ (be) pp + by + O
1. Linda is eating a pizza.
Linda

=>A pizza is being eaten by Linda


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

II. Grammar: Passive voice
Notes
1.Câu có 2 tân ngữ -> chọn tân ngữ chỉ người
làm chủ ngữ câu bị động.
Eg. She gives me a pen. => I am given a pen
2.Câu chủ động có S là: They, people, we,
someone… -> khơng dùng “ by + O” trong câu bị
động.
Eg.They make a cake. => A cake is made
3. Các thì hồn thành tiếp diễn không dùng dạng
bị động


Unit 4: School education system
Period 26 : E – LANGUAGE FOCUS

Exercise 1: Work in individuals to

choose the best answer with the

simple present passive form of the
verb in brackets


1. Each term __________by a one-week break.
(separate)
A. is separate
B. is separated
C. was separated
D. are separated
2. The national curriculum _______by the
government and _____________ in all state
schools. (set, must follow)
A. is set /must be followed
B. is setted/ must be followed
C. are set /must be followed
D. is setted/ must be follow


3. The state school system _________ for by the
state. (pay)
A. are paid
B. is paid
C. was paid
D. is being paid
4. The advanced students __________ to take
part in the annual International Olympic.
(select)
A. is selected
B. are selected

C. will be selected
D. have been selected


Exercise 2: Work in groups to rewrite the
following sentences using the passive voice.
1. They built this school in 1997.
2. They are painting the kitchen now.
3. They will speak English at the conference.
4.Shakespeare wrote “ Romeo and Juliet” in 1605
5. The students in my class are going to organize a
surprise party tomorrow evening.
6.Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.
7.They first published this dictionary in 1870
8. They have just built a new primary school in my village.