Unit 13 Hobbies

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.



1. Subject focus: (Nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ)
Ex1:
Ex1:
Tom
likes
likes
playing
playing
football.
football.
football
Tom
It isS Tom who/
thatthat

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

It + is/was + S + that/who + V + …


2. Object focus: (Nhấn mạnh tân ngữ)
Ex1:
dog
in his
the
dog
Theman
manhithitthe
in house.
his house
Ex1: The
Othat the man hit in his house


It
was
the
dog
that
 It was
Ex2:
Ex2: Nam
Nam is
is reading
reading novel.
novel.
 It
It is
is novel
novel that
that Nam
Nam is
is 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

- Learn the endings “ED” & “ES,S”
- Revise the cleft sentence structures
- Do all exercises left in the book.
- Prepare for the next lesson.