Teacher: Mrs. DANG THANH THUY
TEACHING DAY: 17-9-2021
CLASS 8a1+8TC4
ENGLISH 8
Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Listen to the song and try to write out how many tenses were used.
* Supply the simple past form of the verbs.
lived
Was/ were
sent
came
introduced
showed
1. Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense:
(thì hiện tại đơn) (thì quá khứ đơn)
S + V / Vs/es … S + V2/ed …
- Every (day, night, week, month, year…). - Yesterday.
- Always, usually, often, sometimes, never. - Last (night, week, month, year...).
- (a day, a week, six months, five years…)ago.

*Exercise1: Complete the paragraphs. Use the correct form of the verb in
brackets
Hoa (0)……….(live) in Hue last year, but now she (1)……….(live) in Ha Noi.
Yesterday, Hoa’s friends Nien (2)………(send) Hoa a letter. Nien (3)…………(be)
Hoa’s neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue. She (4)……….(be) younger than Hoa.

Lan (0)……….(be) Hoa’s best friends. The two girls (1)……….(be) in the same
class at Quang Trung school. Last year, Hoa (2)……….(come) to the school for the
first time. Lan (3)………… (show) her around and (4)………………..(introduce)
her to many friends.
lived
lives
sent
was
is
is
are
came
showed
introduced
Present simple to talk about general truths
(thì hiện tại đơn nói về sự thật hiển nhiên)

The Moon moves around the earth
S + V(s/es) …
Ba: What do you know about the sun,Tuan ?
Tuan: The sun (0) in the east and (1) in the west.
Ba: Can you tell me anything about the other planets?
Tuan: I know something about the earth. It (2) around the sun.
Ba: Yes, and the moon (3) around the Earth.
Tuan: Where is Mars, Ba?
Ba: It (4) near the sun.
Tuan: No, it’s silly! That (5) Mercury. Mars (6) near the Earth.
Note: Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để diễn tả một sự thật hiển nhiên hay một chân lý.
*Exercise 2: Complete the dialogue. Use the correct form of the verbs
in the box
Ba is helping his young cousin Tuan with some homework
be
move
set
rise
go
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
…………..
is
is
s
es
s
is
s
2. Enough…to…: đủ …để…
Ex: a. Hoa: Can you put the groceries in your bag ?
Lan: No. It is ……………………….to carry everything. ( )
S + be (not) + adj + enough + to infinitive…
đủ(không đủ )…..…….....để……………
b. Hoa: Is Ba going to drive his father’s car ?
Lan: Don’t be silly ! Ba is …………………….to drive a car. ( )
c. Hoa: Do you need any help ?
Lan: No, thanks. I’m………………..to lift this box. ( )
d. Hoa: Why don’t you join our English Speaking Club ?
Lan: I don’t think my English is…………………..to be a member. ( )
big
old
strong
good
* Complete the dialogues:
not enough
not enough
enough
enough
III. ADJ ENOUGH + TO INFINITIVE
a. Hoa:Can you put the groceries in your bag?
Lan: No, it is ……….…………to carry
everthing (big)
b. Hoa: Is Ba going to drive his father’s car?
Lan: Don’t be silly! Ba is .........................to
drive a car (old)
c. Hoa: Do you need any help?
Lan: No, thanks. I’m ......................... to lift this
box. (strong)
d. Hoa: Why don’t you join our English
speaking club?
Lan: I don’t think my English is .........................
to be a member (good)
Complete the dialogue.
not big enough
not old enough
strong enough
good enough
1. He always……… to work by car. Yesterday he…………. to work by car, too. ( )

2. They always…….. up early. This morning they……… up late. ( )

3. I………… a letter to Jane every week. Last week I………….. two letters. ( )

4. She……… her friends every evening. She……. them yesterday evening, too.( )

5. They……. a new car every year. Last year they………. a new car, too. ( )

6. I…….an orange every day. Yesterday I……. two oranges. ( )

7. We usually……. shopping on Monday. We………. shopping last Monday, too.( )
*Complete these sentences. Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
3.Exercise:
go
get
write
meet
buy
eat
go
goes
went
get
got
write
wrote
meets
met
buy
bought
eat
ate
go
went
self- study instructions
- Review Theme 1.
Finish the consolidation exercises
Prepare Theme 2: Inventions
Lesson 1. Making arrangements
Lesson 2. Alexander Graham Bell
Good bye!