Unit 9: AT HOME AND AWAY
LANGUAGE FOCUS 3
LANGUAGE FOCUS 3
How much is it ?
Prepositions
Past simple tense
Simple tenses
More ,less and fewer
How much is it?
It is 3000 dong.
How much are they?
They are 6000 dong.
=>How much is/ are + S?
=>It/ They + is/ are +…
1. INQUIRIES ABOUT PRICES
How much does it cost?
It costs 3000 dong.
How much do they cost?
They cost 6000 dong.
=>How much + does/ do + S + cost?
=>It costs/ They cost …
Lan: How much is the green dress ?
Assistant: It’s 30.000 dong.
Lan: And what about the violet dress ?
Assistant: It’s 35.000 dong .
Practice with your partners
Lan: How much is the green dress ?
Assistant: It’s 30.000 dong.
Lan: And what about the violet dress ?
Assistant: It’s 35.000 dong .
2. PREPOSITIONS

Near
Beside/ next to
Opposite
Between
To the left # To the right
Look at the map. Write the location of each store.
Write the locations of the stores:
1. The shoe store is on Hai Ba Trung Street.
It’s ......................the clothing store to the left.
2. The bookstore is on Hue Street. It’s …………..the restaurant and the minimart.
3. The restaurant is on Hue Street. It’s next to the bookstore …………...
4. The minimart is on Hue Street. It’s next to the bookstore …………...
5. The hairdresser’s is on Tay Ho Street.
It’s ……………the library.
next to/near
between
to the left
to the right
opposite
How far is it from the shoe store to the minimart?
It’s 500 meters.
b. Look at the table. Ask and answer questions with a partner.
How far is it from ………..to…….?
It’s + … meter/meters
3.The simple past tense
to be : S + was /were
I/ he /she / singular nouns+ was
We / you / they /plural nouns + were

Ordinary verbs: S + V2 / Ved
Irregular verbs: V2
Regular verbs: Ved
a. Write the past form of the verbs in the table
helped
remembered
took
sent
thought
talked
bought
b. Complete the sentences .Use the words in the box

a. Yesterday, I ……………. to my grandmother.
b. Last December, Mom ………………. me a new bike.
c. Dad ………………. in Hue a few years ago.
d. I ……………… a letter to my pen pal last month.
talked
bought
worked
sent
Ex: I …………volleyball.
played
play send buy talk work
4.The Simple tenses:
The simple present tense:
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations...
2. The simple past tense :
is used to talk about a completed action,  emphasizes that the action is finished.
3. The simple future tense:
to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future.
Look at Nga’s diary and complete the dialogue
Nga: Everyday I clean my room,……………..and ……………………
Minh: What did you do yesterday?
Nga: I…………………,.. .,……………,…………
,………………and……….
Minh: How about tomorrow?
Nga: I ………..............,......................,.
……………and……………..
helped my Mom
study English
cleaned my room
help my Mom
studied English
watched TV
played volleyball
stayed at Hoa’s house
will study English
,clean my room
help my Mom
see a movie
visit my
grandmother
Complete the dialogue:
buy new shoes
More , less and fewer
5. MORE ,LESS , AND FEWER :
a. Before there were 4 bananas .
Now, there are …………… bananas.
b. Before there were 500 ml of orange juice
Now, there is ………… orange juice.
c. Before there was a lot of meat
Now, there is ………… meat.
fewer + countable nouns
less + uncountable nouns
more + countable nouns and uncountable nouns
more
less
fewer
Before
Before, there were 2 eggs.










After
Now, there are more eggs.










Before, there was one liter of milk.
Now, there is less milk
Before, there were 4 bananas.
Now, there are fewer bananas
Before, there were no chicken.
Now, there is one chicken.
Before, there were 2 tomatoes.
Now, there are more tomatoes.
Before, there were 2 onions
Now, there are no onions.
Before, there were a lot of meat.
Now, there is less meat.
Before, there was a half liter of orange juice.
Now, there is more orange juice.
Before, there were no cabbages.
Now, there is one cabbage.
HOMEWORK
- Redo all exercises in the exercise book .
- Learn structures by heart.
- Prepare Unit 10: A1 – page 99, 100.