UNIT 13:HOBBIES
LANGUAGE FOCUS

What did they do
yesterday?

They chopped wood
yesterday.

What did he do last
Sunday?

He scrubbed the floor
last Sunday.

What are they?

They are cabs.

What are they?

They are ships.

I. Pronunciation: /pt/ /bd/ /ps / bz/
1. Listen and repeat
/pt/
/bd/
stopped robbed
jumped
stabbed
stepped grabbed
trapped bribed

/ps /
stops
steps
maps
shops

/bz/
robs
bribes
rubs
clubs

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2. Practise reading aloud these sentences.
1. She was robbed.
2. He stopped smoking.
3. Lan dropped the teapot.
4. The boy jumped out into the road and
bumped into an old man.
• 5. She's been to a number of shops and
clubs.
• 6. He rubs his hands because he wants to
interrupt their talk.

Grammar
CLEFT SENTENCES

1.Subject focus
Ex:The pupils learnt the lesson
S
V
in the classroom
It was the pupils that/ who learnt the lesson in the classroom.
Be
S
V

The dog grabbed at the bone.
S
V
It was the dog which/that
grabbed at the bone.
V

It + is/was + S + that +V……...(chính….
làm gì)
Muốn nhấn mạnh vào chủ thể hay người gây ra
hành động,người ta dùng câu chẻ để diễn đạt và
đặt trọng tâm vào chủ thể đó.Để nhấn mạnh chủ
ngữ, ta đưa chủ ngữ đó vào giữa it is/was và that.
Chúng ta có thể dùng who (chỉ người),which(chỉ
vật,sự vật) thay cho that khi nhấn mạnh chủ ngữ .
Khi chủ từ số nhiều được nhấn mạnh, thì động từ
trong mệnh đề quan hệ ở số nhiều

EXERCISE 2
LUCKY NUMBER

1

2

3

4

5

6
NEXT

1. The boy visited his uncle last month.

 It was the boy who visited his uncle
last month.

2. My mother bought me a present on
my birthday.
 It was my mother who bought me a
present on my birthday.

3. Huong and Sandra sang together at
the party.
 It was Huong and Sandra who sang

together at the party.

4. Nam's father got angry with him.
 It was Nam's father who got angry

with him.

Lucky number

1. The boy visited his uncle last month.
 It was the boy who visited his uncle last month.
2. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
 It was my mother who bought me a present on my
birthday.
3. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
 It was Huong and Sandra who sang together at
the party.
4. Nam's father got angry with him.
 It was Nam's father who got angry with him.

2.OBJECT FOCUS

The pupils learnt the lesson in the classroom.
O

It was the lesson that the pupils learnt in the
O
classroom.

S

V

It+ is/ was+ O+ that+ S+ V ………..
Để nhấn mạnh vào túc từ hay đối tượng
của hành động, người ta dùng câu chẻ để
diễn đạt và đặt trọng tâm vào túc từ. Ta
đưa túc từ vào giữa It is/ was và that
Khi nhấn mạnh túc từ ta chỉ sử dụng that.

EXERCISE 2

LUCKY FRUIT

Next

1.The man is learning English.
It is English that the man is learning.

2.The woman gave him the book.

It was the book that the woman gave him.

3. She sent her friend the postcard.

It was the postcard that she sent her friend.

4. Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.

Lucky fruit

1.The man is learning English.
 It

is English that the man is learning.
2.The woman gave him the book.

 It was the book that the man gave him.

3. She sent her friend the postcard.
It was the postcard that she sent her friend.

4. Hoa borrowed the book from Long.
 It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.

3. ADVERBIAL FOCUS
The pupils learnt the lesson in the classroom.
adverb of place

It was in the classroom that the pupils
adverb of place

learnt the lesson.
V

S

It+ is/was+ adverbial focus+ that+ S+ V ……
Muốn nhấn mạnh vào trạng ngữ( thời
gian ,địa điểm) của mệnh đề, người ta dùng
câu chẻ để diễn đạt và đặt trọng tâm vào chu
cảnh hay trạng ngữ.
Để nhấn mạnh trạng ngữ ,ta đưa trạng ngữ
đó vào giữa It is/ was và that
Khi nhấn mạnh trạng ngữ ta chỉ sử dụng
that

EXERCISE 3

LUCKY ANIMAL

Next

1. The boy hit the dog in the garden.
It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog.

2. She made some cakes for tea.

It was for tea that she made some cakes.

3.His father repaired the bicycle for him.

It was for him that his father repaired the
bicycle.

4.She presented him a book on his birthday.
It was on his birthday that she presented
him a book.

Lucky animal

1. The boy hit the dog in the garden

It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog.
2. She made some cakes for tea.
 It was for tea that she made some cakes.

3.His father repaired the bicycle for him.
It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle.
4.She presented him a book on his birthday.
 It was on his birthday that she presented him a
book.

Look at the pictures and write your own
sentences, paying attention to the subject
focus, the object focus or the adverbial focus
1

2

3

Look at the pictures and write your own
sentences, paying attention to the subject
focus, the object focus or the adverbial focus

CONSOLIDATION:
Pronunciation: /pt/

/bd/

/ps/

Grammar: 1.subject focus
2. object focus
3. adverbial focus

/bz/

Do the rest of the exercises at home.
Learn the lesson.
Prepare unit 14(reading)