UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTER
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK
2/P.29 - 30

Objectives
1. Educational aim:

By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know how to use the
grammar points correctly.

2. Knowledge:

- Vocabulary: words related to the topic
- Grammar: Passive voice, past perfect tenses.

3. Skills

Speaking, reading and writing

THE MAIN CONTENT OF THE LESSON

I. GRAMMAR

1. The passive voice: review

2. The past perfect

GRAMMAR
I. The passive voice: review (Câu bị động)
Example:
a. People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
b.Thousands of people visit the Temple of Literature .
The Temple of Literature is visited by thousands of
people
 Form:

S + BE + Past participle (PP)...

1. Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED and
underline any sentences in the passive voice that you can
find. Check your findings with a partner.
1. Was anyone injured?
2. ...Only a few minor injuries were reported
3. ...Many houses and public buildings were destroyed ...
4. Thousands of people were left homeless.
5. ... who were trapped in flooded homes
7. They've been taken to a safe place
8. ...Temporary accommodation will be provided for them.

2. Complete the sentences using the correct passive form of
the verbs in brackets.

was scattered across the
1. Debris (scatter)………………..
countryside by the strong winds last night.
are built
2. Ten new houses (build)…………….in
the town every
year.
were taken
3. Residents of flooded villages (take)………………to a
safe place last night.
4. In the future,
disasters (predict)
willnatural
be predicted
…………………..accurately with the help of
technology.
5. Food and medicals
supplies (deliver)………………..
will be delivered
…later this afternoon.

3. Rewrite the following sentences using the correct passive
voice.
1. Volunteers have given out food and blankets to homeless people.

- Food and blanks have been given out to homeless people
(by volunteers)

2. So far, rescue workers have freed ten people trapped in collapsed
buildings.

- Ten people trapped in collapsed buildings have been
freed (by the rescue workers) so far

3. Did the storm destroy the whole village?

- Was the whole village destroyed (by the storm) ?
4. If the storm hit the area, It will cause a lot of damage.

- If the area is hit by storm, a lot of damage will be caused

5. They are going to organise a garden party to raise money for the
victims of the flood. - A garden party is going to be organised to
raise money for the victims of the flood.

GRAMMAR
II. The past pefect (Quá khứ hoàn thành)
4a. Read part of the converation from getting started. Pay
attention to the underlined part
.

Nick: Was anyone injured?
Duong: Only a few minor injuries were reported. Most
people had moved to safe areas when the storm broke.

(+) Positive
S+ had + past pariciple (V3/V-ed)
Ex: I had left when they came.
(-) Negative
S + had not( hadn't) + past participle (V3/V-ed)
Ex:: I hadn't left when they came.
(?) Questions
Had + S +past participle(V3/V-ed)?
Had + S + not + past participle(V3/V-ed)?
Hadn't +S + past participle(V3/V-ed)?
Short answers to Yes/No questions:
Yes, S + had
No, S + hadn't
Ex: had you left when they came?

4b. When do we use the past perfect? Can you
think of any rules?
1. We use the past perfect to describe an action before a
started time in the past
(Diễn tả một hành động trước 1 thời điểm nhất định trong quá khứ)
Ex: People had managed to leave the flooded villages by 11 o'clock.

2. We use the past perfect to describe an action
happened before another action in the past.
(Diễn tả một hành động đã xảy ra và hoàn thành trước 1 thành
động khác trong quá khứ)

Ex: People had already left the flooded villages
when rescue workers arrived.

 Dấu hiệu nhận biết
Before (Trước khi)
He had done his homework before his mother asked him to do so.

S + had + V3/V-ed

before S + V2 /V-ed

After (Sau khi)
They went home after they had eaten a big roasted chicken.

S + V2 / V-ed

after

S + V3 /V-ed

By the time (Vào thời điểm)
He had cleaned the house by the time her mother came back.

S + had + V3/V-ed by the time

S + V2/ V-ed

5. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in
brackets into the simple past or past perfect
had left
1. Most people (leave)……………before
the volcano
erupted
(erupt)…………….
arrived
2. By the time we (arrive)……………..at
the canyon, It
had stopped
(stop)……….............snowing.
had spent
3. They (spend)……………..the
night in the flooded area
before help (arrive)………………….
arrived
got
4. Simon (get)……….lost
because he (not take)
hadn't taken map with him.
…………........a
5. I (find)…………..my
pen after I (buy)
found
had bought new one.
………….........a

Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Ask and answer the questions
Do home work

(A CLOSER LOOK 2)

Go to school

- What had he done before he went to school?
- Before he went to school, he had done his homework?

Watch TV

Go to bed

- What had she done by the time she went to bed?
- By the time she went to bed, she had watched TV

6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions
about you
Example:
A.What had you learned to do by the time you started primary
school?
B.By the time I started primary school, I had learned how to ride a
bike.
1. What had your mother done when you got up last Sunday?
2. What had you done before you went to bed last night?
3. What had aleady happened when you arrived at school today?
4. What had you done before you left school yesterday?
5. What ha happened by the time you finished your homework
yesterday?

HOMEWORK

• Learn by heart new words
• Prepare Unit 9: Communication

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