UNIT 3: LANGUAGE FOCUS 1
gerunds & infinitives
Teacher: Ms. Hanh
From: Hoa Ninh High School
EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT
OF VINH LONG PROVINCE
Choose the underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that needs correcting.
1. It is extremely important for an engineer to know to use a computer.
A B C D
2. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push A B C D
a few buttons.
3. Approximately 70 percent of all parents let their children to attend school.
A B C D
4. Students in the United States often support themselves by baby sitting,
A B C
working in restaurants or drive taxicabs.
D
5. His teacher encouraged him taking part in the international piano competition.
A B C D
to know how
by pushing
attend
driving
to take
PRONUNCIATION
/l/ - /r/ - /h/
/l/
/h/
lunch
lemonade
jelly
glass
salad
house
holiday
hospital
husband
helicopter
Europe
parent
really
restaurant
library
/r/
Practise reading aloud these sentences
1. Hello, Mr. Allen. You’re early for lunch. It’s only eleven o’clock.
6. Helen and her husband will have to spend their holiday in hospital.
GRAMMAR
Master the Use of Gerunds and Infinitives
Task 2: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences:
1. Most passengers dislike……to sit in small, uncomfortable seats on long flights.
A. have B. having C. to have D. had
2. I must drive more carefully. I can’t risk………another speeding ticket.
A. get B. getting C. to get D. got
3. Did Dick mean………Sue about the party, or did it slip out accidentally?
A. telling B. tell C. to tell D. told
4. You must keep…..on the computer until you understand how to use all of the programmes.
A. practising B. practise C. practised D. to practise
5. The judge demanded………..the original document, not the photocopy.
A. seeing B. seen C. to see D. see
* Cấu trúc prefer(thích hơn)/ would rather (thích hơn)/ would prefer (thích/muốn)
Task 3: Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first.
1. He played badly in the last match because of his injured knee.
Steve has_____________________________________________
2. Driving on the left is strange for Americans.
Americans aren`t________________________________________
3. I prefer having dinner at home to going out for dinner.
I`d rather______________________________________________
4. It won`t be difficult to get a ticket for the game.
You won`t have any _____________________________________
1. He played badly in the last match because of his injured knee.
His injured knee made___________________________________
2. Driving on the left is strange for Americans.
Americans aren`t________________________________________
3. I prefer having dinner at home to going out for dinner.
I`d rather______________________________________________
4. It won`t be difficult to get a ticket for the game.
You won`t have any _____________________________________
him play badly in the last match.
Make + O + Vo: khiến ai đó làm gì
Be used to + V-ing : quen với việc làm gì đó
used to driving on the left.
* would rather (‘d rather) và prefer :
S + prefer + V-ing + to + V-ing
= S + would rather + Vo + than + Vo
have dinner at home than go out for dinner.
Have difficulty (in) + V-ing : gặp khó khăn trong việc gì
difficulty (in) getting a ticket for the
game.
Thanks for watching