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Lesson 5: Language Focus
unit 1: a day in the life of...
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Unit 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
PART E: Language focus
Pronunciation
Listen and repeat:
/i/ /i:/
 hit  kick
 heat  repeat
 bit  click
 beat  read
 little  interest
 meat  eaten
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1.Short vowel /ɪ/
Cách phát âm: lưỡi đưa hướng lên trên và ra phía trước,
khoảng cách môi trên và dưới hẹp, mở rộng miệng sang 2 bên
Những trường hợp phát âm là /ɪ/
a. “a” được phát âm là /ɪ/ khi đối với những danh từ có hai âm tiết và có tận cùng bằng "age"
b. “e” được phát âm là /ɪ/ trong tiếp đầu ngữ “be”, “de” và “re”
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d. "ui" được phát âm là /ɪ/


c. “i” được phát âm là /ɪ/ trong từ có một âm tiết và tận cùng bằng một hoặc hai phụ âm i + phụ âm
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2.Long vowel /i:/
Cách phát âm: lưỡi đưa hướng lên trên và ra phía trước,khoảng cách môi trên và dưới hẹp, mở rộng miệng sang 2 bên. Khi phát âm âm này, miệng hơi bè một chút, giống như đang mỉm cười vậy.
Những trường hợp phát âm là /i:/
a. Âm "e" được phát âm là/i:/ khi đứng liền trước hình thức tận cùng bằng phụ âm + e và trong những chữ be, he, she, me ...
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b. Âm "ea" thường được phát âm là /i:/ khi: từ có tận cùng là"ea" hoặc "ea" + một phụ âm.


c. "ee" thường được phát âm là /i:/
Lưu ý: khi "ee" đứng trước tận cùng là "r" của 1 từ thì không phát âm là /i:/ mà
phát âm là /iə/. Ví dụ beer /biə/
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 Practice these sentences:
Is he coming to the cinema?
We’ll miss the beginning of the film
Is it an interesting film, Jim?
The beans and the meat were quite cheap
He’s going to leave here for the Green Mountains
Would you like to have meat, peas and cheese?
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The present simple tense
Affirmative
Grammar and Vocabulary
S + V/V(s/es) +….
S + don’t/doesn’t + V+….
Interrogative
Do/Does + S + V+….?
Negative
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EXER 1: Complete the blanks in the passage.
Fishing (1).………... my favorite sport. I often(2)…………. for hours without catching anything. But this does not (3) ………... me. Some fishermen(4) ………… unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they(5) ………… old boots and rubbish. I(6) ………… even less lucky. I never(7)………... anything – not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always (8)………… home with an empty bag. “You must (9)………… fishing!”, my friends (10) …………. “It’s a waste of time”. But they don’t (11) ………… that I (12) ………… not really interested in fishing. I’m only interested in sitting in a boat, doing nothing at all.
is
play
be
take
run
fish
go
say
catch
worry
give up
like
realise
be
play
take
run
fish
go
say
catch
worry
give up
like
are
be
be
am
be
catch
am
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Adverbs of frequency
are used with the present simple tense
always, usually, normally, often, sometimes, never, as a rule, occasionally,….
S + adverbs of frequency + V/V(s/es )+….
Position:
in front of normal verb
We never go to bed late.
between an auxiliary verb and the main verb
He doesn’t usually read newspapers after dinner.
after the verb “to be”
I am always free on Sundays.
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Always usually sometimes as a rule never often normally occasionally
He gets up early
She is late for school
Lan practises speaking English
Thao is a hard-working student
Exercise 2: ( at home)
Put each of these adverbs of frequency in its appropriate place in the sentences below.
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The past simple tense
Affirmative
Interrogative
Negative
S + didn’t + V+….
Did + S + V+….?
S + V2/V-ed +….
USE: We use the past simple tense to express a completed action or situation in the past.

Eg: We went to the cinema yesterday.
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Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tents in the middle of a field. As soon as this(1) ……………….(do), they (2) …………….. (cook) a meal over an open fire. They (3) …………….. (be) all hungry and the food (4) …………….. (smell) good. After a wonderful meal, they(5) ………………(tell) stories and (6) ……………… (sing) songs by the camp fire. But some time later it (7) …………….. (begin) to rain. The boys (8) ……………. (feel) tired so they (9) …………… (put out) the fire and (10) …………….. (creep) into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all (11) ……………… (sleep) soundly. In the middle of the night two boys (12) ……………….. (wake) up and began shouting. The tent (13) ………………..(be) full of water. They all (14) ………………. (leap) out of their sleeping-bags and (15) ……………….. (hurry) outside. It was raining heavily and they (16) ……………. (find) that a stream had formed in the field. The stream (17) …………………. (wind) its way across the field and then (18) ………………. (flow) right under their tent!
Exercise 3
. Supply the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
was done
cooked
were
smelt
sang
told
began
felt
put out
crept
woke
leapt
was
hurried
found
wound
flowed
slept
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I (have) ………….. coffee for breakfast every morning
They (begin) …………. to study at this school 7 years ago
He (visit) …….......... his friend yesterday
How long ago (he start) ……………. to learn French?
The sun (set) …………….. in the west
Every day Ba (go) …………… to school at 6. a.m. Yesterday he (go) ……………. to school at 6:30. He (be) ……………… late
have
began
visited
sets
goes
answer
Further practice
Put the verbs in brackets in the present or the past simple tense:
did he start
went
was
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Write 10 sentences about what you
did yesterday and 10 sentences
about what you do every day
Prepare Unit 2 Reading