Unit 12 Water sports
Period 68 E - Language Focus
- potato [pə`teitOu] → [p’teitOu]
- tonight [tə`nait] → [tn`ait]
- police [pə`li:s] → [p`li:s]
- tomato [tə`mɑ:tOu] → [t`mɑ:tOu]
Elision
I. Pronunciation.
* Listen and repeat
grandmother castle family awful history
handsome postman garden interest Edinburgh
Practise reading these sentences.
1. My grandmother is very interested in history.
2. There are a lot of old castles in Edinburgh.
3. I saw a handsome postman entering the garden.
4. My family paid a visit to that castle two years ago.
5. The meal was awful this evening.
II. Grammar
sleep read write lie meet occur
grow help arrive rain exist climb
1. Exercise 1
Intransitive verbs:
sleep lie occur arrive rain exist
Transitive verbs: verbs + Objects
Ex1: She bought a house last week
S V O
Intransitive verbs do not require objects
Ex1: He has gone out.
S V
1. A serious problem happened yesterday.
2. The customer bought a lot of butter.
3. Our team won the game.
4. Their team won yesterday.
5. Alice arrived at six o’clock.
6. They are staying at a resort hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
7. The wind is blowing hard today.
8. I walked to the station with my friends.
2. Exercise 2
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1. An will pay the bill.
2. Sue will come tomorrow.
3. The hotel supplies towels.
4. Accidents happen everyday.
5. Everyone noticed my mistakes.
6. The train arrived at three.
7. The news didn’t surprise me.
8. Birds fly in the sky.
9. An old man told the story.
10. Sue laughed loudly.
3. Exercise 3
11. S + will + be + VpII
13. S + am/is/are + VpII
15. S + was/were + VpII
17. S + was/were + VpII
19. S + was/were + VpII
1. An will pay the bill.
2. Sue will come tomorrow.
3. The hotel supplies towels.
4. Accidents happen everyday.
5. Everyone noticed my mistakes.
6. The train arrived at three.
7. The news didn’t surprise me.
8. Birds fly in the sky.
9. An old man told the story.
10. Sue laughed loudly.
3. Exercise 3
11. The bill will be paid (by An).
13. Towels are supplied (by the hotel).
15. My mistakes were noticed.
17. I wasn’t surprised (by the news).
19. The story was told (by an old man).
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