UNIT 2: CLOTHING
Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
1.Work with a partner. Read the dialogue:
Nga: Come and see my photo album.
Nam: Lovely! Who’s this girl?
Nga: Ah! It’s Lan, my old friend.
Nam: How long have you made friend with her?
Nga: I’ve made friend with her for six years.
Nam: Have you seen her recently?
Nga: No, I haven’t seen her since 2003.
Nam
Nga
I. The present perfect
Quang – brother’s friend / seven months / January
Hoa – new friend / three weeks / Monday
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Affirmative:
E.g.: I have lived in Ho Chi Minh city for 5 years.
Nam has bought a new bike since 2019.
b. Negative:
E.g.: I haven’t lived in Ho Chi Minh city for 5 years.
Nam hasn’t lived in Can Tho city since 2015.
S + have/has + V3/ed
S + haven’t/hasn’t + V3/ed
c. Question:
E.g.: Have you lived in HCM city for 5 years?
Has Nam lived in HCM city since 2015?


d. Signals: since, for, just, already, recently, never, ever, yet, etc.
e. Usage: the present perfect is used to expressed:
+ an action from the past to the present;
+ an action that occurred without accurate time.
Have/Has + S + V3/ed…?
II. The passive voice
1. Simple present tense:
E.g.: They sells jeans all over the world.
Jeans are sold all over the world.
Active: S + V(s/es) + O

Passive: S + am/is/are + V3/ed + by O
2. Simple past tense:
Active: S + V2/ed + O
Passive: S + was/were + V3/ed + by O
3. Present perfect tense:
Active: S + have/has + V3/ed + O
Passive: S + have/has + been + V3/ed + O
4. Modal verb, Have to, Be going to:
Active: S + modal verb + V(infinitive) + O
Passive: S + modal verb + be + V3/ed + O
1. Bỏ (by O) đối với những chủ từ bất định như: they, people, we, you, he, she, I, someone, somebody, no one, nobody, etc.
2. By O + time
Location + by O
NOTES:
Change these sentences into the passive voice, as directed:
a. They made jean cloth completely from cotton in the 18th century.
 Jean cloth
b. They grow rice in tropical countries.
 Rice
c. They will produce a lot of rice in Vietnam next year.
 A lot of rice
d. They have just introduced a new style of jeans in the USA.
 A new style of jeans
was made from cotton in the 18th century.
will be produced in Viet Nam next year.
has just been introduced in the USA.
is grown in tropical countries.
e. We can solve the problem.
 The problem
f. We have to improve all the schools in the city.
 All the schools in the city
g. They are going to build a new bridge.
 A new bridge

can be solved.
have to be improved in the city.
is going to be built.
Use the correct form of the verbs:
a. I (learn) English for 4 years.

b. They (live) in Danang since 2001.

c. You (eat) Chinese food yet?

d. Life on another planet might (find).

e. Two department stores (build) next year.

I have learned English for 4 years.
They have lived in Danang since 2001.
Have you eaten Chinese food yet?
Life on another planet might be found.
Two department stores will be built next year.
- Learn the structures.
- Do exercises again.
- Prepare UNIT 3: Getting started – Listen & Read
HOMEWORK
GOODBYE!