WELCOME TO CLASS 11B4
Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thúy
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Tongue twisters /tr/, /dr/, /tw/
“ While a twin was trying to drive his dramatically dreadful truck to a travel agent at twelve, he hit a tree.”
dreadful
try
twelve
dramatically
twin
travel
truck
drive
tree
Activity 1: Listen and repeat
I. Pronunciation
/tr/ - /dr/ - /tw/
Activity 2: Practice reading aloud these sentences
I. Pronunciation
John always enjoys travelling by train.
Jane’s teeth are troubling her.
Geoge is driving dangerously.
Her new dress is an absolute dream.
She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.
Think twice before doing something.
/tr/ - /dr/ - /tw/
II. GRAMMAR
1. Presentation:
It’s so hot, today.
Hai suggested going to the beach
Hai
Let’s go to the beach.
What did Hai suggest?
Sơn
Sorry, I’m late
 She apologized for being late
 For what did she apologize?
Thank you for helping me build this snowman.
 She thanked him for helping her build that snowman.
SNOWMAN
 For what did she thank him?
Reported Speech with Gerund

 He suggested going to the beach.
 She thanked him for helping her build that snowman.
 She apologised for being late.
V + prep + V-ing
V + V-ing
V + O + prep + V-ing
FORM:
S + V + prep + (not) + V-ing
S + V + (not) + V-ing
S + V + O + (not) + prep + V-ing
 USE: We use reported speech with Gerund in order to report thanking, apology, accusation, suggestion, admittance ... (để tường thuật lời cảm ơn, xin lỗi, lời đề nghị ....của ai đó)
S + V + (not) + V-ing
S + V + preposition + (not) + V-ing
S + V + O +prepositon + (not) + V-ing
accuse of : buộc tội ai về việc gì
blame for : đổ lỗi cho ai về việc gì
congratulate on : khen ngợi ai về việc gì
criticize S.O for V-ing: chỉ trích ai về điều gì
warn against : khuyến cáo ai đừng làm gì
thank for : cảm ơn ai về việc gì
prevent from : ngăn cản ai khỏi việc gì
apologize for : xin lỗi về điều gì
insist on/up : cố nài làm gì
dream of V-ing : ước mơ làm điều gì
think of : nghĩ về ai
admit : thừa nhận đã làm gì
deny V- ing : phủ nhận đã làm gì
suggest : đề nghị làm điều gì
Note:
 Change Subject Pronouns, Object pronouns, Possessive adjectives,... in reported speech
 Change adverbs of time, place
 Change the verb tense if the introducing verb is in past tense.
e.g.: “You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to him

→ The teacher accused him of not paying attention to what she had said.
II. GRAMMAR
2. Practice:
1. “I’m really sorry I went.”
2. “No, I certainly didn’t go.”
3. “Let’s go.”
4. “I really must go.”
5. “Well done for speaking up like that.”
a, I denied going.
b, I congratulated on speaking up.
c, I insisted on going.
d, I suggested going.
e, I apologized for going.
Activity 1: MATCHING
1. “I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!” John said to us.
John congratulated …… on……………………………
2. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” Mary said.
Mary apologised for ……………………………………
3. “I’ll drive you to station. I insist,” Peter said to Linda
Peter insisted on …………………………………………
4. “You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to the boy.
The teacher accused ……………of ……………………
………………….
“I’ve always wanted to be rich,” Bob said
Bob has always dreamed of …………………………
us
passing our exams
not phoning me earlier
driving Linda to station
the boy
being rich
not paying attention
Activity 2: Rewriting the sentences
to what he had said
Congratulation
6
1
4
2
3
5
Lucky number
3. PRODUCTION
HOMEWORK
- Review pronunciation and grammar points.
Do the rest of the exercises in the textbook.
Prepare “TEST YOURSELF B”
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH
SEE YOU AGAIN

Tom insisted on..............................

Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom: Certainly not. I’ll pay.

Tom insisted on paying for the meal.
Mr. Smith: I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to ...........
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to
meeting their children
Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house.
Boy: Oh ... No, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know anything about it.
The boy denied ................................
The boy denied breaking the window
of her house.
Detective : You have stolen Mrs. Brown’s car
The thief: yes.....! But.......
The thief admitted ..........................................
The thief admitted stealing Mrs. Brown’s car.

Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
Ann: What about having a party.

Ann suggested ............................................
Ann suggested having a party on Saturday.
Congratulation
Additional activity: Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or has the closest meaning to the original one.
1.The police prevented us _________getting into the park.
A. from B. off C. on D. out of
2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle.
A. for drinking B. to drinking C. of drinking D. drinking
3.“Don’t cut flowers in the park!”, the old lady said to us.
A. The old lady wanted us to cut flowers in the park.
B. The old lady insisted us on cutting flowers in the park.
C. The old lady warned us against cutting flowers in the park.
D. The old lady congratulated us on cutting flowers in the park.
4. Cathy said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”
A. Cathy thanked for going to the cinema.
B. Cathy suggested going to the cinema.
C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.
D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.
C
B
A
D