Unit : 7
Economic Reforms
Lesson 5: E. Language Focus
Pronunciation: strong form and weak form of auxiliaries
Grammar: Adverbial clauses of concession:
Although, though and even though


*Listen to the song, concentrate on how the words Have, Can are pronounced



I. Pronunciation
Listen and repeat.
Strong form and weak form of auxiliaries
/kæn/
/kən/
/kud/
/kəd/
/mʌst/
/məst/
∫æl
/∫əl/
/hæv/
/həv/
/həz/
/hæz/
/du:/
/du/
/dʌz/
/ dəz/
/iz/
/æm/
/əm /
/wil/
/wil/
/wəl/
/wəl/
/ z /
Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how the strong and weak form of the auxiliaries are pronounced
* Practise these sentences.
/kən/
/kæn/
/məst/
/mʌst/
/həv/
/hæv/
/həz/
/hæz/
/ ∫əl /
/wil/
/ du /
/du:/
/wəl/
II. Grammar:
Adverbial clauses of concession: Although, though and even though
Example 1:
It rains heavily.
The children go to school

Al though it rains heavily, the children go to school

Even though
She was tired.
She tried to finish her homework.
Although she was tired she tried to finish the report
Example 2:
She tried to finish the report although she was tired
,
or
Although, even though, though
Even though it rains heavily, the children go to school
Although she was tired, she tried to finish the report
Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ sự nhượng bộ là mệnh đề phụ chỉ sự tương phản của hai hành động trong câu.
Dù, mặc dù
S
V
S
V
S
V
S
V
Form:
Usage:
Even though it rains heavily, the children go to school

Despite raining, the children go to school
V-ing
Although she was tired, she tried to finish the report

In spite of being tired, she tried to finish the report
V-ing
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Exercise 1
* Combine the sentences with although/ even though
Example 1:
Although It was very sunny, it was quite cold

It was very sunny. It was quite cold


1. It rained a lot. We enjoyed our vacation.

2. We had planned everything carefully. A lot of
things went wrong.


3. The doctor has advised him to quit. Bob smokes
20 cigarettes a day
->Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our vacation.
->Although we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong
-> Even though the doctor has advised him to quit, Bob smokes 20 cigarettes a day.
Exercise 1
* Combine the sentences with although/ even though

* Combine the sentences with although, even though.

4. It was cold and rainy. We managed to go to class in time


5. Luong has studied English only for six months. He can speak English very well.


6. I didn’t go to bed early. I was really sleepy
->Although it was cold and rainy, we managed to go
to class in time
->I didn’t go to bed early although I was really sleepy.
->Although Luong has studied English only for six months, he can speak English very well
Exercise 1
Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our vacation.

2. Although we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong

3. Although it was cold and rainy, we managed to go
to class in time.

4. Although Luong has studied English only for six months, he can speak English very well.

5. I didn’t go to bed early although I was really sleepy.
 Despite the rain, we enjoyed our vacation
 In spite of planning everything carefully, …
 Despite being cold and rainy, we managed …
 In spite of studying E only for six months, Luong can …
 I didn’t go to bed early in spite of being really sleepy
Rewrite these following sentences using Despite/In spite of …
Exercise 3
Tick( ) the idea(s) that is/are suitable to complete the following sentences
1. Although we had packed our bags the night before,....
we forgot many things
B. we got everything needed
C. we left the tickets at home
2. They didn’t eat anything although.........
B. they were thirsty
A. they were very hungry
3. Although Luong hadn’t studied English before,.......
A. he didn’t understand it
B. he couldn’t do the English test well
C. he spoke it pretty well
C. they were very full
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4. .............he failed the exam.
A. Although he hadn’t studied hard
B. Although he was hard-working,
5. Although summer has come,......
A. The weather is pretty cold.
B. It is really hot.
C. Although he revised his lessons every day
C. The sun shines brightly.
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Exercise 3
Tick( ) the idea(s) that is/are suitable to complete the following sentences
Copy the exercise you have just done on your notebook.
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III. Homework