Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
English 10
AN EXCURSION
Language focus

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Warm up
Catch the words and pronounce them right.
learn
future
excursion
person
colour
further
nurse
teacher
pagoda
girl

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Pronunciation
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syllable has no main stress
Syllable has main stress

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
/ ? / / ?: /
bird
fir
teacher
nurse
further
colour
person
excursion
future
learn

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Practice 1 : Choose / ә / or / з: /

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Practise these sentences
1 Have you heard about our excursion to Thay pagoda?
2 Her father is learning German with a teacher.
4 The girls work in the church on Thursdays.
6 I’m thirsty, Nurse. I want a glass of water.
3 Last year the birds returned to the river earlier than this year
5 Was it Barbara’s camera?

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GRAMMAR
1) Tom: I hear Mary in hospital now
Jack: Really? I’m going to see her tomorrow/
I will see her tomorrow/
I’m seeing her tomorrow.
2) Mai: Let’s go to the cinema tonight.
Huong: Sorry, I’m helping my sister with her
homework tonight/ I’m going to help my
sister with her homework tonight
3) Look! It’s windy and cloudy. Run and look for a shelter. It is going to rain hard/ It will rain hard.
I will see her tomorrow/
I’m helping my sister with her
homework tonight/
It is going to rain hard/

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*Be going to + verb without TO: talking about
something planned before the moment of
speaking or something which is surely happen soon.
* Will + verb without TO: talking about
something coming out the moment of speaking
* Be + Ving + adverb denoting the future:
talking about plans as in agenda.

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Choose the correct option in brackets
1 Tell me your plan, Lan. What (are you doing/ will you do ) this Saturday evening?
2 Mary (will get married / is getting married ) next week.
3 There’s a good play on TV tonight. (Will you / Are you going to) watch it?
4 I fell terrible. I think I ( will be/ am going to be ) sick.
5 There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It (will/ is going to ) rain.
Exercise 1

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Exercise 2
Put the verbs in brackets in the present progressive or be going to
1 The Browns (go)…………….. To the cinema this evening.
2 We (have)…………….. an English –speaking club meeting next week. Would you like to come?
3 The cat is just behind the rat. It (catch)……………….……… the latter.
4 Where you (put)……………………….. this new bookcase?
5 Smoking is very bad for his health, but he (not give) ………………………….it up.
are going
are having
is going to catch
are you putting
is not going to give

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Exercise 3
Complete the exchanges, using the present progressive or be going to
Welcome to the lucky choice

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The Pyramids
The Great Wall
The Taij Mahal
Effel Tower
Sydney Opera House

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There’s a football match on TV this afternoon.
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Sentence 1
Are you going to see it?
No, I’m busy. ………………………….
I’m doing my homework

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Sentence 2
Can you come next weekend?
Sorry, we’d love to, but……………………..
S+ be + Ving

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Sentence 3
I hear Tim has won a lot of money. What……………………..?
He says ………………………….
is he going to do
with the money?
he’s going to buy a new car

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Sentence 4
Should I leave the umbrella at home?
It’s cloudy and windy. …………………….Take it along
It’s going to rain soon.

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Sentence 5
Do you think the windows are so dirty?
Oh, yes. I ……………………….. ………… later.
am going to clean them / will clean them

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Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Using the words given to build sentences:
a. My birthday/ next Sunday/ I/ invite/ you
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b. Tell/ your/ plan./ What/ you/ do/ this weekend?
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c. After/ Test Yourself B/ we/ have/ One-period Test.
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d. I/ think/ it/ rain/ The/ sky/ so cloudy.
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My birthday is next Sunday, I am going to invite
you to my birthday party.
Tell me your plan. What are you going to do
this weekend?
After the Test Yourself B, we are going to have
One-period Test
I think it is going to rain. The sky is so cloudy
FURTHER PRACTICE 1

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Listen to
the song
What song is it?
It’s “Happy
New Year”
By ABBA

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
HOMEWORK
Do Exercise 3 (page 71)
And prepare Test Yourself B

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong

Nguyen Thi Hong Van – Quang Trung, Ha Dong
/ ә / / з: /
heard
her
father
German
return
river
early
girl
church
Thursday
thirsty
camera
pagoda
Practice 2 :