He chopped wood yesterday.
chopped
chop wood
He steps the stairs
steps
They robbed the bank yesterday.
robbed
They are cabs
cabs
They are ships
ships
Part E: Language Focus
Unit 13: HOBBIES
I. PRONUNCIATION
/pt/
/bd/
/ps/
/bz/
chopped
stepped
stopped
trapped
robbed
grabbed
stabbed
bribed
ships
maps
shops
steps
robs
cabs
clubs
rubs
* Listen and repeat:
* Practise reading aloud these sentences:
* Note:
+ “-p + ed”  /pt/
+ “-b + ed”  /bd/
+ “-p + s”  /bs/
+ “-b + s”  /bz/
- Tom gives Mary a rose.
It is Tom that gives Mary a rose.
II. GRAMMAR: CLEFT SENTENCES
1/ Subject focus:
gives Mary a rose.
Tom
 It is……….that …..............................
Tom gives Mary a rose.
Ex:
 It is Tom who gives Mary a rose.
They played football
in the yard
yesterday.
II. GRAMMAR: CLEFT SENTENCES
1/ Subject focus:
Tom gives Mary a rose.
 It is Tom that/who gives Mary a rose.
2/ Object focus:
They played football in the yard yesterday.
 It was football that they played in the yard yesterday.
3/ Adverbial focus:
 It was in the yard that they played football yesterday.
 It was yesterday that they played football in the yard.
* Note:
To emphasize a particular part of the sentence, we use:
It is/was + the emphasized part + that + a clause
EXERCISE 1: Rewrite the sentences, focusing on the underlined part (cleft sentence)
1/ The boy visited his uncle last month.

2/ Nam’s father got angry with him.

3/ The man is learning English.

4/ The woman gave him the book.

5/ She bought that present from the shop.

6/ The meeting starts at 8.00 a.m.
 It was the boy that visited his uncle last month.
 It was Nam’s father that got angry with him.
 It is English that the man is learning.
 It was the book that the woman gave him.
 It was from the shop that she bought that present.
 It is at 8.00 a.m. that the meeting starts.
EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer
1/ She made some cakes for tea.
A. It is for tea that she made some cakes.
B. It was for tea that she made some cakes.
C. It was for tea who she made some cakes.
2/ She sent her friend the postcard.
A. It was the postcard that she sent her friend.
B. It is the postcard that she sent her friend.
C. It’s the postcard that she sent her friend.
3/ The boys play football every afternoon.
A. It was the boys that play football every afternoon.
B. It was the boys which play football every afternoon
C. It is the boys that play football every afternoon.
4/ Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
A. It were Huong and Sandra that sang together at the party.
B. It was Huong and Sandra who sang together at the party.
C. It is Huong and Sandra that sang together at the party.
EXERCISE 3: Look at the pictures and complete the dialogues:
A: Who are playing football?
B: …………………………..
A: Who?
B: It…………………………
The boys are playing football
is the boys that are playing football
EXERCISE 3: Look at the pictures and complete the dialogues:
A: Who composed “Tien Quan Ca, the Vietnam National Anthem?
B: (1)………………
A: Who?
B: It (2)……………………………………………….
* Dialogue 1:
Van Cao composed Tien Quan Ca.
was Van Cao that composed Tien Quan Ca
EXERCISE 3: Look at the pictures and complete the dialogues:
A: Where were you born?
B: (1)………………
A: Where?
B: It (2)……………………………………………….
* Dialogue 2:
I was born in Can Tho City.
was in Can Tho City that I was born
HOMEWORK
Remember to do your homework!
Do exercise 1, 2, 3 (page 152-153).
Prepare the part “TEST YOURSELF E”
Thanks for your attending !