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Unit 6: Competition

Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

PRONUNCIATION:
/tr/ - /dr/ - /tw/

GRAMMAR:

Reported speech with gerund
(V-ing)
Pronunciation:
traffic
troops
trousers

Pronunciation:
trousers

Tropical fruits

George is driving dangerously.
drive
drive
drink
dress

Her new dress is an absolute dream.
twenty

Pronunciation:
twin
twin
Practise reading aloud these sentences
1. John always enjoys travelling by train.
2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.
3. She has an amusing twinkle in her eyes.
4. Think twice before doing something.
Grammar

S + V + preposition + gerund
S + V + O + preposition + gerund
S + V + gerund
Example 1

“Let’s go to the beach tomorrow.”
The little boy suggested going to the beach the next day.
S + V + V - ing
admit doing st: Thừa nhận đã làm việc gì
deny doing st: Phủ nhận đã làm việc gì
suggest doing st: Đề nghị làm gì
Example 2

“I’m sorry I’m late”, said Mary
 Mary apologized for being late
S + V + Preposition + V-ing
1. apologize for: Xin lỗi về việc gì
2. complain about: Kêu ca, than phiền về việc gì
3. confess to: Thú nhận đã làm gì
4. insist on: Khăng khăng/ nằng nặc đòi làm gì
5. dream of: Mơ về điều gì
6. think of: Nghĩ về việc gì

Example 3

“You don’t pay attention to the lesson, Nam”,said the teacher.
 The teacher accused Nam of not paying to the lesson.
S + V + O + Preposition + V-ing
1. accuse sb of doing st: Buộc tội ai về cái gì
2. blame sb for doing st: Đổ lỗi cho ai về việc gì
3. congratulate sb on doing st: Chúc mừng ai về việc gì
4. criticize sb for doing st: Chỉ trích ai về việc gì
5. warn sb against/ about doing st: Khuyến cáo ai về/không được / không nên làm gì
6. praise sb for doing st: Ca ngợi ai về việc đã làm gì
7. thank sb for doing st: Cảm ơn ai về việc gì
8. prevent sb from doing st: Ngăn cản ai làm gì

It’s nice of you to help me. Thank you very much.
Tom
Tom thanked me for helping him.
Me
Example 1:
3. “I’ll drive you to the 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
.............................................................
5. “I’ve always wanted to be rich,” Bob said.
Bob has always dreamed of .............
being rich.
driving Linda to
the station.
the boy
not paying attention to what he’d said.

Tim passed an examination. He is very happy. When he met John, John said to him “I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!”
If you were Tim, what would you report?
Example 2:
John congratulated me on passing my exams.
Exercise 1:
2. Mary promised to phone Jane at 8.00 a.m but she phoned Jane at 11.00 a.m instead. So when she met Jane she said to Jane, “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,”
If you were Jane, what would you report?
Mary apologised for not phoning me earlier.
summary
Teacher
Mai
Mai thanked her teacher for giving her the dictionary.
Matching
Verbs Prepositions
congratulate of
apologise to
accuse from
insist against
dream about
warn for
thank on
confess
forbade
on
for
of
on
of
against/about
for
to
from
Exercise 2: Rewrite the dialogues in reported speech, using gerund.
Set the scene:
Peter promised to come to visit his teacher at about 9.00 a.m but he was a bit late. When seeing him at the gate, teacher said: “Come in, Peter!” and Peter replied: “I’m sorry I’m late.”

Peter apologised .......................................
for being late.
1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom: Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on..............................................
2. Mr. Smith: I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to...................
.....................................................................................
3. Detective: You have stolen Mrs. Brown’s car!
The thief: Yes... ! But.....
The thief admitted ....................................................
4. Mary: What shall we do on Sunday?
Ann: What about having a party?
Ann suggested ....................................................
paying for the meal.
meeting their children soon.
stealing Mrs. Brown’s car!
having a party the next Sunday.
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