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Teacher: Dang Thi Nhieu
An Binh Tay secondary school
1-talk
2-watch
3-read
4-put
5-write
6-forget
*Write bare inf. into V_ing
1- talking
2-watching
3-reading
4-putting
6-forgetting
5- writing
Past progressive
Past progressive with while and when
Present progressive with always
UNIT 12 : Language focus
Wednesday, March 10th 2010
* Activity 1:
Ex: Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night
You were taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night
* Past progressive: (thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
V_ing
be
S + was/ were + V_ing
- Diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm được xác định trong quá khứ
*Look at the pictures, then say what each person was doing at eight o’clock last night
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at eight o’clock last night.
b) Hoa was eating dinner at eight o’clock last night.
c) Bao was reading a comic/ book at eight o’clock last night.
d) Nga was writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.
e) Na was walking with her dog at eight o’clock last night.
* Activity 2:
Ex: While Hoa was eating, the phone rang.
 The phone rang while Hoa was eating
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came
Past
Past progressive
Past progressive
Past
* Past progressive with while and when
Past progressive tense + when + Past tense
Past tense + while + Past progressive tense
- Diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm được xác định trong quá khứ thì có một hành động khác xảy đến
*Look at the picture, then match the half-sentences in the column A to those in Column B
1)
2)
3)
4)
A
1-When Nam won the race,
2- When Lan arrived at school,
3- Mrs. Thoa was cooking
4- It was raining
B
A- when the plane got to Ha Noi.
B- when Tuan arrived home.
C- the school drum was sounding.
D- the crowd was cheering.
* Answer keys :
1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4- A
1- When Nam won the race, the crowd was cheering.
2- When Lan arrived at school, the school drum was
sounding.
3- Mrs. Thoa was cooking when Tuan arrived home.
4- It was raining when the plane got to Ha Noi.
* Activity 3:
Ex: Bao is always forgetting his homework
a) Bao/ forget/
homework
be
adv
V_ing
* Present progressive with always
S + am/is /are + always + V_ing

- Diễn tả hành động lập đi lập lại thường xuyên và nó diễn tả sự than phiền

*Look at the pictures and write the sentences:
b)Mrs. Nga/
lose/ umbrella
b)Mrs. Nga is always losing her umbrella
c)Mr. and
Mrs. Thanh/ miss/ bus.
c)Mr. and Mrs. Thanh are always missing the bus.
e) Na/ talk/
phone
f) Liem/ go/
out
d) Nam/ watch/
TV
d) Nam is always watching TV.
e) Na is always talking on the phone.
f) Liem is always going out.
*Supply the correct forms of the verbs :

1-He (go, always) to the movies in the evening

2-we (learn) our lessons when he came.

3-I (read) while my sisters were playing with their dolls

4-My hat fell off while I (run)
is always going
were learning
was reading
was running
-Learn structures by heart.
-Rewrite the answers in notebooks.
-Prepare: Unit 13: Getting started + Listen and read
*Homework: