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Old lesson: Writing
1.The topic of the writing?
2.Outline of the writing?
Answers:
1.Topic: About the collection
2. Outline:
a/ Introduction: Name of the collection
b/ Body: *How you collect them
*How you keep them
*When you started your collection
*How you classify them
*Why you collect them
c/ Conclusion: Your plan for the future
UNIT 13:HOBBIES
LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
He stopped smoking.
She went to a number of shops and clubs in London.
They were robbed last night.
=> stopped shops
robbed clubs
/-pt /
/-ps /
/-bd/
/ -bz /
Warm up
* Listen and pay attention to the ending sounds of the underlined words:


/pt/ /bd/ /ps/ /bz /
stopped
jumped
stepped
trapped
robbed
stabbed
grabbed
bribed
stops
steps
maps
shops
robs
bribes
rubs
clubs
A. Pronunciation
/pt/- /bd/ - /ps/ - /bz/
Listen and repeat:
1. She was robbed.
Listen and read silently, pay attention to the
ending sounds of the words in red:
3. Lan dropped the teapot.
2. He stopped smoking.
4. The boy jumped out into the road and bumped into an old man.
5. She’s been to a number of shops and clubs.
6. He rubs his hands because he wants to
interrupt their talk.
1. She was robbed.
Practise reading aloud these sentences:
3. Lan dropped the teapot.
2. He stopped smoking.
4. The boy jumped out into the road and bumped into an old man.
5. She’s been to a number of shops and clubs.
6. He rubs his hands because he wants to
interrupt their talk.
Model:









B. Grammar
Cleft sentences
The boy made this toy yesterday
*It was the boy who/ that made this toy yesterday.
*It was this toy that the boy made yesterday.
*It was yesterday that the boy made this toy.
( Subject focus )
( Object focus )
( Adverbial focus)
=> These sentences are called cleft sentences
* Note:
-Câu tách/ chẻ (cleft sentences) được dùng để nhấn mạnh
một thành phần trong câu ( S, O, Adv).
-Thì của “be” phù họp với thì của V trong mệnh đề quan hệ
- V trong mệnh đề quan hệ phù họp về số với subject (focus)
Structure:
It + be (is/was ) + focus + relative clause
S that / who + V……..
O that + S + V….
Adv that + S + V…..
Example: The man waters flowers in the garden
S V O Adv
1.S focus: It is the man who/that waters flowers in the garden.
2.O focus: It is flowers that the man waters in the garden.
3.Adv focus: It is in the garden that the man waters flowers.
Exercise 1: Write the following sentences after the
model, paying attention to the subject of the verb:
Example: The man gave her the book
It was the man that (who) gave her the book.
The boy visited his uncle last month.
It was the boy that (who) visited his uncle last
month.
2. My mother bought me a present on my birthday.
It was my mother that (who) bought me a present
on my birthday.
3. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party.
It was Huong and Sandra that (who) sang together
at the party.
4. Nam’s father got angry with him.
It was Nam’s father that (who) got angry with
him.
5. The boys played football all day long.
It was the boys that (who) played football all
day long.
6. The girl received a letter from her friend
yesterday.
It was the girl that/who received a letter from
her friend yesterday.
7. His presence at the meeting frightened the
children.
 It was his presence at the meeting that
frightened the children
Exercise 1: Answer:
1. It was the boy that (who) visited his uncle last
month.
2. It was my mother that (who) bought me a present
on my birthday.
3. It was Huong and Sandra that (who) sang
together at the party.
4. It was Nam’s father that (who) got angry with him.
5. It was the boys that (who) played football all day
long.
6. It was the girl that/who received a letter from her
friend yesterday.
7. It was his presence at the meeting that frightened
the children.
Example:
The boy hit the dog in the garden
 It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden.

The man is learning English.
 It is English that the man is learning
2.The woman gave him the book
 It was the book that the woman gave him.
3.She sent her friend the post card.
 It was the postcard that she sent her friend.
Exercise 2: Write the following sentences after the
model, paying attention to the object of the verb:
4. Hoa borrowed the book from Long
It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.

5. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a
strange language.
It was his grandfather that the little boy greeted
in a strange language.
6.The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of
questions.
 It was the policeman that asked the pedestrian
a lot of questions
7. The dog barked at the stranger
 It was the stranger that the dogbarked at.
Exercise 2: Answer:

1. It is English that the man is learning
2. It was the book that the woman gave him.
3. It was the postcard that she sent her friend.
4. It was the book that Hoa borrowed from Long.
5. It was his grandfather that the little boy
greeted in a strange language.
6. It was the policeman that asked the pedestrian
a lot of questions
7. It was the stranger that the dog barked at.
Exercise 3:
Write the following sentences after the model, paying attention to adverbial modifier of the sentence:
Example:
She bought him a present at the shop
It was at the shop that she bought him a present
1.The boy hit the dog in the garden
 It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog.
2. She made some cakes for tea.
 It was for tea that she made some cakes.
3. His father repaired the bicycle for him.
It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle
4. She presented him a book on his birthday.
It was on his birthday that she presented him a
book
5. He met his wife in Britain.
It was in Britain that he met his wife.

6. She bought that present from the shop.
It was from the shop that she bought that
present.

7. The dog barked at the stranger
 It was the stranger that the dog barked at .
II. Re-order the words to build a cleft sentence:
1. Jack/ that / was / It / wrote / I / to
 It was Jack that I wrote to
2. who / him/ phoned/ It/ was/ yesterday/ Jane
 It was Jane who phoned him yesterday.
Choose the best answer a, b, c, or d:
1. It was Mary .......... looked for you last night.
a. who b. that c. which d. both a and b
2. It is my mother who…....me with my homework
a. help b. helped c. helps d. helping
3.He bought some books yesterday.
a. It was some books that he bought yesterday.
b. It is some books that he bought yesterday.
III. Make cleft sentences for the picture below:
 It was Nguyen Du who/ that wrote Kieu story
 It was Kieu story that Nguyen Du wrote
Columbus
1492
* It was in 1492 that Columbus discovered America
*It was Columbus who/that discovered America in 1492
* It was America that Columbus discovered in 1492
America
CONSOLIDATION:

*Pronunciation: /pt/ /bd/ /ps/ /bz/
*Grammar: Cleft sentences:
1. subject focus
2. object focus
3. adverbial focus
Homework:
Practice pronunciation
Learn grammar points
- Redo all the exercises.
Do all exercises in the workbook (P86+87), using focus structure.
Review U13: Vocabulary+ grammar.
Prepare U13L1: Reading: Vocabulary, meaning, request, grammar points in the text.
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