WELCOME TO OUR CLASS !
CLASS : 9A3
TEACHER : NGO THI THU HIEN
FROM HUU NGHI SECONDARY SCHOOL
1. Fill in each blank with the past perfect form of
the verb in brackets.
1. Before the 1990s, trams (be) ___________ a popular
means of transport in Ha Noi.
2. I won the game because I (play) ___________ it a lot with my brother.
3. How long ______ you (use) ______ your mobile
phone before it broke down?
4. Before the invention of television, people ______
only (see) ______ films at the cinema.
5. Before the 1990s, Viet Nam (have) ___________ an old banking system.
6. Viet Nam (experience) ______________ decades of fighting for freedom before the country became totally independent.
had been
had played
had
used
had
seen
had had
had experienced
2. Ask and answer the following questions using the cues.
1. What/family groups/Vietnamese people/live in before 1990?
- They/live/extended family.

2. How/people in Viet Nam/travel/before the first motorbike/imported?
- They/travel/bicycle.

3. How/Vietnamese people/live/before the open-door policy in 1986?
- They/had/harder life.

4. Where/your family/spend/holidays/before 2005?
- We/holidays/Viet Nam/only/before then.

5. Who/rule/Viet Nam right before the Tran dynasty?
- Ly Chieu Hoang/rule/before the Tran dynasty.
Example:
5. Who had ruled Viet Nam right before the Tran dynasty?
- Ly Chieu Hoang had ruled the country before the Tran dynasty.
1. What family groups had Vietnamese people lived in before 1990?
- They had lived in extended families.
2. How had people in Viet Nam travelled before the first motorbike was imported?
- They had travelled by bicycle.
3. How had Vietnamese people lived before the open-door policy in 1986?
- They had had a harder life.
4. Where had your family spent holidays before 2005?
- We had spent our holidays only in Viet Nam before then.
How long /King Duc rule/ our country before he /be overthrown?
How long had King Duc ruled our country before he was overthrown?
He /rule/ the country for only three days.
He had ruled the country for only three days.
1. It + (to)be + adj + toV……. ( is used to emphasize information by bringing it to the front of the clause. We can add for/of + noun/pronoun.)

Adj + toV/Adj + that-clause

Eg: It is necessary (for you) to know about your country’s history.
3. Match the first half of the sentence in A with
the second half in B.
1-F
2-A
3-B
4-E
5-D
6-C
2. S + (to)be + adj + toV…… (is used to express emotions, confidence, or worries... Adjectives can be happy, glad, pleased, relieved, sorry, certain, sure, confident, convinced, afraid, annoyed, astonished, aware, conscious)

Adj + toV/Adj + that-clause

Eg: I was happy to hear from you
.
4. Fill in each blank with one adjective from the
box. More than one adjective can be used.
1. I was ___________ to meet my best friend yesterday.
2. He is ___________ to have so little time for his family.
3. They were ___________ to finish their last performance.
4. She’s ___________ to get the job. The interview went
really well.
5. The mother was _______________ to hear that her smart son failed the exam.
6. All the students were ____________ to have passed the exams.
glad sure sorry certain confident
astonished pleased relieved surprised
glad/pleased
sorry
sorry/pleased
sure/certain
surprised/astonished
relieved/pleased
3. S+ (to)be + adj + that-clause (is used to express emotions: glad, pleased, relieved, sorry), confidence, or worries (certain, sure, confident, convinced, afraid, annoyed, astonished, aware, conscious).
Adj + toV/Adj + that-clause

Eg: I was glad to hear that you gained the
scholarship
.
5. Create one sentence by combining each pair of sentences using:
S+ (to)be + adj+ that-clause.
1. We did well in the exam. We were relieved about that.
We _____________________________________________________________.
2. I am sorry about the school facilities our parents had. They were very poor.
I _______________________________________________________________.
3. Everyone was glad. The government had decided to invest more in education.
Everyone ________________________________________________________.
4. It will be much safer to have elevated walkways and underpass systems for pedestrians. Everyone is aware of this.
Everyone ________________________________________________________

5. Life in the countryside has improved considerably. All of us are delighted about that.
All of us _________________________________________________________.
Example:
The traffic problems of the city had been solved. The Prime Minister was pleased.
were relieved that we had done well in the exam
am sorry that our parents had very poor school facilities
was glad that the government had decided to invest more in education
is aware that it will be much safer to have elevated walkways and underpass systems for pedestrians
are delighted that life in the countryside has improved considerably
→ The Prime Minister was pleased that the traffic problems of the city had been solved.
6. Finish the following sentences using your own ideas. Then compare your ideas with a partner.
1. It was kind of them ____________________________.

2. They were certain to ___________________________.

3. She is confident that ___________________________.

4. He was afraid that _____________________________.

5. The teachers are aware that _____________________.

6. The head teacher was astonished to_______________.

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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart new words.
- Do all the exercises again
- Prepare Unit 6: Communication