UNIT 13: HOBBIES

Part E: Language Focus

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I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)

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stopped robbed stops robs

jumped stabbed steps bribes

stepped grabbed maps rubs

trapped bribed shops clubs

I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)

1. She was robbed.

2. He stopped smoking.

3. Lan dropped the teapot.

I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)

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.

II. GRAMMAR CLEFT SENTENCE- ‘Cleft’ ‘divided into two parts’

Ex:- ‘It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden’Two parts (clauses) are: ‘It was the boy’ and ‘Who

hit the cat in the garden’.- ‘It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden’ ‘It was the cat’ & ‘that the boy hit in the garden’- ‘It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat’ ‘It was in the garden’ & ‘that the boy hit the cat’

II. GRAMMAR (CONT)

Dialogue:A: Hey, do you know that Phan has been taken

to hospital?B: Lan? I know, I know, she is my neighbor.A: No, I say ‘Phan’. It is Phan who has been

taken to the hospital.B: Oh, Phan. I see. But why?A: A spider called Black Widow bit him.B: A tiger? Terrible?A: No, it was the poisonous spider that bit Phan.B: Oh, a spider.

II. GRAMMAR (CONT)

The boy hit the cat in the garden. Subject Object Adverbial phrase1. It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden. Subject focus

2. It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden. Object focus

3. It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat. Adverbial focus

II. GRAMMAR (CONT)

It + be + X-focus + subordinate clause

III. EXERCISE1. Task 1: Exercise in the textbook(1) It was the boy who visited his uncle

last month.(2) It was my mother who bought me a

present on my birthday.(3) It is English that the man is learning.(4) It was the book that the woman give

him.(5) It was in the garden that the boy hit

the dog.(6) It was for tea that she made some

cakes.

II. EXERCISE (CONT)

1. Task 2: Lucky number

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

Minh and Lan got married in March.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

Her aunt sent her the gold ring on her wedding.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

Hoa’s mother punished her.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

His uncle repaired the car for him.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

The girls played volleyball all day long.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

Thanh presented Minh a book on his birthday.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

He met his wife in Vietnam.

MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE

Mai borrowed the pen from Tam.