Thursday, October 22, 2009

Welcome to our class

Unit 4: SPECIAL EDUCATIONE. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Pronunciation: /ɒ/ - /ɔ:/II. Grammar and vocabulary:

Ex.1. the + adjective

Ex.2. used to + infinitive

Ex.3. which as a connector

I.I. PronunciationPronunciation

-//ɒɒ// //ɔɔ:://• Listen and repeat

/ɒ/

top wrong

boss job

doctor box

/ɔ:/

call walking

sport more

four talk

1. Put the socks on top of the box.

2. He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.

3. What’s wrong with you, boss?

4. Is walking called a sport?

5. He can’t talk to her any more.

6. Four of us have walked for fourteen miles.

• Practise these sentences

dog

boardwhatbecaus

e

all

daughter

/ɒ/ /ɔ:/

• Put these words in correct column

EXERCISES

1. Choose the best word/ phrase to fill in the blank

……………..…… need more help from us.A. DisabledB.C. The disabled manD. The man

Disabled people

We can also say:

need more help from usThe disabled

2. Which word/ phrase has the same meaning with the underlined words?

The young have to learn from the old.A. PeopleB. Young studentC. Young peopleD. Your baby

II. Grammar and vocabulary

II. Grammar and vocabulary1. the + adjective

We use the + adjective to talk about groups of people

ex: the injured = injured people the young = young peoplethe poor =

the sick =the unemployed =

Exercise 1

1. The young have the future in their hands2. Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and

took to hospital.3. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not easy

for .4. Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life

caring for .5. In England there is an old story about a man called Robin

Hood. It is said that he robbed and gave the money to .

Complete these sentences using the + one of the adjectives:

the injured

the unemployed

the sick

the richthe poor

Injured poor rich sick unemployed young

II. Grammar and vocabulary2. used to + infinitive

a) We use “used to + infinitive” for something often happened in the past but does not happen now.

Ex1: Mr. Ba used to go to work by bicycle, but now he goes by bus.

b) We also use “used to + infinitive” for something that was true but is not true any more

Ex2: The ferry used to cross Ham Luong river in 15 minutes, but now it takes only 7 minutes

2. used to + infinitivec) Negative form:

d) Interrogative form:

didn’t use to + infinitived

S + use to + infinitivedDid + …?

or: used not to + infinitive

or: Used + S + to + infinitive…?

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with used to + a suitable word

2. Liz a motorbike, but last year he sold it and bought a car.

3. We came to live in Manchester a few years ago.

We in Nottingham4. I rarely eat ice cream now, but I it when I

was a child

used to have

1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.

used to liveused to eat

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with used to + a suitable word

6. It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened. It more than an hour.

7. There a hotel opposite the station, but it closed a long time ago

8. When you live in London, to the theatre?

5. Jim my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer

used to be

used to take

used to be

did you use to go

Use suitable words to combine these sentences1. He is a student. He studies very well. He is a student, he studies very well.2. She is deaf. She can play piano beautifully. She is deaf, she can play piano beautifully.3. Sheila couldn’t come to the party. This was a pity. Sheila couldn’t come to the party, was a pity

and

but

which

EXERCISES

II. Grammar and vocabulary3. which as a connector

Ex: Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity.

The fact that Sheila couldn’t come to the party was a pity.

It was a pity that Sheila couldn’t come to the party.

“which” is a sentence connector. It replaces the clause standing before it.

replacesclause

We can also say:

Exercise 3. Join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new sentence. Use which

A1. Sheilla couldn’t come to the

party.2. Jill isn’t on the phone.3. Neil has passed his

examinations.4. Our flight was delayed.5. Ann offerred to put me up for

the night.6. The street I live in is very

noisy at night.7. Our car has broken down.

B

a. This was very nice of her.

b. This means we can go away tomorrow.

c. This makes it difficult to contact her.

d. This makes it difficult to sleep.

e. This was a pity.

f. This is good news.

g. This means we had to wait for hours at the airport.

which was a pity.1. Sheilla couldn’t come to the party

2. Jill isn’t on the phone

3. Neil has passed his examinations

4. Our flight was delayed

5. Ann offerred to put me up for the night

6. The street I live in is very noisy at night

7. Our car has broken down

which makes it difficult to contact her.

which is good news.

which means we had to wait for hours at the airport.

which was very nice of her.

which makes it difficult to sleep.

which means we can go away tomorrow.

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