Language Focus – Unit 1 trang 19 SGK Anh 10, Exercise 1: Complete the blanks in the passage Use the correct simple present form of the verbs in the box. (There are more...

E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

Pronunciation:

• Listen and repeat.

• Practise these sentences.

1. Is he coming to the cinema?

2. We’ll miss the beginning of the film.

3. Is it an interesting film, Jim?

4. The beans and the meat were quite cheap.

5. He’s going to leave here for the Green Mountains.

6. Would you like to have meat, peas and cheese?

Grammar and vocabulary

Exercise 1: Complete the blanks in the passage Use the correct simple present form of the verbs in the box. (There are more verbs than needed and you will have to use some verbs more than once).

(Điền vào các chỗ trống trong đoạn văn. Sử dụng động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn. (Có nhiều động từ hơn mức cần thiết và bạn sẽ sử dụng một vài động từ hơn một lần.))

Fishing (1)______ my favourite sport. I often (2)______ for hours without catching anything. But this does not (3)______ me. Some fishermen (4)______ unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they (5) ______old boots and rubbish. I (6)_______ even less lucky. I never (7)_______ anything – not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always (8)_______ home with an empty bag. “You must (9)______fishing!”, my friends (10)_______ “It’s a waste of time”. But they don’t (11)______that I (12) _______not really interested in fishing. I’m only interested in sitting in a boat, doing nothing at all.

Exercise 2: Put each of these adverbs of frequency in its appropriate place in the sentences below.

(Đặt các trạng từ tần suất vào vị trí thích hợp trong các câu dưới đây.)

He gets up early.

She is late for school.

Lan practises speaking English.

Thao is a hard-working student.

– He always/ never/ usually/ often/ normally/ occasionally gets up early.

    He sometimes gets up early.

    Sometimes he gets up early.

    He gets up early sometimes.

    As a rule, he gets up early.

– She is always/ usually/ often/ normally/ occasionally/ never late for school.

    She is sometimes late for school.

    Sometimes she is late for school.

    She is late for school sometimes.

    As a rule, she is late for school.

– Lan always/ usually/ often/ normally/ occasionally/ never practices speaking English.

    Lan sometimes practices speaking English.

    Sometimes Lan practices speaking English.

    Lan practices speaking English sometimes.

    As a rule, Lan practices speaking English.

– Thao is always/ usually/ often/ normally/ occasionally/ never a hard-working student.

    Thao is sometimes a hard-working student.

    Sometimes Thao is a hard-working student.

    Thao is a hard-working student sometimes.

    As a rule, Thao is a hard-working student.

Exercise 3: Supply Ihe correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

(Viết dạng quá khứ đơn đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tents in the middle of a field. As soon as this (1)______(do), they (2)______ (cook) a meal over an open fire. They (3)______ (be) all hungry and the food (4)______(smell) good. After a wonderful meal, they (5)______(tell) stories and (6) ______(sing) songs by the camp­fire. But some time later it (7) ______(begin) to rain. The boys (8)______(feel) tired so they (9)______(put out) the fire and (10)______(creep) into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all (11)______(sleep) soundly. In the middle of the night two boys (12)______(wake) up and began shouting. The tent (13) ______ (be) full of water. They all (14)______(leap) out of their sleeping-bags and (15) _____(hurry) outside. It was raining heavily and they (16)______(find) that a stream had formed in the field. The stream (17)______(wind) its way across the field and then (18)_____(flow) right under their tent!