E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation
● Listen and repeat
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/ɒ/ |
/ɔː/ |
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top |
wrong |
call |
walking |
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boss |
job |
sport |
more |
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doctor |
box |
four |
talk |
● Practise these sentences.
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.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences, using the + one of the adjectives:
( Điền các câu này. dùng the + một trong những tính từ.)
injured poor rich sick unemployed young
1. The young have the future in their hands.
2. 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 so 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_____
1. The young have the future in their hands.
2. Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took the injured to hospital.
3. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for the unemployed.
4. Julia has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for the sick.
5. In England there is an old story about a man called Robin Hood. It is sait that he robbed the rich and gave the money to the poor.
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Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with used to + if suitable verb.
(Điền các câu với used to + một động từ thích hợp.)
1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
2. Liz_____ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
3. We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We______in Nottingham.
4. I rarely eat ice cream now, but I______ it when I was a child.
5. Jim______my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.
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 lived in London,______to the theatre?
1 .used to smoke 2. used to have
3. used to live 4. used to cat
5. used to he 6. used to take
7. used to be 8. did you use lo eo
Exercise 3: Join a sentence from A with one from B to make a new sentence. Use which.
(Kết hợp một câu ở cột A với một câu ở cột B để làm một câu mới. Dùng which.)
| A | B |
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1. Sheila 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 offered to put me up for the night. 6. The street I live in is very noisy at night. 7. Our car has broken down. |
a. This was very nice of her. b. This means we can’t 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 meant we had to wait for hours at the airport. |
1. Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity
2. Jill isn’t on the phone, which makes it difficult to contact her.
3. Neil has passed his examinations, which is good news.
4. Our night was delayed, which meant we had to wait for hours at the airport.
5. Ann offered to let me stay in her house, which was very nice of her.
6. The street I live in is very noisy at night, which makes it difficult to sleep.
7. Our car has broken down, which means we can’t go away tomorrow.