Unit 1. A day in the life of

Dang Thi Phuong
Le Quy Don high school
Give the correct form of verbs in brackets
I always (get)………..up at six.
My brother often (go)…………to school in the afternoon.
My mother (not/watch)…………………. TV at night but my father (do)……
What time.......you (do)……..your homework?
We (spend)………. our last summer holiday in Nha Trang.
I’m very tired because I (stay)…….. up late last night.
get
goes
doesn’t watch
does
do
do
Which tense?
The present simple tense
The past simple tense
spent
stayed
UNIT 1: A day in the life of...
PART E: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Read the following sentence:
I see a sheep on a ship
Sheep [ʃɪːp]
Ship  [ʃɪp]
I. Pronunciation: / I / - / i: /
/ I /
Hit
Bit
Little
Kick
Click
interest
/ i: /
Heat
Beat
Meat
Repeat
Read
eaten
i, e, -ate, -age [i]
i, e, ea, ee, ei [i:]
Practise these sentences:

1. Is he coming to the cinema?

We’ll miss the beginning of the film.

Is it an interesting film, Jim?

The bean 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?
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1. The present simple tense
Usage: the present simple is used to describe:
- a repeated action
- a permanent situation
general truths
* Common signs: every + day, month, year….; always, often, usually……..
II. GRAMMAR
With normal verb:
+) S + V1/Vs/es + …
+) S + do/does + not + V(inf)…
?) Do/does+ S+ V(inf) …
 With “to be”:
+) S + is/am/are + …
-) S + is/am/are + not + …
?) Is/am/are + S+ …
Form:
2. Adverbs of frequency
Always usually often sometimes occasionally normally as a rule seldom hardly ever never…

Usage: -show how often something happens
Position:
- in front of normal verb.
- between an auxiliary verb and the main verb.
- after the verb “to be”.
- at the beginning of a sentence (as a rule, usually, sometimes)
- at the end of a sentence (usually, sometimes, once a month, every day)
note:
- we always put the adverb “as a rule” at the beginning of a sentence
- these following adverbs can’t be used in negative form: never, seldom, hardly ever, rarely…
II. GRAMMAR
3. The past simple tense
Form:
+) S +{ were/was +……
{V(2/ed)+…….
-) S + {were/was + not+…
{Did +not+ V(inf)……
?) { were/ was + S+….
{Did + S + V(inf)+…..?
Use: - describe a complete action or situation in the past.
Common signs: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last + (week, month, year, Christmas…..), time + ago (2 days ago) …..
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1:
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 morning 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.
III. PRACTICE
be play take run fish go
say catch give up like realise
is
am
catch
go
give up
say
realise
am
fish
worry
catch
are
At home
III. PRACTICE
Exercise 2:
1.was done
2.Cooked
3.were
4.Smelt
5.Told
6.Sang
7.Began
8.Felt
9.Put out
III. PRACTICE
Exercise 3:
10.crep
11.Slept
12.Woke
13.Was
14.Leapt
15.Hurried
16.Found
17.Wound
18.flowed
Homework

1.Do exercise 2 in the textbook -page 21.
2.Prepare next lesson.
Good bye class !!!