Unit 3. People's background

E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 3:
PEOPLE`S BACKGROUND
WARM UP:
This man is playing tennis.
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I. PRONUNCIATION
Listen and repeat.
Practise these sentences.
The fat man has a red pen.

This handbag will be sent to Helen.

Sam said apples were very expensive then.

There’re ten pans on shelf

Ben sat on a bench with a yellow cat.

Ann never gets bad marks in French.
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CHECK THE OLD LESSON:
Complete the table below:
took
taken
met
met
broke
broken
came
come
read
read
learned/ learnt
learned/ learnt
saw
seen
rebuilt
rebuilt
bought
bought

Affirmative: S + had + PP + O.
Negative: S + had not (hadn’t) + PP + O.
Question: Had + S + PP + O ?
Yes, S + had
No, S + hadn’t
1. THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Form:
Grammar
Ex: - I watched film when I had done all my homework. (1)
-I had done all my homework before 7 p.m. (2)
Use:
The past perfect tense can be used to describe:

+ an action that had happened before another past action (1)

+ an action before a point of time in the past (2)

Các tiếng thời gian: qkht before qhd / Before qkd, qkht ( before = by the time )
- Qkd after qkht, After qkht , qkd.
- It / this / that was ........+s + had + Vpp.
- Up to then : cho đến lúc đó
Ex: This was the most difficult question that I had ever known
* EXERCISES:
1/ John ( go ) to the bookshop before he ( go ) home.
2/ When I ( come ) at the party, Tom ( go) home.
3. Before she (go) to the party last night, she (buy) a present.
had gone
/ went
came
/had gone
went
had bought
Exercise 1: Use the verbs in brankets in the past perfect.
Why did Tom’s mother get angry with him?
Because he (break) ………… her favourite vase.
2. When did you watch TV last night?
When I (do) …………… all my homework.
3. Did you first see them at my last birthday party?
No, I (meet) ………… them before.
4. Why did she return home ?
She suddenly remembered she (not, turn off) …… the gas stove.
Because he had broken her favourite vase.
When I had done all my homework.
No, I had met them before.
She suddenly remembered she hadn’t turned off the gas stove.
2. THE SIMPLE PAST:( quá khứ đơn)
A, Form: * Affirmative statements : S + Ved, cột 2
* Negative statements: S + didn`t + V-inf
* Yes / No Questions : Did + S + V-inf...?
B, Cách chia một số động từ đăt biệt: - To be : was , were
- Have / has : had
C, usage: _ Dùng để diễn tả thói quen trong quá khứ và đã chấm dứt.
Ex: She often cried when she was a child.
- Dùng cho một hành động hay một sự việc đã chấm dứt hoàn toàn trong quá khứ và biết rõ thời gian.
Ex: He died in 1987.
- Diễn tả hai hay nhiều hành động xảy ra liên tiếp nhau trong qk.
Ex: She woke up and got out of the bed as soon as the alarm went off.
-Diễn tả hành động xen vào một hành động đang xảy ra.Ex: The teacher came while the students were talking.
-Diễn tả hành động xảy sau một hành động khác trong qk.Ex: She went to bed after she had finished her homework.
D, Các tiếng thời gian: yesterday , ago, last night, last week ,..., in + tgqk ( in 1998 ) , from 2000 to 2008.
1. We just (finish) dinner when they (come).
2. He seldom (travel) by bicycle before he (go) to Vietnam.
3. Ann (go) to get the carpet for the room but someone already (take) it.
4. You (manage) to see the Director, or he (go) out by the time you (get) there?
5. He just (get) home when you (phone). He (be) in New York.
Exercise 2: (Page 40) Put the verbs in brackets in the
past simple or past perfect tense:
 We had just finished dinner when they came.
 He had seldom travelled by bicycle before he went to Vietnam
Ann went to get the carpet for the room but someone had already taken it.
 Did you manage to see the Director or had he gone by the time you got there?
 He had just got home when you phoned. He had been in New York.


While George was reading in bed, two thieves into his kitchen. When they had entered the house, they went to the dinning room. It was very dark, so they on a torch. Suddenly they heard a voice behind them.
“What’s up? What’s up?” a voice . The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
George a noise and came downstairs quickly. He turned on the light but he couldn’t see anybody. The thieves f But George’s parrot, Henry, was still there.
“What’s up?” he called.
“Nothing, Henry,” George said and smiled. “Go back to sleep.”
had climbed
had turned
had called out
had heard
already went.
Exercise 3: There are five mistakes in the use of tenses in the following story. Find and correct them.
climbed
turned
called out
heard
had already gone.






Correct the mistakes in these sentences:

1. After she bought herself a new motorbike, she sold her bicycle.
A B C D
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2. When he arrived the station, the train already left.
A B C D
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3. He had learnt English before he had gone to England.
A B C D
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4. By the time I came, my friend went out.
A B C D
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A (bought  had bought)

D (already left  had already left)

C (had gone  went)

D (went  had gone)

Homework
- Review Grammar
Thanks for joining us!
1. We had just finished
dinner when they came

2. He had seldom travelled by bicycle before he went to Vietnam
3. Ann went to get the carpet for the room but someone had already taken it
4. Did you manage to see the Director or had he gone by the time you got there?
5. He had just got home when you phoned. He had been in New York