Unit 6. Competitions

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Period 33 : LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 6
COMPETITIONS
Tree
Dress
Drum
Twin tower
Twenty
Train
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation : Clusters / tr / ; / dr / ; / tw/
* Listen and repeat :
/ tr / / dr / / tw /
traffic
troops
trousers
tropical
drive
dreadful
drink
dress
twelve
twenty
twin
twinkle
* Practice reading aloud these sentences

1. John always enjoys traveling by train.

2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.

3. George is driving dangerously.

4. Her new dress is an absolute dream.

5. She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.

6. Think twice before doing something.
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Pronunciation : Clusters / tr / ; / dr / ; / tw/
“It’s so hot today.”
“Let’s go to the beach tomorrow.”
What did the little boy suggest ?
He suggested............................
going to the beach the next day.

S + V +V-ing

I’ m sorry I’m late.
Mary apologized for ............
being late .
MARY
S + V + proposition + V - ing
The teacher accused Nam of.......................................................
not paying attention to the lesson.
“You don’t pay attention to the lesson, Nam”.
“Don’t eat so much nutritious food.”
The doctor warned him against .......................................
eating so much nutritious food.

S + V + O + preposition + V – ing.

Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS
II. Grammar : Reported speech with gerund
* Structures
1. S + V +V-ing
admit, deny, suggest, regret
2. S + V + proposition + V - ing
apologize for, complaint about, insist on, object to, dream of , insist on, confess to , think of
3. S + V + O + preposition + V – ing.
accuse sb of, blame sb for, congratulate sb on, warn about/against, thank sb for ,criticize sb for, praise sb for, prevent /stop sb from,to suspect sb of


thuù nhaän
ca ngợi ai về điều gì
chỉ trích ai về điều gì
nghi ngờ; hoài nghi; ngờ vực
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS
III. Practice :
Exercise 1 : Change direct speech to into reported speech. Begin each sentence in the way shown.
1. “I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!” John said to us.
→ John congratulated ........ on ..........................
2. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” Mary said.
→ Mary apologized for ........................................
3. “I’ll drive you to the station. I insist,” Peter said to Linda.
→ Peter insisted on ..............................................
4. “ You didn’t pay attention to what I said," the teacher said to the boy.
->The teacher accused ...............of ..............................
5. “I’ve always wanted to be rich.”, Bob said
->Bob has always dreamed of.......................................
6.“Don’t stay at the hotel near the airport." I said to Ann
-> I warned ............ against ....................................
7. “Stay here! I can’t let you go out tonight.”
->Her mother prevented ...................... from ..............................
8. “ It was nice of you to visit me. Thank you," Miss White said to Jack.
->Miss White thanked ......... for ..............................................
us
having passed/passing our exams.
not phoning me earlier.
driving me to the station.
the boy
not paying attention to what he had said.

being rich.
Ann
staying at the hotel near the airport.
Jane/her
going out that night.
Jack
visiting her.
III. Practice :
Exercise 2 :Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS

1. Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
Tom : Certainly not! I’ll pay.
Tom insisted on _____________________
2. Mr. Smith : I feel like meeting our children soon.
Mrs. Smith: I think so.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked forward to _______________________
3. Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house
Boy : Oh … no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know
anything about it.
The boy denied _____________________________________
4. Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
Customer : What’s that?
Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop!
Policeman stopped the customer from _______________.
5. Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
Ann :What about having a party?
Ann suggested_______________________________
paying for the meal.
meeting their children soon.
having broken the window of her house.
leaving the shop
having a party the next Saturday.
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS

III. Practice :
Exercise 2 :Rewrite the dialogue in reported speech, using gerund.

6. Mary : What sell we do on Saturday ?
Ann : What about having a party ?
Ann suggested ____________________
7. John’s wife : The house is very nice! We’ll certainly buy it!
John : I think so.
John and his wife were thinking of ___________________
having a party.
buying the house.
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS

More exercise I. Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or has the closest meaning to the original one.
1.The police prevented us _________getting into the park.
A. from B. off C. on D. out of
2.Tommy admitted _______________all the wine in the bottle.
A. for drinking B. to drinking C. of drinking D. drinking
3.“Don’t cut flowers in the park!”, the old lady said to us.
A. The old lady wanted us to cut flowers in the park.
B. The old lady insisted us on cutting flowers in the park.
C. The old lady warned us against cutting flowers in the park.
D. The old lady congratulated us on cutting flowers in the park.
4. Cathy said, “Let’s go to the cinema.”
A. Cathy thanked for going to the cinema.
B. Cathy suggested going to the cinema.
C. Cathy denied going to the cinema.
D. Cathy apologized for going to the cinema.
A
D
C
B
Unit 6 COMPETITIONS –Period 33 LANGUAGE FOCUS

Homework : I. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as the shown.
1.“ I must have made a mistake in the calculations.” Mr. Forest said.
->Mr. Forest admitted .......................................................................
2.“ I can’t let you use the mobile phone.” Her mother said.
-> Her mother prevented ....................................................................
3.“ I didn’t steal the car”, the boy said. “ I just borrowed it.”
-> The boy denied................................................................................
4.Peter said, “ I wish I hadn’t lent him some money.”
-> Peter regretted ...............................................................................
5. “ The man is a spy.” She said.
-> She suspected....................................................................................
6. “ I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry.
->He apologized ...................................................................................
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