High school teaching materials

1. UNIT 13:
HOBBIES
Part E: Language Focus

2. I.
PRONUNCIATION
/pt/
/ps/
/bd/
/bz/

3. I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)
/pt/ /bd/ /ps/ /bz/
stopped robbed stops robs
jumped stabbed steps bribes
stepped grabbed maps rubs
trapped bribed shops clubs

4. I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)
1. She was robbed.
2. He stopped smoking.
3. Lan dropped the teapot.

5. I. PRONUNCIATION (CONT)
4. The boy jumped out into the road and
bumped into an old man.
5. She’s been to a number of shops and
clubs.
6. He rubs his hands because he wants to
interrupt their talk.

6. II. GRAMMAR
CLEFT SENTENCE
- ‘Cleft’  ‘divided into two parts’
Ex:
- ‘It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden’
Two parts (clauses) are: ‘It was the boy’ and ‘Who
hit the cat in the garden’.
- ‘It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden’
 ‘It was the cat’ & ‘that the boy hit in the garden’
- ‘It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat’
 ‘It was in the garden’ & ‘that the boy hit the cat’

7. II. GRAMMAR (CONT)
Dialogue:
A: Hey, do you know that Phan has been taken to
hospital?
B: Lan? I know, I know, she is my neighbor.
A: No, I say ‘Phan’. It is Phan who has been taken
to the hospital.
B: Oh, Phan. I see. But why?
A: A spider called Black Widow bit him.
B: A tiger? Terrible?
A: No, it was the poisonous spider that bit Phan.
B: Oh, a spider.

8. II. GRAMMAR (CONT)
 The boy hit the cat in the garden.
Subject Object Adverbial phrase
1. It was the boy who hit the cat in the garden.
 Subject focus
2. It was the cat that the boy hit in the garden.
 Object focus
3. It was in the garden that the boy hit the cat.
 Adverbial focus

9. II. GRAMMAR (CONT)
It + be + X-focus + subordinate clause

10. III. EXERCISE
1. Task 1: Exercise in the textbook
(2) It was the boy who visited his uncle last
month.
(3) It was my mother who bought me a
present on my birthday.
(4) It is English that the man is learning.
(5) It was the book that the woman give
him.
(6) It was in the garden that the boy hit the
dog.
(7) It was for tea that she made some cakes.

11. II. EXERCISE (CONT)
1. Task 2: Lucky number

12. 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12

15. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
Minh and Lan got married in March.

16. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
Her aunt sent her the gold ring on her wedding.

18. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
Hoa’s mother punished her.

19. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
His uncle repaired the car for him.

21. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
The girls played volleyball all day long.

22. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
Thanh presented Minh a book on his birthday.

24. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
He met his wife in Vietnam.

25. MAKE CLEFT SENTENCE
Mai borrowed the pen from Tam.