unit 1 - language focus

1. Unit 1 – A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
LANGUAGE FOCUS

2. - THE PAST SIMPLE
- THE PAST SIMPLE WITH WISH
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL

3. TENSE
1. FORM
2. USE
3. ADV
4. NOTES
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL

4. 1. FORM
a. To be
(+) S + was/ were + N/ adj/ prep.
I was very happy yesterday.
They were in the garden.
(-) S + was/ were + N/ adj/ prep.
I was not very happy yesterday.
They were not in the garden.
(?) (Wh) + was /were + S + N/ adj/ prep.?
Were you happy yesterday?
Yes, I was. / No, I was not.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

5. 1. FORM
b. To verb
(+) S + V-ed/ P1 + (O).
I played football yesterday.
She gave us a book last week.
(-) S + did not + V + (O).
I did not play football yesterday.
She did not give us a book last week.
(?) (Wh) + did + S + V?
Did you play football yesterday?
What did she give us last week?
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

6. Example 1:
I (play) foot ball with my friends last week.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

7. Example 2:
I (be) in Hai Phong last month.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

8. 2. Cách dùng
a. Diễn tả 1 hành động xảy ra tại 1 thời điểm
trong quá khứ
I started learning English in 2000.
b. Diễn tả 1 thói quen trong quá khứ
I used to/ always got up early when I was
a child.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

9. 2. Cách dùng
c. Diễn tả 1 hành động xảy ra trong 1 khoảng
thời gian trong quá khứ.
I lived in Hanoi for 10 years.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

10. - Chú ý khi dùng với “for”:
He lives in HN. He has lived there for 10 years.
He lived in HN for 10 years. Then, he stayed HP for
5 years. Now, he has settled in SG for 2 years.
HT
QK
HT
QK
QK QK
HTHT
QK QK
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UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
SG
HP
HN

11. 3. Adverbs
- for, from… to…
- Trạng từ chỉ tần suất: always, often, usually,…
- Last + mốc thời gian: last week/month/night…
- Yesterday, ago
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. The past simple

12. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
II. The past simple with WISH
I wish I were taller.

13. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
II. The past simple with WISH
I wish I had a car.

14. d. Notes
When adding ed:
+ V-e: V-e + d: Live  lived
+ V-y: V – i + ed: try  tried
V- y +ed: play  played
+ double the last consonant:
Tap tapped
Pre’fer  preferred
‘Offer offered
I. The past simple
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL

15. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
II. The past simple with WISH
1. I wish I were taller.
2. I wish I had a car.

16. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
II. The past simple with WISH
Form:
S + wish + Clause (past)
Note:
- WERE for “to be”

17. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
1. Work with a partner. Ask and answer
questions about what each person did on the
weekend.
Name Activities Day/time
Ba
Nga
Lan
Nam
Hoa
Movie – Ghost and Monsters
Concert – Ha Noi singers
Camp – Y & Y (Young and Young
Pioneer Association)
Soccer match – Dong Thap vs The
Cong
Play – Much Ado About Nothing
Saturday / 2 pm
Saturday / 8 pm
All weekend
Sunday/ 4 pm
Sunday / 7 Pm

18. UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
1. Work with a partner. Ask and answer
questions about what each person did on the
weekend.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
A: What did Ba do on the weekend?
B: He went to see a movie called “Ghosts and
Monsters”
A: When did he see it?
B: He saw it on Saturday afternoon at two o’clock.

19. Buy a cake
Make flowers
Hang a picture of Hanoi
Go colorful lamps
Paint shopping
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
2. Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for
Maryam. Write the things they did to prepare for the
party. Use the picture and the words in the box.

20. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
2. Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for
Maryam. Write the things they did to prepare for the
party. Use the picture and the words in the box.

21. Buy a cake
Make flowers
Hang a picture of Hanoi
Go colorful lamps
Paint shopping
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
2. Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for
Maryam. Write the things they did to prepare for the
party. Use the picture and the words in the box.

22. Buy flowers
Make a cake
Hang colorful lamps
Go shopping
Paint a picture of Hanoi
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
2. Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for
Maryam. Write the things they did to prepare for the
party. Use the picture and the words in the box.

23. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
go shopping
Lan
Nam
Nga
Phong
Ly and
Hoa
paint a picture of Hanoi
buy flowers
hang coloful lamps
make a cake

24. LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
Lan made a cake.
Nam hung coloful lamps.
Nga bought flowers.
Phong painted a picture of Hanoi.
Ly and Hoa went shopping.

25. a. You are not very tall.
b. It’s so hot. You want to be in the swimming pool.
c. You don’t have a computer.
d. You live far from school.
e. You don’t have a sister.
f. You draw badly.
g. You don’t have your friend’s phone number.
h. You don’t know many friends.
i. There aren’t any rivers and lakes in your hometown.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
3. Work with a partner. Write wishes you want to make
in these situations.

26. a. You are not very tall.
b. It’s so hot. You want to be in the swimming pool.
c. You don’t have a computer.
d. You live far from school.
e. You don’t have a sister.
f. You draw badly.
g. You don’t have your friend’s phone number.
h. You don’t know many friends.
i. There aren’t any rivers and lakes in your hometown.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
3. Work with a partner. Write wishes you want to make
in these situations.

27. a. You are not very tall.
 I wish I were taller.
b. It’s so hot. You want to be in the swimming pool.
 I wish I were in the swimming pool now.
c. You don’t have a computer.
 I wish I had a computer.
d. You live far from school.
 I wish I did not live far from school.
 I wish l lived near the school.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
3. Work with a partner. Write wishes you want to make
in these situations.

28. e. You don’t have a sister.
 I wish I had a sister.
f. You draw badly.
 I wish I drew well. / I wish I did not draw badly.
g. You don’t have your friend’s phone number.
 I wish I had my friend’s phone number.
h. You don’t know many friends.
 I wish I knew many friends.
i. There aren’t any rivers and lakes in your hometown.
 I wish there were many rivers and lakes in my hometown.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
3. Work with a partner. Write wishes you want to make
in these situations.

29. I. THE PAST SIMPLE
1. FORM
2. USE
3. ADV
4. NOTES
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
KIẾN THỨC CẦN NẮM

30. II. THE PAST SIMPLE WIT WISH
LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
KIẾN THỨC CẦN NẮM