This document provides a language focus lesson on films and cinema. It discusses pronunciation of /f/ and /v/ sounds and uses of present and past participles. It also covers the structure "It is/was not until..." and uses of the definite and indefinite articles "a/an" and "the". Exercises are included to practice these grammar points. The lesson concludes with homework assignments to practice pronunciation, complete exercises, and prepare for the next unit on reading.

1. HELLO EVERYBODY

2. Review Wh_question
Ask questions for the underlined phrases
in the following sentences
1. I go swimming every Sunday.
 What do you do every Sunday?
2. He met his friend at a coffee shop.
 Where did he meet his friend?

3. UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
LESSON: LANGUAGE FOCUS

4. What am I?
FACE VASE

5. I. Pronunciation
/f/
• Fan
• Fiction
• First
• Photograph
• Form
• Enough
/v/
• Van
• Vine
• View
• Vote
• Stephen
• Leave

7. II. Participles
Twilight is an interesting film.
V + ing/ed  participle
Ex: Interest(v)  interesting
Excite(v)  exciting

8. Participle
Present participle
Ex: Boring
Exciting
Interesting
Past participle
Ex: Bored
Excited
Interested

9. Present participle
(Adj –ing)
• The movie was interesting.
• Brad Pitt is one of the most
exciting actors.
 Active meaning (s.o/sth
that does an action or effects
of sth on s.o/sth.)
Past participle
(Adj –ed)
• I was interested in the
movie.
 Passive meaning( s.o/
sth receives an action or
feelings of a person)

10. Confusing or Confused
• If a book confuses you, how would you
describe the book?
 The book is confusing.
• If a book confuses you, how would you
describe yourself?
 I’m confused.

11. Exercise 1: Write the
adjectival forms of the
verbs
Ex: Interest (v)  interesting (a)
Bore (v)  boring (a)
Excite (v)  exciting (a)

12. Exercise 2: Complete two
sentences for each situation.
Using the adjective ending –ing
and –ed form of the verb in the
bracket

14. III. Structure: “It is/ was not until … that”
(‘Đến tận lúc…thì…’; ‘Mãi đến…thì…’)
Ex 1: She didn’t know how to ride a bike until 2002.
Or: It was not until 2002 that she knew how to ride a
bike.
 It is/was not until + time + that + clause
- He didn’t visit Ha Long Bay until 2005
 It was not until 2005 that he visited Ha Long Bay.

15. III. Structure: “It is/ was not until … that”
(‘Đến tận lúc…thì…’; ‘Mãi đến…thì…’)
Ex2: She didn’t know how to ride a bike until she was 7.
Or: It was not until she was 7 that she knew how to
ride a bike.
 It is/was not until + clause + that +clause
- He didn’t visit Ha Long Bay until he got married.
 It was not until he got married that he visited Ha
Long Bay.

16. Exercise 3: Rewrite the
following sentences
1. She didn’t become a teacher until
1990

2. He didn’t know how to swim until
he was 30.


17. Article: A/An or The
• ‘The’ can go in front of any noun while a/an: only
singular noun.
Ex: a houses: wrong
• a/an cannot be used with uncountable noun.
Ex: a rice: wrong
• ‘a”: used in front of words starting with consonant
sound. “An” is used in front of a noun beginning
with vowel sound.
Ex: an apple, an orange, an engineer…
 Note: an hour, a union,..

18. A/ An – indefinite article
• They’re used to mention about something that you
don’t know in particular or it isn’t important.
Ex: I read a book yesterday. (which book is not
important)
• Things in general.
Ex: A banana is yellow.
• To introduce a noun that has not mentioned before
Ex: I saw a snake.

19. The – definite article
• When you talk about something you actually know
about
Ex: The man who stands next to the shop is my father.
• When there is only one thing or names of oceans,
rivers,…
Ex: the best, the sun, the Pacific Ocean, the Mississppi
river ,…
• Before names of musical instruments
Ex: play the piano
• Before decades, centeries
Ex: the 1800s, the twentieth century

20. Exercise 4: Put a(n) or
the in the numbered
blanks

21. Homework
• Practice pronouncing the
consonants /f/ and /v/
• Do all the rest of the
exercise in the textbook.
• Prepare the new lesson –
Unit 14: Reading

22. GOODBYE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WATCHING