Unit 2: Cultural Diversity - Language Focus

The pronunciation of -ed (Cách phát âm đuôi -ed)

• Có 3 cách phát âm đuôi -ed của động từ có quy tắc ở thì quá khứ: /d/, /t/, /ɪd/
  • /d/ sau các phụ âm hữu thanh (voiced consonants): /b/, /g/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /v/, /z/, /ð/, /ʒ/, /ʤ/, /ŋ/ và các nguyên âm a, e, o, i, u
  • /t/ sau các phụ âm vô thanh (voiceless consonants): /θ/, /p/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ /, /ʧ/, /k/
  • /ɪd/ sau /t/, /d/
• Ví dụ minh họa
  • ​/d/: lived, played, rained, determined,...
  • /t/: looked, stopped, missed, laughed,...
  • /ɪd/: wanted, decided,...

Review of tenses (Ôn tập các thì)

BẢNG HỆ THỐNG CÔNG THỨC CÁC THÌ TIẾNG ANH

Complete the following conversations with the correct form of the verbs in the box. (Hoàn thành những đoạn hội thoại sau với hình thức đúng của động từ trong khung)

1. A: ……………..you………………..The Titanic yet?

    B: Yes, I have. I…………….it last night. Why?

    A: I……………..it next Friday.

2. A: Who……………….all the soda?

    B: Not me. I…………any soda at all since  last week. I …………….water all week. It’s much healthier.

3. A: Susan…………….a lot of books lately.

    B: ……………..she……………….Wildest Dreams?

    A: Yes, she did. She……………….that one about five years ago.

4. A: You……………for hours. When are we eating dinner?

    B: I’ve just finished. I……………something special for you. It’s called “Ants on the tree”.

    A: Gross!

    B: Actually, I……………it for you many times before. It’s just meatballs with rice noodles.

Guide to answer

1. Have....seen/saw/am going to see
2. drank/have not drunk/drank
3. has written/Did...write/wrote
4. have been cooking/cooked/wrote

Circle the letter (A, B, C, D) to complete the passage (Khoanh tròn vào chữ cái A, B, C, D để hoàn thành đoạn văn)

Rosemary Dare is a wildlife photographer. She (1) _____  inUganda for many years. She (2)_________________ elephants for twenty years.She (3)____________ thousands of pictures since the 1980s. Last year, she(4)                      an international prize for nature photography. She (5)__________  many prizes over the years. Recently, Ms Dare (6)___________ interested in rhinos. She (7)____________them for the last few months. I am sure we (8)_________________ some interesting photos soon.

1.     A. lives                   B. will live                C. has been living           D. doesn’t live

2.     A. has been photographing         B. photographs                      C. is photographing          D. was photographing

3.     A. is taking             B. will take             C. has taken                    D. takes

4.     A. won                   B. is winning          C. has won                      D. has been winning

5.     A. won                   B. is winning          C. has won                      D. wins

6.     A. has become       B. becomes           C. will become                  D. become

7.     A. tracks                B. will track            C. has been tracking        D. tracking

8.      A. will see              B. saw                   C. have been seeing         D. have seen

Guide to answer

Complete the following letter with the correct form of verbs in brackets. (Hoàn thành bức thư với dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

Dear Mr. Jones,

I am writing this letter to complain about the noise from Apartment 3C.I (1.move)…………. into Apartment 2C on November 1. Since I (2.move)…………in, my upstairs neighbours have their stereo loudly every night. I (3.ask) …………them to  turn it down several time. But they (4.not stop) …….. the noise yet. I am a student and I (5.study)………. Every night. I (6.fail)………..my final exam next month unless this noise stops. I would be grateful if you (7.can talk) …………to my neighbours and ask them to turn down their stereo after 10.00 p.m. 

Sincerely,
Jony

Guide to answer

1. moved
2. moved
3. have asked
4. have not stopped
5. study
6. will fail
7. could talk

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.

1. A. booked                        B. pushed                     C. caused                     D. matched
2. A. wanted                        B. needed                     C. decided                    D. stopped
3. A. lived                             B. watched                   C. stayed                      D. loved
4. A. rained                          B. worked                     C. missed                      D. helped
5. A. explained                     B. arrested                    C. phoned                     D. played

Key

1. A. booked/t/                      B. pushed/t/                          C. caused/d/                      D. matched/t/
2. A. wanted /id/                    B. needed /id/                        C. decided /id/                       D. stopped /t/
3. A. lived /d/                         B. watched /t/                    C. stayed /d/                         D. loved /d/
4. A. rained /d/                    B. worked /t/                          C. missed /t/                         D. helped /t/
5. A. explained /d/                  B. arrested/id/                    C. phoned /d/                       D. played /d/

Complete the sentences with the correct verbs

1. I (get) _______ hungry. Let’s go and have something to eat.
2. Be quiet! I (want) _______ to hear the news broadcast
3. What _______ you (do) yesterday?
4. Lan (get) _______ up very early, (have) _______ her breakfast and then she (go) _______ to her office.

5. Mr. Green (teach) English in this school since he (graduate) from the university in 1986.

Key

1. getting
2. want
3. did...do
4. gets / has / goes 
5. has taught / graduated

Choose the best answer

1. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.

A. was calling / watched                                      

B. called / have watched

C. called / was watching                                      

D. had called / watched

2. By this time last summer, she _______ her studies.

A. completes            

B. will complete                 

C. are completing              

D. had completed

3. Right now, Jim _______ the newspaper and Kathy _______ dinner.

A. reads / has cooked                                           

B. is reading / is cooking

C. has read / was cooking                                   

D. read / will be cooking

4. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She _______ and he_______  the Newspaper.

A. are doing / is cooking / is reading

B. were doing / was cooking / was reading

C. was doing / has cooked / is reading

D. had done / was cooking /read

5. When I _______ home last night, I _______ that Jane _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.

A. had arrived / discovered / prepared

B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing

C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared

D. arrived / discovered / was preparing

Key

Như vậy là các em đã xem qua bài giảng phần Language Focus Unit 2 Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Cultural Diversity về đa dạng văn hóa.

Để củng cố kiến thức ngữ pháp, các em có thể tham gia thực hành Trắc nghiệm Unit 2 lớp 12 Language Focus.

• Câu 1: Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.

  • A. arrived
  • B. believed
  • C. received
  • D. hoped

• Câu 2:

  • A. opened
  • B. knocked
  • C. played
  • D. occurred

• Câu 3:

  • A. dimmed
  • B. travelled
  • C. passed
  • D. stirred

• Câu 4:

  • A. tried
  • B. obeyed
  • C. cleaned
  • D. asked

• Câu 5:

  • A. laughed
  • B. washed
  • C. helped
  • D. weighed

• Câu 6:

  • A. walked
  • B. ended
  • C. started
  • D. wanted

• Câu 7:

  • A. visited
  • B. showed
  • C. wondered
  • D. studied

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