B. LANGUAGE FOCUS

Exercise 1. Practise reading the following words, paying attention to the sounds /pt/, /bd/, /ps/, and/bz/.

Thực hành đọc các từ sau, chú ý tới các âm /pt/, /bd/, /ps/ và /bz/. 

Exercise 2. Write the words in Exercise 1 which contain sounds /pt/, /bd/, /ps/, and /bz/ in their correct columns below.

Viết các từ chứa âm /pt/, /bd/, /ps/ và/bz/ vào đúng cột. 

Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences after the model, paying attention to the underlined subject focus of the sentence.

Example: The man gave her the book.

It was the man who gave her the book.

1. The neighbour told them about it.

2. My friend came to see me late last night.

3. That boy scored the goal for his team.

4. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.

5. The strong wind blew the roof off.

Hướng dẫn giải 

1. It was the neighbour who told them about it.

2. It was my friend who came to see me late last night.

3. It was that boy who scored the goal for his team.

4. It was the dog that grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.

5. It was the strong wind that blew the roof off.

Exercise 4. Rewrite the following sentences after the model, paying attention to the underlined object focus of the sentence.

Viết lại các câu sau theo mẫu sau, chú ý tới các chủ ngữ được gạch chân. 

Example:

The boy hit the dog in the garden.

It was the dog that the boy hit in the garden.

It was the dog that was hit by the boy in the garden.

1. The woman answered the man rudely.

2. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon.

3. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.

4. The police arrested the man at the railway station.

5. He borrowed the money from Loan.

Hướng dẫn giải 

1. It was the man who the woman answered rudely.

-  It was the man who was answered rudely by the woman.

2. It was ping pong that the boy played the whole afternoon.

-  It was ping pong that was played the whole afternoon by the boy.

3. It was the boy who the girl gave a special gift on his birthday.

-  It was the boy who was given a special gift by the girl on his birthday.

4. It was the man who the police arrested at the railway station.

-  It was the man who was arrested by the police at the railway station.

5. It was the money that he borrowed from Loan.

-  It was the money that was borrowed from Loan.

Exercise 5. Rewrite the following sentences after the model,, paying attention to the underlined adverbial focus of the sentence.

Viết lại các câu sau theo mẫu sau, chú ý tới các chủ ngữ được gạch chân.

Example:

The boy hit the dog in the garden.

It was in the garden that the boy hit the dog.

1. He bought the book from that comer shop.

2. He got married when he was 26.

3. They were having a barbecue in the park.

4. I met him on the wav to school.

5. They often had parties on weekends.