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Unit 12:
A vacation abroad
Lesson 6: Language Focus
Listen to the song and answer:
What tense is used in the song?
b) Nam
Nam is watching TV

You are always watching TV

Nam is always watching TV.
I./The present progressive tense
Form:
Subject
+ am /is / are
+ always
+ V-ing…
Uses:
-Always can be used with the present progressive to describe continually-repeated actions.
- to express a complaint
/ watch TV
with“always”:
Bao
Bao / forget / homework
forgetting
is
always
his homework.
IV. Practice:
Ex 3:Look at the pictures. Write the sentences.
Say what the people are always doing.
Mrs Nga is always losing her umbrella.
Mr and Mrs Thanh are always missing the bus.
Na is always talking on the phone.
Liem is always going out.
Mrs.Nga/ lose/umbrella
Mr and Mrs.Thanh / miss /bus
Na/ talk/phone
Liem/go/ out
IV.Practice:
Say what the people are always doing.
Say: What each person was doing at 8 o’clock
Form:
Subject
+ was /were
+ V-ing…
Uses:
-To indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the past.
What was Nam doing at 8 o’clock last night?
Nam was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night.
last night?
The past progressive tense :
a )Ba/ take a shower
b ) Hoa / have dinner
c ) Bao/ read books
d ) Nga/ write a letter
e ) Na/ walk with her dog
f) Lan / talk to her grandmother.
Say: What each person was doing at 8 o’clock last night.
a ) Ba was taking a shower at 8 o’clock last night.
b ) Hoa was having dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
c ) Bao was reading books at 8 o’clock last night.
d ) Nga was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night.
e ) Na was walking with her dog at 8 o’clock last night.
V. The past progressive with when and while:
- An action was taking place in the past when another action took place.
the phone rang.
the phone rang
Hoa was having dinner
When + short action (Past Simple)
Past simple
Past progressive
Past simple
Past progressive
While + long action (Past Continuous)
when
Hoa was having dinner,
While
Hoa was having dinner
while
Nga was writing a letter
Past progressive
Past progressive
- Two actions occurring at the same time in the past.
The Le family was sleeping
2. While Hoa was eating ,
When Nam won the race,
Mrs Thoa was cooking.
5. When Lan arrived at school, E. the
6 . It was raining
when the plane got
to Ha Noi
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences in to those in column A with column B
A
B




F. the phone rang.
B. when Tuan arrived
home.
C. when the mailman
came.
D. the school drum
was sounding.
E. the crowd was
cheering.
F. the phone rang.
when the plane got to Ha Noi
when Tuan arrived home.
when the mailman came.
the school drum was sounding.
the crowd was cheering.
the phone rang.
2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS :
Lucky Number
Team 1
Team 2
Choose the best answer:
I was studying when the light went out (when/while)
….
Complete the sentence:
Mai/always/watch/TV
Mai is always watching TV
Find and correct the mistake:
They are learning English at 8.15 yesterday morning
were
Put the verb into correct form:
The phone (ring) while I (cook)
The phone rang while I was cooking
Put the verb into correct form:
When I (see) him ,he (sit) asleep in a chair
saw
was sitting
Complete the sentence:
What/you/do/from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
What were you doing from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
Homework:
 Rewrite these exercises in your notebooks.
 Notice the present progressive with “always” and the past progressive.
 Prepare: Unit 13: Festivals
Getting started + Listen and Read
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