Unit 4 : School Education System
E. Language Focus
Objectives:
1. Educational aim: Students know how to pronounce and mark the stress in three-syllable words.
2. Knowledge:
– General knowledge: Students learn some information to fill in a form
– Language:
– New words: Words related to a form
3. Skills:
– Pronunciation: Stress in three-syllable words
– Grammar: Passive voice
Pronunciation
● Listen and repeat.
algebra carefully politics physical
chemistry academic primary statistics
computing cinema compulsory September
● Practise reading these sentences.
The academic school year generally commences in September.
The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.
The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national
examination at certain stages of the school education system.
Grammar
Exercise 1. Fill each blank with the simple present passive form of the verb in brackets. (Hãy điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với dạng bị động của thì hiện tại đơn của động từ trong ngoặc.)
1. The academic year in England _________ into three terms. (divide)
The academic year in England is divided into three terms.
2. Each term ________ by a one-week break. (separate)
_____________________________________________________.
3. The national curriculum ________ by the government and
________ in all state schools. (set, must follow)
_____________________________________________________.
4. The national curriculum ________ of more than ten subjects.
(make up)
_____________________________________________________.
5. The state school system ________ for by the state. (pay)
_____________________________________________________.
6. The advanced students ____________ to take part in the annual
International Olympic Competition. (select)
_____________________________________________________
Gợi ý:
1. is divided 2. is separated 3. is set – must he followed
4. is made up 5. is paid 6. are selected
Exercise 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice. (Viết lại các câu sau, dùng thể bị động.)
1. They built this school in 1997.
_____________________________________________________.
2. They first published this dictionary in 1870.
_____________________________________________________.
3. The students in my class are going to organize a surprise party
tomorrow evening.
_____________________________________________________.
4. They are painting the kitchen now.
_____________________________________________________.
5. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet” in 1605.
_____________________________________________________
6. They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies into many languages.
_____________________________________________________.
7. They have just built a new primary school in my village.
_____________________________________________________.
8. They will speak English at the conference.
_____________________________________________________.
9. Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet.
_____________________________________________________.
10. They will repaint the house soon.
_____________________________________________________
Gợi ý:
1. This school was built in 1997.
2. This dictionary was first published in 1870.
3. A surprise party is going to be organized by the students in my class tomorrow evening.
4. The kitchen is being painted now.
5. “Romeo and Juliet” was written by Shakespeare in 1605.
6. Shakespeare’s tragedies have been translated into many languages.
7. A new primary school has just been built in my village.
8. English will be spoken at the conference.
9. The floor hasn’t been cleaned yet.
10. The house will be repainted soon.
Exercise 3. Fill in the spaces of the following passage with the correct tense in passive voice of the verbs in brackets. (Điền vào các chỗ trống của đoạn văn sau với thì đúng ở thể bị động của động từ trong ngoặc.)
The world’s first electronic computer _________ (1. build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
However, computers _________ ( 2. sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s. Much progress
on computers _______________ (3. make) since 1950. Computers are now much smaller and more
powerful and they _________ (4. can buy) much more cheaply. Computers _________ (5. use) in
many fields − in business, science, medicine, and education, for example. They _________ (6. can use)
to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where
information _________ (7. store) and calculations _________ (8. do). A computer cannot think
for itself − it _________ (9. must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations _________
(10. can do) very quickly on computers.
Gợi ý:
1. was built 2. were sold 3. has been made 4. can be bought 5. are used
6. can be used 7. is kept 8. are done 9. must be told 10. can be done
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