Unit twelve : A VACATION ABROAD
LESSON 6 : LANGUAGE FOCUS



Objectives:
By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to talk about activities using the Past progressive tense and Present progressive tenses with "always
Preparation: Power point.
Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

*Class attendance:
8a1:
1.Warm up:(5’)
Listen to the song and answer: What tense is used in the song?
2. Presentation: (35’)
Task 1:
The present progressive tense with “always”:
Have Ss look at the picture and answer the question:
What is Nam doing ?Then introduce the structure.


Nam/watch TV.
Teacher gives his mother’s complaint: “You are always watching TV”
Nam is always watching TV
From: 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
Practice:
Have Ss do exercise 3/120. Look at the pictures. Write the sentences. Say what the people are always doing.
a ) Bao / forget / homework
b ) Mrs.Nga/ lose/umbrella
c ) Mr and Mrs.Thanh / miss /bus
d ) Na/ talk/phone
e ) Liem /go/ out

Task 3:The past progressive tense :
Ex: Nam was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night
Form:
Subject+ was /were + V-ing
Uses:
-To indicate an action that was in progress at a point of time in the past.
- An action was taking place in the past when another action took place.
When + short action (Past Simple)
While + long action (Past Continuous)
Ex:Hoa was having dinner when the phone rang.
While Hoa was having dinner , the phone rang.
Two actions occurring at the same time in the past.
Ex:Hoa was having dinner while Nga was writing a letter.
Task 4 -Have Ss do exercise 1/119. Look at the pictures. Say: What each person was doing at 8 o’clock last night.
Ba / take a shower
Hoa / have dinner
Bao / read a comic
Nga / write a letter
Na / walk with her dog
Lan / talk to her grandma

Task 5
Have Ss to look at the pictures on page 119 and do the matching on page 120.
Look at the pictures. Then match the half-sentences in to those in column A with column B
A
B

The Le family was sleeping.
While Hoa was eating ,
When Nam won the race,
Mrs Thoa was cooking
When Lan arrived at school,
When Lan arrived at school,
It was raining
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.


Lucky number: 2-5-7
1./ Choose the best answer:
I was studying ………the light went out. ( when/ while)
3./ Complete the sentences:
Mai/always/watch TV
4. / Find and correct the mistakes.
They are learning at 8:15 yesterday morning.
6./ Put the verb into correct form:
The phone …(ring) while I…. (cook)
8./ Put the verb into correct form:
When I (see) him, he (sit) asleep in a chair.
9./ Complete the sentence:
What/ you /do /from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
3.Homework: (5’)
- 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.




- The present progressive tense




Listen and answer the questions
-He is watching TV.






Ss look at the pictures
Listen to the teacher’s explanation
Give the structure
Give examples




Look at the pictures and say what the people are always doing.
Suggested answer
Bao is always forgettingis homework.

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.






Ss look at the pictures
Listen to the teacher’s explanation

Listen to the teacher’s explanation
Give the examples






Look