The first semester examination school year: 2008 - 2009 subject : English

 THE CONTENT OF REVISION
THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
School Year: 2008-2009
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
THE 11th FORM
I/ Aim and Objectives: 
	+ To revise Ss basic knowledge from unit 1 to unit 8
	+ To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
	+ To help Ss do the first semester examination well
II/ Content of the lesson:
Grammar and Vocabulary
Review:
The past simple, past progressive and past perfect
Infinitive and Gerund
Passive Infinitive and Gerund
Gerund and present participle
Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Reported Speech with Infinitives 
Reported Speech with Gerund
Conditional sentences type 1, 2, 3
Conditional in Reported speech
Pronoun : one(s), someone, anyone, no one, every one
Words describing celebrations
Reading
 	Topics: variety
	Type of test: answer the questions
Writing
Type of test: Rewrite the second sentence without changing its meaning
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 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 49
REVISION
 (Vocabulary)
Language content
To help Ss revise some basic knowledge of Vocabulary
Language function
To practise the language
Educational aim
To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
To remind Ss of some basic knowledge to do the first semester examination
Language
Infinitive with To 
Infinitive without To 
Infinitive and Gerund
Passive Infinitive and Gerund
Gerund and present participle
Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Pronoun : one(s), someone, anyone, no one, every one
Content of the lesson
Review: (20ms) 
I. Infinitive with To
After some Verbs: decide, try , want, forget ,agree, arrange, demand, expect, hope, intend, learn, manage, plan, refuse, seem, wait, fail, promise, ask, wish, threaten.., . + To Inf 
I want to help him
We try our best to get good marks
 II. Infinitive without To 
Make / let + Bare Inf : She made me cry
 	 I let Ss do their task in 5 minutes
After perception Verbs: see / hear / watch / feel  + Bare Inf:
She could hear them talk about their plan
I saw her get into the car
III. Infinitive and Gerund 
 V + Gerund(V-ing):enjoy, avoid, practise, consider, miss, suggest, go on,
 -Go +V-ing
 V + To –Infinitive: want, like, hope, decide, 
Notes: (stop, try, forget, remember)
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IV. Passive Infinitive and Gerund
Passive Infinitive : Tobe + P.P
Passive Gerund : Being + P.P
Usage: To emphasize the action / event rather than the agent
V. Gerund and present participle
Gerund
After some verbs: enjoy, miss, avoid, 
After prepositions “ in, at , of , on with, .” She is good at learning E.L.
Expressions: “In spite of, can’t help ( K theå traùnh ñöôïc), can’t stand, it’s no good / use,..”
I can’t stand being stuck in traffic jams.
present participle
After Verbs of perceptions: hear, smell, see, find, catch 
+ V bare Inf: a complete action: I saw the man cross the road.
+ Participle : an incomplete action : I saw the man crossing the road.
Using in the pattern: Spend / waste + time / money + present participle
He spent $400 buying that watch.
Reducing a sentence or part of a sentence.
1. He sang to himself. He walked down the road.
-> Singing to himself, he walked down the road.
2. He put on his coat and left the house.
-> Putting on his coat, he left the house.
3. Because he felt tired, he went to bed early.
-> Feeling tired, he went to bed early.
VI. Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Perfect Gerund
Form: Having + P.P
He was accused of deserting his ship.
= He was accused of having deserted his ship.
Perfect Participle
Form: Having + P.P
1. Switching off the lights, we went to bed.
= Having Switched off the lights, we went to bed.
	2. She bought the bike and cycled home.
	= Having bought the bike , she cycled home..
VII. Pronoun : one(s), someone, anyone, no one, every one
One/ Ones + Singular / plural Verb -> replace a previous mentioned noun
	Someone = somebody + Singular Verb -> in an affirmative statement or a question
Everyone = everybody + Singular Verb -> in an affirmative statement refer to every 
	 person or people
	Anyone = anybody + Singular Verb -> in a negative statement or a question
	No one + Singular Verb -> use an affirmative verb
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Exercise: (15ms)
 Choose the best answer 
Whenever we met , John avoided .. at me.
a. to look	b. looking	c. looked
Most people enjoy .. to different parts of the world.
a. to travel	b. traveling	c. travel
I hope  my autobiography before I die. Do you think anyone would read it?
a. to write	b. writing	c. will write
My lawyer advised me not . Anything further about the accident.
a. to say	b. saying	c. said
They made her . there for the weekend.
a. stayed	b. stay	c. staying
I could hear the robber from the back door.
a. coming	b. to come	c. come
.has come in, haven’t they?
a. Everyone	b. No one	c. every thing	
I expected  to join the private club.
a. to invite	b. being invited	c. to be invited
Keys to the questions: (5ms)
1. b 	 2. b	3. a	4. a	5. b	6. c	7. a	8. c	
	Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
Don’t pretend (be) .. what you aren’t.
Minh expected (invite) . to her birthday party. But he didn’t
For some strange reasons, I keep (think) .. today is Sunday.
All of us agreed (attend) . the meeting.
I made my brother -in -law ( buy)  that car.
The keys:
to be
to be invited
thinking
to attend
buy
Homework: (5ms)
Asks Ss to review: 
The past simple
The past progressive 
The past perfect
Self-evaluation:
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 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 50
REVISION
(Grammar)
Language content
To help Ss revise some basic knowledge of Grammar
Language function
To practise the language
Educational aim
To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
To remind Ss of some basic knowledge to do the first semester examination
Language
The past simple, past progressive and past perfect
Content of the lesson
The past simple
The past progressive 
 The past perfect
Review: (10ms)
The past simple
 S + V ed / V2
	We watched T.V last night.
	I went to Ha Noi last year.
The past progressive
 S + was/ were + V-ing
	We were watching the news when we heard the news.
	I was doing my homework at 5p.m yesterday
The past perfect
 S + had + P.P (V ed / V3)
	Before I went to bed, I had dunk a cup of tea.
Exercise: (20ms)
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer	
He  here three years ago.
a. come 	b. has come	c. came	d. had come
 What were you doing at 4p.m yesterday ? I  football.
a. play	b. was playing	c. played	b. playing	
Last Sunday morning, we  our teacher.
a. visit	b. will visit	 c. visited	d. have visited 
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Before I went to bed, I  my homework.
a. finished	b. had finished	c. has finished	d. have finished
They (work).in this factory 5 years ago.
a. worked	b. had worked	c. has worked	d. have worked
Exercise 2:	Give the correct forms of the Verbs
1. Mr Brown (not watch). T.V last night.
I and Lan (travel) to Thailand by air last summer.
When I came back home, he (go)..out.
It is two years since she last (play) the guitar.
At 4p.m yesterday afternoon, I (go)shopping with my mother.
Exercise 3: Choose one underlined part that needs correcting to make the sentence correct
Why didn’t you came to my birthday party last Saturday.
 a b c d
When he came , we watching T.V in the living room.
 a b c d
They visit Ha Long bay last week.
 a b c d
After he finishes his work, he went out.
 a b c d
When I came to the station, the train left.
 a b c d
 Keys to the questions: (10ms)
Exercise 1: 1. a 	 	2. b	3. c	4. b	5. a
Exercise 2: 	1. didn’t watch	2. traveled	3. had gone	4. played	5. was going
Exercise 3:	1. b 	 	2. b	3. b	4. b	5. d
Homework:(5ms)
Asks Ss to review: 
Reported Speech with Infinitives 
Reported Speech with Gerund	
Self-evaluation:
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 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 51
REVISION
 (Grammar)
Language content
To help Ss revise some basic knowledge of Grammar 
Language function
To practise the language
Educational aim
To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
To remind Ss of some basic knowledge to do the first semester examination
Language
Reported Speech with Infinitives 
Reported Speech with Gerund	
Content of the lesson
Reported Speech with Infinitives 
Review (10ms)
Form: Verb + Object + (NOT) TO-Inf
Meaning and usage: It is used to report others’ Orders, requests, advice, 
suggestions, threats, warning, promises, agreements,  
Changes of Adverbs of time and place
Direct Reported speech
This	That
These	Those
Here	There
Now	Then
 To day	That day
Yesterday	The day before / the previous day
Tomorrow	The day after /the next day / the following day
Ago	Before
Next week	The following week / the week after
This week /month / year	That week / month / year
Last week /month / year	The week / month / year before
	The previous week / month / year before
To night	That night
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Examples:
Affirmative : He said to Tim” Hurry up”
 -> He told Tim to hurry up.
Negative : He said “ Don’t close your book”.
 -> He told me not to close my book.
NOTES: 
- when there isn’t a direct object, we understand that it is “me”
 - We don’t use “say” in this structure.
Direct: Lan said to him” Raise your hands”.	
Reported speech: Wrong: Lan said to him to raise his hands.
 Right : Lan told / asked him to raise his hands
Reported Speech with Gerund
Review 
Form: Verb + (Object) + Preposition + (NOT) V-ing
Meaning and usage: It is used to report others’ Thanking, apologies, accusations, 
 We don’t use “say” in this structure.
 Note: Some verbs do not need a preposition: stop, deny, admit, suggest, 
Changes of Adverbs of time and place(like above)
Examples:
Affirmative : Nga said that she was sorry she drop the vase ( apologize)
 -> Nga apologized for dropping the vase.
Negative : “ I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier” John said to you.
 -> John apologized for not phoning me earlier.
Exercise: (20ms)
Exercise1: Choose the best answer	
“Would you like to go to the cinema with us?” 
They  her to go to the cinema with them 
a. advised	b. ordered	c. invited	d. begged
“ Could you open the window please?”
She . him to open the window.
a. reminded	b. ordered	c. invited	d. asked
“ Don’t forget to post the letter!” He  me to post the letter.
a. reminded	b. ordered	c. asked	d. begged
John insisted .paying for the meal.
a. at 	b. in	c. on	d. for
___________________________________________________ ... ther	b. parents	c. cousins	d. relatives
In India and Africa, people in joint families help a person when.
a. he has good luck	b. he gets rid of illness
c. he has bad luck	d. he shares them his earning
On the whole, this story about 
a. all types of families 	b. joint families	
c. families in China	d. families found in India and Africa
B. Choose the best answer among a, b, c, d to fill in each blank.
Have you ever stopped (46)why people give each (47).. eggs at Easter? The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Jesus Christ from the death, but the festival is actually named (48)..the goddess of the sun, Eostre, whose name is taken from the East where she (49).In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that winter was up and that a new life was about to begin. The rabbit, (50) to the number of young it produces, is the symbol of life. In some parts of the world, the rabbits leaves large numbers of eggs( another symbol of new life) in the garden and children have to find as many as they can. This is very like Christmas when Santa Claus leaves presents for individual children.
a. to wonder	b. wondering	c. wonder	d. wander
a. else	b. person	c. others	d. other
a. for 	b. about	c. after	d. with
a. goes	b. sets	c. raises	d. rises
a. as 	b. since	c. due	d. because
THE END..
THE KEYS
Multiple choice ( 50 s x 0,2m = 10ms)
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 Date of teaching : 
 Period : 48
REVISION
 (Vocabulary)
Language content
To help Ss revise some basic knowledge of Vocabulary
Language function
To practise the language
Educational aim
To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
To remind Ss of some basic knowledge to do the first semester examination
Language
Infinitive with To 
Infinitive without To 
Infinitive and Gerund
Passive Infinitive and Gerund
Gerund and present participle
Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Pronoun : one(s), someone, anyone, no one, every one
Content of the lesson
Review: (20ms) 
I. Infinitive with To
After some Verbs: decide, try , want, forget ,agree, arrange, demand, expect, hope, intend, learn, manage, plan, refuse, seem, wait, fail, promise, ask, wish, threaten.., . + To Inf 
I want to help him
We try our best to get good marks
 II. Infinitive without To 
Make / let + Bare Inf : She made me cry
 	 I let Ss do their task in 5 minutes
After perception Verbs: see / hear / watch / feel  + Bare Inf:
She could hear them talk about their plan
I saw her get into the car
III. Infinitive and Gerund 
 V + Gerund(V-ing):enjoy, avoid, practise, consider, miss, suggest, go on,
 -Go +V-ing
 V + To –Infinitive: want, like, hope, decide, 
Notes: (stop, try, forget, remember)
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IV. Passive Infinitive and Gerund
Passive Infinitive : Tobe + P.P
Passive Gerund : Being + P.P
Usage: To emphasize the action / event rather than the agent
V. Gerund and present participle
Gerund
1. After some verbs: enjoy, miss, avoid, 
After prepositions “ in, at , of , on with, .” She is good at learning E.L.
Expressions: “In spite of, can’t help ( K theå traùnh ñöôïc), can’t stand, it’s no good / use,..”
I can’t stand being stuck in traffic jams.
present participle
1. After Verbs of perceptions: hear, smell, see, find, catch 
+ V bare Inf: a complete action: I saw the man cross the road.
+ Participle : an incomplete action : I saw the man crossing the road.
2. Using in the pattern: Spend / waste + time / money + present participle
He spent $400 buying that watch.
3. Reducing a sentence or part of a sentence.
a. He sang to himself. He walked down the road.
-> Singing to himself, he walked down the road.
b. He put on his coat and left the house.
-> Putting on his coat, he left the house.
c. Because he felt tired, he went to bed early.
-> Feeling tired, he went to bed early.
VI. Perfect Gerund and perfect participle
Perfect Gerund
Form: Having + P.P
He was accused of deserting his ship.
= He was accused of having deserted his ship.
Perfect Participle
Form: Having + P.P
1. Switching off the lights, we went to bed.
= Having Switched off the lights, we went to bed.
	2. She bought the bike and cycled home.
	= Having bought the bike , she cycled home..
VII. Pronoun : one(s), someone, anyone, no one, every one
One/ Ones + Singular / plural Verb -> replace a previous mentioned noun
	Someone = somebody + Singular Verb -> in an affirmative statement or a question
Everyone = everybody + Singular Verb -> in an affirmative statement refer to every 
	 person or people
	Anyone = anybody + Singular Verb -> in a negative statement or a question
	No one + Singular Verb -> use an affirmative verb
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Exercise: (15ms)
 Choose the best answer 
Whenever we met , John avoided .. at me.
a. to look	b. looking	c. looked
Most people enjoy .. to different parts of the world.
a. to travel	b. traveling	c. travel
I hope  my autobiography before I die. Do you think anyone would read it?
a. to write	b. writing	c. will write
My lawyer advised me not . Anything further about the accident.
a. to say	b. saying	c. said
They made her . there for the weekend.
a. stayed	b. stay	c. staying
I could hear the robber from the back door.
a. coming	b. to come	c. come
.has come in, haven’t they?
a. Everyone	b. No one	c. Every thing	
I expected  to join the private club.
a. to invite	b. being invited	c. to be invited
Keys to the questions: (5ms)
1. b 	 2. b	3. a	4. a	5. b	6. c	7. a	8. c	
	Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
Don’t pretend (be) .. what you aren’t.
Minh expected (invite) . to her birthday party. But he didn’t
For some strange reasons, I keep (think) .. today is Sunday.
All of us agreed (attend) . the meeting.
I made my brother -in -law ( buy)  that car.
The keys:
to be
to be invited
thinking
to attend
buy
Homework: (5ms)
Asks Ss to review: 
The past simple
The past progressive 
The past perfect
Conditional sentences type 1, 2, 3
Reported speech
Self-evaluation:
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 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 49
REVISION
(Grammar)
Language content
To help Ss revise some basic knowledge of Grammar
Language function
To practise the language
Educational aim
To help Ss gain a deeper insight into the language
To remind Ss of some basic knowledge to do the first semester examination
Language
The past simple, past progressive and past perfect, Conditional sentences type 1, 2, 3, and Reported speech
Content of the lesson
1. The past simple
2. The past progressive 
The past perfect
Conditional sentences type 1, 2, 3
Reported speech
Review: (10ms)
The past simple
 S + V ed / V2
	We watched T.V last night.
	I went to Ha Noi last year.
The past progressive
 S + was/ were + V-ing
	We were watching the news when we heard the news.
	I was doing my homework at 5p.m yesterday
 The past perfect
 S + had + P.P (V ed / V3)
	Before I went to bed, I had dunk a cup of tea.
The Conditional sentence -Type1 
 If Clause , Main Clause Use 
Present tense future tense Real situation in the present
 (will+ V bare inf) or future
	If the bus doesn’t come soon, I’ll be late for school.
If you miss the train, take the buss
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5. The Conditional sentence –Type2 
 If Clause , Main Clause Use 
 Subjunctive - Unreal situation in the present
(- Past tense) ( would/ could + V bare inf ) or future
 (- “To be” - WERE ) 
	 Eg:
 	 	If I won a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
	If I were you, I wouldn’t argue with my employer.
6. The Conditional sentence –Type3 
 Form:
 If Clause , Main Clause Use 
 Past perfect - Unreal situation in the past
 ( would/ could + have +P.P) - To express criticism or regret Eg:
	If you had told me about the problem. I would have helped you.
7. Reported Speech with Infinitives 
Form: Verb + Object + (NOT) TO-Inf
Meaning and usage: It is used to report others’ Orders, requests, advice, 
suggestions, threats, warning, promises, agreements,  
Examples:
Affirmative : He said to Tim” Hurry up”
 -> He told Tim to hurry up.
Negative : He said “ Don’t close your book”.
 -> He told me not to close my book.
8. Reported Speech with Gerund
Form: Verb + (Object) + Preposition + (NOT) V-ing
Meaning and usage: It is used to report others’ Thanking, apologies, accusations, 
 We don’t use “say” in this structure.
 Note: Some verbs do not need a preposition: stop, deny, admit, suggest, 
Changes of Adverbs of time and place(like above)
Examples:
Affirmative : Nga said that she was sorry she drop the vase ( apologize)
 -> Nga apologized for dropping the vase.
Negative : “ I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier” John said to you.
 -> John apologized for not phoning me earlier.
Exercise: (30ms)
Exercise 1:	Give the correct forms of the Verbs
Mr Brown (not watch). T.V last night.
I and Lan (travel) to Thailand by air last summer.
When I came back home, he (go)..out.
It is two years since she last (play) the guitar.
At 4p.m yesterday afternoon, I (go)shopping with my mother.
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Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences with the given words.
“I’m happy you have passed the final exams. Congratulations!” Lan said to you
-> Lan congratulated on.
“ Don’t make so much noise, students” the teacher said.
->The teacher told 
“ You should come home before 8 p.m.” Tom’s father said.
-> Tom’s father advised .
David said that he broke the window.
-> David admitted 
Exercise 3: Make conditional sentences
We didn’t hurry, so we missed the train
I didn’t have an umbrella with me , so I got wet
You press this button to stop the machine
We don’t go on the trip because the weather is bad
Keys to the questions: 
Exercise 1: 	1. didn’t watch	2. traveled	3. had gone	 4. played	 	5. was going
Exercise 2:	
Lan congratulated me on passing the final exams.
The teacher told the students not to make so much noise.
Tom’s father advised him to come home before 8 p.m.
David admitted breaking the window.
Exercise 3: 
-> If we had hurried, we wouldn’t have missed the train
-> If I had had an umbrella with me , I wouldn’t have got wet
-> If you press this button, the machine will stop
-> If the weather weren’t bad, we would go on the trip 
Homework:(5ms)
Asks Ss to review all lessons 
Asks Ss to prepare the first semester examination
Self-evaluation:
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