Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 8: Life in the future - Language focus

t I’ve grown to love it already. 
He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too. 
Hasn’t the doctor come yet? 
No. The doctor hasn’t been called. 
II. Grammar 
Prepositions and articles 
1. Prepositions. 
a. Prepositions of time: at, on, in 
 Ex: at 10:30, 
 at 5:00 o’clock 
“at” is used in idioms 
at night, at noon. 
 at that moment/time 
at the same time 
at the end of 
on 
 On Monday 
 On Tuesday 
 On Wednesday 
 . 
“on” is used before days 
Ex: 
 “on” is also used in idioms 
Ex: 
On 10 th october 
On Easter day 
On new year day 
On time. 
Ex: 
In January, In February, In March 
. 
In1999, In 2008 
In 21 st century 
We use “in” before months, years, century 
in 
Ex: in the day, in the night, in the morning, in time, in summer, in the past. 
“in” is also used in idioms 
b. Prepositions of places: 
IN 
ON 
UNDER 
NEXT TO 
The bird is on the tree 
The bird is under the tree 
The bird flies over the tree 
The elephant is standing near the tree 
The elephant is standing between the trees 
The elephant is standing between the trees 
The dog is running behind the cat 
The cat is on the computer 
The cat is next to the computer 
The cat is behind the computer 
Prepositions are used with some verbs 
Believe in, insist on, warn about, consist of, prevent from, congratulate on, look after, die of, apologise for, look forward to, think of/ about, make of/ from. 
Interested in, afraid of, tired of, ashamed of, successful in, similar to, different from good at, famous for 
Prepositions are used with some adjectives. 
Exersice1:Choosing the appropriate prepositions. 
Luckily, you are .. time for the meeting.A. in	b. on 	c. at 	 
 Many people are dying ..various types of cancer.A. of 	b. by 	c. on 
 I will not be here next week. I am going to be ..business in Mexico.A. on 	b. in 	c. of 
 . 
4. .the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after. 
	B. In C. On 
5. Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend .me. 
A. of 	 C. in 
6. I can’t believe you. You always let me down. 	B. to 	C. at 
7. I have warned you . the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job. 
A. on 	 C. to 
A. At 
B. to 
A. In 
B. about 
8. Britney Spears is famous her beautiful face and sweet voice. 
A. by 	 	 C. of 
9. The bookshop is. The chemist’s and the butcher’s and the library. 
A. among/opposite 
	C. between/ across 	 
10. Next year, I’m going to get married. John and we are going to move to Bristol. 
A. to 	B. with 	C. for 
B. for 
B.between/opposite 
A. to 
2. The articles. 
Indefinite articles and definite articles. 
Look at the following sentence and compare the use of a, an and the: 
 An old man and a young girl are sitting opposite me. The old man is French and the young girl is English. 
 Yesterday I bought an English book and a literature book. The English book is interesting but the literature one is boring 
 @ An indefinite article (English a, an ) is used before singular nouns that refer to any member of a group. 
+ A is used before nouns bigining a consonant. 
Example: 
. 
A computer 
a bird 
+ An is used before nouns bigining with a vowel 
An apple 
An orange 
An old man 
Example: 
An umbrella 
A university 
 @ A definite article ( English the ) is used before singular and plural nouns that refer to a particular member of a group. 
 The cat is on the red mat . 
 yesterday I bought a book. The book is very interesting 
@ Put a/an, the, Ø bin each space to complete the following sentences. 
1. We went by train to the west of England. 
2. .people who live in.are called.scots. 
3. Collumbus was one of first people to cross..Atlantic. 
4. Davis learn to play.violin when he was at ..unirversity. 
5. Did you read book I lent you .last week? 
6. Is that ..present Bill gave you for .Christmas? 
7. ...computer has already changed..our life drammaticlly. 
8. There was ..accident yesterday at .corner of strees.