Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city life - Lesson 5: Language focus

 I’m afraid not.I(5) ..a meeting that afternoon. 
are cleaning 
‘m having 
Form :  S + am / is/ are + V- ing 
Use : ( caùch duøng ) 
- Present Progressive tense is used to talk about the future ( thì hieän taïi tieáp dieãn ñöôïc duøng ñeå noùi veà töông lai ) 
Is the boat to Dong Hoi leaving at 10.25 ? 
Is that Lady of the Lake ? 
Mrs.Vui 
Clerk 
Read the dialogues : 
a) Mrs.Vui : Is the boat to Dong Hoi leaving at 10.25 ? 
 Clerk : Is that Lady of the Lake ? 
 Mrs.Vui : That’s right . 
 Clerk :I’m very sorry, madam, but it’s been delayed. 
 Mrs. Vui : Oh, no . 
 Clerk :Now , it’s leaving at 10.40 . 
Unit 8: Language Focus 1,2,3,5 
Unit 8: Language Focus 1,2,3,5 
b) Mr. Hung : Is the boat from Hai Phong arriving at 10.30 ? 
 Clerk : Are you talking about Bright Sky ? 
 Mr. Hung : Yes. 
 Clerk :It’s arriving on time, Sir. 
Unit 8: Language Focus 1,2,3,5 
“ Hoa’s grandmother is 78.” 
Five years ago, she was 73 and she was stronger than now. 
* Hoa’s grand mother is getting weaker. 
Form : am/ is / are + V- ing 
Use : used to describe changes with “get” and “ become”.( Ñöôïc duøng ñeå dieãn taû söï thay ñoåi vôùi “get” and “ become”) 
Unit 8: Language Focus 1,2,3,5 
*Word cue drill : 
a) The boys / get / tall 
-The boys are getting tall. 
b) The old men / become / weak 
- The old men are becoming weak. 
c) It / become / dark 
- It is becoming dark . 
d) The weather / get / cold 
- The weather is getting cold . 
e) The students / get / better 
- The students are getting better. 
expensive 
*Comparative :( sosaùnh hôn ) 
 Short adjective_ER + than + object 
 More + long adjective + than + object 
* Superlative : ( so saùnh baäc nhaát ) 
 The + short adjective _EST 
 The Most + long ajective 
Irregular adjectives : ( moät soá tính töø vaø traïng töø baát qui taét ) 
 _ good/ well _ better _ the best 
 _ bad _ worse _ the worst 
 _ many/ much _ more _ the most 
 _ little _ less _ the least 
Long adjectives 
Short adjectives 
big 
Look at the advertisements. Compare the house, the villa and the apartment. Use the adjectives in the box: 
Expensive old small beautiful big hot 
Unit 8: Language Focus 1,2,3,5 
Eg . 1) The house is more expensive than the apartment. 
2) The apartment is smaller than the villa. 
3) The villa is the oldest home. 
Possible answers : 
a . The villa is older than the apartment. 
b. The house is more expensive than the apartment. 
c. The villa is bigger than the apartment. 
d. The apartment is smaller than the house. 
e. The apartment is hotter than the house. 
f. The house is the biggest. 
g. The villa is the most beautiful. 
 h . The apartment is older than the house. 
HOMEWORK: 
_ Reseeing vocabulary, grammar , structures, reading, writing,  from unit 1 to unit 8 carefully for taking the first semester.