E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation:

/e/		/æ /
men	bed	man	bad
said	pen	sad	pan
met	send	mat	sand

* Practise these sentences.
1. The fat man has a red pen.
2. This handbag will be sent to Helen.
3. Sam said apples were very expensive then.
4. There're ten pans on the shelf.
5. Ben sat on a bench with a yellow cat.
6. Ann never gets bad marks in French.
Exercise 1: Use the verbs in brackets in the past perfect.
(Dùng các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ hoàn thành đơn).
1. Why did Tom's mother get angry with him?
Because he (break) her favourite vase.
2. When did you watch TV last night?
When I (do) all my homework.
3. Did you first see them at my last birthday party?
No, I (meet) them before.
4. Why did she return home?
She suddenly remembered she (not turn off) the gas stove.
5. How did they like our city?
They said it was the loveliest city they ever (see).
6. It rained yesterday after it (be) dry for months.
7. By the time he arrived, all his classmates (leave).
8. We didn't have their new phone number because they (move) to the South.
9. When they met again, they (not see) each other for 10 years.
10. When I came, the room was in a terrible mess because someone (break in).
Trả lời:
1. had broken                 2. had done                3.had met
4. hadn’t turned off         5. had ever seen         6. had been
7.had left                        8. had moved              9. hadn’t seen
10. had broken in
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past or the past perfect.
(Viết động từ  trong ngoặc ớ thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc thì Quá khứ hoàn thành.)
1.  We just (finish) dinner when they (come).
2.  He seldom (travel) by bicycle before he (go) to Vietnam.
3.  Ann (go) to get the carpet for the room but someone already (take) it.
4.  You (manage) to see the Director, or he (go) out by the time you (get) there?
5.He just (get) home when you (phone). He (be) in New York.
Trả lời:
1. had jusl finished - came                  
2. had seldom travelled - went
3. went - had already taken                
4. did you manage - had he gone - 201
5.had just got - phoned - had been
Exercise 3: There art live mistakes in the use of tenses in the following story. Find and correct them.
(Có 5 lỗi về cách dùng thì ở câu chuyện sau. Tìm và sửa chúng.)
While George was reading in bed, two thieves had climbed into his kitchen. When they had entered the house, they went into the dining room. It was very dark, so they had turned on a torch. Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them.
"What's up? What's up?" a voice had called out. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
George had heard a noise and came downstairs quickly. He turned on the light but he couldn't see anybody. The thieves already went. But George's parrot, Henry, w'as still there.
"What's up?" he called.
"Nothing, Henry," George said and smiled. "Go back to sleep."
Trả lời:
While George was reading in bed, two thieves had climbed -> climbed into his kitchen. When they had entered the house, they went into the dinning room. It was very dark, so they had turned -> turned on a torch. Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them.
"What's up? What's up?" a voice had called out -> called out. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
George had heard -> heard a noise and came downstairs quickly. He turned on the light but he couldn't see anybody. The thieves already went -> had already gone. But George's parrot, Henry, was still there.
"What's up?" he called.
"Nothing, Henry", George said and smiled. "Go back to sleep".