GRADE 11: UNIT 2

LESSON 2
CONTENT OF LESSON

I. Xem qua bài trên lớp

II. Chữa đề về nhà
III. Vocabulary
IV. Grammar
VOCABULARY:
Relationship
romantic relationship (n)
• Begin/Start/Strike up
a relationship
• Form/Build (up)/
Establish a
relationship
• Be in a relationship
• Maintain a relationship
• Improve/develop/
strengthen/foster a
relationship
• Have an argument
about/over st (v)
• Split up/Separate (v)
• Break up (with sb)
• Divorce
reconcile with sb (v)
be allowed to do st
allowed (a) forbidden (a)
 same-sex (a)

opposite-sex (a)
single-sex
sympathetic (a)

sympathize (v)
confide (st) to sb (that ...) (v)

lend an ear to sb (v)

have got a date (with sb) (v)
be on good/bad terms with sb
take the initiative
oppose sb/st/doing st (v)
Watch a video and note down the
answer for the question: What is a
healthy relationship?
What is a healthy relationship?
GRAMMAR:
Linking verbs
Cleft clause
Linking verbs

• They are doctors.

• I can’t stay awake any longer. I’m sleepy.

• Jack broke up with his girlfriend, but he didn’t look sad when I met him.

Definition: Does not express action but link the subject to the complement
(identifies, modifies, renames subject).

Features:
- Followed by a noun/noun phrase (to rename) or an adjective/ adjective
phrase (to describe).
- Not used in continuous tenses.
 3 “groups” of linking verbs

“being” “becoming” “seeming”

be, keep, prove, become, come, appear, look,

remain, stay,.. end up, grow, turn seem, sound,..
out, go,get,..
 Notes:
• Một số linking verbs có thể thêm to be (hoặc không).
Eg: The room appears (to be) brighter than when I last saw ít.
She proved (to be) an extremely enthusiastic teacher.
• Cần thêm to be trước các tính từ alive, alone, asleep, awake và động từ
V-ing.
Eg: I didn't go in because she appeared to be asleep.
# Not: I didn't go in because she appeared asleep.
The roads seem to be getting icy so drive carefully
# Not: The roads seem getting icy so drive carefully
 Phân biệt linking verbs vs. action verbs
Linking verbs Action verbs

No action meaning, linking function only Express a physical action

Not used in continous tenses Can be used in continous tenses

Followed be an adjective/ a noun Followed by an object

 Phân biệt linking verbs vs. state verbs
Linking verbs State verbs

No action meaning, linking function only Express an emotional action

Not used in continous tenses Not used in continous tenses

Followed be an adjective/ a noun (complement) Followed be an adjective/ a noun (object)

Cleft sentence
It + is/ was + emphasis + (that) + rest of message

Sian: Rob ate my biscuits yesterday

Liam: Ah, so Catherine ate your biscuits
*Sian: It was

Liam: I hear Rob ate your lunch.

*Sian: No, it was

Liam: I can’t believe Rob ate your biscuits this morning

*Sian: It was
• The girls won the top science prize yesterday.
=> It was

• The girls won the top science prize yesterday.

=> It was

• The girls won the top science prize yesterday.

=> It was

• You just have met my sister.

> It was
> Was it ...?
WHAT Cleft sentence

What + (S) + V + is/was + emphasis

What I hated most was the insects everywhere.

What they did was move us to another town.

What happened was we got to the hotel and realised that our room
had been double booked.
Finish exercises in textbook and
workbook.
 Homework:
1. Finish Practice Test 2.
2. Write transcript of listening task.