New Headway - Unit 8 How long ago

thuydunghulis@gmail.com

1 U8-NHWa

Unit 8:

How long ago?

I. Grammar

1. The past simple (cont)

Formation

Positive

S + V( ed, column 2)

Negative: We use didn’t + infinitive (without to) in all persons.

S + did + not + V (inf)

Question: We use did + infinitive (without to) in all persons.

(QW) + did+ S + V (inf)?

Yes/ no questions

Did + S + V (inf)? Yes, S + did.

No, S + didn’t.

2. Time expressions

IN

The twentieth century century

1988 year

The 1990s decade

Winter/ summer/ fall/ spring seasons

The morning/ the evening/ the afternoon

September month

DeThi.edu.vn

thuydunghulis@gmail.com

2 U8-NHWa

ON

22 July date

Christmas day

Sunday day

Saturday evening

AT

Seven o’clock hour

Weekends

Night/ noon/ midnight/ midday

3. Prepositions

a. What is on television this evening?

b. I’m on a mobile phone.

c. We spoke for an hour on the phone.

d. Some people try to find love on the internet.

e. We didn’t laugh at his joke.

f. There was a knock at the door.

g. Today’s the third of April. II. Vocabulary

1. Ordinals

Number Ordinal Number Ordinal

One First (1st) Eleven Eleventh

Two Second (2nd) Twelve Twelfth

Three Third (3rd) Thirteen Thirteenth

Four Fourth (4th) Fourteen Fourteenth

Five Fifth (5th) Fifteen Fifteenth

Six Sixth (6th) Twenty Twentieth

Seven Seventh Thirty Thirtieth

Eight Eighth Twenty-one Twenty -first

DeThi.edu.vn

thuydunghulis@gmail.com

3 U8-NHWa

Nine Ninth Hundred Hundredth

Ten Tenth Hundred and one Hundred- first

2. Which word is different? (p 63)

Orange Apple Chicken Banana

Hamburger Sandwich Pizza Recipe

Television Dishwasher Vacuum cleaner Washing machine

Wrote Kissed Threw Found

Fax e-mail CD player Mobile phone

Brown Green Delicious Blue

Face Eye Mouth Leg

Talk Speak Chat Laugh

Century Clock Season Month

Funny Shy Nervous Worried

Fall in love Get married Get engaged Go to a party

III. Language uses

a. How to say dates

We write: 22/07/1988 or 22 July 1988

We say: the twenty-second of July, nineteen eighty – eight

or July the twenty- second, nineteen eighty – eight.

b. How to say years

1988: nineteen eighty-eight

1900: nineteen hundred

1905: nineteen oh five

2009: two thousand and nine

IV. Exercises

Attached handout

DeThi.edu.vn