Language Focus - Unit 4 Trang 49 SGK Tiếng Anh 12

Pronunciation

Listen and repeat

algebra	carefully	politics	physical
chemistry	academic	primary	statistics
computing	cinema	compulsory	September

Practise reading these sentences

The academic school year generally commences in September.

The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.

The national curriculum is usually set by the government.

The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of the school education system.

Grammar

Exercise 1: Fill in each blank with the simple present passive form of the verb in brackets.

1. The academic year in England………… into three terms. (divide)

The academic year in England is divided into three terms.

2. Each term …………… by a one-week break. (separate) 3. The national curriculum………… by the government and…………… in all state schools. (set, must follow) 4. The national curriculum …………… of more than ten subjects. (make up) 5. The state school system…………… for by the state. (pay) 6. The advanced students………… to take part in the annual International Olympic Competition. (select)

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences, using the passive voice.

1. They built this school in 1997. 2. They first published this dictionary in 1870. 3. The students in my class are going to organize a surprise party tomorrow evening. 4. They are painting the kitchen now. 5. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet" in 1605. 6. They have translated Shakespeare’s tragedies into many languages. 7. They have just built a new primary school in my village. 8. They will speak English at the conference. 9. Jane hasn’t cleaned the floor yet. 10. They will repaint the house soon.

Exercise 3: Fill in the spaces of the following passage with the correct tense in passive voice of the verbs in brackets.

The world’s first electronic computer………… (1. build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. However, computers…………… ( 2. sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s. Much progress on computers …………… (3. make) since 1950. Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they ………… (4. Can buy) much more cheaply.

Computers………… (5. use) in many fields - in business, science, medicine, and education, for example. They …………… (6. can use) to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where information…………… (7.store) and calculations………… (8. do). A Computer cannot think for itself – it………… 9. must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations…………… (10. can do) very quickly on computers.