Lesson plan 16
Goals: noun phrase, pronoun, components of a sentence
I. Noun phrase
1. Premodifiers
Determiner + Noun
Determiner:
Article: a, an, the
Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
Possessive: my, your, our, their, his, her, its Premodifiers
Quantifier: many, some, several, few
Example:
Those houses are very expensive
There are many houses near gas station
My brother owns two houses.
I love the old house we used to live in.
Complete the exercise in your book.
2. Postmodifiers
Prepositional The house on the corner
Noun Ving The man standing over there
Relative clause The man we met yesterday
To V I have no shoes to wear
Examples: Classify
1. You should take something to read.
2. The boy in the blue shirt
3. The house that Jack built
4. The house on the corner
5. She had the idea that people didn’t like her
6. I need somewhere to sleep
7. The boy is talking to Angela
Complete exercises 4 and 5 in your book
Pronouns
Subject pronouns Object pronouns Possessive adjectives
I me My
You you Your
We us Our
They them Their
He him His
She her Her
It it Its
David likes flowers. David has a garden. David loves taking care of his garden.
Mistake: David is repeated
Use pronoun to replace David – avoid repetition
Solution: David is a subject so we can use he to replace David
David likes flowers. He has a garden. He loves taking care of kis garden.
Practice:
David likes flowers. David grows a lot of flowers in his garden.
Mistake: David and flower are repeated. David is a subject and flowers is an object.
Solution: Use he David, them flowers
Complete activity 7 in your book.
Sentences
Maria sings
Maria sings a song.
Maria sings well.
Maria and her sister sing
Maria and her sister sing at home
Maria and her sister sing with other family members
Maria standing at the corner sings alone.
Analyze: identify the verbs and the subjects
Subjects + Verbs
Noun Pronoun Noun phrase Tense Pattern
Ving Clause
Practice:
Nowadays, nuclear family is popular.
Subject: nuclear (adj), family (N)
Verb: is
Adj: popular
Adverb: Nowadays
Living in a nuclear family has many advantages for young people.
Subject: Living(ving), in a nuclear family (prepositional phrase)
Verb: has
Object: many (quantifiers) advantages (N) for young people (prepositional phrase)
Firstly, living in a nuclear family helps young people develop their personalities well
S: Living (Ving) in a nuclear family (prepositional phrase)
V: helps
O: young (adj) people (noun) develop (V pattern) their personalities well
Young people can be close to their parents
S: Young (Adj) people (N)
V: can be close to
O: their (possessive) parents (N)
They can have a lot of discussions with their parents about their problems
S: They
V: can have
O: a lot of ( quantifiers) discussions (N) with….( prepositional phrasae)
Secondly, living in a nuclear family gives young people a lot of freedom and privacy
S: Living in a nuclear family
V: gives
O: young people a lot of freedom and privacy ( give s.o noun)
They do not worry about other people
S: They ( pronoun)
V: do not worry
O: about other people
However, living in a nuclear family has a disadvantage.
S: Living in a nuclear family
V: has
O: a disadvantage
When their children are sick or their children’s school if off, it is difficult for young people to work and take
care of their children at the same time.
S1: Their children are sick ( SVC)
S2: Their children’s school is off (SVC)
S3: it is difficult for young people to work ( pattern)
S4: is is difficult for young people to take care of their children at the same time. ( pattern)
Tóm lại hôm nay chúng ta học những cái quần què sau:
Tạo noun phrase
Using pronoun to replace noun: S và O
Component of a sentence
