3rdform

3 R D F O R M

All year round: always handy to check out at any time of the year.

1. An overview of the FIVE most important tenses in the English language, how and when to use them.

2. Before taking a test, DO NOT FORGET to read and study the GRAMMAR REFERENCE pages
at the back of your book.

3.

UNIT 1 (2007-08)
* reading
   do this fill-in exercise to see how well you know new words from your article on
   "People - the Great Communicators".

* vocabulary
    - how many objects that you use in your class can you name in English?
        Look at these "classroom objects" and if you like, you can do the exercises that
        go with them or
    - do these two quizzes and find out if you know objects that are used in a
        classroom. "classroom objects 1 " ; "classroom objects 2 "

    - here are two more quizzes to find out the names for jobs that people do. (Also
        see your Workbook, exercise 11). "Jobs 1 " ; "Jobs 2 "

* grammar
     in this unit, we practise questions beginning with question-words - most of them start
     with the letters 'WH' (who, where, whose, which, why).

    - Do this easy exercise on question-words with sentences from your textbook and
      workbook => "Question-words "

   - Do this multiple choice exercise on "Question words 2 "

UNIT 2 (2007-08)
READING
* Read and practise new vocabulary from "Living in the USA"
* You've read about six different countries, the people who live in them and typical
     things about these countries. Test your knowledge in a five-minute matching
     exercise on "People and Places "

GRAMMAR
   * read about when to use the present simple or present continuous                        (the 'present continuous' is sometimes called 'present progressive")

    * then, do the following activities : - present simple /present continuous 1
                                                      - present simple /present continuous 2
                                                      - present simple /present continuous 3
                                             (based on Headway, unit 2)
VOCABULARY
Try these short, pleasant exercises on rooms in the house:
         * ''the bathroom ", "the bedroom ", "the kitchen ",
            "the living-room ", "the dining-room "

* web activity:
     general information on Britain and the UK. Go to the "links page" and click on
     English Customs and traditions (English Culture).

UNIT 3 : IT ALL WENT WRONG! (2007-08)

READING

   * After you have read the story of "The perfect crime " you should be able to do this
      exercise, in which you are asked to fill in the correct words in the blanks.

GRAMMAR
In this unit we will be practising how to speak about what lies behind us: the PAST.

* read and study how / when to use:
                    - past simple tense of regular verbs
                    - past simple tense of irregular verbs
                    - negative sentences and questions in the past simple tense
                    - past continuous tense

* why not to try one of the following short exercises:
                     - "My grandfather" (past simple tense of regular verbs)
                     - "The burglars' friend "( past simple of regular and irregular verbs)
                     - "Shakira " (past simple of regular and irregular verbs)
                     - "A famous artist" ( past simple tense of irregular verbs)
                     - "negatives" (turn positive sentences into negative ones)
                     - "questions1" (yes/no questions)
                     - "questions2" (question-word questions)
                     - "A business trip " (past continuous or past simple?)

* do not forget to study the "past form" of the most common irregular verbs in your
    student's book on page 143.
   To practise: do the "crossword puzzle" on irregular verbs.

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Unit 5, unit 6, etc. => see "3rd form: B"

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Melbourne Beach - Australia

NEW HEADWAY PRE-INTERMEDIATE ONLINE RESOURCES

For each unit there are additional online exercises "HEADWAY" has prepared for you. They are short, not very difficult
and quite fun to do. They cover grammar and vocabulary.

Go to the "New Headway Pre-Intermediate " webpages.

Unit 4: LET'S GO SHOPPING (2006-07)

VOCABULARY

* Try this easy crossword puzzle about "drinks "
* How much do you know about names of "fruit "?
* And how familiar are you with names for "clothes "? (see WB, ex 11)
* another very easy "crossword puzzle " (about food & drink)

GRAMMAR

* countable / uncountable nouns: - "rules and examples" ,
"exercise 1 ",

* Use of the article (a/an/ the, or no-article)
    "exercise 1 "; "exercise 2 "

* how to count non-count nouns (glass of milk): "examples",
    "exercise 1"; "exercise 2"

* plurals of nouns "regular plurals", irregular plurals";
    "exercise 1 " (with examples taken from you Student's Book)
    "exercise 2 "; exercise 3 " (a crossword puzzle);

* quantifiers: a) some, any: "rules" ;"exercise"

                       b) something, nothing, somewhere, etc.: "rules" ;
                          "exercise 1"; "exercise 2"

* quantifiers: many, much, a lot of, few, little, a few, a little, less, etc.:
                       a) "rules 1", "rules 2", "rules 3"
                       b) exercises: "exercise 1" ; "exercise 2"; "exercise 3 "