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| All year round: handy to check out at any time of the year. 1. Reference sheet to all English tenses. These are the tenses you will have to be able to use by the end of the year. 2. Before taking a test, DO NOT FORGET to read and study the GRAMMAR REFERENCE pages at the back of your book. Especially concentrate on the examples given. |
| Unit 1: It's a wonderful world! (2007-2008) Reading See how well you know the reading text on "Wonders of the Modern World " (p.10,11) Language Practice "Verb Forms " (different tenses). Read about some interesting facts ( mostly about America) and practise different forms of verbs. "Karen's Knee Surgery": a multiple choice exercise on verb tense review. At the top of the page you can see grammatical explanations and your score. Try it! "At the Restaurant": a fill-in exercise on verb tense review. Phonetics! Find out if you can recognize the words with the help of the phonetic symbols (for a list of these symbols => see the back cover of your Student's book.) 'Phonetics" Vocabulary Do this matching exercise on "Social Expressions " (p.13) "The Seven Wonders of the Acient World": if you want to get some basic information on these wonders, visit: "CNN- Seven Wonders of the World " |
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| Unit 2 GET HAPPY! (2007-2008) READING Read and practise new vocabulary from "The Clown Doctor" LANGUAGE PRACTICE - Read and study when to use the "Present Simple" and the "Present Continuous" Practise: exercise 1; exercise 2. - Also read and study why some verbs are not normally used in the continuous form. They are called: State Verbs. Mind: Some of these verbs can be used in the Present Continuous but with a change of meaning. They are called "mixed verbs" - Study how to form the Passive. Practise the passive: exercise 1; exercise 2. Practise: use the the 'active' or 'passive' with "Catching a Plane " (see workbook, ex 10, p.16) Vocabulary practice - Complete sentences using a multi-word verb with "look" (look after/up/out/etc.) (See workbook ex 12, p17) - Use the correct "prefix" (also see exercise 11 in your workbook on p.17) |
| unit 4, unit 5, etc. see "4th form B" |
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| Neil Armstrong For a large picture, click on the photo. |
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| The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. For a large picture, click on the photo. |
NEW EDITION NEW HEADWAY 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 Intermediate " webpages. |
Unit 3: TELLING TALES (2007-08) READING After you have read the biographies of "Pablo Picasso" and "Ernest Hemingway", test yourself how much you remember in the following matching exercise "Picasso - Hemingway " If you are interested in reading something about the 'Bombing of Guernica' (and see a picture of this lovely town), visit "Guernica " GRAMMAR - We are going to practise how to talk about what lies behind us: the PAST - Study the "past simple"; the "past continuous"; the "past perfect" - Do the following exercises: - "The Tale of Gluskap and the Baby " (verb forms) - "past simple/continuous 1"; "past simple/continuous 2"; - "past perfect/past simple 1" ; "past perfect/past simple 2" "past perfect/past simple 3 " - "review" (present simple/continuous <=> past simple/continuous) - It's a good idea to revise the list of irregular verbs in your Student's Book on p. 157. To practise, do the "crossword puzzle" on irregular verbs (past simple, past participle) |
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| Cartoon: Clown doctor For a large picture, click on the photo. |
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| Frankenstein. Click on the photo for a larger picture.. |
| Mary Shelley, author and creator of the character Frankenstein. Click on the photo for a larger picture.. |
| Actor Marlon Brando as the Godfather, Don Vito Corleone Click on the photo for a larger picture.. |