English 8th graders: 2018

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

WEEK 16 ROUND UP

AGENDAWEB PODCAST MAGAZINE

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/superstitions
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/animal-conservation
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/jokes
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/black-sheep-and-mysterious-uncle-bob http://brightside.me/inspiration-health/the-best-times-of-day-to-eat-our-favorite-foods-160155/
http://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/this-is-whats-going-on-inside-of-you-while-youre-reading-this-article-amazing-158105/
http://brightside.me/article/these-brilliantly-creative-visual-puzzles-will-test-your-attention-to-detail-95005/
http://linguapress.com/intermediate/country-life.htm
http://linguapress.com/intermediate/britain-different.htm
http://linguapress.com/intermediate/school-uniforms.htm
http://linguapress.com/intermediate/fish-chips.htm

WEEK 15 PYGMALION

FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE ...

My Fair Lady Quiz

Instructions: Circle the correct answer

1. In the opening scene of the musical, what is Eliza selling?

• vegetables

• violets

• fruit

• computers

2. Who was watching Eliza in the opening scene?

• Henry

• Alfie

• Colonel Pickering

• Mrs. Pierce

3. Where was Colonel Pickering from?

• England

• Australia

• India

• USA

4. What did Henry and Colonel Pickering make for a bet?

• Eliza would sell all of her flowers

• Horse #25 would win the race

• Henry could teach Eliza how to speak properly

• Pepsi is better than Coke

5. How much will Eliza get if she wins the bet?

• seven and six

• six and five

• five and four

• first and ten

6. What does Henry tell Eliza will happen to her if she loses the bet?

• He will sue her

• She will lose her head

• She will become a princess

• She will become his servant

7. What does Eliza send for from her old apartment?

• Her pocketbook and 2 dresses

• Her birdcage and Chinese Fan

• Her diary and make-up kit

• Her pet poodle and kitten

8. What is Henry's address?

• 63 B Locksley Lane

• 34 C Fountain St.

• 27 A Wimpole St.

• 143 Fifth St.

9. Why does Alfie go to see Henry?

• To get money

• To get Eliza back

• To become famous

• To get language lessons for himself

10. What is the first phrase Eliza speaks correctly?

• How kind of you to let me come

• In Hartford, Harriford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen

• Cup of tea

• The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain

11. Where do the take Eliza to "try her out"?

• The Emperor's ball

• The Races at Ascot

• Shopping in Brighton

• A Maine hockey game

12. Freddie Einsford-Hill falls in love with Eliza at the horse races.

• True

• False

13. Freddie gets to see Eliza when he first goes to Henry's house after the races.

• True

• False

14. The name of the language specialist at the ball is Zorro Carpalian

• True

• False

15. Eliza only dances with Freddie, Henry and Zorro at the Embassy Ball.

• True

• False

16. Who does the language specialist at the Embassy Ball think Eliza really is?

• A Hungarian Princess

• A Russian Empress

• A British Queen

• An American teenager

WHO SAID IT ?

1."What could possibly matter more than to take a human being and change her into a different human being by creating a new speech for her?"
2. "I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me, I'm not fit to sell anything else."
3. "Does it occur to you, Higgins, that the girl has some feelings?"
4. "I ain't pretending to be deserving. I'm undeserving, and I mean to go on being undeserving. I like it, and that's the truth."
5. "People stop and stare. They don't bother me. For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be. Let the time go by, I won't care if I can be here on the street where you live."
6. "I speak thirty-two languages. I know everybody in Europe. No imposter escapes my detection."
7. "Ascot is usually the one place I can come to with my friends and not run the risk of seeing my son. Whenever my friends meet him, I never see them again."

8. "I must know on what terms the girl is to be here. What is to become of her when you've finished your teaching? You must look ahead a little, sir."

Professor Zoltan Karpathy	Freddy Eynsford-Hill	Mrs. Higgins	Alfred P. Doolittle
Mrs. Pearce	Colonel Pickering	Eliza Doolittle	Henry Higgins

WEEK 11 MEMORY PICTURES IN MY FINGERS

WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT ABOUT A NEWLY WEDS WHO DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL. WRITE HE IN THE SQUARE NEXT TO THE SENTENCE IF IT IS ABOUT EDDIE, SHE IF IT IS ABOUT MIRANDA, OR THEY IF IT IS ABOUT BOTH OF THEM.

1
LOVES TO GO FISHING.
GETS SEASICK.

2
WOULD LIKE TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE AND GO UP THE MOUNTAINS.
THINKS IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST RELAX ON THE BEACH.

3
KEPT ON SINGING VERY EXCITEDLY.
GOT TIRED OF SINGING.

4
WAS SICK AND TIRED OF SINGING.
WASN’T COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO TELL HER TO STOP.

5
WERE GOING ON THEIR HONEYMOON.
KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

CONNECT BOTH SENTENCES WITH SOME OF THE GIVEN CONJUNCTIONS.

BUT; STILL; YET ;WHEREAS ;WHILE;
ALTHOUGH ;DESPITE THE FACT ;THOUGH ;HOWEVER; NEVERTHELESS

1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………..

2…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......

3………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Source : http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/2009/07/heartbreak-kid-conjuctions-adversative.html

Follow the next link to review the linkers of contrast : http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/89.html

Thursday, March 29, 2018

OLYMPICS, 21ST APRIL, SCHOOL 4

The below link gives you plenty of exercises on tenses . You should work everything until page 5

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/mixed_tenses-exercises.html

The below link gives you plenty of exercises on vocabulary . You should work everything until page 6

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/tests_intermediate.html

Monday, March 5, 2018

WEEK 7 RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR & HEALTHY EATING

HEALTHY EATING
https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/Healthyeating.aspx
https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/her/exn_nutp_025b_en.pdf

http://www.safefood.eu/SafeFood/media/SafeFoodLibrary/Documents/Healthy%20Eating/Food-Pyramid-leaflet.pdf

WEEK 6 LIBERATE YOUR MIND POWER! FRIEND OR FOE ...

THE ARTICLE
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/

EXERCISES:
https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-english-articles1.html#
http://www.spraz-ila.de/grammar/the1.htm
https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-english-articles2.html#
https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-english-articles3.html

EXPRESSING CONTRAST
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/linking-words-contrast.html
https://www.espressoenglish.net/linking-words-contrasting-ideas/

WEEK 5 THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

PAGE 10 FROM :
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/gift_of_the_magi-instructions.pdf

ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTIONS AFTER READING THE SHORT STORY :
1.During what holiday does the story take place?
2. Identify the characters in the story.
3.What are the two valuable possessions belonging to Della and Jim?
4.How much money did Della have at first to buy Jim’s gift?
5. What did Della do to get additional money for his gift?
6.What gift did Della buy for Jim?
7. How did Jim get additional money to buy Della’s gift?
8.What gift did Jim buy for Della?
9. Did things work out the way Jim and Della planned? Explain why or why not.

ARRANGE THE EVENTS IN THE RIGHT ORDER :
a. Della shops for Jim’s Christmas present.
b. Jim sees Della’s haircut
c. Della gives Jim his Christmas present.
d. Della decides to sell her hair.
e. Jim gives Della the combs.
f. Della buys a watch chain for Jim.
g. Della has saved only $1.87 to buy Jim a Christmas present. 1
h. Jim arrives home from work.
i. Della sells her hair for $20.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

WEEK 3 PICK A PENPAL & A RELATIONSHIP POSTER

STORIES LEVEL 3 YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 20 QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT ONE :

WEEK 2 SHE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU

FRIENDSHIP

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4992#a
https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/10-idioms-about-friendship-and-relationships-infographic/

EXPRESSING REGRETS

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-expressing-regret.php
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-conditional-type-3.php
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_3_statements.htm
http://www.macmillaninspiration.com/new/files/2012/06/Grammar-EXTRA_NI_4_Unit_5_Third-conditional-wishif-only_past-perfect.pdf

Monday, January 8, 2018

WEEK 1 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM

Certain verbs may be followed by an object and then by an infinitive with to – I told you to do it. The negative infinitive is formed with not – I told you not to do it.

subject	verb	object	(not) to + infinitive
Marco's mother	ordered	him	to get into	the car.
Elena	told	the children	not to touch	the glasses.

The following verbs take this pattern:
advise allow ask beg command encourage	forbid force instruct invite oblige order	permit persuade remind tell want warn

http://www.grammaring.com/verb-object-to-infinitive http://www.fiestaesl.com/verbobj.html
http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/verb-object-to-infinitive

We use 'infinitive + to':

1. after adjectives, 'nice' , 'happy', 'difficult' etc.:

It's nice to see you.

2. to express purpose or reason:

He joined the club to get some exercise.

3. after 'too' and 'enough':

He's too tired to win the race.
She's not fast enough to win the race.

4. after superlatives and first, second, third etc. object of a sentence:

The most difficult thing is to score a goal.
The first thing you do is to change your shoes.

5. after certain verb, 'advise', 'agree', 'allow', 'help', 'learn', etc.
I'll help you to finish it if you like.
HOMEWORK

Write down what your parents want, ask, advise and tell you to do ( no less than 6 complex sentences)
Write down what you want them to do (no less than 4 complex sentences )☺

WEEK 17 FABLES

Aesop's Fables

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing A Wolf was having trouble getting at a herd of sheep because of how well the shepherd and his dogs watched them.
But one day the Wolf found the skin of a sheep that had already been killed. He put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep.
The lamb who was the child of the dead sheep - the one whose skin the Wolf was wearing - began to follow the Wolf wearing her mother's skin.
Leading the Lamb away, he soon made a meal of her, and for quite some time he succeeded in deceiving the other sheep too and making hearty meals of them.

The Fox and The Leopard
Also The Leopard and The Fox The Fox and the Leopard argued about who was the more beautiful of the two.
The Leopard showed off the beautiful spots that decorated his coat. But the Fox, interrupting him, said: "No, I'm the more beautiful, because my beauty is of the mind."

The Ant and the Grasshopper
Also The Ant and the Cricket In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, struggling to drag an ear of corn to the nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?"
"I am helping to save food for the winter," said the Ant, "and suggest you do the same."
"Why worry about winter?" said the Grasshopper; “We have plenty of food right now."
But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from what they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
The Hawk and the Nightingale A Nightingale, perched on an oak, was spotted by a Hawk, who swooped down and snatched him.
The Nightingale begged the Hawk to let him go, insisting he wasn't big enough to satisfy the hunger of a Hawk, who ought to pursue bigger birds.
The Hawk said, "I'd be crazy to release a bird I've already caught in favor of birds I don't even yet see."
The Fox and the Goat One day, a Fox fell into a deep well and couldn't climb out.
A thirsty Goat soon came to the same well, and seeing the Fox, called down to ask whether the water was good.
Pretending to be happy (and not in despair), the Fox lavishly praised the water, saying how absolutely delicious it tasted, and encouraging the Goat to come down and join him in the well.
The Goat, thinking only of his thirst, stupidly jumped down.
As he drank, the Fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a scheme for their common escape.
“If,” said the Fox, “you put your forefeet up on the wall and bend your head down, I will run up your back like a ramp and escape, and then I will help you out afterwards.”
The Goat agreed and so the Fox leaped upon his back. Steadying himself with the Goat’s horns, he safely reached the mouth of the well...and took off as fast as he could!
When the Goat complained of the Fox breaking his promise, the Fox turned around and cried out, “You old Goat! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down without making sure there was a way back up. Only a foolish fellow exposes himself to dangers from which he has no means of escape!”
Activities :
1. Having read all these fables try to think of their individual piece of moral .
2.Having agreed about the moral of the fables try to give a definition of 'fable'
3.What parts of a fable can you notice ?
Source : -coming after homework

WEEK 16 MY HOME IS MY CASTLE; SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD

http://previews.123rf.com/images/sergo/sergo1401/sergo140100005/25436073-My-home-is-my-castle-sayings-Lettering-heraldic-sign-painted-with-white-paint-on-vintage-brick-wall-Stock-Vector.jpg

ACHILLE'S HEEL In Greek mythology Thetis dipped her son Achilles in the mythical River Styx. Anyone who was immersed in the river became invulnerable. However Thetis held Achilles by his heel. Since her hand covered this part of his body the water did not touch it and so it remained vulnerable. Achilles was eventually killed when Paris of Troy fired an arrow at him and it hit his heel.BIG WIG In the 18th century when many men wore wigs, the most important men wore the biggest wigs. Hence today important people are called big wigs.BITE THE BULLET This old saying means to grin and bear a painful situation. It comes from the days before anaesthetics. A soldier about to undergo an operation was given a bullet to bite.BITES THE DUST This phrase comes from a translation of the epic Ancient Greek poem the Iliad about the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. It was poetic way of describing the death of a warrior.BLUE-BLOOD This means aristocratic. For centuries the Arabs occupied Spain but they were gradually forced out during the Middle Ages. The upper class in Spain had paler skin than most of the population as their ancestors had not inter-married with the Arabs. As they had pale skin the 'blue' blood running through their veins was more visible. (Of course all blood is red but it sometimes looks blue when running through veins). So blue-blooded came to mean upper class.GET THE SACK This comes from the days when workmen carried their tools in sacks. If your employer gave you the sack it was time to collect your tools and go.

SPICK AND SPAN
Today this means neat and tidy but originally the saying was spick and span new. A span was a wood shaving. If something was newly built it would have tell-tale wood chips so it was 'span new'. Spick is an old word for a nail. New spicks or nails would be shiny. However words and phrases often change their meanings over centuries and spick and span came to mean neat and tidy.
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
This means to make a fresh start. It meant a leaf or page of a book.

Source :http://www.localhistories.org/sayings.html

Friday, January 5, 2018

VERBAL TENSES CHART

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf