Grammar at Work

Idioms

Read page 8 and do number 1 and 2 on page 9

Tom Phillips IDU

1.  View the images at the following links.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

2.  In pairs select  one  and discuss the message of the image and how has it has been created. Think of colour, words and other visuals.

3.  Individually create your own from a page of a book that you have been reading.

Adjectives
Watch the following video 

Pair Work
In your pairs select three paintings and describe each painting with at least 4 adjectives. Remember the order of adjectives in your descriptions.

Individual Work
Select a page form your novel, and in the style of Tom Phillips, use adjectives as your inspiration for an artistic creation. Put this in your art journal.

Reflection

1. Would you say that Tom Philips pushed the limits? Why or why not?
2. What do you think about his art and his perspective?
3. How have you pushed your limits in this IDU?

 

Spelling Bee

Spelling Baseball.

How many words can you spell correctly? Push your limits by learning how to spell these words.

Crew

Decided

Sea

Courage

Push

Rough

Enough

Live 

Leave

Show

Stranded

Tools

Parcel

Ship

Knife

Plane crash

Rescue

Survive

Epitaph

Survivor

Died

Dead

Life boat

Scared 

Pilot

Passengers

Engine

Successful

Island

Experience

Message

Frequency

Usually

Desert

Country

Traditional

Culture

Rope

Ship

Seal

Penguin

Ocean

Middle

Drown

Sail

A cross

To cross (an ocean)

Sink

Turbulence 

Persistent

Creative

Verb Tenses

Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE   -   PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.  Justify your choice.

1.     Anne _______________ (make) all her own clothes.

2.     At the moment she _______________ (make) a dress for herself.

3.     What's that smell ? Something _______________ (burn) in the kitchen.

4.     I _______________ (work) overtime this month because I ______________ (save up) to buy a car.

5.     He _______________ (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the moment he _______________ (try) very hard to cut down.

6.     The sun _______________ (rise) in the east.

7.     She usually _______________ (learn) languages very fast, but she _______________ (have) problems with Arabic.

8.     We _______________(live) in a hotel until we can find a house to buy.

Finish these sentences, and include an adverb of frequency.

Be careful with the word order.              how often ?  always, usually, often,

sometimes, not often, rarely, seldom, never,...

1.     He's a vegetarian, so he _____________________________________ (meat)

2.     We ___________________________________________ Italy for our summer holidays because we have a villa there.

3.     In winter we __________________________________ go skiing in France, or we _____________________________ at home. It depends.

4.     We _________________________________________ fish because it's difficult to buy fresh.

Write four sentences about yourself, using an adverbs of frequency.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contradict these sentences.

example : It doesn't rain in Britain.          Yes, it does.

1. Children start school when they're ten.         __________________________

2. Nurses don't wear uniforms.                          __________________________

3. You aren't learning English.                           __________________________

4. It's snowing.                                                   __________________________

5. Aspirin is good for a cough.                           __________________________

6. You don't work hard.                                      __________________________

7. The best wine comes from Holland.               __________________________

8. Water boils at 1OO degrees centigrade.        __________________________

Individual Work

A. Write four sentences about yourself using these verbs: enjoy,   hope,   regret,   think (of +ing)

Pair Work

B.Use a dictionary and write an example for each of these verbs, using present simple: belong,   consist of,   contain,   cost,   depend on,  deserve,   matter,   own,   possess,   resemble.

Group Work

 a)    Doctors express concern over heavy school bags

Every year thousands of children (1) _________(go) to the doctor because of back pain, and in fact, this kind of problem (2) _________(rapidly become) one of the most common childhood complaints. And what exactly (3) _________(cause) this outbreak of back strain and muscle fatigue? It (4) _________(seem) that even quite young children (5)_________ (take) more and more to school - not just books, but also clothes and games players - and their backpacks (6)_________ (simply weigh) too much. 'Some kids (7)_________ (carry) more than 25% of their bodyweight in a bag that has a nice cartoon character on the bag, but which (8) _________(actually give) them serious backache,' reported Dr Elaine Sachs, a GP in North London. 'Most parents (9) _________(simply not realize) what (10) _________(happen) to their children.

Practice homework here

Holiday Homework

Verb Tenses

You will be working on Verb Tenses click here  

Read and do the exercises at the bottom of the page.

 Exercices:

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You will check you answers to see whether they correct or incorrect. This work is due on the first Sunday after the break.