G10-04 & G10-09 Listen Up!

Sorry for the delay gentlemen, but here is the study guide I hope you get the chance to look over during the weekend in preparation for the English exam on Sunday. We've talked in class about what you can expect on the exam....there will be a listening component, a reading, language (probably including grammar and vocabulary) and writing part to the exam and it will last for a total of one hour. You will need to remain in class for the entire time, until 2:30 and of course you cannot talk to anyone during the entire time you are in the examination room.

We also watched the power point presentation in class that showed how the bubble sheet is to be filled out and what information you will be asked to provide. Finally, we saw the schedule during the exam period and how the periods will be shortened to be only 35 minutes, with a first break of 15 minutes and the 2nd break of 20 minutes. I will include a copy of the exam schedule below.

All that's left is the study packet which is some of the classroom worksheets we did during Learning Cycle 1. You should recognize them all. I am putting them here so that you can look over them during the weekend, and if you have any questions about any of the exercises, please ask when you come to class on Sunday. Let me remind you that none of the teachers know what will be on any of your tests and the information below is for revision only. Do Not expect that what you see on the pages of the study guide is what you will find on the test because it is not.

Lastly, the advice I gave you for the midterm exam is the same I'll give now. Get plenty of rest during the weekend; read the texts in our class books and try to understand the vocabulary and use it in the writing exercises included in the study guide and from the moment you walk into the examination room be alert, attentive, and listen to the instructions of the person giving you the test. God willing you will do well. See you in class.


Study Guide

Exam Schedule

G10-04 & G10-09 Homework!

Your homework assignment tonight is to write a paragraph using the following regular and irregular verbs below to describe a past time activity you were engaged in. This assignment is due on Tuesday.

Irregular Verbs
go see eat wake sleep buy

Regular Verbs
visit talk play pray shop return

Also, after looking at some of the written work done by many of you I want you to do this simple irregular verb exercise. The verbs are written in the present tense; you must put them in the simple past. Please click the link below.

Irregular Verb chart

God willing, see you in class!

Expand & Enrich your Vocabulary

The game Scrabble manufactured by Hasbro, in the United States is an all time favorite, played by competitors of all ages. Students from class 10.10 realised that Scrabble is a fun way of expanding and enriching their vocabulary and trying to outdo their opponents.

Mohammed Khalid's group emerged as winners for the day and he said," Scrabble not only expands our vocabulary, but it also increases our math skills". They're looking forward to a round of Speed Scrabble next week.

Yes.....there's more vocabulary G10-04 & G10-09

Welcome back for another week of speaking, reading and writing English. The basis of all language are words and what they mean and THAT means vocabulary. So here are your vocabulary words from unit 3 which you are expected to know this week. Don't forget, next Sunday is your English exam for Learning Cycle 1 and it would be a good idea to know these words just in case you see them there.

purse burglary tutor irritably scandal impatiently athlete survival
description information raw thief

We will go over how to make those words that are nouns plural, the verbs that form the nouns and how they are used in sentences, but FIRST, your job is to find the meaning of these words. I will have a brief verbal pop quiz for them on Tuesday. Relax.....I'm sure you will do just fine. See you in class.

G10-8, G10-9, G10-11.

Congratulations! to all those who successfully completed and submitted their wonderful presentations on LC1 English Project about 'Jobs and Careers'. I was amazingly surprised to see your research, hardwork and confidence. The presentations were really interesting especially the feedback session about each presentation. Well done and keep going!!

G10-04 & G10-09

Is it, 'Who did you go with?' 'With who did you go?', 'With whom did you go?' Do we end it with a preposition or do we avoid ending it with a preposition by starting with a subjective pronoun or an objective pronoun.....why must English be so difficult?!?!?!?!

Believe me when I tell you I want to make it easy. I hate to hear the way students make their lives miserable trying to avoid the preposition at the end of their sentences. Here's one answer for those of you in section 10.4 & 10.9. who suffer from this problem.

Here's an example of a sentence that can end with a preposition: What did you step on? A key point, you might say the Quick and Dirty Tip, is that the sentence doesn't work if you leave off the preposition. You can't say, “What did you step?” You need to say, “What did you step on?” to make a grammatical sentence.....

You shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition when the sentence would mean the same thing if you left off the preposition. That means "Where are you at?" is wrong because "Where are you?" means the same thing. But there are many sentences where the final preposition is part of a phrasal verb or is necessary to keep from making stuffy, stilted sentences: “I'm going to throw up,” “Let's kiss and make up,” and “What are you waiting for” are just a few examples.

Likewise, 'Who are you going?' doesn't make sense to many an English listening ear and is as wrong as 'With who are you going?' but 'Who are you going with?' is acceptable English. So during our dialogues in class if the preposition at the end of your sentence is necessary to give full meaning to the sentence, leave it there! Don't try to put it somewhere else in the sentence where it truly doesn't belong or where it will be more difficult to understand what you are saying. It is ok to ask the question, 'What did you talk about?' just that way! It really is!

Irregular Verbs exercise

G10.04 & G10-09 below I am listing some very common, everyday irregular verbs that you should know how to use in the simple past tense. On Sunday, you must turn in a written paragraph using all 34 verbs to describe what you did over the weekend. Please underline the verbs in your text.



These verbs are used all day, everyday during conversations and I know you know what they mean. However, I posted the verbs in the present tense and you will have to use them in the past, which means if you don't know the past tense you must find it to use in your description of the weekend's events.



Don't forget, this assignment is due on Sunday; also, don't forget this Sunday we start a new schedule, which means you really should do your work before you come in to school Sunday morning. I hope you all have a safe and fun filled weekend. Now here are the irregular verbs below.



Commonly Used Irregular Verbs

wake

be

become

begin

bring

buy

catch

come

do

dream

drive

drink

eat

fall

feel

find

get

give

go

hear

know

learn

leave

make

read

run

saw

say

see

sit

sleep

speak

take

write

G10.04 & G10.09

Many thanks to those students who turned in the household furniture homework ON TIME. Those who didn't be careful. You lose points for turning in your assignments late, especially if you were given enough time to get it in before the deadline.

Today's assignments however, are a different story. Each class will have two pages of homework to do, with one of the pages being a common exercise. The work is marked for each section below. If you can print it from home, do so and give it to me on Wednesday. However, if you don't have access to a printer, but you have a flash drive, download your work onto the flash and give me the flash drive to upload your work into my laptop when you come to class. One of the exercises is a reading text with 10 comprehension questions and the other is an exercise on our classroom vocabulary. Both exercises together shouldn't take more than 45 minutes to complete.

I look forward to seeing you in class tomorrow.

G10.04 & G10.09 Vocab homework

G10.04 Reading Comprehension

G10.09 Reading Comprehension