Adriana Ruíz GRAMMAR TEACHER Middle School
jueves, 1 de julio de 2010
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS C1-C2
MISS ADRIANA RUIZ / MISS DENISSE PEREZ
1. THE SENTENCE AND ITS PARTS
2. NOUNS.
3. PRONOUNS.
4. VERBS.
5. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS.
6. VERBALS AND VERBAL PHRASES.
7. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX SENTENCES.
8. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. Singular Subject-Singular Verb / Plural Subject-Plural Verb.
9. READING COMPREHENSION.
10. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT.
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXAM LEVEL B1 -B2
MISS ADRIANA RUIZ / MISS DENISSE PEREZ
1. GRAMMAR STRUCTURE. Verb to be, to do, to have.
2. VERB TENSES AND CONJUGATIONS. Simple Present, Simple Past, Simple Future.
3. VERB TENSES AND CONJUGATIONS. Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous.
4. PRONOUNS.
5. PARTS OF THE SPEECH. Identify Subject and Predicate in a Sentence. What is a Noun? Identify Linking and Action Verbs? What is an Adverb? What is an Adjective? What is a Pronoun?
6. USAGE OF LANGUAGE.
7. WH QUESTIONS. Where?, when?, why?, what?, which?, how?
8. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. Singular Subject-Singular Verb / Plural Subject-Plural Verb.
9. READING COMPREHENSION.
10. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT.
lunes, 17 de mayo de 2010
HOMEWORK FOR 5TH. BIMESTER LEVELS B1 AND B2
WEEK 37
FRIDAY, 7TH. MAY, 2010.
ANSWER PAGE 183 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
WEEK 38
WEDNESDAY, 12TH. MAY, 2010.
ANSWER PAGE 187 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
FRIDAY, 14TH. MAY, 2010
ANSWER PAGES 191-193 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
WEEK 39
WEDNESDAY, 19TH., MAY, 2010.
ANSWER PAGES 201 – 205 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
FRIDAY 21ST. MAY, 2010
ANSWER PAGES 207 -209 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
WEEK 40
WEDNESDAY 26TH. MAY, 2010
WRITE ON YOUR NOTEBOOK 3 EXAMPLES OF PLACES AND TRANSPORTATIONS, AND 3 EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATION AND OTHER SUBJECTS.
WEEK 41
MONDAY, 31ST. MAY, 2010
ANSWER 209 -213 OF GRAMMAR BOOK
TUESDAY 2RD. JUNE, 2010
ANSWER 215 – 221 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
FRIDAY 5TH. MAY, 2010
TEACHER WILL ASK FOR THE SS GRAMMAR BOOK TO GRADE IT!
WEEK 42
MONDAY JUNE 7th. 2010-
COPY ON NOTEBOOK THE WORDS IN DISORDER, THEN ORGANIZE THEM AS CORRECT SENTENCES.
WEEK 43
MONDAY 14TH.. JUNE 2010
ANSWER PAGES 219 AND 221 OF GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK.
BRING PRINT AND ANSWER THE STUDY GUIDE FROM THE BOLG FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY!
FRIDAY 18TH. JUNE 2010
STUDY FOR YOUR EXAM ON MONDAY!!!
5TH. BIMESTER. HOMEWORK LEVELS C1 AND C2,
WEEK 37
THURSDAY, 6TH. MAY, 2010.
ANSWER PAGE 207: WRITE THE ANSWERS ON YOUR NOTEBOOK. DIAGNOSTIC TEST: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
WEEK 38
TUESDAY, 11TH. MAY, 2010.
COPY COMPLETE SENTENCES AND ANSWER EXERCISES 1 AND 2 OF PAGE 631, ON YOUR NOTEBOOK.
WEEK 39
TUESDAY, 18TH., MAY, 2010.
COPY COMPLETE SENTENCES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND ANSWER EXERCISE 3 PAGE 632.
WEEK 40
TUESDAY 25TH. MAY, 2010
COPY COMPLETE SENTENCES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND ANSWER EXERCISE 4 PAGE 632.
WEEK 41
TUESDAY, 1ST. JUNE, 2010
COPY COMPLETE SENTENCES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND ANSWER EXERCISE 5 PAGE 632.
THURSDAY, 3RD. JUNE, 2010
READ AND MAKE A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN IDEAS OF CHAPTER 10: CAPITALIZATION, OF YOUR LANGUAGE NETWORK BOOK. FROM PAGES 228 UNTIL 241. USE YOUR GUIDE ON THE BLOG! HELP YOURSELF.
WEEK 42
TUESDAY JUNE 8th. 2010-
READ AND MAKE A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN IDEAS OF CHAPTER 10: CAPITALIZATION, OF YOUR LANGUAGE NETWORK BOOK. FROM PAGES 228 UNTIL 241. USE YOUR GUIDE ON THE BLOG! HELP YOURSELF.
THURSDAY JUNE 10TH, 2010
Copy on notebook Capitalization at a Glance! Charts on pages 246 “Always Capitalize”, and 247 “Never Capitalize”
WEEK 43
TUESDAY 15TH. JUNE 2010
COPY IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND ANSWER WITH ANOTHER COLOR THE CORRECT PUNCTUATION, EXERCISE A, PAGE 272.
BRING PRINT AND ANSWER THE STUDY GUIDE FROM THE BOLG FOR NEXT THURSDAY!!
THURSDAY 17TH. JUNE 2010
STUDY FOR YOUR EXAM ON MONDAY!!!
jueves, 29 de abril de 2010
5TH. BIMESTER LEVELS B1 AND B2
5th. Bimester
MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENTS, LEVELS B1 AND B2
Themes to study:
1. Subject-Verb agreement
2. Capitalization and Punctuation
3. Word Order
4. Prepositions
5. Two-word Verbs
Study Guide:
Instructions: Print this page. Look at the first column and write the correct answer for each question in the empty column.
Objectives: You will be able to identify and use verbs correctly and have a proper capitalization and punctuation when writing. Also, you will be able to use English as a second language correctly by understanding the word order. By the end of this bimester, you will be able to use prepositions correctly, and to work with verbs in combination with them, and with the object, as a two-word verb.
| Subject-Verb Agreement | Answers |
| 1. What does number refer to in grammar? | |
| 2. What’s the difference between singular and plural subjects? | |
| 3. What is agreement? | |
| 4. How do you distinguish the number in the verb phrase? | |
| 5. How do you distinguish the number when using negatives? | |
| 6. What is a compound subject? | |
| 7. What form of the verb you should use when the subjects are joined by the conjunction and? | |
| 8. What form of the verb you should use when the subjects are joined by the conjunctions or / nor? | |
| 9. When do errors in subject-verb agreement occur frequently? | |
| Capitalization and Punctuation | |
| 1. Always capitalize proper names and initials. Write 5 examples. | |
| 2. Always capitalize personal titles and abbreviations used before names or in direct speaking. Write 5 examples. | |
| 3. Capitalize titles of heads of state, royalty, or nobility when they’re followed by the person’s name. 4. Write 5 examples. | |
| 5. Capitalize the names of religions, sacred days, sacred writings and deities. Write 5 examples. | |
| 6. When you do not capitalize the words god and goddess? | |
| 7. What is the pronoun you always have to capitalize? 8. Always capitalize the names of nationalities, languages, races, ethnic groups and the adjectives formed from these names. Write 5 examples. | |
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| 9. Write the title of 3 books correctly. | |
| 10. Write the title of 3 stories correctly. | |
| 11. Write the title of 3 poems correctly. | |
| 12. Write the title of 3 magazines and newspapers correctly. | |
| 13. Write the title of 3 movies correctly. | |
| 14. Write the title of 3 television shows correctly. | |
| 15. Write the title of 3 videogames correctly. | |
| 16. Write the name of 5 months, days, or holidays correctly. | |
| 17. Write the name of 3 special events, awards or brand names correctly. | |
| Word Order | |
| 1. Where is the subject in a sentence? | |
| 2. The verb and the object are usually together or separate? | |
| 3. What goes first in a sentence, the Place, or the time? | |
| 4. Write 3 sentences using each of the next words in the middle of the sentence, with a verb: sometimes – never – still – often. | |
| 5. Write 2 sentences using the word never, before the verb. | |
| 6. Write 2 sentences using the word always, before the verb. | |
| 7. Write 3 sentences using the word never between two verbs. | |
| 8. Write 3 sentences using the word always between two verbs. | |
| 9. Put the words in order: (The door / opened / I / slowly). 10. We / at the airport / some friends / met). 11. (football / don’t like / very much / I). 12. (a lot of work / did / I / yesterday). 13. ( every day / do / the same thing / we). | |
| 14. What is the meaning of Still? | |
| 15. Write 3 questions with Yet: | |
| 16. Write 3 sentences using already: | |
| Prepositions of time | |
| 1. When do we use “at”? write 2 examples | |
| 2. When do we use “on”? write 2 examples: | |
| 3. When do we use “in”? write 2 examples: | |
| 4. Write 2 sentences using From… to: | |
| 5. Write 2 sentences using until: | |
| 6. Write 2 sentences using since: | |
| 7: write 2 sentences using for: | |
| Two-word verbs | |
| 1. What is a Two-word verb with a preposition? | |
| 2. Write 5 examples. | |
| 3. What is a Two-word verb with an object? | |
| 4. Write 5 examples. | |
| Conditionals | |
| 1. Write 5 examples using the first conditional | |
| 2. Write 5 examples using the second conditional. | |
