SPECIAL WORK TO RECOVER NOTES - FIRST PERIOD - EIGHTH GRADE

LISTENING PART

LISTEN TO THE VIDEO AND WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK ALL THE FOUR CONVERSATION IN IT.

WRITING PART

English is Tough

¹English is an extraordinary language. ² Sometimes it is simple and sometimes it is complex.

            ³It has a very rich vocabulary. ⁴If a person wants to describe a simple thing, he can find simple words. ⁵On the other hand, if a person wants to talk about a very complicated thing, he can think of the right words.

            ⁶English has a difficult sound system and a ridiculous spelling system. ⁷There are 14 vowel sounds and 26 consonant sounds in English, but there are only 26 letters in the alphabet. ⁸This makes reading and writing a real problem.

            ⁹An exceptional student can learn English in a few months, but the most people need more time.

Exercise 1:

Copy the entire passage in your notebook.

Exercise 2:

Rewrite the entire passage but change the following words: Change extraordinary to curious in sentence 1; change very to extremely in sentence 3; change simple to uncomplicated in sentence 4; change think of to come up with in sentence 5; change ridiculous to stupid in sentence 6; and change exceptional to superior in sentence 9.

Explode the Myths

¹The following are true:

            ²Dragons were intelligent.

            ³Columbus discovered America

            ⁴Life was easier in times past.

            ⁵Methusalah lived for 969 years.

            ⁶When kissed by the princess, the frog turned into a prince.

            ⁷People worked harder in the old good days.

            ⁸Ponce de Leon found the Fountain of Youth.

            ⁹World War II brought everlasting peace.

            ¹⁰Men from Mars landed in New Jersey.

            ¹¹Henry VIII had eight wives.

Exercise 1

Copy the complete passage in your notebook.

Exercise 2

Change the myths to facts by making each statement negative. Sentences 1 and 2 will be:

            The following are true:

                        Dragons weren’t intelligent.

Free – Lancing

            ¹Jan Holmes is a free – lance writer. ²She doesn’t work in an office for one company. ³She doesn’t have a steady job. ⁴Instead, she works at home.

            ⁵Jan writes articles and sends them to different magazines. ⁶Sometimes a magazine chooses to print one. ⁷The the magazine pays for it.

            ⁸Jan finds pleasure in this kind of work. ⁹Nobody tells her when to work. ¹⁰Nobody tells her what to write. ¹¹She can be as ambitious or as lazy as she wants. ¹²Free – lance writing is the right work for her.

Exercise 1

Copy the entire passage in your notebook.

Exercise 2

Rewrite the complete passage, but change Jan to John. Write about a man instead of a woman throughout the passage. Sentence 1 will be:

            John Holmes is a free - lance writer.

Exercise 3

Pretend that this person lived in the past. Rewrite the complete passage in past time. Sentence 1 will be:

            Jan Holmes was a free – lance writer.