viernes, 18 de julio de 2008

5th grade - Test

GRAMMAR

INDIRECT SPEECH
Rewrite the sentences

1. Andy: “My favorite movie star is Jennifer Lopez.”
Andy said that his favorite movie star was Jennifer Lopez.

VOCABULARY

1. Add the missing letters. Then write sentences.

1. exiting / the aliens is more than cat and mouse.
exciting / the aliens are more exciting than cat and mouse.


Read the clues and write.

1. Movies that are created using drawings and computer images.
cartoons

Final test - Intermediate

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

1. A vegetarian is someone which who doesn’t eat meat.

Add an appropriate word only if it is necessary.

1. There’s the man that took your bag.


PASSIVE
I was born (born) in 1987.


Future Forms
Choose the most appropriate form.

Freda: Will you do/ are you doing anything tonight?


Adjectives
Each sentence contains one mistake. Find it and correct it.

Don’t bother to see the movie. It’s really bored. boring

VOCABULARY

Phrasal Verbs
Complete the spaces in blank with the words in the chart.


Get along .....go on..........light up..........see off............. join in
wake up.......dress up.....take after .....burn down..... go off


1. Did everyone dress up in formal clothes for the party?

Write the past and the past participle of the following verbs.

(list below)

Choose the correct word

We were friends for years, but we drifted away /apart when we graduated.


READING . Answer the question.

1. Title of the reader_________________________________________


WRITING
CHOOSE A SITUATION AND WRITE A SHORT LETTER. (APOLOGY OR THANKS)


a. A person you don’t know has sent you a package containing the purse / wallet that you
lost few days before.
b. You have forgotten someone’s birthday.
c. You have just come back from visiting and staying with a friend in New York.
d. You have lost or damaged something that you borrowed.

lunes, 23 de junio de 2008

IRREGULAR VERBS for tomorrow 5th grade

tuesday 24th, 2008
Present... Past... Past Participle
be........................ was, were ........................been
become ...............became ...........................become
begin................... began ...............................begun
break.................. broke ...............................broken
bring................... brought ...........................brought
buy..................... bought ...............................bought
catch................... caught ...............................caught
choose................ chose ..................................chosen
come.................. came ...................................come
do ....................... did ......................................done
drink.................. drank .................................drunk
drive.................. drove .................................driven
eat....................... ate ......................................eaten
fall....................... fell...................................... fallen
feed.................... fed ......................................fed
feel..................... felt .......................................felt
fight.................... fought ................................fought
find ....................found ...................................found
fly....................... flew ....................................flown
forget................ forgot.................................. forgotten
forgive ..............forgave ...............................forgiven

thursday 25th, 20008
get....................... got....................................... gotten
give.................... gave .....................................given
go....................... went...................................... gone
grow .....................grew ...................................grown
have .....................had....................................... had
hear....................... heard................................. heard
hide....................... hid...................................... hidden
hurt....................... hurt.................................... hurt
keep..................... kept...................................... kept
know.................... knew ....................................known
leave .....................left........................................ left
lose .......................lost........................................ lost
make ....................made.................................... made
meet ....................met....................................... met
pay ......................paid....................................... paid
read ....................read....................................... read
ride .....................rode....................................... ridden
ring ...................rang ........................................rung
run....................... ran .......................................run
say .......................said....................................... said



next week
see..................... saw .....................................seen
sell .....................sold..................................... sold
send.................. sent..................................... sent
sing ...................sang .....................................sung
sit...................... sat........................................ sat
sleep................. slept..................................... slept
speak................ spoke................................... spoken
spend............... spent ....................................spent
stand ................stood................................... stood
steal .................stole..................................... stolen
swim............... swam ....................................swum
take................. took ......................................taken
teach............... taught................................... taught
tell................... told ........................................told
think............... thought .................................thought
throw ..............threw ....................................thrown
understand.... understood........................... understood
wake................ woke (waked)..................... woken (waked)
wear................. wore..................................... worn
win................... won....................................... won
write................ wrote ....................................written

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs in English are verbs followed by an adverb or a preposition. Often these phrasal verbs change the meaning of the verb in idiomatic ways.
blow up => explode
work out => be successful

With some phrasal verbs the verb and preposition can be divided:
set a meeting up
get your point of view across

Other phrasal verbs cannot be separated:
get on with
drop out of

Exercises

To be hit by a car or bus is the same as to be ___ down.
a. cooled b. marked c. knocked

Answer c

To reduce the amount you do something is the same as to ___ down.
a. cut b. tear c. fall
Answer a

To fail to do something when someone is relying on you is the same as to ___ down someone.
a. let b. quieten c. sit
Answer a

To let something become less hot is the same as to let it ___ down.
a. lie b. cool c. tone
Answer b

If it is raining very heavily, it is the same as to ___ down rain.
a. pour b. cut c. tear
Answer a

To have a lot of stress is similar to being ___ down by a lot of problems.
a. poured b. cut c. weighted
Answer c

To pass things from father to son is the same as to ___ down from generation to generation.
a. calm b. hand c. climb
Answer b

To relax from stress is the same as to ___ down.
a. wind b. lie c. let
Answer a

To write a note is the same as to ___ down something.
a. jot b. scale c. tie
Answer a

To make something appear less serious than it is is the same as to ___ down something.
a. slam b. set c. play
Answer c

lunes, 16 de junio de 2008

5th Grade English Test

The test will be very simple just follow the steps


first open you book and look for the following topics in pages 32, 39, 42,44, from the students book.


In the workbook you will find lots of excirces but the most useful are in pages number 33, 34, 40,41, 42,43, 44,46.



  • If conditional

1. If we are (be) careful, we won't get (not get) lost.



  • uses of " get"

Get + adjective Get + object Get + to a place

get tired get money get to school

  • Verbs with two objects


  • 1. She asked (ask) her teacher a question.
  • she asked a question to her teacher.


    Indefinite pronouns

1. You could send somebody an e-mail.



  • The weather

write a weather report

In the spring it is often cloudy and there is a lot of rain, it's usually hot and sunny in summer. In the fall, there's a cold wind most of the time and it's often foggy, In the winter, there's a lot of rain and the roads are always wet.


The answer are in red for you, take it easy, don't feel afraid or nervous because of the number of pages, they are just for you to practice. I'm sure will pass the test successfully.


love you, miss Rocio

jueves, 12 de junio de 2008

Intermediate

English Test Wednesday 18th


Study the following topics:



  1. Relative clauses

The man (who) we spoke to was an unusual person.


1. The painting is on the wall. It won first prize.
The painting which won first prize is on the wall.



  1. PASSIVE

1. He was attacked (attack) as he left the building shortly after 8 o’clock last night.



2. They have canceled the concert.
The concert has been canceled.




  1. vocabulary (expressions for personal news)


  • You idiot!

  • Wonderful

  • Congratualtions

  • That's great

  • I'm sorry to hear that

  • Lucky you!

  • That's terrible!


  1. Vocabulary (verbs combinations)


  • give (someone) a black eye.

  • charge (someone) with assault

  • go out of your way to do something

  • make (someone) very angry

  • leave (someone) alone


  1. Complete a list of irregular verbs.

break broke broken


writing


write a news broadcast based on the newspapers headlines and picture.


lunes, 9 de junio de 2008

Study for the test

Next week will be the english test, so please study hard you know you need it.
units 5 and 6 . love you, miss Rocio