Saturday, October 31, 2009

29 October

Unit 5
Speaking
Read the beginnings again and match them with the titles:

A-Horror in the jungle \ Dreadful Python\
B- The Flood \ Hopeless\
C-The monster \ The forest\

Language Development

4. The use of various adjective makes stories more interesting. Read the list of adjective and match them with the nouns as in the examples. You may use some adjectives more than once.
A. moonlit, rough, calm, moonless, stormy, dark, sunny, clear, cloudless.

1. Cloudless, sunny, clear sky
2. Moonlit, moonless, dark night
3. Sunny, clear, stormy day
4. Rough, calm, stormy sea
B. snowy, steep, pebbly, noisy, crowded, high, narrow, expensive, empty, sandy, tree-covered.
1. noisy, crowded, empty, narrow street
2. crowded, expensive, empty restaurant
3. pebbly, sandy, tree-covered beach
4.snowy, steep, high, tree covered mountain

5.Look at the picture and say how each person feels. Then match the adjectives in the list with the pictures. When do you feel like this.
A. –scared, terrified, frightened
I feel terrified when I watch horror movie…
B.-annoyed, angry, furious
I feel angry when someone shouted to me…
C.-glad, thrilled, pleased, delighted
I feel glad when I read my favorite book…
D.-miserable, depressed, sad
I feel sad when I miss my favorite movie….

6.Read the sentences & match them with the adjectives below.
Embarrassed, nervous, frightened, happy, angry, surprised, bored, miserable.

1. His knees were trembling; he thought he was going to faint. He was frightened
2. Ann sat at her desk staring out of the window. She was miserable.
3. Everybody laughed at him & his face went very red. He was embarrassed.
4. His eyes & mouth were wide open but he couldn’t say anything. He was surprised.
5. Liz sat quietly in the corner with her head in her hands, sighing from the time to time. She was bored.
6. She started to shake as she went into the exam room. She was nervous.
7. The driver shook his fist & started shouting. He was angry.
8. Tim’s eyes were shining & he had a huge smile on his face. He was happy.

7.Join the sentences below using when, while, and, so, or as\because as in the example.
8. Look at the sentences in Ex 7. Which tenses are used for……

1. The sun was shining and c. The birds were singing.- An action happened at a define past time.
2. Bill was watching TV while a. His wife was getting dressed. - Past actions of a certain duration happened at the same time.
3. I was having a bath when e. my doorbell rang.- Past action in progress interrupted by another past action.
4. I heard a noise in the garden so d. I went to see what it was. – Actions happened one after the other.
5. He went to bed early last night because b. He was very tired.-giving a background description to events in a history.

9. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Justify the use of the Past Continuous.

A. Paula 1/ was looking out of the window. It 2/ was dark & wet outside. Big raindrops 3/ were running down the glass. Then she 4/ saw them & 5/ gasped in horror. Two thin, white creatures 6/ were walking towards the window. Her hands 8/ began to shake as she 8/realized that their eyes 9/ were staring into hers.

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