FONIX 2017

Hi Irene,
The following activities will help you to prepare for the Fonix contest. You can do them in the English class or at home remember that FIRST you must do all your homework from the rest of the subjects.

This is English extra practice!

VOCABULARY

l. LIST
2. LIST 2
3. BASIC VOCABULARY: PRESENTATIONS
4. ACTIVITIES:    4    5
You can find interesting activities also in the app " English Conversation" (Sports, music and events)

GRAMMAR

PAST TENSES

Past Progressive / Continuous

Present Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Progressive / Continuous
past simple versus present perfect 

• Simple Past – Past Progressive

WRITING
Give opinion about art, making a choice and saying why.

Possible writing topics:
- Are you interested in art? What's your favourite art work? and museum?
- What is art? Do you think anyone can be an artist?
- What do you think about modern art?
- Why is art important in life? Should we all study art at school? Give your opinion.
- Who is your favourite artist? Give your opinion about his/her art works.

SPLIT XI (reported speech, irregular verbs)

REPORTED SPEECH:

I'm sorry! I haven't found many exercises to practise only past and present reported speech. But I know you are excellent students so pay attention to the indications and do the following activities online or on your notebooks. We will correct them in class.


a) Only past and present: (online)
1  2
b) Mixed tenses:(notebook)
1  
c) Now try to change these reported sentences into direct speech: (notebook)

1. She said that they worked in a bank.

2. She said that she was coming.

3. She told me that she hadn't gone to the party.

4. She said that Lucy would come later.

5. She said that she could help me the following day.

6. She told me that she didn't like chocolate.

IRREGULAR VERBS:
1  2   3   4   5

SPLIT XI (passives)

PASSIVES:
If you click on this link, you will find a very clear explanation of the passive transformation: THEORY
a) Recognise passives in this text: exercise
b) Past and present: 1  2
c) Other tenses: 1  2
d) More difficult: 1


REVISION:
Irregular verbs: 1  2  3

REVISION (Verbal tenses)

Revise your notes and do the following exercises to prepare the final exam:

Present simple/continuous: 1   2
Past simple/past continuous:  1  2
Past simple/present perfect: 1   2
Future:  1   2

SPLIT X (2nd conditional, should, relative clauses)

2nd CONDITIONAL: 1   2   3   
SHOULD: 1   2     3   
RELATIVE CLAUSES: 1   2  


And for our champion Ruth: 1   2   3 
or any other adventurous one!

Vocabulary revision and unit 7

UNIT 1: Click and play the detective game to revise people descriptions: GAME
UNIT 2: Parts of the city + listening
UNIT 3: Look, see and watch. Explanation + Exercise
               Other verbs exercise
UNIT 4: Love: Watch the video, take note of the seven words she explains and translate them into catalan.

UNIT 5: Jobs exercise + listening
UNIT 6: Global Issues: Click on the image to browse the page and give an example of the 11 global issues we have seen in class (page 53)

UNIT 7: Money: exercise

RECYCLING TREASURE HUNT

Today you are going to start a treasure hunt on RECYCLING. Follow the instructions:

1. Choose a partner to work together.


2. Copy the following questions on an open office document. 


3. Click on the picture. You will see a map of a city and if  you click on, there is a lot of information to answer the questions. Use the blog's dictionary!


4. Save the document with your names and surnames in the folder you have in "alumnat".


You have two sessions to finish the activity.

QUESTIONS:

1. Name ways that each of these items can be reused, instead of throwing them away.

Cardboard box
Plastic milk carton
Glass jar
Newspaper

2. Where in Recycle City where you can get information on what to do with leftover cleaning products. Why is it important that we not throw chemicals into the regular trash?

3. Visit some houses in Recycle City. Make a list of 4 hazardous wastes that can be found in those houses.

4. Cruise around Recycle City and write down 2 tips you can use to reduce pollution and waste that come from cars.

5. Gas stations aren't just places to fill up the tank. Can you find 2 things that Shaq at the Recycle City gas station does to help the environment?

6. Identify 2 recycling activities that Recycle City students use to help raise money for class projects.

7. Name 4 car parts that can be re-used rather than thrown away.

8. Find at 3 places in Recycle City where books are resold or reused.
9. Harlin Hazzard of the Recycle City Hazardous Waste Center wants to hire you as his assistant manager. Before you can accept, you must name the 4 characteristics that make hazardous waste hazardous.

10. You've been hired to build a landfill for a neighboring community. Use Recycle City's landfill to help you. What are the 5 layers that a landfill needs to be safe?

11. How can your family could cut down on the amount of junk mail you receive at home?
12. Name 3 places in Recycle City can you find used tires. Look carefully.

13. Look at some businesses in Recycle city. List 2 things businesses can do to reduce the amount of waste.

14. What are compost bins?
Name two places in recycle city where you can find a compost bin?


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This activity has been taken from the web page http://www.biologycorner.com