TA10 u4 For a better community language

UNIT 04: For a better community Period 31: Language I Vocabulary Task 1: Find the adjectives ending with: -ed disadvantaged interested  Passive -ing interesting  Active -ful useful  Having the qualities of … -less  Without … hopeless helpful meaningful excited I Vocabulary Task 2: Use the words in brackets with appropriate endings to complete the sentences If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives ……………………… (mean) I am  ……………………. in doing meaningless charity work (interest) interested Last year, she was really  …………  at English She couldn’t even say a word in English Now her English is much better (hope) hopeless The new teacher’s advice was very  ………… His students could learn English vocabulary faster (use) They were  ………… to know that their contributions were  ……………. to the poor people in that area useful (excite, mean) Our school volunteer activities are very  ……… (excite) excited meaningful exciting II Pronunciation Task 1: Listen and repeat /nd/ /ŋ/ /nt/ second interesting announcement friend teaching student understand exciting advertisement planned helping spent grand training environment II Pronunciation Task 2: Practice saying the following sentences I don’t understand what the second friend says It is interesting and exciting to teach English to children in disadvantaged areas That student didn’t listen to the announcement for the job advertisement III Grammar Irregular past tense verbs Do you know …? The past simple: Irregular verbs Many verbs have irregular positive past simple forms There are no spelling rules for these forms, so you need to learn them by heart e.g  did, build  built, come  came III Grammar Irregular past tense verbs Task 1: Rewrite the sentences in the past tense I hardly ever wear jeans to school (yesterday) I wore jeans to school yesterday My sister and I buy a lot of clothes in the summer (last summer) My sister and I bought a lot of clothes last summer My father sometimes reads newspapers in bed (last night) My father read newspapers in bed last night My mother makes my bed on weekends (last Sunday) My mother made my bed last Sunday I write letters to my grandparents at the weekend (yesterday afternoon) I wrote letters to my grandparents yesterday afternoon III Grammar The past simple vs the past continuous with when and while Do you know …? - The past continuous: to talk about an action in progress - The past simple: to talk about an action that interrupts it - E.g While they were having dinner, the phone rang III Grammar The past simple vs the past continuous with when and while Task 2: Match 1-5 with a-e and complete the sentences was having We were walking in the park …… a. I (have) a bath While I was talking to a friend, …… b. when someone (take) our school bags We lost the keys  …… c. the teacher (ask) me a question asked We were sitting on a bench in the park  …… d. when it (start) to rain When the phone rang,  …… e. while we (play) in the garden started took  were playing III Grammar - When / While ……, …… - …… when / while …… - Learn by heart the words / phrases - Prepare for the next lesson