QUIZ1 LANGUAGE CORRECTION

 

1- Link a word from “A” with one from “B” to make collocations. 4pts

A	B
*intangible *cultural *human *heterogeneous	*group *aspect *development *misunderstandings *citizens

1-intangible aspect .                                         2-cultural misunderstandings.

3-human  development.                                    4-hetrogeneous group.

2- Use these  words in the following sentences: to participate – voices – obligation –
opportunity – competence. 5pts

“Children are not only our future, they are our present and we need to start taking their voices very seriously. We must listen carefully to what young people have to say and give them every opportunity to speak. We must reach out to them and encourage them to participate in the decision-making processes that affect their lives. But, youth, also, should know that they have rights and obligations in their country. They have the right to a good education; and they must also do social duties .Young people have so many assets. We just have to explore them and give them the right to prove their competence ”.

3- Grammar: Re-write the sentences as indicated: 6pts

a- Children in Africa die of malaria because they can’t find medicines.

If children could find medicines in Africa, they wouldn’t die of malaria.

b- Manal had a good mark in the exam. Her father was very pleased.

If Manal hadn’t had a good mark in the exam, her father wouldn’t have been very pleased.

c- Elias apologised for his wrong behavior. The teacher accepted him to the classroom.

The teacher wouldn’t have accepted Ilias into the classroom if he hadn’t apologized for his wrong behavior.

4- Respond to the following dialogues by expressing regret: 4pts

A- Ali: We were in the cinema last week-end. The film was really horrible.

Rashid: Oh dear I hate that film. If only I hadn’t seen / watched that film.

B- Beth: According to the weather forecast the weather is going to rain.

Peter: Oh how terrible! I wish the weather was good/was not going to rain. I really have something interesting to do downtown.

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“Young people” Vocabulary.

Teaching  Vocabulary

Unit topic: “The gifts of Youth.”

Fill in the blanks with words/collocations related to “youth”:

1-Young people are re………………and re……………………c………………….. That is, they can provide interesting ideas about different issues.

2-Youth should be in………………………..in the politics of our country .We should consult them about issues which concern them.

3-Young people have hi………………… a………………………….. .They are always optimistic about the future.

4-Many young people confront different obstacles in their lives. Nevertheless, they pe……………………….. in order to achieve their goals.

5-The g……………………………… g…………….refers to the differences between the generations in their views towards life.

6-Young people can play de…………………………… r…………………in the development of their societies. They can also help to solve different so………………………… p…………………………..

7-Y…………….. in……………………….in ci………….. s……………… is an investment that should not be missed.

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THE PAST PERFECT TENSE.

Grammar Lessons: The Past Perfect tense.

Read this text and pay attention to the tenses:

“I was born in the year 1976 in a remote village to the north of Oaurzazate ,Morocco. In 1986 I finished my primary school studies. I had lived during my primary education with a cousin named Lahcen. I joined University in 1996 to study English language and literature after I had taken my baccalaureate from a high school in Ouarzazte .Before 1996 I had chosen to study letters. I had been learning English for 4 years in Agadir ;then, I graduated with a bachelor of arts in the year 2000.”

*Notice that the text is in the past tense.

*Notice that there are two “different” tenses: The past simple and the past
perfect.

*DO NOT FORGET THAT BOTH TENSES ARE IN THE PAST. THERE IS A SMALL DIFFERENCE, THOUGH!

LOOK AT THIS CHART AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE USE OF THE PAST PERFECT.

Sentence2 from the text above:

Notic that because the verb ‘live’’ is a progressive one, we can use the ‘past perfect continuous’ .Instead of ‘’had lived’’, we can say ‘’ had been living». Both forms are correct.

The past perfect tense, therefore, is used when we want to speak about two actions in the past: one happening first and the second later. The second action  should always be in the past simple. AND THE ONE THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IT IS IN THE PAST PERFECT (PROGRESSIVE).

We prefer to use the past perfect progressive when the verb is a progressive one such as: live/work/study/watch….

PAST PERFECT : ****Form: Subject + Had + Verb in the past participle.

****Use: We use the past perfect for an action which happened before another action or before a certain time in the past.

Now look at these examples and try to figure out what I have just said about the past perfect.

1*When I arrived in the station yesterday at 9:00, the train had already left

2*I had taken many courses in English language before I got a job. *****This means, for example, that I had studied English from 1996 to 2000.And then I got a job in 2002.

3*Many Palestinians left their land after Israel had built the wall around their farms.*****This means that Israel built the wall first and then the Palestinians left their land.

4* Jasmine had emigrated before she finished her studies. *****This means for example that Jasmine emigrated in the year 1995 and she finished her studies in 1999.

5*Before the year 1946, the world had been fighting a terrible war.

6*When the students arrived in the classroom yesterday morning, the teacher had been waiting for almost 30minutes.

In these last examples (5 and 6) we have the past perfect continuous because the verbs used are progressive ones: “to fight” and “to wait”.

EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE PAST PERFECT TENSE:

As I have highlighted in the sentences with this color, these expressions

can be used with the past perfect : *Before.*Since.*After.*for.

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