Monday, November 12th,2020.
Remedial Work
1. Put the verbs between brackets into the suggested tense:
- She is sewing a customized mask now.
- They played cricket at school last week.
- My hands are clean, I have just used the hand sanitizer.
- When I got home, I found that someone had broken into my flat and had stolen my fur coat.
- He went home early because it was snowing.
NB:
1. We use the past simple to talk about an action that happened and finished in the past.
Form: verb stem + ed (regular verbs)
Irregular verbs change completely.
2. We use the past perfect when we have two actions that follow each other.
First action (past simple), second action (past perfect).
Form: had + past participle of the verb.
3. We use the past continuous to talk about an action that happened in the past and continued for a period of time in the
past. We generally use it when we tell a story and we want to describe actions happened in the past.
Form: auxiliary “to be” in the past simple + ing form of the verb.
(To be in the past: I was, you were, he/she/it was, we were, they were)
4. We use the present simpke to talk about everyday habits and general truths.
Form: verb stem (with: I, you, we , they)
verb stem + s (with: he, she, it)
5. We use the present perfect to talk about an action that happened in the past but its consequences continued up to now.
Form: Has + past participle of the verb (with: he, she, it)
have + past participle of the verb ( with: I, you, we, they).
6. We use the present continuous to talk about actions that happen at the moment of speech.
Form: : auxiliary “to be” in the present simple + ing form of the verb.
(To be in the present: I am, you are, he/she/it is; we are, they are)
7. We use the future simple to talk about a possible action in the future.
Form: will + verb stem.
2. Put the verbs between brackets into the appropriate tense:
- If you mix red and yellow, you get orange.
- If you mix red and yellow, you will get orange.
- If you eat a lot of chocolate, you will gain more weight.
NB:
1. Conditional type 0:
Form: If + present simple, present simple.
We use conditional type 0 to talk about a fact (general truth).
2. Conditional type 1:
Form: If + present simple, future simple.
3. Ask questions on the underlined words or phrases:
- Yasmine wears her mask every day.
=> Who wears her mask every day?
- Yasmine wears her mask every day.
=> What does Yasmine wear every day?
- Yasmine wears her mask every day.
=> How often does Yasmine wear her mask?
- COVID-19 was first reported in china.
=> Where was COVID-19 first reported?
4. Rewrite sentence “b” so that it means the same as sentence “a”:
a) The journalist affirms, “ the disease hit the USA harshly”
b) The journalist affirms that the disease hit the USA.
a) The journalist said, “ the disease affects the elderly”.
b) The journalist said that the disease affected the elderly.
a) This global virus pandemic affects the world of work.
b) The world of work is affected by this global virus pandemic.
5. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final (ed):
/d/ /t/ /id/
Claimed Helped Permeated
Chewed Clapped Executed
NB: we pronounce the “ed” as /d/ after: L, N, R, G, V,S, Z, B, and M.
we pronounce the “ed” as /t/ after: P, K, F, GH, SH, CH, SS, C and X.
We pronounce the “ed” as /id/ after: T and D.
6. Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final (s):
/s/ /z/ /iz/
Candidates Hospitals Branches
Citizens Experiences
Handles
NB: we pronounce the “s” as /s/ after: P, K, T, F, GH and PH.
we pronounce the “s” as /z/ after: B, D, G, L, M, N, NG, R and V.
We pronounce th “s” as /iz/ after: C, S, X, Z, SS, CH, SH and GE.
7.How many syllables are there in the following words:
1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 5 syllables
Beat Repeat Donated Paralysed Organization
Influenza
8. Circle the silent letters in the following words:
brought – island – bomb – listen – what – knock – wrestle – whistle
