End of year practice

1.- Capitalization exercise
2.- "two, too and to" exercise
3.- "They're, their and there" exercise

Listening exercise: Follow the spoken instructions.

For this exercise you'll need a pencil, an eraser and a piece of paper.

Print and study the following table! See you tomorrow.

5th Bimester READING review (5th A and B due Tue. Jun. 3rd)

Exercise I: Author's perspective:

Instructions: read the following passage and answer the question.

The average school day for kindergarteners is getting longer, and it's paying off in improved reading skills. Public schoolchildren who attended kindergarten for a full day showed more improvement than those enrolled in half-day programs. This improvement will be carried on in elementary school and even high school. These children will be able to get better jobs when they are adults.

What is the author's perspective on full day kindergarten?

Exercise II: General comprehension.

The Smiling Rabbit
An old man and his wife lived in a little house made of straw. They were very poor and all they
owned were a rabbit and a young jaguar. When the old couple used up their last ear of corn, they
decided to eat the rabbit and started heating water to cook him. When he saw that, the jaguar said
to the rabbit:
-You won't get out of this one. The old people are going to eat you and they will give me a piece.
-No, my jaguar friend, -said the rabbit- the old folk are heating water to make hot chocolate for
breakfast.
-That's not true. They are heating the water to cook you.
-Not at all. What's more, I can prove it. Get into my cage and you'll see; they'll give you the first
chocolate.
The trusting jaguar went into the cage, the rabbit closed it and ran off. A long time went by and the
jaguar tired of waiting for the old people to bring him his chocolate. When he realized that the
rabbit had tricked him, he broke the cage and went after him.
After walking and walking, he found him in a cave of the kind they call sahkaberas (caves where
people mine white earth). He was very angry and he showed his teeth as he said:
-I caught you, rabbit! I'm going to eat you.
-What's the matter, my friend? What are you talking about? I don't know you. I have lived here for
a long time. Now excuse me, can't you see I am very busy?
My house is falling down.
-Oh, so you are not the one who tricked me?
-Of course not! But, please help me. Lean against this wall while I go get a log to hold it up and
keep it from falling. And don't let go or it might crush you. So the jaguar stood on his hind legs
and held up the wall.
A long time went by and the jaguar was tired. When he saw that the wall didn't fall down, he
realized that he had been tricked again. He took off after the deceitful rabbit, even angrier than
before.
This time he found him hanging from an elastic vine that made him go up and down. The rabbit
was so happy thinking of how he had fooled the jaguar that he didn't notice when the latter took a
great leap, pulled on the vine with all his strength and then suddenly let go. The rabbit went up
and up through the air holding his belly and laughing, and finally he reached the moon. That is
why on nights when the moon is full and red you can still see the rabbit bending over holding his
stomach with laughter.

1.- Which genre is this story?
2.- Who are the two main characters?
3.- How many times does the rabbit trick the jaguar?
4.- What natural phenomenon does the story explain?
5.- Where do you think this story is from (country)?

5th Bimester GRAMMAR review (5th A and B due Mon. Jun. 2nd)

Grammar 5th Bimester

May - June Bimester exam guide

I.-Present Simple

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Present Simple.

1 I _______________ photography. (like)

2 Where _____________________ ? (Sam / work)

3 How many languages _______________ ? (you / speak)

4 Sue _______________ in London. (not live)

5 _______________ to work by bus ? (they / go)

II.- Past simple:

Write the Simple Past tense of the verb in brackets.

e.g. The teacher ____liked_______(like) exams.

1.- The students ________________ (love) their free time.

2.- It ________(be) very late when my girlfriend called.

3.- I _______________(write) the answer to the exam question on a small piece of paper.

4.- I _______________(have) a great time in Six Flags!

5.-We _______________(eat) the entire birthday cake.

III.- Comparative + Superlative

Correct use of adjectives in the comparative and superlative.

Instructions: Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct form – comparative or superlative.

1.- Olinca is the _____________ (good) school in the world!!!

2.- An iPod classic is ______________(cheap) than an iPod touch.

3.- I have the _____________ (small) feet in my family.

4.- I always have to ask for a ________________(small) size shoe.

5.- “Avatar” is a _________________(popular) film than “Up”.

IV.- Present Continuous + Present simple

Write the either the Present Continuous or the Present Simple depending on the situation.

1.- I always _________________(love) a good game of squares but right now I________________(play) football with my friends.

2.- Today we________________(work) on Grammar even though we usually only_________(play) during English class.

3.- Daniela _____________ (chat) with her friends every time the teacher tries to explain something, that’s why she_____________(get) a report now.

4.- At this moment I______________ (finish) my homework but normally I only __________ television in the evenings.

5.- They______________________(answer) the grammar guide as they __________(go) home.

V.- Past Simple and Past Continuous

Complete the texts with the verbs in the Past Simple and the Past Continuous:

1.- The other day I_____________________(walk) to school when a huge dog ____________(try)to bite me!

2.- It ____________________(appear) out of nowhere and started _________________(chase) me for no apparent reason.

3.- After a few blocks it ___________________(catch up) when suddenly Super Teacher Hector ______________(fly) down from the sky and saved me!!!

4.- I could not believe it, the dog ______________________(bark) loudly when we ________________ (escape) from it.

5.- After that, I ____________________(scared) of falling to the ground but Super Teacher Hector ________________(put) me down safely near my house.

VI.- “Will” for predictions:

Write each prediction in “will”.

e.g. The teacher ___will____ like his student’s grades.

1.- The students ________________ have free time.

2.- It ________be very late when I finish studying.

3.- I ________ pass the exam with flying colours.

4.- He _________bring the information tomorrow!

5.-We __________celebrate her birthday with a cake.

VII.- “Will” for predictions:

Write each prediction in the NEGATIVE. If the sentence doesn’t make sense, correct it so it does.

e.g. The teacher ___won’t____ like his student’s grades.

1.- The students ________________ have free time.

_______________________________________________________________________

2.- It ________be very late when I finish studying.

_______________________________________________________________________

3.- I ________ pass the exam with flying colours. _______________________________________________________________________

4.- He _________bring the information tomorrow! _______________________________________________________________________

5.-We __________celebrate her birthday with a cake. _______________________________________________________________________

VIII.- “Will” for predictions:

Write each of the past 5 sentences as a QUESTION. If the sentence doesn’t make sense, correct it so it does. Remember that all you have to do is move the “will” to the beginning!!!

e.g.: The teacher ___won’t____ like his student’s grades.

______Will the teacher like his student’s grades?______________

1. ____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________

IX.- Future conditional:

Write a proper condition for each event.

e.g.: The teacher will be happy if...__we all get a 10________________

1.- My parents will be angry if...__________________________________________________

2.- My dog will die if...__________________________________________________________

3.- He will become obese if..._____________________________________________________

4.- They will be famous if..._______________________________________________________

5.- My dog will be happy if…_____________________________________________________

X.- Arrangements and intentions:

Instructions: Complete each sentence with either “going to” or the present continuous using the verb in parenthesis. (10 points)
1.- I_________________ (sudy) a lot for my grammar exam.

2.- He _________________ (sit) the exam next Tuesday.

3.- Tomorrow at noon, I______________(get) my new Palystation 4.

4.- 5^th grade is ____________(win) the tournament!

5.- Tonight, I______________(buy) a new movie.

XI. Present Perfect. (10 points)
Write a sentence using the Present Perfect and the verb in parenthesis.
e.g.: (draw)__I have drawn a picture for art class____
1.- (kiss)________________________________________
2.-(eat) ________________________________________
3.-(write) ________________________________________
5.-(jump) ________________________________________
6.-(clean) ________________________________________
7.-(brush) ________________________________________
8.-(go) ________________________________________
9.-(meet) ________________________________________
10.-(finish) ________________________________________

Good luck, and see you tomorrow!

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous (HW for 5th B due Fri. May 30th)

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Bilbo ________ (love) to eat a large breakfast with lots and lots of bacon and eggs but on this journey he __________ (skip) almost every meal!

Gandalf ___________(keep) quiet right now, even tough he normally ___________(make fun) of the little hobbit and his over sensitive stomach.

The Dwarves ___________(not like) the fact that their burglar is fat and not very active and yet, right now, they_____________(congratulate) him on his escape from the mountain passes and _________(cook) him a fine meal with what they _________(have) at hand which isn’t much.

Smaug, meanwhile, ________(sleep) on his golden bed and _________(not think) about any dwarves or hobbits.

Beorn _________(point) the party in the right direction, for the moment but they _______(lose) their way very often.

Normally 5th B ___________(not like) reading but, right now, they _______(ask) their teacher to read on… they _________ (make fun) of him all the time when he ___________(not look) . Everybody ___________(yell) “NO!” as Hector ___________(write) another question.

Present simple review (HW for 5th A and B due Thurs. May 29th)

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb (in parentheses):
e.g.: Jim reads (to read) every day.
Ex. I Affirmative:
1. My sister ____________________ (to talk) very fast.
2. My brother and I ____________________ (to speak) Japanese.
3. They ____________________ (to live) in Portland.
4. Peter____________________ (to work) a lot.
5. Our neighbors ____________________ (to be) very quiet.
6. We ____________________ (to go) to the movies every Friday.
7. My cousin ____________________ (to be) thin.
8. My mother ____________________ (to clean) the house every Sunday.
9. Robert's cat ____________________ (to like) to chase birds.
10. I ____________________ (to love) my boyfriend.

Ex. II Negative:

1. My brother ___________________ (not go) to college.
2. I ___________________ (not understand) English.
3. My friends ___________________ (not laugh) at my jokes.
4. The weather in Mexico ___________________ (not be) perfect.
5. Our cats ___________________ (sleep) all day.
6. Your tattoo ___________________ (not look) very pretty.
7. My sister ___________________ (not walk) very quickly.
8. We ___________________ (not make) mistakes when we speak Chinese.
9. I ___________________ (not recommend) visiting Acapulco.
10. My brother ___________________ (not have) a dog.

Vocabulary games: Lesson 26

Scatter!

Race!

If you need help click on the following links:

Flashcards

Learning quiz

Vocabulary HW: (5th B due Tues. May 27th)

Visit the following pages and play the games.
Practice each of the vocabulary words.

Scatter!

Space race!

Prof. Hector.

Imagery (Reading HW 5th A and B: due Friday May 23rd)

Instructions: Write to which of the five senses each of the following sentences or paragraphs appeals to. - Sight, Smell, Touch, Taste, Hearing -

•_______The shadows crisscrossed the rug while my cat stretched languidly in one of the patches of sun.

•_______"....Which has its sounds, familiar, like the roar Of trees and crack of branches, common things, But nothing so like beating on a box" (From 'An Old Mans Winter Night' by Robert Frost)

•_______"At the next table a woman stuck her nose in a novel; a college kid pecked at a laptop. Overlaying all this, a soundtrack: choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k--the metronomic rhythm of an Amtrak train rolling down the line to California, a sound that called to mind an old camera reel moving frames of images along a linear track, telling a story." (excerpt from 'Riding the Rails')

•_______The crimson liquid spilled from the neck of the white dove, staining and matting its pure, white feathers.

•_______"I was awakened by the strong smell of a freshly brewed coffee."

•_______"Tumbling through the ocean water after being overtaken by the monstrous wave, Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny, bitter mass, causing him to cough and gag."

•_______'The bed linens might just as well be ice and the clothes snow.' From Robert Frost's "The Witch of Coos"

•_______"When the others went swimming my son said he was going in, too. He pulled his dripping trunks from the line where they had hung all through the shower and wrung them out. Languidly, and with no thought of going in, I watched him, his hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death." From E.B.White's, 'One More To The Lake'

•_______"Gerardo's socks, still soaked with sweat from Tuesday's P.E. class, filled the classroom with an aroma akin to that of salty, week-old, rotting fish"

•_______"I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold" (From the poem "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams)

•_______"I lay still and took another minute to smell: I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire's drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand. The heat compounded the smells, doubled the fragrance."(excerpt from "A Map of the World", Random House)

Making adjectives ( 5th A and B HW due Thurs. 22nd)

Instructions turn the following nouns into adjectives and write an example of each.

1.-danger __________________

2.-curiosity __________________

3.-glee __________________

4.-wonder __________________

5.-comfort __________________

6.-enjoy __________________

7.-sun __________________

8.-cloud __________________

9.-health __________________

10.-South __________________

11.- North __________________

12.- East __________________

13.- West __________________

14.- expense __________________

15.- love __________________

16.- beast __________________

17.- beauty __________________

18.- snow __________________

19.- adventure __________________

20.- fame __________________

1st Future Conditional (5th A due May 22nd)

Exercise 1:
1. If the plane _______________ (arrive) late, we _______________ (miss) our connecting flight.

2. I _______________(teach) you some English, if you _______________(teach) me a bit of French.

3. Lily _______________ (not forgive) Jack, if he _______________ (forget) their wedding anniversary again.

4. If you _______________ (wash up), I _______________(dry) the dishes.

5. If you _______________ (not wear) a tie, they _______________(not let) you in to the restaurant.

6. Our football team _______________(promote), if they _______________(win) on Saturday. (Careful!)

Exercise 2:

1. If you _______________ (want), I _______________ (fetch) the children from school this afternoon.

2. If I _______________(see) Natalie, I _______________ (tell) her you were looking for her.

3. The phone company _______________ (cut) us off, if we _______________(not pay) the bill.

4. It's freezing outside. If the kids _______________ (not wear) a coat, they _______________(catch) cold.

5. If Mr. Hector _______________(catch) me cheatingin an exam again , he _______________(have)me expelled.

6. We _______________ (hold) the party out in the garden, if it _______________(stay) fine.

4th Bimester READING Exam review

4th bimester GRAMMAR review

The sentences below are Present Tense – Change the underlined words to make the sentence Future Tense.

1. She lends a pencil to you every day.

______________________________________

2. I eat eggs in the morning.

_________________________________________

3. My mother goes to Taipei at night.

_________________________________________

4. My teacher buys a book at the bookstore.

_________________________________________

5. I don’t get a reward for high test scores.

_________________________________________

6. Peter practices piano every morning.

_________________________________________

7. Ryan and Steven play baseball in the afternoon.

_________________________________________

Prepositions.

Choose the best preposition to complete these sentences.

I jumped the swimming pool.
Every morning I go jogging the beach.
I ran the beach and into the sea.
I climbed the bath when I'd finished washing.
The burglar jumped the garden fence.
The road was closed so we couldn't drive through the town centre, we had to go it.
I went the kitchen to make a sandwich.
He climbed the ladder to clean the second floor windows.
I didn't see the dog lying on the floor, and I fell it.
I dropped a £1 coin and it rolled the sofa so I couldn't find it.
We drove Newcastle on the way to Edinburgh.
When I was a student I travelled Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
After 6 hours of walking, we decided to go back the mountain.

Permission, obligation, prohibition.

Choose one word to complete each sentence (note: contractions such as "can't" count as one word).

What - When - Where - Why - Who - How

I. Choose the correct alternative.

1) ................ are my keys?

2) ................ is the problem?

3) ................ is your favourite singer?

4) ................ is your birthday?

5) ................ old are you? I'm ten years old.

6) ................ is your telephone number?

7) ................ are you from?

8) ................ is your best friend?

9) ................ is your e-mail?

10) ................ are you? I'm fine, thanks.

11) ................ is your graduation? Next week.

12) ................ is she crying? Because she is sad.

13) ................ is your last name? Gonzalez.

14) ................ is your favourite actor? Anthony Hopkins.

15) ................ old is your cat? Two years old.

Prof. Hector

What is art?

'There is one indubitable indication distinguishing real art from its counterfeit, namely, the infectiousness of art...If a man is infected by the authors condition of soul, if he feels this emotion and this union with others, then the object which has effected this is art; but if there be no such infection, if there be not this union with the author and with others who are moved by the same work--then it is not art. And not only is infection a sure sign of art, but the degree of infectiousness is also the sole measure of excellence in art''