Enrichment material
A -Write what you would say in the following situations:
1- Your friend asks you about the time you always get up in the morning..
You say:------
2- You want your friend to lend you her camera.
You say: ------
Reading comprehension
B) Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
" Palestinian culture has always valued education highly , and for Palestinians today it is their only
key to economic development and a better national future .During the quarter century of occupation
after 1967 ,Palestinian education suffered badly .
However , big changes began when the new Palestinian ministry of education started work in 1994.
The aim of the new education is to prepare all students for life in this new world .
- Answer the following questions ?
1- What is the Palestinians key to economic development?
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
2- When did the new Palestinian ministry of education start work ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Complete:
1-The aim of modern education is …………………………………………………………..
2- During the quarter century of occupation after 1967, Palestinian education ……………………....
- What does the underlined pronouns it refer to? ……………………………………..
C) Supply the missing words in the following spaces:
Vacation – instead- lectures - difference- gifts1. Dalia received a lot of ------on her birthday.
2. In school we take lessons but in college they take ------
3. ------of wasting your time watching TV, you should study your lessons.
4. In the summer------we will travel to Jordan..
d) Supply the missing words in the following spaces:
1-I bought an olive-wood ------for my friend.
2-There is a fifteen minute ------between the periods.
3-The teacher asked me to write my composition ------
4-I like stories ------those that tell us about our heroes.
e) Rewrite the following using a word from the same word family.
1. There is no ------between education in Gaza and Nablus. ( different)
2. Omar is doing ------studies. ( busy)
3. Sarah is studying------( engineer)
4. It's not easy to find------today. ( employ)
5. My father is an------man. ( educate)
f) Fill in the Spaces using one of the following words
( typical- advantage- employ-route- skilled- educated- colleagues
ambitious- natural resources- experts- contributing to- army)
1. ------parents encourage and help their children to learn.
2. We had to choose another ------for our journey this one is very dangerous.
3. The women in Palestine are------the development of their country.
4. A special team of ------workers helped to make this product.
5. There is nothing new in his story it was very ------
6. The ------of any country is responsible for its safety.
7. Palestine is full of ------that are used in industry.
8. Our company brought in a group of------to build the new factory.
g) Complete each sentence with a word from the box:
1. Why do you keep ----- forgetting to bring your books?
2. You can't go in there. The sign says keep ------
3. I couldn't keep ------with the runners as they were going very fast.
4. My teacher told me not to keep ------moving my desk.
5. If you keep your head ------, nobody will notice you.
6. Amal found the class difficult, and she couldn't keep ------with the work.
7. You must keep------of that building, it may fall any time.
h) Choose the correct Preposition:
1- She dropped out (in –at-to-of ) school when she was 15.
2- She is crazy( about- for –of- at) swimming.
3- They are setting ( off-out up-in) a new company in this street.
4- Nadia and Ricky are (of-at-from-about ) Palestinian .
5- If you have a problem, ask (at – for- to) help.
i) Write the opposite of the following words :
powerful------leaving------falling------future------ordinary------
decreasing ------traditional------employment ------global ------
j) 1- Write the date as numbers
1. The third of December two thousand and three . _____/_____/_____
2. February the ninth two thousand and one. . _____/_____/_____
3. The twenty-first of September two thousand and two. . _____/_____/_____
4. May the first two thousand and five. . _____/_____/_____
k) -Write the date in its full form:
9/9/02______
17/ 4/ 03 ______
l)Supply the missing word in each blank choosing a word from the list below :-
sincerely– lectures - head teacher –especially – customs - improve –powerless – holiday – subjects –- gift
1-When you send a parcel abroad , the customs put a ………….declaration on it .
2-You can end a formal letter but not a personal letter with yours ………….
3-You can ………….your English skill by speaking to foreign people .
4-Math, English and Arabic are all school ………………….
5-British English for vacation is a ………………………..…..
6-An American word for present is a …………………….….….
7-Students at college usually have to listen to……………….
8-America is ------to prevent a big natural disaster such as a hurricane.
m )Write the synonyms:
opportunity………………reply to ……………
fairly………… present……. holiday......
n) Choose the correct answers:
1- I ( have been looking – looked- has looked) for my book all morning.
2- While I (waits - was waiting - waited) for the bus, I met my friend.
3- Last winter I ( was gone- went – will go ) to Canada
4- I ( found- didn’t find – haven’t found) my book yet.
5- Mary ( will write – will be writing – would write ) her homework at this time tomorrow.
N) Rewrite using the word-s in brackets:
1-I'm still writing my homework . ( yet)
------
2-I started living here three years ago ( for))
.------
3-You must stay low if you don't want them to see you. ( keep)
------
--Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1-He answered the questions …………. , because he read the questions carefully.
a-really b-especially c-properly c-exactly
2-I was ………………….. hard, when you called me.
a-was working b-were working c-working d-is working
3-I liked that story. It's ………….. ,very interesting.
a-really b-recently c-properly d-especially
4-While they were playing football, it ………… .
a-was raining b-is raining c-rains d-rained
5-A sign might say ……….. ,when their is something dangerous.
a-keep on b-keep out c-keep down d-keep up
6-In three weeks, they ……………… a new house.
a-are building b-will have built c-will build d-will be building.
7-Hassan is holding his book. He ……………….. English for an hour.
a-has studied b-have studied c-has been studied b- has been studying
8-The teacher always asks Hisham not to…………. moving his chair.
a-keep on b-keep down c-keep out d-keep up
Literature / Silas Marner
Chapter three
Answer the following questions:
1- What are Squire Cass's two sons like?
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2- Godfrey has lent something to Dunstan . What is it? Why does he want it back?
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3- Who is Godfrey married to ? Who would he like to marry?
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4- " I've been robbed ! Fetch Squire Cass ,the constable- anyone who can help me." Who said this ? What happened to him ?
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5- " Don’t hit me , if you do , I'll tell father your secret. Who said this to whom. What is the secret?
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- Write True ( T ) or False ( F ) by the following sentences :
1- Dunstan plans to sell Wildfire. ( )
2- Wildfire is killed during the hunt. ( )
3- Silas has fallen and died. ( )
4- No one knows who has stolen the money. ( )
5- Dunstan threatens to tell Squire that Godfrey is married to Molly Farren. ( )
6- Godfrey looks for Silas's gold. He finds it and takes it. ( )
7- Godfrey lent Silas one hundred pounds. ( )
8- Dunstan was careless , lazy and drunk. ( )
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