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worksheet 5- Reading

Read the text and answer the questions. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was an important man in the town – William didn’t come from a poor family. When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford but he didn’t want to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres were in London. So, in 1587, William went to London, where he worked as an actor in a theatre called The Rose. He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet , Julius Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his plays, and he became famous . When James I became king in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and performed his plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the famous Globe Theatre. This play presented his last play, Henry VIII. There was a gun in this play, and the fire from the gun burned the theatre down. In 1610, Shakespeare

G.C.E.O/L Worksheet 4 -Speaking/Writing

Complete the followi ng and practice. ·          My name’s .................. ·         I’m from .................. (country) ·         I live in .................. (city) ·         I’m  ...  years old. ·         My birthday is on .................. ·         I’m a student at ....................... ·         My favourite subject is ....................... ·         My favourite sport is ....................... ·         There are ... members in my family. ·         They are ............................................... ·         My father is a ............... and my mother is a .................. ·         I would like to be a .................. because .................. ·         My hobby is ....................... ·         In my free time, I also like .............................. ·         I don’t like .............................. ·         My favourite food is ....................... ·         My favourite drink is ......................

G.C.E.O/L Worksheet 3- Reading

 Read the text and write True or False. I’m Rob Jefferson.I’m a rock musician.I live alone in a town near London. I go to work at ten o’ clock in the evening, and I play until 3.00 am. After work I have dinner at a restaurant. Then I take a taxi home. I go to bed at five in the morning and sleep until two in the afternoon. I only work three nights a week-Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I live in a small house. My favourite room is the living room. It’s the room where I relax when I am not working. There are some beautiful pictures on the wall, there’s a bookcase, an open fire, a coffee table, two big armchairs and a comfortable sofa. Sometimes I sit on the sofa and watch TV. I usually see my friends on Tuesday. We meet in a bar and talk until very late at night but last Tuesday we went to the cinema. We saw a horror movie, but it wasn’t good. Anyway we had a very good time. 1)       Rob is a doctor. 2)       He lives in London. 3)       He works late at night. 4)      

G.C.E.O/L Worksheet 2- Writing

Complete the following sentences giving your own opinion. 1) I dream about _______________________________________________. 2) I think about ________________________________________________. 3) I am afraid of _______________________________________________. 4) I am interested in ____________________________________________. 5) At the weekends I like to _____________________________________. 6) I am good at ________________________________________________. 7) I am not good at _____________________________________________. 8) I am glad when _____________________________________________. 9) I am sad when ______________________________________________. 10) I don’t believe _____________________________________________. 11) I have difficulty with ________________________________________. 12) I laugh when ______________________________________________. 13) I cry when ________________________________________________. 14) I get angry when ________________________

G.C.E.O/L worksheet 1

Adjectives exercise This activity will help the students learn adjectives as well as the opposites. Complete the second sentence in each pair using an adjective opposite in meaning to the one given in the first sentence. 1. The elephant is a large animal. The rabbit is a …………………………. animal. 2. It is cold in winter. It is ………………….. in summer. 3. Yesterday it was cloudy. Today is a ………………………. day. 4. These shirts are wet. Haven’t you got a …………………….. one? 5. We won’t reach there in time if we go by a slow train. We must catch a …………………….. train. 6. My shoes are old. I want to buy a ……………………… pair. 7. Some colours are bright. Others are ……………………… 8. It is warm outside. It is ……………………….. inside. 9. This bread is stale. We must buy a ………………… loaf. 10. This knife is blunt. I need a …………………………. one   Answers 1. The elephant is a large animal. The rabbit is a  small  animal. 2. It is cold in winter. It is  hot  in summer. 3. Yesterday it was cloudy. To

DIPTESL12 23/4/12

Behaviourists Mentalists      Behavior.     Conditioned. Positive reinforcement  Negative reinforcement. Errors can be predicted. CAH (Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis). Interference Positive/Negative. Making Errors are considered sin. Mental faculty. Language Acquisition Devices (LAD). Testing Hypotheses. Errors are signs of learning. Cannot predict. Language is a Creative faculty. Language ability of language is pre-programmed and not the language. Human thoughts involve in language. Human thought is universal. Learn and Acquire. (Krashen’s Idea)                 Assignment What criticisms did Mentalists raise against Behaviourists school of Second Language Learning? 10 minutes presentation on 14 th May, 2012.

City & Guilds B1 Punctuation Activity

Punctuate the following sentences correctly. 1. i met jothy at the post office 2. susanthika  is an old friend of mine 3. chinese is difficult to learn 4. miss sonali  is my teacher 5. who was the first woman to win the nobel prize for literature 6. he rules his family with a rod of iron 7. the flowers were like a carpet of gold 8. neither jagath nor veronica  was at home 9. the film was neither well-made nor well-acted 10. i didn’t sing because padma  was there. Answers 1. I met Jothi at the post office. 2. Susanthika  is an old friend of mine. 3. Chinese is difficult to learn. 4. Miss Sonali  is my teacher. 5. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? 6. He rules his family with a rod of iron. 7. The flowers were like a carpet of gold. 8. Neither Jagath  nor Veronica  was at home. 9. The film was neither well-made nor well-acted. 10. I didn’t sing because Padma  was there.

TENSES

Verb Tenses  Simple Present I  play  tennis every day. You  play  tennis every day. He / She / It  plays  tennis every day. They  play  tennis every day. We  play  tennis every day. Simple Past I  played  tennis every day. You  played  tennis every day. He / She / It  played  tennis every day. They  played  tennis every day. We  played  tennis every day. Simple Future I  will play  tennis with you tomorrow. I  am going to play  tennis next year. You  will play  tennis with me tomorrow. You  are going to play  tennis next year. He / She / It  will play  tennis with you tomorrow. He / She / It  is going to play  tennis next year. We  will play  tennis with you tomorrow. We  are going to play  tennis next year. They  will play  tennis with you tomorrow. They  are going to play  tennis next year. Present Continuous I  am playing  tennis now. You  are playing  tennis now. He / She / It  is playing  tennis now. We  are playing  tennis now. They  are playing

General IELTS-April Australia.

Writing test Writing task 1 (a letter) Write to your teacher and ask to give you a reference for a new job. Please say - Why do you need the reference letter? - Describe the position that you are applying for. - Why are you the right person for this position? Writing Task 2 (an essay) Television has the biggest impact on our life because it is the most popular way of getting information. Do you agree or disagree? Speaking test Interview - Do you study or work? - Where are you working? - Is it difficult to find a job in your field? - How important is the internet nowadays? - When did you first use the internet? Cue Card Describe the place where you would like to live. Please say - Where would it be? - What will it look like? - Whom with would you like to live there? Discussion - Where do you prefer to live: in the city or countryside? - What is the difference between types of housing in the city and in the country? - What are the benefit

O/L help Simple Past

 Write the correct form of the irregular verb in simple past tense.   a)       He __________ ( drink) the coffee. b)       The moon __________ (come) out late last night. c)       Jessica __________ ( lose) her first tooth this morning. d)       My entire family __________ ( catch) the flu last winter. e)       The employees __________ ( do) a lot of work today. f)        The swimmers __________ ( hold) their breath and jumped in the water. g)       The baker __________ ( make) a cake for my birthday. h)       They __________ ( take) a picture of the mountain. i)         The teacher  __________ ( teach) the students chemistry last year. j)         I __________ ( wear) my jacket to work yesterday. k)       We __________ ( go) to the zoo last weekend. l)         Tom __________ ( write) his family a letter. m)    I __________ ( see) a movie last night. n)       Mr. Saman ___________ ( buy) two shirts for the new year. o)       Yogeswaran ___________ (brin