25th - 28th November

 26th November 2024 

partly sunny , cool 

Tuesday 

SCIENCE COUNTS 

Objective : reading comprehension 

page 36

• Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from Exercises 1 and 2. Use the correct form of the verbs.
  • Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell down of the tree and hit the ground.
  • While Archimedes was getting out of the bath, he saw that the water went down .
  • When we go on holiday, my friend looks after my pet rabbit.
  • A few pages fell out of the book.
  • They came up with a plan to make this machine work better.
  • Would you like to come round to my house at the weekend?
  • The balloon went up in the air slowly. We could see it from our window.
  • We can just hang out and have a good time.

to lean (ed) = a se apleca

backwards = catre / in spate 

forwards = catre/ in fata 

towards = catre 

page 37 

• Complete the sentences with the words.
  • fun
  • friends
  • noise
  • up
  • sure
  • difference
  • The press made up this story about the flying penguins.
  • She didn’t like you making fun of her.
  • Our neighbours made a lot of noise last night while fixing the car.
  • We made sure nobody would find out the secret of his invention.
  • Their discovery made a difference in the way people study.
  • Meghan made friends with Bear Grylls during a show.

 27th November 2024 

 sunny , cool 

Wednesday 

SCIENCE COUNTS 

Objective : reading/ listening  comprehension 

ex 2/ 37 

ex 3/ 37 

pip / seed = samanta 

wire = cablu 

hose = furtun 

plug = priza 

to plug = a pune in priza 

• 1. When the teacher was a girl, why did she think she might get ill during the night?
• SHE USED TO PLUG ALL OF THE OUTLETS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THAT ELECTRICITY WOULD COME OUT OF THE OUTLETS AT NIGHT WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP AND WOULD MAKE HER ILL.
• 2. Why did Sarah use to look at the moon for hours?
• SARAH USED TO LOOK AT THE MOON FOR HOURS BECAUSE SHE WAS FASCINATED BY THE MOON.
• 3. Why did Sarah laugh at the moon?
• SHE USED TO LAUGH AT THE MOON BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT THAT THE MOON WAS SCARED OF HER.
• 4. Why didn’t Alex’s grandfather use to step on wires?
• HIS GRANDFATHER DIDN'T USE TO STEP ON WIRES BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE ELECTRICITY WOULD STOP.
• 5. Why did Martin’s family eat lots of apples? MARTIN'S FAMILY USED TO EAT A LOT OF APPLES BECAUSE THEY HAD AN APPLE TREE.  
• 6. Why was Martin afraid to eat apple seeds? 
• BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD GROW INSIDE HIM.  

• 4/ 37 Complete the sentences with the correct form of make or do.
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  • 1. I really need to do well in this test. I’m going to study hard tonight.
  • 2. We DID  the laundry yesterday.
  • 3. It’s a really good exhibition. You should MAKE  time to see it.
  • 4. Sorry I can’t meet you at the station, but I’m sure you can MAKE your own way to my house.
  • 5. Don’t go in there. They’re DOING a dangerous experiment.
  • 6. The film is very long, so it MAKES sense to have something to eat first.
  • 7. He MADE a lot of money in banking and retired when he was 50.

18th-21st November

19th November 2024

sunny, cool 

Tuesday 

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 2

Objective ; possibility/ obligation/permission/ prohibition 

page 28

• 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given. You must use between two and five words including the word given.
• 1. Their daughter can’t go out after 8 pm. (allowed)
  Their daughter  ISN'T ALLOWED TO  go out after 8 pm.
• 2. Our teacher expects us to put up our hand if we want to ask a question. (supposed)
  We ARE SUPPOSED TO  put up our hand if we want to ask a question.
• 3. Their young son isn’t allowed to watch TV all day. (let)
  They DON'T LET  their young son watch TV all day.
• 4. You should really turn off the TV if you don’t want to get a headache. (better)
  You HAD BETTER TURN off the TV if you don’t want to get a headache.

page 29 

listening ex 1, 2, 3

ex 3 

• Sheena wants to know why Aaron missed THE GAME on Saturday.
• Aaron’s been spending a lot of time WATCHING FILMS on his tablet recently.
• Aaron asks Sheena if she thinks he’s becoming a COUCH POTATO .
• Aaron’s been staying up until 2 AM  recently.
• Sheena warns Aaron about hidden advertising or PRODUCT  placement in films.
• Aaron wants to invite Sheena to an outdoor CONCERT on Sunday.

SLOPPY = neingrijit / neindemanatic

20th November 2024 

cool, sunny 

Wednesday 

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 

Objective ;  TV programmes / adjectives/ adverbs

page 30 ex 1

• Look at the sentences from the TV listings. Complete them with the words in the list.
  • popular
  • easy
  • easily
  • carefully
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• 1. It isn’t easy living without electricity.
• 2, I answered the questions easily  .
• 3. She needs to think  carefully .
• 4. He’s the host of a  popular  game show.

ADJ + LY = ADV

ex : attentive - attentively 

EXCEPTIONS 

good (adj) - well ( adv)

fast - fast 

late - late 

early - early 

hard - hard 

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• page 31 

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• 3. Write the adverbs.
  • quick question 
  •  run quickly
  • carefulaction 
  • drive carefully
  • cleveranswer
  • answer cleverly 
  • 
    
  • clear

  • good idea ; play well
  • bad behaviour ; behave badly  
  • easy
  • fast

  
  

• clear window 
• explain clearly 
• easy test 
• read easily 
• fast biker  ride fast 
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• page 31 ex 5. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative adverb forms of the words in brackets.
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• Sue runsfaster(fast) than me.
• 1. Graham writes more clearly  (clear) than me.
• 2. You need to do your homework more carefully  (careful) if you want to get good marks.
• 3. Sorry, I don’t understand. Can you speak more slowly (slow), please?
• 4. The party starts at ten o’clock, but you can come earlier  (early) if you want to.
• 5. I only got 22% in the test, but you did even worse (bad) than me!
• 6. Sandra always works harder (hard) than the other kids.
• 7, Martina speaks English better (good) than I do.
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• orally pages 32, 33 
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11th-15th November

 12th November 

rainy, chilly

Tuesday 

HARD TIMES 

Objective : consolidation 

page 24 

page 25

•  Vocabulary 
• Complete the sentences with the words in the list. There are four extra words.
  • break
  • change
  • do
  • form
  • give up
  • grab
  • make
  • scream
  • retire
  • settle
  • smash
  • strike
  • struggle
  • travel
  • 1. It would be wonderful to TRAVEL around the world one day.
  • 2. It’s a really bad habit – I need to BREAK it soon.
  • 3, He would always arrive late, and no one could make him CHANGE his ways.
  • 4. Good luck with the test – I’m sure you’ll  DO really well.
  • 5. Every 31st December, I MAKE a resolution to do something, but I usually break it!
  • 6. I saw a man GRAB that woman’s purse and rAn away.
  • 7. On her 65th birthday, she decided to RETIRE and travel the world.
  • 8. I need more time to study for my exams, so I’m going to GIVE UP my judo classes for a while.
  • 9. I think he’s going to break the record – in fact, he’s going to STRIKE  it!
  • 10. They were so excited by the concert that they started to SCREAM  really loudly.

page 25 

GRAMMAR 

• Complete the sentences with the words / phrases in the list. There are two extra words / phrases.
  • was looking
  • would look
  • ’m seeing
  • are going to
  • go to
  • used to love
  • see
  • ’d love
  • 1. I SEE my aunt and uncle once a month.
  • 2. Four or five of us ARE GOING TO eat pizza tonight.
  • 3. I was sure you WOULD LOVE the concert.
  • 4. When I was a kid, I USED TO LOVE going to the river to swim.
  • 5. I’m not very well, so I AM SEEING the doctor tomorrow.
  • 6. When I saw her, she WAS LOOKING in a shop window.

• Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
  • 1. When he was young, my dad used to reading books about nature. READ
  • 2. When I got to the house, there was no one there. The party finished! HAD FINISHED 
  • 3. I am running in the park every morning before school. RUN
  • 4. We’re really excited because we will go on holiday next week. ARE GOING 
  • 5. He was tired because he has run two kilometres. HAD 
  • 6. While I was cycling in the park, I was falling off my bicycle. FELL

13th November 

rainy, chilly

Wednesday  

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 

Objective : permission/ obligation/ necessity / possibility

page 27 - reading 

extras = figuranti 

in this regard = in aceasta privinta

Extended theory :

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/modal-verbs-permission-obligation-prohibition-necessity/

page 28 

1. Complete the sentences from the text on page 27. Then complete the rule with let, may, must, should, need to and not be allowed to.

• The film 
   be considered boring by some, but it was very well received.
• A film 
   be as expensive as the big Hollywood blockbusters.
• Everybody 
   appreciate the effort made by the entire team.
• He didn’t 
   other people interfere in the production of special effects.
• We 
   forget to mention that all the extras in the film were people who were just there.

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Optional 

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/modal-verbs-permission-obligation-prohibition-necessity/

3rd- 7th November

5th November 2024 

sunny, chilly

Tuesday 

 HARD TIMES 

Objective : reading / used to OR would/ future in the past

household = a house and its occupants regarded as a unit 

shepherd = a person who tends and rears sheep 

to tend (ed) = to care for smth/ smb  OR to be likely to behave in a certain way 

to rear (ed) = to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves 

mattress = the part of the bed made of strong cloth filled with firm material that makes the bed comfortable to lie on 

to be concerned about = to worry about 

page 20 

page 21

used to / would 

1/ 21  Complete these sentences from the article on page 20. Then complete the rule with used to / didn’t use to and would(n’t).

• 1.Women  USED TO have seven or eight children.
• 2.On cold nights, everyone in the family WOULD/ USED TO  crowd together to sleep, to warm each other up.
• 3.Parents WOULDN'T/  DIDN'T USE TO  sing songs to their children or play with them.
• 4. It USED TO be normal to call a child ‘it’ rather than ‘he’ or ‘she’.

6th November 2024 

sunny, chilly

Wednesday 

HARD TIMES 

Objective : reading 

page 22 

herd = turma 

indigeneous / native = nativi / indigeni 

to breed- bred - bred = a creste un pui /a  inmulti 

moss= muschi 

reindeer = ren / reni 

page 23

• VocabularyThere are eight highlightedwords or phrases in the article. Match them with these definitions.
  • continue to be enough = last 
  • not taken with them = left behind 
  • from one evening, through to the next morning= overnight
  • not staying in one place for very long = on the move 
  • tolerate, put up with = bear 
  • large groups of animals = herds
  • a type of plant =moss
  • raising (animals) = breeding

TEST -3RD DECEMBER !