Modals - Revision

Modals-explanations
Want to revise your modals?- In the following sites you'll find explanations and exercises that could assist you.

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html (+ exercises)

http://www.wordpower.ws/grammar/gramch10.html (+ exercises)

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/hilfsverben2.htm


Exercises
Need some more exersing? check the folloing sites:

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/helpingverbs.htm

http://www.esoeonline.org/main-index/index-exercises/grammarexs/adv/modalsa1.htm

http://www.esoeonline.org/main-index/index-exercises/grammarexs/adv/advmodals.htm

http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/mustshould.htm

http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/modalmixed.htm

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei007/esl-test.php

Passover fun animations

In the following address you can find a fun animation for Passover
(earphones or speakers are required).
http://www.passovergreeting.com/
Attentions!It is a commercial site.I don't know the book that they are
promoting (=מקדמים מכירות), but the animation is fun.

Want to see more animations for Passover? Go to:
http://shabot6000.com/sedaclub/
http://shabot6000.com/elijah/

BTW (By the way): The language used in the animations is pure American slang!Not to be used in class :-)

If you enjoyed it, please share it with your friends and family and raise a smile on their faces too.

Your assignment for the Passover holiday:

- Read part one of the story "His Wife's Deceased Sister" (pages 64 – 65 in your book) and answer the questions on p. 65.

- Read part two of the story "His Wife's Deceased Sister" (page 66 – 67 in your book) and answer the questions on p. 67.

- Read the story "A free Meal" (pages 84 – 87 in your book), answer the questions on p. 87 and do the One Step Further on page 87.

- Read the texts on p. 92-93 in your book (Part C. - texts 1+2+3).

Read about "The History of Computers" on page 62 of your Workbook and do the assignments and the exercises on pages 62 and 63.

On April 23 (the first lesson after the vacation) you will be tested on the content of the above.

Enjoy your vacation

Book Report for 19/3/06

Your book report should include:

The title of the book.
The author's name.
The number of pages in the book and where you took it from

Answers the following questions: (Write full answers).
When did the story take place?
Where did the story take place?
Who are the main characters? – Write their names and a short passage about the main character(s).
Who is your favourite character? Why?
What happened in the story?
Why did you choose this book?
How did you feel when you read the story?
While you were reading…
– Did you have to use the dictionary many times?
– Was it easy for you?
– Did you get assistance from another person?
– Were you able to understand the story line?

Car accidents

Today, you will read articles from the newspaper, discussing car accidents
which happened in Israel over the last few months.

Your mission (in pairs or trios) is:
1.) Read the stories and choose one of the accidents or another accident you've heard or read about.
2.) Write (in English) how it happened and, if possible, add who is responsible for the accident and what he could do to prevent the accident. You may use the following question words to assist you: When? Where? Who? What? Which? How? In your writing, pay attention to Capitalization, Punctuation, Sentence structure, spelling and the proper usage of the past/present tenses.
3.) Show your draft to your teacher/send it to her by e-mail.
4.) Correct your work and get prepared to present the story in front of the class.
5.) Present your work to the class. In your presentation, include visual aids such a model or a map, as shown in class.

If you have any difficulties, ask your teacher for assistance.

In your work, use the following check list, which reflects the criteria for evaluation which will be used in grading your work:

We worked well within the group + followed all the steps. (10%)

We included all the relevant facts about the accident. (10%)

We used the proper vocabulary. (10%)

We didn't make spelling mistakes.(10%)

We used correct sentence structure.(10%)

We used the correct form of the Past Simple + the Present Simple, when needed. (15%)

We used correct punctuation+ Capitalized when needed. (10%)

We handed in the work on time. (5%)

We presented our written work aesthetically.(5%)

We corrected the mistakes in our first draft. (5%)

We presented the work in front of the class. (10%)

Our presentation included relevant visual aids. (5% Bonus)

Total:105

The Simple Past and Past Progressive

Do you need more practice?
You can find it in the following links:

Simple or progressive?- exercise

past-progressive/exercises/positive sentences

tour/las-vegas-revision

Review for the quiz

On 16/3/06 you are going to have a quiz.

As you were told in class, you will be asked to demonstrate your knowledge in the past simple/progressive and the present simple/progressive.
All the rules are in the grammar appendix at the end of your course book,

If you want to read the rules of the past progressive, you can find it also at: http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar/past-progressive
For the other tenses you may go to:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar

Those of you who need more exercising, may use the following sites: http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex1.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex5.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex4.htm
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ijmvermeer/Verbs/VerbsPastSimplePastCont.htm

See you on Thursday, March 16th , 2006