Homework for Monday

Review for the final grammar test:
Finish verb tense sentences - I will come at 10:30 to check them.
Review all verb tenses, modals, and articles (a, the, some), count, non-count

Review for the reading test:
Review old vocabulary, look at main ideas/topic practice before the readings in the book.

Thursday Homework

• Contact USA pages 147, 148, 149
• Re-write the paragraph about your room if you got less than 9/10
• Write 3 sentences using. Because S+V, S+V.   S+V because S+V.  S+V, so S+V.
• Study for the vocabulary quiz + your 5 words

1. Guarantee              promise
2. Prevent                  stop something from happening
3. Disability              physical or mental problem that makes a person not able to do something
4. Discrimination      being unfair to someone because of the person’s race, religion, gender.
5. Equality                 treating people the same, having the same chances under the law.
6. Ideally                   in the best possible situation, but not always really true
7. Adequate               enough, goo enough but not great
8. Background           experience, life or work history
9. Illegal                     against the law
10. Social class           level in society, for example upper, middle, or lower

Wednesday homework

Photocopy of connecting words
Contact USA page 142, 143

Weekend Homework

Grammar pages 52, 52, 54, 136, 138, 139
Finish reading the Count of Monte Cristo Chapters 13-15
On paper answer the questions on pages 53-54  #26 and 27 on paper.

Words for Friday's Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz Week 8

1.       Influences                           changes, has an effect

2.       Financial                               economic, related to money

3.       Productive                          useful

4.       Afford                                   have enough money , be able to buy

5.       Provide                                 give

6.       Concerned                          worried

7.       Salary                                    money earned from a job

8.       discount                              to have a lower price

9.       Retire                                    to stop working at a job when a person is older

10.   Attitude                               way of thinking, belief

11.   Define                                  to say what something, or what something means

12.   Volunteer                           to work without getting paid or do something to be helpful

Wednesday homework

Grammar review count/non count nouns on page 46. Find 10 non-count nouns in your home.
Contact USA pages 120, 121, 123 and 127 (timed reading)

Tuesday Homework

Grammar pages 42, 42, 44, 45
Review the Reading Test in Contact USA page 118-119

Homework for Thursday READING TEST ON FRIDAY!!!

Review main ideas and bring your Contact USA Book for a reading skills test.
Grammar:  page 87

Study for the vocabulary quiz: your five words  + Contact USA Words

1.      Interaction                              person to person contact

2.      Primary                                   most important, basic

3.      Remain                                    stay

4.      Reaction                                  response, feeling when something happens

5.      Postpone                                 wait until later

6.      Face (v)                                   to have in front of

7.      Conservative                           traditional, following old ways

8.      Liberal                                     open to change, following new ways

9.      Emphasize                               to show something is important, focus on a lot

10.  Current                                    modern, contemporary, happening nowadays

11.  Opportunity                             chance to do something

12.  Technology                              scientific development, useful new things made by science

 

 

Wednesday Homework

1. Write a paragraph that gives advice to a person traveling to your country.
Use: should, can, have to, don't have to , must, must not.
Look at the example about Australia that I gave you in class.

2. Contact USA review page 103 finish 104 (from yesterday) and  try the summary on page 105

Tuesday Homework

Grammar pages 78, 79,  80, 81
Contact USA: Re pread pages 99-100 Do the exercises on pages 102, 103, 104
Bring 5 new vocabulary words and their meanings.