Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Vocabulary task

blowpipe
inquest
marquee

ruffian
rever
strangle
vellum


1.       It was a native ______.
2.       Apart from the addition of new vocabulary, written Icelandic has not changed substantially since 11th century, when the first texts were written on ______.
3.       So you _____ her – and then what can you do?
4.       You, a man who should have been Regius Professor at a great University with a thousand students all _____ you.
5.       A _____ - a common brawling ______ that’s what you have become.
6.       Below but more to the right – almost opposite the ______ -were the tents of Raymond and Carol.
7.       As you heard at the ______, the time of death between two and four weeks ago – which makes it somewhere around Christmas.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Audience - Plural or singular?

Audience can be used with a singular or plural verb
Ex: The audience was/were cheering.
(Resource: Macmillan School Dictionary)

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Reading (5)

I live in Uzbekistan. My favorite season is autumn. September, October and November are autumn months. It is usually warm in autumn. The rain often pours in November. We can have melons, watermelons, grapes and peaches. I like autumn.

Reading (4)

There is a big window in the kitchen. The door is brown. There is a fridge on the right. It is grey. The cooker is between the window and the table. It is black. The cupboard is near the wall.

Reading (3)

Read the article.
I have got a dad. His name is Anvar. I have got a mum. Her name is Sevara. I have got an uncle. His name is Izzat. I have got an aunt. Her name is Indira. I have got two cousins. Their names are Oybek and Yasmina.

Reading (2)

Read the article and answer the questions.
This is a tulip. It is small. The flower is red and beautiful. The leaves are big and green. You can see it in spring. We have tulips in the mountains and in our gardens. they need air, water and sun to live.
Questions
What is this?
When can you see it?
Where can you find tulips?
What do they need to live?

Reading

Read the article and answer the questions.
Ted has got a dog. His dog is big. Its colour is brown. Ted's dog likes running and jumping.
Questions
Who has got a dog?
What colour  is it?
What does Ted's dog like?

My best friend

I have a lot of friends but there is one best friend. His name is _____. He is ______ years old. He is my classmate (neighbour). He likes playing football, tennis and swimming. He is good at English. I am glad that I have such a friend.

My school

I go to the private school. We learn different subjects like Russian, English, mathematics, PE, music, art, IT and so on. Our lessons begin at half past eight and finish at 6 o'clock. We eat three times there. Our timetable is full. I have a lot of friends. I enjoy going to this school.

My room

I have my own room. It is big and comfortable. The walls in the room are blue. There is a bed near the window. The curtain is blue too. There is a wardrobe where I can keep my clothes. There is a desk where I can do my lessons. There are a lot of books. I like my room very much.

My day

I usually get up at 7 o'clock. Then I go to the bathroom, wash my face, brush my teeth and comb my hair. After that, I get dressed, have breakfast and go to school by car. Our lessons begin at half past eight. we have different subjects like mathematics, PE, art, music, English, Russian and so on. I study hard at school. We have lunch at 1 o'clock. I usually do my homework at school. Our lessons finish at 6 o'clock. I go home and have dinner. I usually watch TV or play with my friends. I go to bed at 10 o'clock.

My family

My name is _____. I have a big (small) family - a father, a mother, a sister and a brother. My father's name is _____.  He is a businessman. He works at a company. He loves his work very much. My mother's name _____. She is a housewife. She likes cooking delicious food for us. My sister's name is _____. She studies at school. My little brother's name is _____. He goes to the kindergarten. Our family is very friendly. I love my family.

About myself

My name is _____ . My surname is _____ . I am _____ years old. I was born in Tashkent in 200__. I can speak English, Russian, and Uzbek. I am not tall or short, I am normal. My hair is short and black. I enjoy playing sports. Most of all I like swimming.

Vocabulary Practice

belligerent
complacent
murky
permeate
pristine
disperse


1.       My reluctance has more to do with the mythology of the native speaker of English has been exported worldwide, to the point where a blind faith in the supposed attributes of the native speaker teacher species _____ much of the ideology of English learning in Asia.
2.       Words strung together without punctuation on recall those _____ murals, Rolf Harris used to paint, where you kept tilting your head and wondering what it was.
3.       A ______ samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell.
4.       It is surrounded by _____ tropical jungle and beaches with temperatures around 27-30 degrees Celsius all year.
5.       But we should not be _____ even on behalf of the robust and unambiguous full stop.
6.       There is increasing evidence to suggest that languages widely ______ geographically may be more closely related than once thought.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Cordillera tales (Continued)

Good evening, my dear English learners!
Here is the link for you to read:
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPage?bookid=carcord_00370041&pnum1=12&twoPage=false&route=simple_86_0_0_English_11&size=14&fullscreen=false&lang=English&ilang=English

Key words
underbrush
Comprehension check
1. Why did the sky-people start fighting with the underworld people?
2. What did the sun-god do when he discovered about the battle?
3. What happened to one man from the skyworld and one woman from the downworld?


Grammar
Write this sentence in Present Simple:
 They strung their arrows  upon their bows and brought down the deer.

Cordillera Tales

Good evening, my dear English learners!
Here is the link for you to read:
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPage?bookid=carcord_00370041&pnum1=10&twoPage=false&route=simple_86_0_0_English_11&size=0&fullscreen=false&lang=English&ilang=English

Key words
Look up the words in the dictionary
arrow
stream
plenty
game
agile
ferny


Comprehension check
1. Where did people live?
2. Did the bird die?
3. What did the sun-god announce?
4. What was on the earth when it was created?

Friday, May 4, 2018

Irregular Nouns

1. thief - thieves
2. this- these
3. tomato - tomatoes
4. tooth- teeth
5. torpedo- torpedoes
6. vertebra - vertebrae
7. veto- vetoes
8. vita- vitae
9. watch- watches
10. wife - wives

Irregular Nouns

1. species- species
2. stimulus - stimuli
3. stratum- strata
4. syllabus - syllabi
5. symposium - symposia/ symposiums
6. synthesis - syntheses
7. synopsis - synopses
8. tableau - tableaux
9. that- those
10. thesis - theses

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Vocabulary Practice

crank
curare
leper
marquee
ravine
staunch
prole
strangle
spoof


1.       ______ is the usual poison used by the people in the tribes, I believe.
2.       Can you think of any other famous _____ movies?
3.       Aside from making people laugh, Amy identifies as a ______ feminist.
4.       A Country woman whose body was found Thanksgiving Day in a _____ in the Angeles National Forest is being described as a loving mother.
5.       I washed in my tent and then come back to the ______.
6.       He thought the make-up must be from a shop in the ______ area.
7.        You were going to nurse _______.
8.       It has a tendency to marry ______.
9.       Evidence of finding the body and medical evidence was given about the cause of death – she had been ______.