END OF TERM 1 ACTIVITY. REVISION OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

Let's revise RELATIVE CLAUSES with these online activities. Click HERE.

 

 

END OF TERM 1: DIVERGENT

 

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Plot

Divergent is a dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago, which is divided into five factions: Dauntless, which celebrates bravery; Erudite, which emphasizes knowledge; Abnegation, which advocates for selflessness; Amity, which stresses friendship; and Candor, which supports honesty.

At the age of 16, Tris discovers that she is ‘divergent’.

 Key Literary Elements & Techniques

• Dystopia
• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Allegory
• Imagery
• Setting
• Stream of Consciousness

Themes and Motifs

Identity — The novel explores the challenges of establishing a personal identity that doesn’t neatly fit into societal norms.

Resources

• Interview with Divergent author Veronica Roth (goodreads.com)
• New York Times article about Dystopian Literature (The New York Times)

 

 

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

DESCRIBING PHOTOS 3: SAMPLE RESPONSE FOR AN EXAM

https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-practice-speaking.htm

Sample response 
This is an image of a busy street in an Asian country. As well as bicycles there are motor vehicles on this street, so it is obviously a high traffic area. A few of the cyclists have bicycles attached to their baskets. This suggests that bicycles may be their primary source of transportation. From the architecture it appears to be a tourist or shopping district. In the background we can see two tall buildings in the distance, which is likely where the business district is located. In the foreground there are cyclists. There seems to be some confusion about direction of traffic flow. The cyclists are travelling on both sides of the centre line and are going in the same direction. The cars, on the other hand, are going two different ways.

DESCRIBING PHOTOS 2: AN EXAMPLE

The photo is in black and white. 
In the centre of the photo there is a couple kissing.
In the bottom left hand corner there is a man sitting down outside a cafe. 
In the background there is a very grand building. 
We can see part of a car behind the people walking around. It looks an old, classic car. 
It looks like an old photo because of the clothes the people are wearing. 
It might be winter because in the distance there are trees without leaves and people are wearing winter clothes: coats, hats, scarves. 
There is a contrast between the romantic scene in the foreground and the daily life in the background. 
The background is blurry whereas the foreground is very clear, which makes the viewer focus on the couple that are kissing in the centre. 

DESCRIBING PHOTOS 1

Talking about a photo is not just describing. We can also compare, contrast, speculate about the situation, react, give our opinion, imagine what happened before and after, who took the photo and why it was taken. 

Read this information and try to describe Elvis' photo again.

MODULE 1.UNDERSTANDING THE PAST PERFECT

Today we are going to concentrate on verb tenses, especially on the PAST PERFECT TENSE.  

 The past perfect tense expresses action in the past before another action in the past. This is the past in the past. For example:

• The train left at 9am. We arrived at 9.15am. When we arrived, the train had left.

The train had left when we arrived.
past	present	future
Train left at 9am.
We arrived at 9.15am.

Look at some more examples:

• I wasn't hungry. I had just eaten.
• They were hungry. They had not eaten for five hours.
• I didn't know who he was. I had never seen him before.
• "Mary wasn't at home when I arrived."
  "Really? Where had she gone?"

You can sometimes think of the past perfect tense like the present perfect tense, but instead of the time being now the time is past.

past perfect tense				present perfect tense
had | done | > |					have | done | > |
past	now	future		past	now	future

For example, imagine that you arrive at the station at 9.15am. The stationmaster says to you:

• "You are too late. The train has left."

Later, you tell your friends:

• "We were too late. The train had left."

We often use the past perfect tense in reported speech after verbs like said, told, asked, thought, wondered:

Look at these examples:

• He told us that the train had left.
• I thought I had met her before, but I was wrong.
• He explained that he had closed the window because of the rain.
• I wondered if I had been there before.
• I asked them why they had not finished.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-perfect_u.htm

3 TASKS

(www.perfect-english-grammar.com) 

A.-Complete with the past perfect or the past simple: 

1. We ____________(already eat) when John ___________ (come) home. 

2. Last year Juan ____________ (pass) all his exams after he _______________ (study) a lot. 

3. When I ________________________________ (get) to the airport I discovered I ____________(forget) my passport. 

4. I went to the library, then I_____________ (buy) some milk and finally I ________ (go) home. 

5. I __________(open) my handbag to find that I _________ 

(lose) my credit card. 

6. When we ____________ (arrive) at the station, the train ____________(already/leave). 

7. We __________(get) home to find that someone _____________ (break) into the house. 

8. I ________ (open) the fridge to find someone ___________ (eat) all my chocolate. 

9. I ___________ (know) my husband for three years when we 

_____________ (get) married. 

10. Julie was very pleased to see that John __________ (clean) the kitchen when she __________ (arrive). 

B.-Rephrase using the past perfect, past continuous, used to. CLICK HERE

C.-VERB TENSES REVISION. Click HERE to revise verb tenses rewriting sentences. 

1. 4 IDIOMS TO TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

 

1. 10 IDIOMS IN FILMS AND SERIES

 

1. EXAMPLE OF IDIOMS

To learn some food idioms click HERE

-The bread and butter: the important things
Just tell me the bread and butter of your report.

-Bring home the bacon: bring the money
She is the one who brings home the bacon.

-It's not my cup of tea: I don't like it.

-Out of the frying pan and into the fire: get involved in more and more trouble.

0. FIND SOMEONE WHO...

 
0. FIND SOMEONE WHO...

First write the questions on your notebook, then move around and talk to your partners. 

1. likes English             (Do you like English?)
2. went to the beach last summer (Did you go to the beach last summer?)
3. can tell a good joke
4. has more than one brother or sister
5. has visited a museum recently
6. has a pet
7. walks to school
8. celebrates his or her birthday the same month you do
9. went to the cinema last weekend
10. is reading a book at the moment
11. is good at Maths
12. can sing very well
13. can play a musical instrument
14. is great at painting
15. is allergic
16. practises a sport
17. hates football
18. comes from a different town
19. loves dancing
20. gets up early at weekends


What did you find out about your classmates and your teacher? Add your comments. 

"I found out ..."
"I didn't know..."
"Now I know" 

0. TAYLOR SWIFT, ANTI-HERO

 Answer these 10 questions while you watch the video of the song: 

Memory Game Questions: 

1  Where is Taylor at the start of the video, and which room is she in?

2 What is Taylor eating in the video?

3  How many tequila shots do the two Taylors take the first time?

4  What is written on the blackboard?

5  How many people are seated in the dining room when giant Taylor arrives?

6  What are the people in the dining room drinking?

7  At her funeral, what is Taylor's son wearing around his neck?

8  Which animal is shown in Taylor’s funeral photo?

9  How much money does Taylor leave to her children?

10  What type of house do Taylor’s children argue about at the funeral?

 Click HERE to check your answers.

0. LESS MISTAKES

 

MISTAKES WE MUST AVOID

Wrong	He has the hair black.
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Wrong	Mark has 13 years.
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Wrong	The people is happy.
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Wrong	My father is doctor.
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Wrong	I love Cáceres. Is a great place.
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Wrong	I'm watching Game of Thrones. Is a very interesting story.
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Wrong	My sister study French at school.
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Wrong	I reading a book.
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Wrong	Often they go to concerts.
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Wrong	I am go to the cinema.
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Wrong	They not play tennis.
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Wrong	She not study German.
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Wrong	They will visit their friends next Friday.
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Wrong	My sister likes listen to music.
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Wrong	I like very much ice cream.
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Wrong	Every students like the teacher.
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Wrong	I must to call him immediately.
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Wrong	She can to drive.
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Wrong	You should not to smoke.
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Wrong	Where I can find a bank?
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Wrong	Where live she?
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Wrong	There aren’t some pencils on the table.
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Wrong	She plays the football at the moment.
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Wrong	Peter is my best friend. I really like he.
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Wrong	Sarah lives in London and his brother lives in Paris.
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Wrong	This are my New Year’s resolutions.
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Wrong	That girls are learning to speak Portuguese.
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Wrong	There was five dogs in the park.
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Wrong	I think is very difficult.
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Wrong	They arrive yesterday.
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Wrong	The teacher gived back the exams.
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Wrong	Mary not went to the party.
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Wrong	Why not went she?
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Wrong	Peter is more tall that John.
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Wrong	Mary is intelligenter than Sue.
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Wrong	The blue team is gooder than the red one.
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Wrong	You speak English good.
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Wrong	I study English from 2018.
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Wrong	The childrens are studing.
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Wrong	There is seven girls in the class.
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Wrong	What will you do tomorrow?
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Wrong	She didn't phoned her boss.
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Wrong	I travelled to Madrid ago three days.
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Wrong	My friend phoned while I did my homework.
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Wrong	A.Do you help me?  B.Yes, I do.
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Wrong	If it rain, we not play tennis.
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Wrong	If David not call me, I send him an email.
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Wrong	I going to watch a video.
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Wrong	This activity is more easy that the previous one.
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Wrong	Peter is the boy more tall of my class.
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Wrong	The Nile is the longest river of the world.
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Wrong	I have visited Niagara Falls last weekend.
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Wrong	He have watched three films this week.
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Wrong	Have climbed you a mountain any time?
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Wrong	He has left school at 3 o'clock.
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Wrong	How many time ago you live in this town?
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Wrong	I knew swim when I had seven years.
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Wrong	The sun cream are expensive.
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Wrong	There are much students in this school.
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Wrong	There aren't anybody on the beach today.
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Wrong	Everybody are nervous the first day of school.
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Wrong	He finish to arrive.
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Wrong	Have cleaned you your teeth?
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Wrong	They live here since August.
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Wrong	I don't play tennis for two weeks.
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Wrong	I’ve been here since three months.
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Wrong	Already he hasn't arrive.
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Wrong	Have you already finished your project?
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Wrong	The concert will be on Friday. I'm not sure.
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Wrong	I will can use my dad's car when I get my driving license.
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Wrong	If we will win this match, we play in the championships.
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Wrong	My brother would like being a pilot.
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Wrong	You haven't to come to school on Saturday.
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Wrong	I will revise for the test after school because I want to pass.
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Wrong	If he would ask me, I would go.
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Wrong	I would haven't arrive late if I hadn't missed the train.
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Wrong	You musn't stay up so late.
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Wrong	They not should get up so early.
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Wrong	He is as tall like his father.
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Wrong	English is speak here.
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Wrong	A lot of people is invite to the party.
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Wrong	These videos wasn't produce in London.
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Wrong	The album will is release soon.
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Wrong	Swim is a really good exercise.
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Wrong	Before go home, you have to finish your writing.
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Wrong	He can't avoid sing in the shower,
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Wrong	My mother can't stand wait for us at dinner time.
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Wrong	It's lovely see you again.
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Wrong	I went to the supermarket for to buy some fruit.
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Wrong	My car was steal yesterday.
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Wrong	You needn't to come to the meeting.
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Wrong	This is the woman which won the competition.
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Wrong	We travelled in India for a year before we went to Pakistan.
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Wrong	He said me he was in a band.
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Wrong	Although it was raining, but we had the picnic.
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Wrong	However it was raining, we had the picnic.
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Wrong	I enjoyed from the movie.
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Wrong	I look forward to meet you.
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Wrong	My cousin live in the United States.
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Wrong	When I will arrive, I will call you.
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Wrong	My boyfriend has got a new work.
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Wrong	She doesn’t listen me.
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Wrong	Do you like a glass of wine?
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Wrong	There is seven girls in the class.
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Wrong	I didn’t meet nobody.
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