Friday, December 6, 2024

Possessives

 1) A student has a bag. This is a ____________ bag. 

2) The girls have colourful hats. The ______ hats are colourful. 

3) James has a sister named Julia. Julia is ________ sister.

4) Children left their toys on the floor. The _________ toys are on the floor. 

5) Julia and John have a car. ___________ car is blue. 

6) Julia and John both have a blue car. _______ cars are both blue. 

7) _______ bags are these? - They are our neighbours'. 

8) They have a black Labrador. The black labrador is _______ . 

9) She has a diamong ring. This ring is ______ . 

10) I have 2 pairs of skis. These skis are all ______ . 




1) student's

2) girls'

3) James's sister

4) (the) children's toys

5) Julia and John's

6) Julia's and John's

7) whose

8) theirs

9) hers

10) mine


Insight: Earthships

Task 1: check your spelling

1) recycled material

2) rubbish

3) environment

4) collect water

5) electricity

6) tyres

7) solar panels

8) wind turbine

9) comfortable

10) ordinary home


Task 2: Translate

1) "Maalaev" on maja, mis on tehtud ümbertöödeldud materjalist, prügist ja maapinnast. 

2) See on keskkonnale hea. 

3) See maja kogub vett, teeb elektrit ja kasvatab toitu. 

4) Nad panevad maapinnast autorehvide sisse ja kasutavaid neid välisseintel.

5) Seal on  päikesepaneel ja tuuleturbiin, et toota elektrit päikesest ja tuulest. 

6) See maja on väga keskkonnasõbralik (roheline), aga see teeb ka mugava maja?

7) Sel on kõik samad asjad olemas nagu tavalisel majal. 


How to advertise a house?

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Unusual Buildings

Watch the video for inspiration; 10 unusual buildings

Now design a building on your own and add information. On one side of the paper make notes, on the other side draw the building for showing to the others.

In your presentation, you should describe your building:

1) Where is it? (location, landscape, distance from other important landmarks etc)
2) Which materials are used? What colours?
3) What does the shape remind of?
4) What about its size (m2), number of rooms, height etc?
5) What are different parts of the building like? (roof, walls, doors, windows etc. ) What features does the building have? (lift, balconies etc)
6) Who/What is it for?
7) What is the name of your building?
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other relevant information you want to include

Prepare your speaking:

* maintain eye contact (though you can look at your notes)
* find words to stress
* don't be too fast, but fluency is important
* pay attention to pronunciation
* start and finish your presentation


Buildings

http://www.archdaily.com/364867/powerwindows-a-proposal-for-skyscraper-compatible-wind-turbines/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hathaway%27s_Cottage
http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/06/06/floating-homes-londons-houseboats/



http://www.sportseventstravel.co.uk/motorsport/le_mans_classic.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/21/better-retirement-housing-bedroom-tax
http://malcolmsenglishpages.com/situations/talking-about-your-home-stub/

http://housetype.blogspot.com/2013/07/house-type-terraced-house.html

http://leticiasworld.blogspot.com/2013/10/castles-great-places-to-travel-to.html
http://www.mobilehomeinsurancequotes.org


Thursday, December 5, 2024

In the Home

 


















Now check your answers

1) shutters

2) freezer

3) cushions

4) washbasin

5) bedside table

6) sink

7) rug

8) dishwasher

9) shelf / shelves

10) wardrobe

Monday, November 18, 2024

Languages

4. Bengali

5. Hindi

14. Vietnamese

Arabic

Thai

26. Ukrainian

36. Romanian

74. Greek

88. Bulgarian


Language Quiz



1) Spanish

2) Italian

3) Greek

4) French

5) Vietnamese

6) German

7) Thai

8) Turkish

9) Lithuanian

10) Ukrainian


Self-test


1) Dutch

2) Hungarian

3) Greek

4) Swedish

5) Norwegian

6) Icelandic

7) Arabic

8) Portuguese

9) Chinese

10) Czech


Marking scale:

9-10p "5" 

7-8p "4"

5-6p "3"

<4p "2" 

Teacher: ________

Handwriting: ______  (excellent, good, OK, not very clear, messy, unclear, difficult to read...)