Neway challenge academy no.

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2021/22 Academic Year

SUBJECT: - English

GRADE: - 12

TEACHER`S NAME- Mr Girma and Gshaw

ITEM – NOTE- 2

Feedback for the lesson note sent for first week

I. As & like
1. Like
2. As
3. Like
4. As
II. The more … the more…
1. He more your sleep, the more tired you are
2. The more water we drink, the softer our skin gets/ the softer skin
we get
3. The more balanced diet we eat, the healthier we become
4. The more physical exercises we do, the more physically fit we are.
III. Language of discussion
1. In my opinion
2. Speaking of
3. The way I see it
IV. Discourse makers
1. To begin with ( 1st space )
2. Besides (2nd space)
3. Moreover (3rd space)
4. That is why (4th space)
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Lesson 1

I. Expressing regret in the present

Look at the following dialogue.

Dialogue 1

X: You did very badly in the test!

Y: I know. I wish I had studied.

Dialogue 2

Abel: It is raining outside.

Blen. I know. I wish I had an umbrella.

In the first dialogue, ‘Y’ is expressing past regrets because s/he did very badly
or failed the test but, in the second dialogue, Blen is expressing her present
regret since she has no umbrella and maybe she can’t leave.

We use I wish +I +simple past tense to talk about things that we regret, which
are not as we would like or as we dream of.

I wish I lived nearer the school. Meaning I am not living nearer the school.

I wish I could speak French. Meaning that I can’t speak French right now.

Lesson two

2. Expressing Regrets in Past

If I had known…

I wish I had known…

Study these example situations

Last month Solomon was in hospital for a few days. Rahel did’t know this, so
she did not go to visit him. They met a few days ago.
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Rahel said: If I had known you were in hospital, I would have gone to visit you.

1. Rahhel said: If I had known you were in hospital…. This tells us that she
did not know that he was in hospital. We use if + had to … to talk about
the past (e.g. I had known/been/done etc.)
2. I did not see you when you passed me in the street. If I had seen you, of
course, I would have said hello. (but I didn’t see you).
We use had (done) in the same way after wish

I wish something had happened = I am sorry it did not happen.

Example: I wish I had known that Solomon was ill. I would have gone to see
him. (But I did not know).

We use I +wish+I+past perfect tense to talk about things which we regret about
the past.

I wish I hadn’t spoken unkindly to my best friend yesterday when we had an

argument.

Note: when we use I wish+ the verb to be, were often used instead of was.

For example: I wish I were taller.

I wish my sister were closer to me in age.

1. Complete the following sentences in ways that are true for you.

a. I wish I had_______________________________________.

b. I wish I could______________________________________.

c. I wish I didn’t______________________________________.

d. I wish I hadn’t______________________________________.

e. I wish I were_______________________________________.

f. I wish the current pandemic were______________________.

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Lesson three

III. Some other ways of expressing regret

In the previous lessons, we used the structure/form: I+wish+I +simple past

tense to talk about present regret and I+wish+I +past perfect tense to talk
about past regret. There are also other structures to be used to talk about
similar situations. We can use unreal conditional structures to talk about
situations that do not exist in the present or past. These are often regrets;
things we wish were true. a. In the present:

If I played the guitar, I could be in a band.

But for the fact that I can’t play the guitar, I would be in a band.

If only I played the guitar!

I wish I played the guitar.

2. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the verbs given in
brackets

a. I am thirsty! I wish we_______ (have) some money for a cool drink.

b. You dance so well. I wish I________ (can dance) like you.

c. When we go running, I am always the last. I wish I______ (can run) faster.

d. I gave him my new reference book for a week, but he didn’t bring it back as
he promised. I wish I_____ (not give) him at all.

e. My silver earrings would go very well with dress. I wish I_____ (not lost) them.

If it hadn’t been raining, I would have been able to come to school.

If only it hadn’t been raining.

I wish it hadn’t been raining.

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But for the rain, I would have caught the bus. 1. Make an if sentence about
each of these situations. The first one is done! a. There is a beautiful bicycle on
sale in the shop. You don’t have enough money to buy it.

a. If I had enough money, I would buy the beautiful bicycle on sale in the
shop _____________________________________________________________.
b. b. You didn’t go to the concert last night so you didn’t hear the fantastic
music. _____________________________________________________________.

c. You don’t play netball well enough, so you can’t be in the team.

_____________________________________________________________.

d. The goal keeper didn’t play well. At your last match, and that is why your
team lost. _____________________________________________________________.

e. You spoke to Assefa and he can’t come to the film as he hasn’t got any
money. _____________________________________________________________.

f. You didn’t come to class on Monday. You missed the first quiz.

_____________________________________________________________.

Exercise 1. Put the verb in to the correct form.

1. I did not know you were in hospital. If________(I/know), ____________(I/go)

to see you.
2. Samuel got to the station just in time to catch the train to the airport.
If_____ (he/miss) the train, ______________(he/miss) his flight.
3. I am glad that you reminded me about Aman’s birthday. (I/forget)
if______(you/not/remind) me.
4. Unfortunately, I forgot my address book when I went on holiday.
If_____(I/have) your address, ________(I/send) you a postcard.
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Exercise 2. For each situation, write a sentence starting beginning with

if………

1. I was not hungry, so I didn’t eat anything.

2. The accident happened because the road was icy.
3. I didn’t know that Yohanes had to get up very early, so I didn’t wake him
up.
4. I was able to buy the car only because Eyob lent me the money.

Exercise 3. Write these sentences right/wrong, then correct them where

necessary.

1. I wish Sarah would be here right now.

2. I wish you would listen to me.
3. I wish I would have more free time.
4. I wish our house would be a bit bigger.

Lesson four

Prefixes

Prefixes and suffixes are groups of letters that are attached to the specific
words at the beginning and end respectively. These groups of letters may or
may not change the word class they are attached to. These are ways of building
new vocabularies. The most common prefixes are: un, in, and dis. They are
used to make a word of opposite or negative meaning to the base word or bare
infinitive. There are no rules about which kinds of words take each of these
prefixes. However, there some prefixes with a negative meaning that can only
be used with certain kinds of words. These are: il-, im-, ir-. il-only used with
words beginning with ‘I’.

For example, the word logical begins with ‘l’, so it take the prefix-il and
becomes illogical. 1. Add the correct prefix, not suffix, to each of these words
and make your own grammatically correct and meaningful sentences. Among
these word, some take only one and others may take two prefixes, so you can
use both and make sentences with both. (eg. uninformed, misinformed).
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Example : I was uninformed. (Meaning, I did not get any information at all)

I was misinformed (Meaning, I was informed, but it was a wrong one)

Practice exercise: Show how the following words bring about difference in
meaning using: mis- and un-

1. Read
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2. Treat
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3. Calculate
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