th

9 Form
An overview
Grammar
Vocabulary
Writing

Compiled by:
Nouri Chakroun

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9th form: An overview Nouri Chakroun

Module 1: Family life

Lesson 1: Family relationships

Vocabulary:
1- True: Consistent with fact or reality.
True ≠ false
2- Magic
(N): The art or practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects.
Magical (adj)
Magically (adv)
3- Supportive (adj): Furnishing support or assistance.
Support (n)
Supportiveness (n)
Supportively (adv)
3- Severe (adj): harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others.
Severity (n)
Severely (adv)
4- Easy-going (adj): Living without undue worry or concern; calm.
5- Wisdom (n): The ability to discern or judge what is true and right.
Wise (adj)
Wisely (adv)
6- Fight (v): To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary.
Fight (v) = quarrel (v)
7- Miserable (adj): Very uncomfortable or unhappy.
Misery (n)
8- Divorce (n): The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Divorce ≠ marriage
Divorced (adj) ≠ Married (adj)
9- Orphanage (n): A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
Orphan (noun): a child whose parents are dead.
Orphanhood (noun): the state of being an orphan
10- Afford (v):
To have the financial means for; bear the cost of:
11- Widow: A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.
12- Widower: A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.
13- Aggressive (adj): Characterized by aggression.
Aggression (n)
Aggressiveness (n)
Aggressively (adv)
14- Quarrelsome (adj): Marked by quarreling.
15- Friendly (adj): Characteristic of or behaving as a friend.
16- Quick-tempered (adj): Easily aroused to anger.
17- Naughty (adj): Behaving disobediently.
18- Mean (adj): ungenerous.
19- Kind (adj): Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.
20- Moody (adj): Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.

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Mood (n)
21- Let down: To withdraw support from.
22- Rely on: be dependent on, as for support or maintenance.
23- See eye to eye: be in agreement.

Grammar

Question word Function Example

what asking for information about What is your name?

something

when asking about time When did he leave?

where asking in or at what place or position Where do they live?

which asking about choice Which colour do you want?

who asking what or which person or people Who opened the door?
(subject)

whom asking what or which person or people Whom did you see?
(object)

whose asking about ownership Whose are these keys?

Whose turn is it?

why asking for reason, asking what...for Why do you say that?

how asking about manner How does this work?

asking about condition or quality How was your exam?

how far distance How far is Pattaya from

Bangkok?

how long length (time or space) How long will it take?

how many quantity (countable) How many cars are there?

how much quantity (uncountable) How much money do you

have?

how old age How old are you?

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9th form: An overview Nouri Chakroun

How to keep a healthy family environment:

- Parents should play with their children
- Parents take time from work and other commitments to celebrate birthdays and holidays
and do activities together as a family.
- Eating together is extremely significant and brings the family together.
- Adults listen to children and children listen to adults. A 5-year-old can have an opinion!
No opinions are wrong, no question is inappropriate; there is safety in communicating.
- Avoid using abusive language
- Family members should work through difficulties together.

The importance of a healthy family environment:

- A healthy family environment makes children more sociable
- Family is also beneficial for the child’s self-confidence
- A healthy family environment leads to success at school
- It helps the child’s mental and physical development
- Family love, warmth and support contributes to the child's psychological equilibrium

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Module 1: Family life

Lesson 2: Sharing family responsibilities

Vocabulary:
1- To cook (v): to prepare food
Cook (n): someone who cooks food
Cooker (n): an appliance for cooking.
2- To feed (v): To give food to; supply with nourishment.
3- To rock (v): To move back and forth or from side to side, especially gently or rhythmically.
4- Role (n): A character or part played by a performer.
5- Close (adj): Being near in relationship:
6- To bring up (v): To take care of and educate (a child); rear.
7- Exciting (adj): Creating or producing excitement.
Excited (adj): Being in a state of excitement.
Excited = very happy
Excitement (n) = happiness
8- Demanding (adj): Requiring much effort or attention:
Demanding (adj): Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations.
9- To look after (v): To take care of.

To sweep the floor To mop the floor To wash the dishes To iron the clothes

To do the laundry To cook the meals To make the bed To hang the clothes out
to dry

To throw out the garbage To water the trees To mow the lawn To wash the car

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Grammar:
There are two types of adjectives:

Short adjectives Long adjectives

Definition Example Definition Example

One-syllable adjectives Fast / nice Two-syllable adjectives Modern / pleasant

not ending in “Y”
Two-syllable adjectives Happy / easy Three-syllable adjectives Expensive / difficult
ending in “Y”

Comparative form:
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between two objects or two people.

Superlative form:
Superlative adjectives are used to describe a person or an object that is at the upper or lower limit of a
quality.

Short adjective Long adjective

Comparative form Short adjective + er + than More + long adjective + than

Superlative form The + short adjective + est The + most + long adjective

Spelling of comparatives and superlatives with one-syllable adjectives:

Type of adjective Comparative Superlative

Adjectives ending in-e Add-r: add -st:
e.g: finer, nicer e.g.: finest, nicest
Adjectives with one double the final consonant and add - double the final consonant and
vowel + one consonant: er: add -est:
e.g.: bigger, hotter e.g.: biggest, hottest
Two-syllable adjectives Change “y” into “i” and add -er: Change “y” into “i” and add -
ending in -y e.g.: happier, easier est:
e.g.: happiest, easiest
Irregular comparatives and superlatives:

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Good Better best

Bad Worse Worst

Far Farther / further Farthest / furthest

Little Less least

Late Latter last

Much More Most

Old Older / elder Oldest / eldest

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The benefits of sharing house responsibilities:
- Easing family stress, resulting in fewer arguments at home
- Giving couples more time for activities that both enjoy
- Breaking away from gender stereotypes: e.g. men go to work, and women stay home to
watch over the kids and manage household chores
- Giving couples an opportunity to achieve a fair balance at home
- Teaching children to be responsible

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 Module 1: Family life
Lesson 3: Generation gap

Vocabulary:
1- Generation gap: A difference in values and attitudes between one generation and another.
2- To agree (v): To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord.
To agree≠ to disagree
Agreement (n) ≠ disagreement (n)
3- Embarrassed (adj): you feel sorry about something you did wrong.
Embarrassed (adj) = ashamed of
Embarrassing (adj) = causing embarrassment
To embarrass (v): To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease.
4- To break (v): To violate or disregard.
5- Pig-headed: Stubborn.
6- To sneak out (v): To leave quietly.
7- Conservative (adj): Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
8- Obey (v): To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
Obedient (adj)
Obedience (n)
Obey = abide = comply = follow
9- Overprotective (adj): to protect some excessively
Overprotect (verb)
Overprotection (noun)
10- Quarrel (verb/noun): a heated argument
Quarrelsome (adj)
11- Authoritarian (adj): enforcing strict obedience to authority
12- Open-minded (adj): willing to consider new ideas
open-minded ≠ narrow minded
13- Strict = Severe ≠ lenient = easy-going
14- Fashion (noun): popular trend
Fashionable (adj) ≠ traditional

Ripped jeans High-heeled shoes Short clothes Tattoos

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 Piercings Hairstyles Low waist pants Disrespect for the elderly

Grammar:
Compound adjectives
A compound adjective is an adjective that contains two or more words.

NUMBER + NOUN (singular) I have a three-week vacation

ADVERB + PAST PARTICIPLE We live in a densely-populated city

NOUN + PAST PARTICIPLE I love eating sun-dried raisins

NOUN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE That was a record-breaking jump.

NOUN + ADJECTIVE This is a smoke-free restaurant

ADJECTIVE + NOUN It was a last-minute decision
ADJECTIVE + PAST PARTICIPLE That is an old-fashioned dress

ADJECTIVE + PRESENT PARTICIPLE She is a good-looking girl.

Causes of generation gap:

- Lack of understanding: this is due to social changes, different languages and the invasion of
social media
- Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to punish their children.
- Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the
gap becomes wide.
- Parents expect their children to be replicas of themselves.
- Due to busy daily life and stress, parents often find themselves too tired to spend enough
time with their kids every day.

Ways to avoid generation gap:

- You should focus on similarities and not the differences between the various generations.
- Communication is the key in bridging age gap.
- Parents should be open-minded and children should be respectful.
- Parents need to allow their kids time to talk without interruption and listen to what they have
to say.
- Love has a way of crossing boundaries and bringing people together

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 Module 1: Family life
Lesson 4: Pocket money
Vocabulary:
1- Stationery (n): Writing paper and envelopes.
2- To save (v): To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.
Savings (n)
3- To spend (v): To pay out (money).
Spending (n): the act of paying out money.
Overspend (v): To spend more than is prudent or necessary
Overspending (n)
4- Extra (n): Something more than is usual or necessary:
5- To purchase (v): to buy
To buy ≠ to sell
6- Addiction (n): Physiological or psychological dependence, as on a substance.
Addicted (adj)
7- Hard-earned (adj): obtained or earned through effort or struggle.
8- To earn (v): To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work.
Earning (n)
9- To exchange (v): To give in return for something received; trade.
Exchange (n) / (adj)
10- Kiosk (n):
A small structure, usually open in front, used as a newsstand or a place for selling goods.
11- Expensive (adj): Marked by high prices.
Expensive ≠ cheap
12- To worry (v): To feel uneasy.
Worried (adj) = anxious
Worries (n pl)
13- to reduce (v): To bring down.
Reduction (n)
14- Allowance (n): A small amount of money regularly given to a child.
15- Expenses (n): An expenditure of money; a cost.
16- Tight-fisted (adj): not willing to spend or give much money
tight-fisted = stingy = mean
Tight-fisted ≠ generous
17- Littered (adj): untidy; a large number of objects left lying about
18- To complain about (verb): to express dissatisfaction
Complaint (noun)

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Grammar:
Nouns
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
- have a singular and plural form - have only one form (no plural)
e.g: a car ====> two cars e.g: money / moneys
- Always use singular verbs
e.g: Money is important.
- can use a singular verb or a plural verb - cannot use a / an or a number before them
e.g: The car is old. e.g: a money / two moneys
The cars are old.
- used with many (= a great number) - used with much (= a great quantity)
Comparison of equality

The As + Adjective + As structure is used to express equality.

The As + much / many + noun + as is also used to express equality.

Examples:
- David is 15 years old. John is 15 years old, too.
 He’s as old as me.
- She spends 15 dinars each week. I spend 15 dinars each week, too
 I spend as much money a week as her.

When to give children pocket money:

Children might be ready to try managing some pocket money if they can understand that:
- they need money to buy things
- it’s important to save money, and not spend it all
- spending all their money today means there’s no more until the next payment.

How much pocket money?

You can base your decision about how much pocket money to give on:
- what your family budget will allow
- how old your child is
- what you expect pocket money to pay for

Tips on giving pocket money:

- Explain to your child what pocket money is for and what it isn’t for.
- Negotiate guidelines about how much money can go into saving, spending and donating.
- Pay what you can afford, regardless of what other parents (or your child!) might say.
- Pay it on a set day. You might choose to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
- Try not to supplement pocket money or pay in advance.

Tips to manage pocket money:

- You should budget for the week or fortnight ahead
- You should control your spending
- You should save money

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 Module 1: Family life
Lesson 5: Safety at home

Vocabulary:
1- To bite(v): To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
2- Safety (n): The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk, or injury.
Safe (adj)
Safely (adv)
Save (v)
3- To own (v): To have or possess as property.
Own (adj): Of or belonging to oneself or itself:
Owner (n)
4- To chain (v): To bind or make fast with a chain or chains
Chain (n)
Chained (adj)
5- To isolate (v): To cause to be alone or apart.
Isolation (n)
Isolated (adj)
6- To occur (v): To take place; to happen.
Occurence (n)
7- Hazard (n): Risk or danger.
Hazard (v): To expose to danger or risk.(= endanger).
Hazardous (adj)
8- To infect (v): To invade and proliferate in, often resulting in disease.
Infection (n)
Infected (adj)
Infectious (adj)
9- To supervise (v): To manage and direct; be in charge of.
Supervised (adj)
Supervision (n)
10- To forbid (v): To command (someone) not to do something.
Forbidden (adj)
Forbiddance (n)
11- Incident (n):
A usually violent or disruptive occurrence, especially one that precipitates a larger crisis.

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 A sharp knife To jump from the window Cleaning products: A thief breaking into the
Bleach house

A cooker and a hot pan Medicine within Playing with electricity Parental violence
children’s reach
Safety rules at home:
1) Do not leave your children alone at home
2) Keep all cleaning products away from your children
3) Cover the electrical outlets and wires covered
4) Small sized items must be kept away from children
5) Don’t play with fire
6) Keep the medicine out of children’s reach
7) Be careful when letting your child interact with pets
8) Avoid opening the door for strangers
9) Keep the first aid kit easily accessible
10) Be vigilant

Warning
Expression example
Beware Beware of the dogs.
Be careful Be careful. The pan is too hot.
Watch out Watch out! The floor is slippery
Look out Look out! The knife is sharp
Mind your … Mind your hands.
Mind your head.
Grammar:
“While” and “Whereas” are used to express CONTRAST.
Examples:
His father is lenient whereas his mother is very severe.
“lenient” and “severe” are opposites CONTRAST.
While discussing our problems with our parents is useful, conflicts can be harmful.
“useful” and “harmful” are opposites CONTRAST.

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 Module 2: Education
Lesson 1: School memories

Vocabulary:
1- Memory: - The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience.
- Something that is remembered
2- To notice: to observe
3- To erase: to remove
4- Instead: In the place of something
5- Proud (adj): Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship.
Pride (n)
7- Grade = mark
8- To cheat: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage
Cheat (noun): a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.
Cheating
9- To succeed: To accomplish something desired or intended.
Success (n)
Successful (adj)
Successfully (adv)
10- To fail ≠ to succeed
Failure (n)
11- To pass an exam: to be successful
12- To sit for an exam: to take an exam to qualify for a license.
13- To revise: To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test.
To revise = to review
Revision (n)
1) Teach ≠ learn 5) written ≠ oral
2) clever ≠ stupid 6) practical ≠ theoretical
3) good ≠ bad 7) failure ≠ success
4) hard ≠ easy 8) attend ≠ leave

Grammar:
1- Possessive adjectives vs Possessive adjectives

Subject Object Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns

pronouns pronouns
I Me My Mine
You You Your Yours
+ Nouns

We Us Our Ours
+ verb
+∅

They Them Their Theirs

He Him His His
She Her Her Hers
It It Its Its

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 Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronouns
Examples: Examples:
My dog is big. The dog is mine.
Her cat is brown. The brown cat is hers.
Their sister works downtown. Theirs works downtowns.

2- The genitive case:

The genitive case is most commonly used to show possession

- Singular noun: The possessor + 's + the thing possessed

e.g: The student's schoolbag

- Irregular plural: The possessor + 's + the thing possessed

e.g: The children's toys

Irregular plural
Singular form Plural form
Man Men
Woman Women
Child Children
Mouse Mice
Foot Feet
Tooth Teeth
Goose Geese
Person People

- Plural noun: The possessors + ' + the thing posessed

e.g: The students ' schoolbags

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 Module 2: Education
Lesson 2: School rules

Vocabulary:
1- Goal: The object toward which an endeavor is directed; an end.
Goal = Objective
2- To achieve: To succeed in accomplishing; bring about.
3- Asleep (adj): In a state of sleep
Sleep (verb/noun)
To fall asleep ≠ To stay awake
4- Awake (v. tr.): To rouse from sleep
To wake up (v. intr)
5-Biology (n): The science of life and of living organisms
Biologist
6- Earthquake:
A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic fau
lts or by volcanic activity.
7- Engineer: One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.
8- Diploma:
A document issued by an educational institution, such as a university, testifying that the recipient has e
arned adegree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
Diploma = certificate = degree
To get a diploma
9- Be fond of something / someone: liking someone or something
10- Be good at something: be skilled at something
11- Be bad at something: not be skilled at something
12- Dream about something: To fantasize about someone or something
13- to be required to do something: officially compulsory
14- To achieve (verb): successfully bring about or reach
achievement (noun)
15- To improve = to ameliorate
Improvement (n)
16- To translate: To render in another language
Translation (n)
Translator (n)
School rules

DO’S DON'TS
1) Come to school on time, well groomed – in 1) Do not chew gum in the classroom
proper uniform and polished shoes. 2) Do not damage school property: Do not write
2) Be regular in attendance. or carve on the desk.
3) Keep the classrooms and school premises 3) Do not speak when the teacher is talking
clean and tidy. 4) Do not eat in the classroom
4) Close the taps after use in the drinking area 5) Do not disturb other students' learning
and washrooms. 6) Do not cheat in the exam
5) Switch off the fans and lights after use.. 7) Do not bully your colleagues
6) Be fair and honest at work. 8) Do not move or change seats without
7) Respect your teachers and classmates. permission
8) Raise your hand before speaking. 9) Do not shout in the classroom
9) Do your homework. 10) Do not get in physical fights
10) Bring materials and have them ready.

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Grammar:
Be going to + verb intention

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Subject + to be (simple Subject + to be (simple present) To be (simple present) + Subject
present) + going to + verb + not + going to + verb (bare + going to + verb (bare infinitive
(bare infinitive form) infinitive form) form)

I am going to leave. I am not going to leave. Am I going to leave?

You are going to leave. You are not going to leave. Are you going to leave?

We are going to leave. We are not going to leave. Are we going to leave?

They are going to leave. They are not going to leave. Are they going to leave?

He is going to leave. He is not going to leave. Is he going to leave?

She is going to leave. She is not going to leave. Is she going to leave?

It is going to leave. It is not going to leave. Is it going to leave?

Present Progressive a planned action in the future.

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Subject + to be (simple Subject + to be (simple present) To be (simple present) + Subject +
present) + verb + ing + not + verb + ing verb + ing

I am speaking. I am not speaking. Am I speaking?

You are speaking. You are not speaking. Are you speaking?

We are speaking. We are not speaking. Are we speaking?

They are speaking. They are not speaking. Are they speaking?

He is speaking. He is not speaking. Is he speaking?

She is speaking. She is not speaking. Is she speaking?

It is speaking. It is not speaking. Is it speaking?

Reflexive pronouns

- We use the reflexive pronouns when the object is the same person/thing as the subject.
e.g.: - I cut myself shaving this morning.
- The cat licks itself

- Reflexive pronouns can also be used to emphasize the subject or object - to say "that person/thing
and nobody/nothing else"
e.g.: - The Theorleys built the house themselves
- The house itself is nice, but the garden is small

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 Subject pronoun Reflexive pronoun
I Myself
You Yourself / yourselves
We Ourselves
They Themselves
He Himself
She Herself
It Itself

Cheating
Reasons Ways Consequences Alternatives
* Lazyiness *looking at others' tests. * school report. * work hard.
* To get a good Mark. *writing information on * expelled from school * revise the lessons
* Lack of The desk/ clothes / For at least 15 days. Regularly.
self-confidence. Small sheet of paper. * get lost. *ask help
* To please parents *use headsets. * no longer understand. * be self-confident.
* hate school.
* will be disrespected.

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 Module 2: Education
Lesson 3: First day at school

Vocabulary:
1- Afraid: Filled with fear; frightened
2- Excited (adj) = very happy
Excitement (n) = Happiness
3- To forget ≠ to remember
4-To shake hands: to take someone's hand and move it up and down to greet someone.
5- Have a good time: have fun, enjoy yourself
6- To meet (verb): come into the presence or company of (someone) by chance or arrangement.
meeting (noun)

Indifferent (adj) Excited (adj) Afraid (adj) Nervous (adj)

Indifference (noun) Excitement (noun) fear (noun) Nervousness (noun)

Lonely (adj) Sad (adj) Angry (adj) Shy (adj)

Loneliness (noun) Sadness (noun) Anger (noun) Shyness (noun)

Curious (adj) Hesitant (adj) Hopeful (adj) Ambitious (adj)

Curiosity (noun) Hesitation (noun) Hope (noun) Ambition (noun)

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Grammar:
Simple past
1) Form:

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Yes/No question Wh question
I worked/knew. I did not work/know. Did I work/know? What did I work/know?
We worked/knew. You did not work/know. Did you work/know? What did you work/know?
You worked/knew. We did not work/know. Did we work/know? What did we work/know?
They worked/knew. They did not work/know Did they work/know? What did they work/know?
He worked/knew. He did not work/know. Did he work/know? What did he work/know?
She worked/knew. She did not work/know. Did she work/know? What did she work/know?
It worked/knew. It did not work/know. Did it work/know? Why did it work/know?

Subject + verb (past Subject + did not + verb Did + subject + verb Wh word + did + verb
form) (bare infinitive form) (bare infinitive form) ? (bare infinitive form)?

2) Uses:
Use Example
1) An action that started and finished at a definite Last night, I watched TV
time in the past

3)Markers:
-yesterday
-last year/month/week/season…
-a year/month/week ago
-two/three..days/weeks…ago
- in 2005

4) Spelling:

Add "ed" to verbs ending in‘consonants’:

look – looked
jump – jumped
play – played
Verbs ending in consonant + ‘y’ omit ‘y’ + add ‘ied’
study – studied
carry – carried
dry – dried

Add "d" to verbs ending in ‘e’:

like – liked
live – lived
save – saved
Verbs ending with CVC:double the last consonant + add ‘ed’
stop – stopped
beg – begged

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 Module 2: Education
Lesson 4: Violence at school

Vocabulary:
1- To believe: a) accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of
b) Think
Belief (noun)
2- To move (verb): go in a specified direction or manner; change position
Movement
3- Accent (noun): a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a
particular nation, locality, or social class.
4- Accent (verb): emphasize (a particular feature).
5- Taunt (verb/noun) : provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks
6- To participate: to take part in
participation (noun)
7- Violence (noun): behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or
something.
Violent (adj)
8- To call someone names: to insult

To bully To swear (verbal violence) To slap To punch

To push To pull To kick To harass

Grammar:

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Must = have to express obligation
e.g: He had to his homework
He has to respect his friends
He will have to
Have to / must + verb (bare infinitive form)

Obligation in the past Obligation in the present Obligation in the future

I I I
You You have to / must You
We We We
They had to They They will have to
He He He
She She has to /must She
It It It

Causes of school violence:

- Children often mistake power for respect. In trying to command the respect of their peers, they often
resort to methods of abuse and violence.
- Children imitate what they on Television or on the internet
- Children who have been victims of teasing may resort to violence.
- Children also wrongly display violent behavior in order to win the approval of peers and the opposite
sex.
- Witnessing abusive or violent behavior at home, especially between parents or guardians, can also
make children turn violent.

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Ways to stop school violence:
- Praise and encourage children for their good behaviour.
- Make sure to highlight and reward the children's achievements and take pride in the same.
- In case of aggressive behaviour, find out its cause and offer solutions that can help resolve the
conflict.
- Always show your child that you love, care and trust him.
- Make an effort to know your child’s friends.
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 Module 2: Education
Lesson 5: School life

Vocabulary:
1- To get on: a) perform or make progress in a specified way
b) have a harmonious or friendly relationship
2- To expect: regard (something) as likely to happen.
Expectation (noun)
3- Expenses: the cost required for something; the money spent on something
4- To send: cause to go or be taken to a particular destination
5- To realise: become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.
6- Indeed (adv): used to emphasize a statement
7- Sensitive (adv): quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences
8- Rent (verb/noun): a tenant’s regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land
9- Upset (adj) = unhappy and worried.
10- Depressed (adj) = sad and fed up..
Depression (noun)
Depress (verb)
11- Lost (adj) = with no particular destination
Lose (verb)
Loss (noun)

Grammar:
Future:
Form:

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Yes/No question Wh question
I will work. I will not work. Will I work? Where will I work?
You will work. You will not work. Will you work? Where will you work?
We will work. We will not work. Will we work? Where will we work?
They will work. They will not work. Will they work? Where will they work?
He will work. He will not work. Will he work? Where will he work?
She will work. She will not work. Will she work? Where will she work?
It will work. It will not work. Will it work? Where will it work?

Subject + will + Subject + will not + Will + subject + Wh word + will + subject +
verb(bare infinitive verb(bare infinitive form) verb(bare infinitive verb(bare infinitive form)?
form) form)?

2) Uses:
Use Example
A future action Next year, I will visit France

3)Markers:
- tomorrow
- soon
- in a week/month/year…
- next week / month / year
- In + time expression (2020)

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 Module 3: Health and environment
Lesson 1: Air and land pollution

Vocabulary:
1- Pollution (noun): the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that
has harmful or poisonous effects.
Pollute (verb)
Polluted (adj)
2- Pollutant (noun): a substance that pollutes something
3- Contaminate (verb): make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or
polluting substance.
Contamination (noun)
Contaminated (verb)
4- Smog: fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants
5- Release (verb/noun): allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free
6- Fumes: harmful gases released by cars and factories.
9- Rubbish = garbage = litter = waste
10- to breathe: take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process
breath (noun)
11- To inhale: to breathe in ≠ to exhale: to breathe out
12- Pesticide: a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants
or to animals
13- Headache: pain in the head.
14- Earache: pain in the ear.
15- Deafness (n) = inability to hear
deaf (adj).
16- Overcrowded (adj): very crowded / full of people.
17- Poison(noun/verb): a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism
when introduced or absorbed.
Toxic (adj) = poisonous.
18- Weakness (n) ≠ strength (n)
weak (adj) ≠ strong (adj).
19- Diseases = dangerous illnesses like cancer..
20- Battery: a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into
electricity and used as a source of power
21- Spray: liquid that is blown or driven through the air in the form of tiny drops.

Causes of pollution:

Types of pollution Causes

Air pollution - Forest fires
- Emissions from vehicles and factories
- Wars
Land pollution - Improper disposal of waste: illegal dumping and mining
- Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
Water pollution - Marine dumping
- oil spill
- sewage
Noise - traffic noise
- Air craft noise
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Effects of pollution:

Types of pollution Effects

Air pollution - Acid rain
- Ozone depletion
- respiratory problems
Land pollution - The imbalance of nature
- It results in carious skin problems
- pesticides can damage crops, kill vegetation and poison animals
Water pollution - Diseases like Cholera, Malaria, and typhoid
- Aquatic life gets destroyed
Noise - hearing loss
- high blood pressure and stress
- sleep disturbance

Grammar:
- Cars and factories release fumes into the air that's why the air we breathe is polluted.

- Individuals throw garbage everywhere in the street as a result our land is not clean.

- Farmers spray chemicals therefore the food we eat is contaminated.

- Ships spill oil or petrol into the sea so the sea is polluted.

- Used up batteries are very dangerous because they leak heavy metals.

That’s why
As a result
Therefore Linkers
So
Because

That’s why / As a result / Therefore / So express result

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 Module 3: Health and environment
Lesson2: Smoking and health

Vocabulary:
1- To give up: to stop = to cease
2- To dump: deposit or dispose of (garbage, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or
hurried way.
3- damage (noun/ verb): inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or
normal function.
Damage = harm
4- Harmful: causing or likely to cause harm.
Harmful ≠ harmless
5- Addicted (adj): physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance
Addiction (noun)
Addict (person): a person who is addicted to a particular substance
Addictive (adj): causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted.
6- Prohibit (verb): formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.
Prohibition (noun)
Prohibited (adj)
7- Nasty (adj): very bad and unpleasant
8- Smoke (verb): emit smoke or visible vapor.
Smoking (noun)
Heavy smoker: cigarette addicted
Passive smoker: someone breathing in other people's tobacco smoke
9- To nag: annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging
10- To complain about: express dissatisfaction
Complaint (noun)

Tooth decay lungs Asthma To punch

Bad breath Skin rash Blindness Flu

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Reasons to smoke:
- Smoking gives me more energy.
- Smoking is a symbol of manhood.
- I like to touch and handle cigarettes.
- Smoking is a pleasure.
- Smoking helps me relax when I am tense, upset, or depressed.
- I crave cigarettes; it is an addiction.
- Smoking is a habit, a ritual. Smoking relieves my boredom and loneliness.
- Smoking helps control my weight.
- Smoking helps me fit in with other people.
- Smoking gives me a sense of control.

Disadvantages of smoking:
- Smoking affects lung health. It may cause lung cancer
- Smoking can increase the risks of heart strokes
- Smoking cigarettes can damage the heart, blood vessels, and blood cells.
- Smoking affects fertility
- Smoking can affect pregnancy and the developing foetus
- Smokers are at the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- Smoking cigarettes can weaken a person’s immune system
Tips to quit smoking:
- Set a quit date and stop smoking completely on that day. Create a support system by informing
family and friends of your quit date.
- Reduce the number of cigarettes per day until you stop smoking completely.
- Strengthen your willpower by limiting or skipping triggers you commonly associate with smoking.
- Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, resist it by keeping busy.
- Physical activity is a great way of dealing with the stress of quitting. Walk, run, swim, or take up a
new activity.

Grammar:
1- You may start a fire when you smoke in the forest.

2- Eating fast foods might cause stomachache.

3- An accident could happen when you drink and drive.

“ May” or “might” are used to say that something is possible in the present or in the
future.

We can use “may” or “might” to mean “perhaps”.

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 Module 3: Health and environment
Lesson 3: Pollution, a threat to our environment

Vocabulary:
1- Threat (noun): a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on
someone in retribution for something done or not done
Threaten (verb)
2- Environment (noun): the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or
operates.
Environmental (adj)
Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly,
nature-friendly, and green): refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim
reduced, minimal, or no harm upon the environment.
3- To campaign for: make others aware of the importance of a better environment.
A campaign (noun)
4- To collect (v) = to gather (v) = to pick up (v) ≠ to throw = to dump.
5- A landfill (n) = the place where material waste is discharged and buried.
6- To discharge (v) = to throw away
7- Spill (verb/noun): cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially
unintentionally
Oil spill: an escape of oil into the sea or other body of water.
8- Impact (verb/noun): influence
9- to contribute to (v) = to participate in = to take part in / contribution (n)
10- Visible (adj) = you can see ≠ invisible (adj)
11- Smoky (adj) = causing smoke or fumes
12- To ruin (v) = to destroy = to damage.
13- Particles= very small pieces of matter.
14- Sewage: waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers.

Grammar:
1- I saw the man. The man cut the tree.

I saw the man who / that cut the tree.

2- He inhaled the fumes. The fumes were toxic.

He inhaled the fumes which / that were toxic.

“Who”, “Which” and “that” are relative pronouns.

Who refers to a person
Which refers to an object / an animal
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 Module 3: Health and environment
Lesson 4: Save the earth

Vocabulary:
1- Logging: cutting the trees
To log = to cut
2- Deforestation: the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
Deforest (verb): to cut trees
3- Reforestation: the process of replanting an area with trees
4- Prevent (verb): keep (something) from happening
Prevention (noun)
Preventive (adj)
5- Offender (person): a person who commits an illegal act
6- Create (verb): bring (something) into existence
Creation (noun)
Creature (noun): an animal, as distinct from a human being.
Creator (person): a person or thing that brings something into existence.
Creative (adj)
7- Hunt (verb/noun): pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
8- Save (verb): rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger
Safety (noun)
Safe (adj)
9- Wild (adj): (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated
or cultivated.
Wild ≠ domestic
10- Extinct (adj): no longer in existence.
Extinction (noun)
To become extinct: Something that no longer exists
11- Endanger (verb): put (someone or something) at risk or in danger
Endangered (adj): seriously at risk of extinction
12- Regret(verb/noun): feel sad over something that has happened
13- Diet: the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

Ways to save the environment

Plant trees Save water Cycling Recycling

Stop deforestation Punish offenders Cleaning campaign Renewable energy

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 Hunting

Animal Lion Elephant Gazelle Tiger

Hunted Circus Shows Ivory Meat Fur
for

Grammar:
- You should/ought to eat vegetables.
➔ We can use “should” or “ought to” to give advice.

- Don’t smoke cigarettes.

- You mustn’t smoke cigarettes.
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 Module 3: Health and environment
Lesson 5: Let everyday be an Earth Day

Vocabulary:
1- Sparingly: as little as you can
2- Moderately: neither too much nor too little
3- Generously: a great quantity
4- Liberally: as much as you can
5- Species: a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes
or interbreeding
6- Campaign: an organized course of action to achieve a goal.
7- Bin (noun): a receptacle for storing a specified substance
Bin (verb) : place (something) in a bin.
8- Recycling (noun): the action or process of converting waste into reusable material.
Recycle (verb)
9- Organic (adj): produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides,
or other artificial agents.
10- Legumes: a plant that has its seeds in a pod, such as the bean or pea
11- Fatty (adj): containing a large amount of fat.
Fat (noun): a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies
12- Sugary (adj): containing much sugar.
13- Salty (adj): tasting of, containing, or preserved with salt.
14- Crunchy (adj): making a sharp noise when bitten or crushed and (of food) pleasantly crisp.
15- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for
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Grammar:
Compound nouns:
A compound noun is formed when two words are combined to make a completely new word.
First part: type or purpose Second part: what or who Compound noun

police man policeman

boy friend boyfriend

water tank water tank

dining table dining-table

You have noticed that the compound noun can be written either as a single word, as a word with a
hyphen, or as two words. There are no clear rules about this.
Compound elements Examples

noun + noun bedroom

water tank
motorcycle
printer cartridge

noun + verb rainfall

haircut
train-spotting

noun + adverb hanger-on

passer-by

verb + noun washing machine

driving licence
swimming pool

verb + adverb lookout

take-off
drawback

adverb + noun onlooker

bystander

adjective + verb dry-cleaning

public speaking

adjective + noun greenhouse

software
redhead

adverb + verb output

overthrow
upturn
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 Module 4: Services
Lesson 1: At the airport
Vocabulary:

Airplane Airline Arrivals Departures

Control tower Baggage Boarding pass cabin

Cockpit Airport Pilot Flight attendant

Window seat Aisle seat Passport Life vest

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 Passengers Handbag Visa Stamp

Grammar:
• Would you mind helping me carry this bag please ?

• Could you fasten your seat belts, the plane is about to take off.

• Would you mind joining the queue please ?

• Could you throw the cigarette away ? It’s forbidden to smoke in the bus station.

Would you mind + verb(ing) / Could you + verb (bare infinitive form) are used in
Polite requests when asking others to do something politely.

Advantages of air travel Disadvantages of air travel

- It is the fastest mode of transport and - Air travel is expensive
therefore suitable for carriage of goods over - It is dangerous
a long distance. It requires less time. - Air transport is unreliable as it depends of
- Air transport provides comfortable, the weather forecast.
efficient and quick transport services. - Air transport requires huge investment for
- It is accessible to all areas regardless the construction and maintenance of planes in
obstruction of land. addition to training skilled pilots and
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 Module 4: Services
Lesson 2: Internet shopping

Vocabulary:
1- Exchange (noun/verb): an act of giving one thing and receiving another
2- Chat (noun/verb): talk in a friendly and informal way
3- Online: controlled by or connected to another computer or to a network.
Online ≠ offline
4- Website: a set of related web pages located under a single domain name
5- Hack (verb): use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.
Hacking (noun): the gaining of unauthorized access to data in a system or computer
Hacker (person): a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.
6- Means (noun): an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method.
7- Huge: extremely large; enormous
8- Benefit (noun/verb): an advantage or profit gained from something.
Beneficial (adj)
9- Secure (adj): able to avoid being harmed by any risk, danger, or threat
Secure (verb): to protect
Security (noun): protection
10- Order (verb/noun): give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something.

Advantages of internet Disadvantages of internet

- Internet is said as the online treasure trove - Students spend too much time on the
of information. Endless information on any internet and neglect their studies. Even
topic is available on the internet. elderly people are sometimes addicted to
- Internet helps people to communicate with watching movies or playing games and
each other through a virtual platform such as neglect their important work.
email, video conferencing, etc in any part of - Children nowadays sit on the internet and
the world. communicate with many people, but they
- Online gaming, watching movies, and lose their ability to communicate with each
listening to music is nowadays the most other when coming face to face.
common entertainment sources. - With a large amount of information that is
- Internet keeps you informed about the available freely, the issues of misuse and
latest news theft have increased largely. Hackers access
- Internet shopping is becoming popular different websites, chat rooms, and forums
because of virtual shops where you can buy and take advantage of innocent people and
anything you want and need without going abuse them.
out of the home. - Excessive use of the internet may lead to
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 Advantages of internet Disadvantages of internet
- Customers can purchase items from the - The delivery of the product to customer’ s
comfort of their own homes or work place. doorstep may take a long time.
- Generally, in physical stores, the sales - Lack of touch-feel-try creates concerns
representatives try to influence the buyers to over the quality of the product on offer.
buy the product. Online shopping is not quite suitable for
- Companies display the whole range of clothes as the customers cannot try them on.
products offered by them to attract - Physical stores allow price negotiations
customers with different tastes and needs. between buyers and the seller. Yet, this is
This enables the buyers to choose from a not possible with online shopping.
variety of models. - Customers may be victims of Frauds in
- Online shops are open 24 hours a days and online shopping
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 Module 4: Services
Lesson 3: Tourism

Vocabulary:
1- Boom (noun/verb): a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
2- Amount = quantity
3- Progress (noun/verb): forward movement
4- To experience: to undergo
5- To achieve: successfully bring about or reach
Achievement (noun)
6- Comfort (noun/verb): a state of physical ease
Comfortable (adj)
7- To travel abroad: to travel outside your country
8- Hot springs: hot water coming out of the ground
9- Sightseeing: the activity of visiting places of interest in a particular location
10- Sunbathing: the activity of sitting or lying in the sun, especially to tan the skin.
11- Tourism: the commercial organization and operation of vacations and visits to places of
interest.
Tourist: a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure
Tourist = touristic (adj): for or relating to tourists

Medical tourism Adventure tourism Cultural tourism Eco tourism

Saharan tourism Dunes Beach Sunbathing

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 Tourist Camping Luggage Currency

Benefits of travelling:
- Travel makes you healthier: according to some studies, people who vacation at least twice a
year show a significantly lower risk of suffering a heart attack
- Travel relieves stress: When you travel, you do not care what you do at all, you can just
break free from the norm and have some fun.
- Travel enhances your creativity: It is believed that if someone gets out of their comfort zone,
the mind gets more creative.
- Travel broadens your horizons: Travelling helps you connect with different people from
different cultures. This gives you the opportunity to see issues and daily life challenges from a
different angle
- Travel creates memories for a lifetime: If you travel with friends and family members,
traveling helps you build stronger bonds and make memories

Grammar:
Present perfect:

1) Form:

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Yes/No question Wh question
I have worked / gone. I have not worked / gone. Have I worked / gone? Where have I worked / gone?
You have worked / gone. You have not worked / gone. Have you worked / gone? Where have you worked / gone?
We have worked / gone. We have not worked / gone. Have we worked / gone? Where have we worked / gone?
They have worked / gone. They have not worked / gone. Have they worked / gone? Where have they worked / gone?
He has worked / gone. He has not worked / gone. Has he worked / gone? Where has he worked / gone?
She has worked / gone. She has not worked / gone. Has she worked / gone? Where has she worked / gone?
It has worked / gone. It has not worked / gone. Has it worked / gone? Where has it worked / gone?

- I/You/We/They + have - I/You/We/They + have not + - Have + I/you/we/they + - Wh word + have +

+ verb (past participle) verb (past participle) verb(past participle)? I/you/we/they + verb(past
- He/She/It + has + - He/She/It + has not + verb - Has + he/she/it + participle)?
verb(past participle) (past participle) verb(past participle)? - Wh word + has + he/she/it +
verb(past participle)?

2) Uses:
Use Example
1) An action that started in the past and still John has lived in London since 2016
continues until the present The students have studied English for 5 years
2) An action that happened at an indefinite time I have visited France
in the past:
3) A recent action She has just left the classroom
4) A past action whose results are in the present David had an accident. He has broken his leg.

3) Markers:
already, never, ever, yet, since, for, just, recent, recently, so far, lately

- Already means that something happened earlier than we expected. With Present Perfect already
usually goes after have or has and before the main verb.
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 - Yet means that something that we expected has happened or hasn't happened. We usually put it at
the end of a sentence.
E.g: - Has the post arrived yet?
- Not yet.
- Ever is used with the present perfect tense to ask questions about experiences in someone’s life
E.g.: - “Have you ever taken dance classes?”
- “Yes, I have. I took 6 weeks of lessons before my wedding!”
DON’T USE EVER IN THE ANSWER. ONLY USE IT IN QUESTIONS.

- NEVER is used with the present perfect tense to talk about things you have not done at any time
in your life
E.g.: I’ve never failed a test. I’ve always gotten 80% or more.

- We often use for and since with the present perfect tense:

• We use for to talk about a period of time: for five minutes, for two weeks, for six years
• We use since to talk about a point in past time: since 1878, since 1st January, since
Monday

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Lesson 4: Transport

Vocabulary:
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Convenience (noun)
2- Frequent (adj): occurring or done on many occasions
Frequency (noun)
3- Available (adj): able to be used
Availability (noun)
4- Throughout: in every part of a place or object.
5- Enquiry (noun): an act of asking for information.
Enquire (verb): ask for information from someone.
6- To give a hand: to help
7- Cheap: low in price
cheap ≠ expensive
8- Suburb: an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
9- Destination: the place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
10- Underground: beneath the surface of the ground.

Car Bicycle Motorcycle Lorry/ truck

Airplane Helicopter Hot air balloon Bus

Train Boat Ship Submarine

Grammar:
The First Conditional
This involves the present simple + will / won’t + verb
This is used to express a possible situation in the future.
We are predicting a likely result in the future if the condition happens.
Example: If it rains, we will cancel the trip. (This is the likely result in the future if it rains)

Module 4: Services
Lesson 5: Communication

Vocabulary:
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Fair = exhibition
2- Fairy book: a book about a traditional story, usually written for children, which often involves
imaginary creatures and magic
3- Rainbow books: are a collection of CD format specifications.
4- Seller: a person who sells something.
5- Diary: a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.
6- Look forward to: await something eagerly.
Look forward to + VERB (ING): we look forward to MEETING you
Look forward to + NOUN: I’m looking forward to MY VACATION
8- Come round: visit someone's house.
9- Reception desk: the front desk in a hotel where guests can book rooms or ask questions
10- Join (verb): to get involved in an activity or journey with another person or group

Land phone Pay phone Motorcycle Lorry/ truck

Walkie talkie Newspaper Fax Television

Letter Computer Email Social media

Mobile phones
Advantages Disadvantages
- Cell phones give you an option to call for help - Cell phones create a significant distraction for
if you need it. people.
- These devices allow us to retrieve information - New smart cell phones can be very expensive.
quickly. - It exposes people to the problem of
- Cell phones are a way to stop boredom. cyberbullying more often.
- There are numerous learning opportunities - Cell phone technologies can create addictive
available to us because of cell phones. tendencies in people.
- It stores multiple information items for easy - The excessive use of mobile phones can lead to
access eye strain
Social media
Advantages Disadvantages
- People from anywhere can connect with - Personal data and privacy can easily be
anyone. hacked.
- You can follow anyone to learn from him/her - Social media can be addictive
and enhance your knowledge about any field. - security agencies have access to people's
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 - You can promote your business to the largest - The excessive use of social media lead to some
audience. health problems
- Social media create and raise awareness of - Your partner may use social media to cheat on
some causes. you
- social media help governments and security
agencies to spy and catch criminals to fight
crime.

Television
Advantages Disadvantages
- Television is an easy and cheap source of - Sex, crime, and violence are frequently
entertainment. depicted on television and may have negative
- By watching international news, we are kept effects on impressionable children
informed and up-to-date with breaking news - Excessive TV watching can contribute to sleep
around the world. difficulties, behavior problems and obesity
-Some channels offer educational programs that - Television often uses stereotypes that can warp
can increase our knowledge and make us more the watcher's perception of the world.
aware of the world around us. - Television can ruin your relationships. If you
- Television can help you feel less lonely. are watching television instead of
- Do-it-yourself shows give us easy access to all communicating with your loved one, this is a
kinds of information: Cooking channels offer problem.
new recipes and home improvement shows - Television might be addictive.
introduce us to many money-saving DIY tips
Grammar:
1- I enjoy exercising.
2- Smoking is unhealthy.
“Exercising” and “smoking” are gerunds.

The gerund has the form: verb + ing.

It’s used:
a- As a subject:
Example: Skiing can be dangerous.
b- After certain verbs (like, enjoy, finish, hate, dislike..)
Example: She enjoys swimming.
c- After prepositions :
Example: Before shopping, she went to a restaurant .
d- In noun compounds:
Example : This hotel has a lovely swimming pool.

Spelling:

Verbs ending in ‘e’: omit ‘e’ + add ‘ing’

bake – baking
hide – hiding
dance – dancing
Verbs ending in CVC: double the last letter + add ‘ing’
stop – stopping
swim – swimming
beg – begging

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tie – tying
lie – lying
die – dying

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Vocabulary:
1- Disc-based: Devices that use magnetic hard disks for storage
2- Shelf: a flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a
piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.
3- E-book: in full electronic book, digital file containing a body of text
4- Stranger: a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.
5- To interrupt (verb): stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).
Interruption (noun)
6- Take over (verb): assume control of something.
7- Walk-in (adj): 1) large enough to walk into.
2) available for customers or clients without the need for an appointment.
8- Giant (adj): huge, enormous
9- Dolby-system: Dolby is a system which reduces the background noise on electronic
cassette players.
10- Silly (adj): having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish
Silliness (noun)
11- Entertainment: the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
Entertain (verb)
Entertained (adj): enjoying oneself
Entertaining (adj): providing amusement or enjoyment.

Art gallery Museum Concert Cinema

Shopping Reading Playing an instrument Sporting activities

Grammar:
Maybe and perhaps express uncertainty. We use them when we think something is possible, but we
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and end position:
A: Have you seen my glasses? I can’t find them anywhere.
B: Maybe you left them at work.
A: Do you think these shoes are too high?
B: They are perhaps. (it’s possible but I’m not certain)

On the contrary, when we are sure of something, we use “no doubt” + a declarative sentence to
express certainty.
Example: He got bad marks. There is no doubt he will fail his exam.

Th benefits of entertainment:
- Entertainment relieves stress: When you get quality entertainment, your mind thinks of other
things, and releases endorphins, hormones that are responsible for feeling good.
- It provides employment: A game streamer broadcasts his or herself in real time while
playing video games and he/she can earn money
- Entertainment nurtures culture. Reading books and watching films can broaden one’s
horizons

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Vocabulary:
1- To make up one’s mind: to make a decision about something: to decide
2- Diet (noun): the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
Diet (verb): restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.
3- Dietician: an expert on diet and nutrition.
4- Starter = appetizer: something that is the beginning of a process, activity, or series
especially
5- Main course: the most substantial course of a meal.
6- Dessert: a usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry or ice cream) usually served at the end
of a meal.
7- Vegetarian: a person who does not eat meat for health or religious reasons or because they
want to avoid being cruel to animals
8- Vegan: a person who does not eat or use any animal products, such as meat, fish, eggs,
cheese, or leather
9- Pescatarian: someone who eats fish but not meat
10- Dressing: a liquid mixture, often containing oil, vinegar, and herbs, added to food,
especially salads

Waiter Waitress Menu Barbecue

Table cloth Utensils Cutlery Spoon

Fork Knife Napkin Bread

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Receipt / check / bill Glass Plate Bowl

Garlic Coke Boiling Grilling

Frying Roasting Pan Pot

Chef Candle Delicious / luscious / Disgusting / rotten / filthy

mouthwatering

Eating out
Advantages Disadvantages
- You can try new food - It is expensive
- You do not have to cook - You can’t tell what nutrients are in your
- It is an opportunity to spend time with dish
family and friends - You can’t control the way the dish is
- It is easier to feed large parties prepared

Grammar:
Exclamations
We use exclamations to express surprise or shock or a strong emotion about something.
We usually form exclamatives with what or how. In writing, we usually put an exclamation mark (!)
at the end of the exclamative:
What an amazing car!
How I love the summer holidays!

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What …!
We can use + noun phrase (+ verb):

What Noun phrase Verb

What a beautiful day! ∅

What a beautiful day it is!

What bad luck! ∅

What bad luck they had!

How …!

We often use how followed by an adjective only:

How sweet!
How lovely!
How amazing!

We can use How + adjective/adverb + subject + verb:

How interesting it was to hear her story!
How wonderful it is to see you!
How beautifully she sang! Everyone was delighted.

Expressing satisfaction:
-Customer: I’d like to buy a skirt with big blue flowers... not too big...see what I mean?

-Shop assistant: Oh, yes, this is the one you are looking for. Here you are madam.

this is just what I wanted/ needed / meant ➔ satisfaction

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 Module 5: Entertainment
Lesson 3: Where shall we go?

Vocabulary:
1- Flavour: the distinctive taste of a food or drink.
2- Exotic (adj): originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.
3- Wild (adj): (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not
domesticated or cultivated.
4- Wilderness (noun): an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.

Acrobats Gymnasium Windsurf Water slide

Horseback riding Circus Fun fair / Amusement Park

park

Zoo Swimming pool Dinosaur Ice cream

Grammar:
Suggestions:
If we make a suggestion, it means that we mention a possible course of action to someone.
There are a number of expressions which we can use to make suggestions.
How about/what about + -ing?
How about starting a book club?
What about opening your present now?

How about + present simple?

A: How about I pick you up at eight o’clock on my way to the airport?
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We often use how about and what about + noun phrase when we make suggestions about food
or drink. These suggestions are invitations:
A: Are you hungry?
B: Yeah, how about some lunch?
What about a coffee?

Why not + verb (bare infinitive form)?

Why not take a break in the south-west?
Why not treat yourself to a meal at the Icon Restaurant?
Why don’t + clause (subject + verb)?
You look really tired. Why don’t you take some time out and rest?
It’s getting late in the evening now. Why don’t we stop now and work on this tomorrow
morning?

Let’s + verb (bare infinitive form)

Let’s call Michael and see if he knows how to fix it.
Let’s make a curry tonight.

Shall we + verb (bare infinitive form)

Shall we go to the zoo?

I suggest that + clause (subject + verb)

I suggest that we go to a swimming pool.

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 Module 5: Entertainment
Lesson 4: Let’s watch a film

Vocabulary:
1- take away (verb): buy food at a cafe or restaurant for eating elsewhere.
Takeaway (noun): a restaurant or shop selling cooked food to be eaten elsewhere
2- Series: a set of television or radio broadcasts on the same subject or using the same
characters but in different situations:
3- Serial: a story printed in a newspaper or magazine or broadcast on television or radio in
several parts
4- Comedy: a film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or its
action
5- Science fiction: books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space
travel or other planets
6- Horror: a film in which very frightening or unnatural things happen, for example dead
people coming to life and people being murdered
7-Thriller: a book, play, or film that has an exciting story, often about solving a crime
8- Romance: a film, usually having a romantic story which has a happy ending
9- Action: a film with lots of events and movements.
10- Cartoon: a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc.,
which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly.
11- Fish tank: a transparent container of water in which live fish and other water creatures
and plants are kept; an aquarium.
12- Come across: meet or find someone or something by chance.
13- Creature: a living thing that can move independently
To create (verb): to bring into existence
14- Rescue = help
15- Run away: leave or escape from a place, person, or situation.

Jellyfish Turtle Shark Nemo fish

Grammar:
APOLOGISING REPLIES
I’m sorry. Never mind.
I owe you an apology. That’s all right.
I’m sorry for + verb (ing) Don’t worry.
I apologise for + noun
I’m (so/terribly/very) sorry that + clause
I didn’t mean to.
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 Module 5: Entertainment
Lesson 5: Stars’ pastimes

Vocabulary:
1- Pastime = a hobby: an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work
2- Spare time = leisure time: time that is not taken up by one's usual activities
3- Lyrics: the words of a song.
4- Melody: a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
5- Award: a prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement.
6- Single: an individual song
7- Fade: gradually disappear
8- Interview (noun): a meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself
for a newspaper article, television show, etc.:
Interview (verb): to ask questions in an interview
Interviewer: a person who interviews someone, especially as a job.
Interviewee: a person who is interviewed.
9- Star: a very famous, successful, and important person
10- Absolutely = definitely = certainly = without doubt
11- dress up: to put on clothes
12- Photo shoots: photos taken to a star
13- Vacation: holiday
14- Yacht: a small boat used for pleasure
15- Career: a job that you do for a long time
16- Occasionally: from time to time
17- Do not mind + verb (ing): to accept

Grammar:
I’d like to go to the cinema this afternoon. Would you like to come?
I’m sorry I can’t come with you but what’s on?
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is playing at the “Odeon”.
-It sounds interesting. Maybe I will join you there.
-I think you have to tell your mom. Why don’t you ask her? Here’s my mobile.
- Oh, thank you! Mom doesn’t mind. But I’ll let her know anyway.

Showing interest:
I’d like to know more about
I’m interested in
It sounds interesting
Showing indifference:
I don’t mind...
I don’t care...

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 How to write a biography
Birth - He/She was born on + date (on February 6, 1950)
- He/She was born in + year (in 1950)
- He/She was born in + place (in Paris)

Family - His/ Her father’s name was … / His/Her mother’s name was …

- His/Her father was a + job / His/Her mother a + job

- He/she has … brothers and … sisters

Childhood - He/She lived in + place

- He/She was brought up by + person

Education - He/She studied … (french/ music / mathematics)

- His/Her major was in …. (french/ music / mathematics)
- He went to + school/college
- He/She did not (go to / attend) school
- He/She was interested in … (french/ music / mathematics)

Marriage - He/ she married + person in + year (he married Diana in 1950)
- He/She got married to + person in + year (he got married to Diana in
1950)
- He/ she divorced + person in + year (he divorced Diana in 1950)

Children - He/She had … Children

- He/She had … sons and … daughters
- He/She did not have any children

Job / occupation - He/She was a …

- He/She first worked as a …
- He/She became …

Reaons for being - He/She wrote … /composed … / painted … / discovered … /

famous invented … / created …

Awards - He/She won … (he won the Nobel Prize)

- He/She was awarded … (She was awarded the Nobel Prize)

Death - He/She died on + date / in + year

- He died of a heart attack / cancer / disease
- He/She died in a car accident / plane crash
- He/She commited a suicide
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 Module 6: Civility
Lesson 1: Voluntary work

Vocabulary:
1- Civility (noun): formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech.
Civil (adj): courteous and polite.
2- Voluntarism = volunteerism: the practice of doing work for good causes, without being
paid for it
3- Volunteer (verb): freely offer to do something.
4- Volunteer (person): a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a
task.
5- Voluntary (adj): done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
6- Donate (verb): to give something for free
Donor: a person who gives something for free
Donation (noun): giving something for free
7-Disability = handicap: a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements,
senses, or activities.
Disabled (adj) = handicapped
8- Take part: join in an activity; be involved
9- Needy: very poor
10- Beg (verb): to ask for money or food
Beggar: a person who asks for food or money
11- Homeless (adj): a person without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets.
Homelessness (noun)
12- Cruel (adj)= harsh = severe
Cruelty (noun)
13- Stand by = to give a hand = to help = rescue
14- Survive (verb): to continue to live
Survival (noun)
Survivor: a person who remains alive after an event in which others have died.
15- Lack (noun/verb): the state of being without or not having enough of something.
16- Charity: 1) an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
2) the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.
3) kindness and tolerance in judging others.
Charitable (adj): relating to the assistance of those in need.
17- Fund (noun): a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.
Fund (verb): provide with money for a particular purpose.
18- Fundraising (noun): the activity of persuading people and organizations to give money
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 Disability Blindness (noun) Dumbness (noun) Deafness (noun)
Blind (adj) Dumb (adj) Deaf (adj)

Physical disability Guide dog Braille Wheelchair

Walking stick Hearing aid Tolerance (noun) Cooperation (noun)

Tolerant (adj) Cooperate (verb)
Cooperative (adj)

How to help others

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To visit patients in order to comfort them

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 To help people with special needs

To feed starved people

To help the elderly

Grammar:
• Kids from all over the world can join ”Kids For Clean Environment Organization”.

• Many children, mainly in African countries can’t survive because of the lack of food.

• Everyone at home can do his part of the house chores by simply giving a hand.

• Many wild animals are unable to survive if we don’t protect and take care of them.

“Can " and "To be able to" are used to express ability.

"Can’t" – "To be unable to" are used to express inability.

Advantages of voluntary work:

- Volunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new
and build a real sense of achievement.
- Volunteering can have a real and valuable positive effect on people, communities and
society in general.
- Volunteering can help you meet different kinds of people and make new friends.
Be part of a community. Volunteering can help you feel part of something outside your
friends and family.
- Volunteering can help you learn new skills, gain experience and sometimes even
qualifications.
- Through volunteering you can challenge yourself to try something different, achieve
personal goals, practice using your skills and discover hidden talents.
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 Module 6: Civility
Lesson 2: Volunteering kids

Vocabulary:
1- Join: to get involved in an activity or journey with another person or group:
2- To get started: begin a task
3- To come forward: volunteer oneself for a task or post or to give evidence about a crime.
4- To establish: set up on a firm or permanent basis.
Establishment (noun)
5- Member: a person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group.
Membership: the fact of being a member of a group.
6- To involve: have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result.
Involvement (noun)
7- Across: from one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.).
8- Foreign (adj): of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
Foreigner: a person born in or coming from a country other than one's own.
9- Mutual (adj): experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or
others.

Grammar:
- Can I help you sir?
- What can I do to keep our environment clean?
- Do you think smog is the cause of the death of trees?
- Yes, I think so.

- Can I help you...............?

to help you?
- What can I do
for you?
- How can I help you?
- Do you need any help?

Ways to make children volunteer:

- Be a giving role model. Children love to copy their parents, so let them follow your lead as a
volunteer.
- Find something that interests your child or family.
- Volunteering should not be tiring. Find something easy in order to make children motivated
about it.
- Although daily life is busy, you should make volunteering a part of your schedule.
- Get your children’s peers involved. Talk to the parents of your children’s friends and
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 Module 6: Civility
Lesson 3: How to be cooperative

Vocabulary:
1- Cooperate (verb): work together toward the same end.
Cooperation (noun)
Cooperative (adj)
2- Hard time: to experience difficulty doing something
3- Trust: firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
Trustworthy (adj): able to be relied on as honest or truthful.
4- Perform (verb): to do an action or piece of work
Performance (noun)
5- To figure out: discover
6- To share: have a portion of something with others
7- To carry out: perform a task.
8- Peer: a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person.
9- To go about: begin or carry on with an activity.
10- To require: need for a particular purpose.

Grammar:
Past progressive (continuous)

1) Form:

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

Yes/No question Wh question
I was working. I was not working. Was I working? Where was I working?
You were working. You were not working. Were you working? What were you working?
We were working. We were not working. Were we working? What were we working?
They were working. They were not working. Were they working? What were they working?
He was working. He was not working. Was he working? Where was he working?
She was working. She was not working. Was she working? Where was she working?
It was working. It was not working. Was it working? Where was it working?

- I/He/She/It + was + - I/He/She/It + was not + - Was + I/he/she/it + - wh word + was +

verb(ing) verb(ing) verb(ing)? I/he/she/it + verb(ing)?
- You/We/They + were - You/We/They + were not - Were + you/we/they - wh word + were +
+ verb(ing) + verb(ing) + verb(ing)? you/we/they + verb(ing)?

2) Uses:
Use Example
1) two simultaneous actions in the past Last night, while I was watching TV, my
mother was cooking.
2) An action in progress in the past that was Last night, when I was watching TV, someone
interrupted by another action knocked on the door.

3)Markers:

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4) Spelling:

Verbs ending in ‘e’: omit ‘e’ + add ‘ing’

bake – baking
hide – hiding
dance – dancing

Verbs ending in CVC: double the last letter + add ‘ing’

stop – stopping
swim – swimming
beg – begging

Verbs ending in ‘ie’: omit ‘ie’ + add ‘ying’ = three verbs

tie – tying
lie – lying
die – dying

Advantages of team work:

- Team work fosters peer learning and self-improvement.
- The very nature of teamwork requires a group of people from varying backgrounds to come
together and share their experiences. As a result, this kind of environment nurtures diverse
opinions
- Team work encourages healthy competition
- It increases creativity and innovation
- It enhances communication and helps to bridge new relationships

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 Module 6: Civility
Lesson 4: Clubs, associations and charities

Vocabulary:
1- Opportunity: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
2- First-hand: coming from the original source or personal experience; gained or learned
directly.
3- Mission: a strongly felt aim, ambition, or calling.
4- Income: money received, especially on a regular basis, for work
5- Shovel: a tool with a broad flat blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal,
earth, snow or other material.
6- Driveway: a short road leading from a public road to a house or garage.

Grammar:
- I believe that volunteering is matching the skill or interest of a volunteer with the needs of
patients.
- In my opinion, the best way to support the disabled is being a member of the “Disabled
Living Foundation”.
- I think that helping each other is very important.

I believe that / I think that / In my opinion ➔ to express opinion

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 Module 6: Civility
Lesson 5: Tolerance and respect for others

Vocabulary:
1- Tolerate (verb): to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own
Tolerance (noun)
Tolerant (adj)
2- Respect (noun/verb): a feeling of deep admiration for someone
3- Emigrate means to leave one's country to live in another.
Emigrant (person)
Emigration (noun)
4- Immigrate is to come into another country to live permanently.
Immigrant (person)
Immigration (noun)
5- Migrate is to move to another place
Migrant (person)
Migration (noun)
6- Refugee: a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster.
Refuge: protection or shelter from danger, trouble, etc., or a place that provides this
7- Peace (noun): a) a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended.
b) tranquillity
Peaceful (adj): Tranquil
Peacemaker: a person who brings about peace, especially by reconciling adversaries.
7- Torture (noun): the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as
a punishment
Torture (verb): inflict severe pain or suffering on.
Tortured (adj)
8- Reconciliation (noun): the restoration of friendly relations.
Reconcile (verb): restore friendly relations between.
9- Diverse (adj): different
Diversity (noun): the state of being different
Grammar:
• I hope that we find peace in every family in the world.
• Nichole hoped that she could help immigrants.
• He hoped that he could solve all the conflicts.

I hope + that clause ➔ expressing hope

Benefits of being tolerant:
- When you know more about different thinking and ideas from around the world, it will help
you to understand the world better.
- Tolerance breeds love and unity
- Tolerance promotes peace
- A tolerant person has a healthy and effective relationship with everyone
- Tolerance offers prosperity: people will no longer focus on hatred, they will devote their
efforts and time to cooperation and helping each other

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