Tuesday, November 26th 2002

English test n°6

Name:                                                                                              4e5 – English test n°6

1) Je suis dingue de rock.                                                                             

2) Il préfère faire du vélo.

3) Je déteste le silence.

4) Je déteste le bruit.

5) Il déteste ranger sa chambre.

 

Book p.29 – What do you prefer?

Cynthia prefers Italian because it is easier than English. English is more difficult than Italian.

Souhila doesn’t agree. She prefers English. And Jessica likes 

both.

 

both English and Italian.

Anthony likes

neither.

 

neither English nor Italian.

Ali prefers Spanish.

Jessica prefers doing her homework on Sundays.

Anthony prefers sitting at the back in class.

 

 

Friday, November 29th 2002

Workbook p.21-23: le comparatif

 

Monday, December 2nd 2002

English test n°7

Name:                                                                                              4e5 – English test n°7

Retrouve les phrases du cours qui veulent dire :

Cynthia préfère l’italien parce que c’est plus facile que l’anglais. L’anglais est plus difficile que l’italien. Souhila n’est pas d’accord. Elle préfère l’anglais. Et Jessica aime bien les deux.

 

 

 

comparatif de supériorité  (>)

comparatif d’égalité  (=)

comparatif d’infériorité  (<)

Boys are funnier than girls.

Girls are more patient than boys.

Boys are as happy as girls.

Boys are less messy than girls.

Girls are not as hardworking as boys.

 

Let’s compare (book p.29):

Laura: “I like women teachers better than men teachers. I think they’re more patient,

friendlier and less authoritarian.”

Teddy: “I don’t agree! I prefer men teachers because they’re more relaxed, funnier and

not as strict as women.”

“Well, it depends!”

 

Tuesday, December 3rd 2002

Comparatifs irréguliers:

good → better

Morgane is

good at English.

 

better at English than Sabrina.

well → better

Morgane works

well.

 

better than Sabrina.

bad → worse

Jonathan has

bad results.

 

worse results than Marine.

far → further

The swimming pool is

far from the school.

 

further from the school than the football field.

 

Friday, December 6th 2002

book p.37, ex.6

5. – I think English teenagers are more independent than us.

    – I agree. We are not as free as them.

to agree = être d’accord

I agree. Do you agree? I don’t agree. He doesn’t agree.

English test n°8

Name:                                                                                                                      4e5 – English test n°8

Retrouve les phrases du cours qui contenaient un comparatif:  (N’oublie pas de conjuguer le verbe!)

A. Comparatifs de supériorité:

1) Boys / girls (to be funny) : Boys are .........................................................................................................

2) Girls / boys (to be patient) : .......................................................................................................................

3) Morgane / Sabrina (to work well) : ............................................................................................................

4) Jonathan / Marine (to have bad results) : ...................................................................................................

5) The swimming pool / the football field (to be far from the school) : ........................................................

B. Comparatif d’égalité: Boys / girls (to be happy) : ……….........................................................................

C. Comparatifs d’infériorité:

1) Women teachers / men teachers (to be authoritarian) : ..............................................................................

2) Men teachers / women teachers (to be strict) : ...........................................................................................

 

 

Monday, December 9th 2002

School life

Book p.33, ex.2 - definitions

(the register)

(a subject)

(a comprehensive)

(the staff room)

(a free period)

(the deputy head)

(classmates)

(a detention)

(a boarding school)

(a school report)

1. Teachers call it to know who is absent.

2. What you study at school (for example history, maths, science,…)

3. Most children go there after primary school.

4. Teachers can relax and chat there.

5. You have one when a teacher is absent.

6. His job is to help the Head (= head teacher)

7. You see them every day at school – some of them are your friends.

8. You sometimes get one when you do something wrong at school.

9. Pupils sleep in this school.                             
10. Your parents receive one at the end of each term.

 

 

My school (book p.33)

I am in a mixed comprehensive.

My form is 4e. My class is 4e5.

My head teacher is M. Brezillon.

The deputy head is Mme Stephany.

My class teacher is Mme Arosio.

 

 

Tuesday, December 10th 2002

English test n°9

Name:                                                                                                4e5 – English test n°9 - My school

I am in a .................. ............................. . My .............................................. is M. Brezillon.

The ....................................... is Mme Stephany. My ...................................... is Mme Arosio.

 

How many pupils are there in your class?

There are twenty-two pupils in my class.

pupil  /pju:pl/  ;  people  /pi:pl/

There are six hundred pupils in this school.

How many subjects do you take?

I take 11 subjects: French, maths, history, geography, English, Italian, technology, physics, biology, music,

 art, P.E. (= Physical Education), civic education and Latin.

Three pupils take Latin. Latin is optional = it’s not compulsory.

How long does each period last?

Each period lasts fifty-five minutes.

 

Friday, December 13th 2002

English test n°10

Name:                                                                                                4e5 – English test n°10 - My school

There are 22 ............ in my class. I ........... 13 subjects: maths, French, English,... .

Latin is ................. = it’s not ................... . Each ................. lasts fifty-five minutes.

 

Book p.30 – Topic – School

Workbook p.29: Right or wrong?

Lucy prefers going home.

 

Tell me about you and your school:

- What type of school are you in?

- Who is your head teacher?

- Who is the deputy head?

- Which form are you in?

- How many pupils are there in your class?

- Who is your class teacher?

- What subjects do you take?

- What subject(s) do you really like? Why?

        I am crazy about...

        I like ............... very much

        I am very interested in...

             because it’s more / less ......... than other subjects.

- What subject(s) do you hate?

        I can’t stand...

        I can’t bear...

        I don’t like .................. at all

             because it’s more / less ......... than other subjects.

- Do you prefer English or Italian? Why?

- Do you prefer men teachers or women teachers? Why?

- Do you prefer sitting in the front or at the back in class?

- Do you have lunch at school? Do you like it?

Conclusion:

- Do you like school?

           I really enjoy school / I don’t really like school.

Adjectives to describe subjects:

exciting, interesting (≠ boring), easy (≠ difficult),...

Adjectives to describe teachers:

interesting (≠ boring), patient (≠impatient), relaxed, friendly (≠ strict, authoritarian), good (≠bad),...

 

 

Monday, December 16th 2002

Workbook p.34, ex.4:

1. I go to school on Wednesdays.

2. I don’t mind sitting in the front row in class.

3. My English teacher doesn’t speak English all the time.

4. In my class, the boys get on well with the girls.

5. My best friend goes to the same school as me.

 

 

Tuesday, December 17th 2002

Do you wear a uniform?

(John: No, we don’t have a school uniform . We are allowed to wear anything we like. I’m glad because I can’t stand uniforms. The colours are usually awful: grey, navy blue, maroon... I enjoy wearing something different every day. It must be terrible to have to wear the same clothes all the time.

Lucy: I’m very interested in fashion. For me, clothes are very important. I buy lots of magazines and I like trying new styles. I think your clothes express your personality. I’ve got a friend. She wears a uniform at school - a green blazer and a white shirt… and white socks! She isn’t allowed to wear trousers or jeans. But she says she doesn’t mind, because in a uniform no one can tell if you’re rich or poor, and she says that schools where children wear uniforms have a better reputation.

John: I don’t agree at all! It depends! We don’t have uniforms and our school has a fairly good reputation!)

 

I am not allowed to speak in class = I don’t have the right to speak in class.

I

enjoy

wearing jeans.

 

like

 

 

prefer

 

 

Friday, December 20th 2002

“Jenny from the block”

Don’t be fooled by the rocks (= diamonds, jewels) that I got

= Don’t think that I’m a snob now that I’m rich.

(I’m still) I’m still Jenny from the block.

= I’m still the same person.

(I) Used to have a little (money), now I have a lot (of money).

Before I was poor, now I am rich.

No matter where I go I know where I come from.

= I remember my origins.

 

a fool = an idiot

a block = a block of houses (= a neighbourhood)

 

a block =

a block of

    houses)

 

 

block

 

 

street

 

 

 

 

 

block

 

 

block

 

 

street

 

 

 

 

 

block

 

 

 

 

 

She is

richer than before.

 

not as poor as before.

 

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