*English Course*

-: Reading and vocabulary -

Vocabulary ( Nouns : Celebrities and Fame ):-
- dear – personal – assistant – perform – venue –
evening – popular – generation – essential – comfort –
security – pleasant – possible – requires – hair stylist –
performance – entourage – entirely – favourite – ceiling
- curtains – furniture -provide – honey – scented –
candles – healthy – radiant – skin – access – swimming
pool – guard – dressing room – headache – unsafe –
trust – arrangement – forward – sincerely –

- Answer the questions:-

- What are the main demands of the celebrity? Highlight
the keywords.
- What do you think about Rachel Ritz? Are there any
phrases or sentences about personality, ideas or
feelings?

- Synonyms –
- Synonyms are words that have the same meaning.

- Examples :-

- Easy / simple / straightforward

- Hard / difficult / challenging / tough
- Good / fine / excellent
* To help select the right information, you need to
think about synonyms when you are reading*

- For example :-
- The question refers to ‘enjoyment’.
- The text includes the word ‘pleasure’.
- The sentence or paragraph containing the word
‘pleasure’ should help you to answer the question.

- Working in pairs, find synonyms for the underlined

words in the text

Assistant ___________

Perform ____________

Essential ____________

Security _____________
 - Antonyms –

- Words with opposite meaning.

- Good / bad

- agree / disagree

- ____________ / unglamourous

- Extrovert / _____________

- Personal / _______________

- Comfort / discomfort
-: Grammar -
Present simple -wh questions
* Note the form of the yes / no questions that start
with a verb to be *

- Is he a teacher?
- Are you a student?

- He is a teacher
- you are a student

- We use -wh questions to ask for information –

- Present simple -wh question form:-

- wh question word + Auxiliary Verb + the main Verb…?

-Wh question words-

( What, Where, Who, When, Why, Which, and How)
- Examples:-
- What do you eat for breakfast?
- Where does she live?
- When does the class starts?
- What is your name?
- How are you?

- Answers :-
- Subject + verb (+s) [ depends on the question ]

- What do you eat for breakfast?

I eat a tuna sandwich (for breakfast)
- Where does she live?
She lives in Tripoli

- Exercise:-
- Write the correct question word and answer the
question –
1- _____________ Do you live?

_____________ in Tripoli.

2- _____________ Does he wake up?

_____________ at 7:30 am.

3- _____________ is your brother?

_____________ is great, thanks.

4- ____________ is this?

_____________ my souvenir

5- _____________ old are you?

_____________ years old

6- _____________ t-shirt do you like?

______________ the blue one ( t-shirt )

-Which and what:-

*There is little difference of meaning
between which and what. They are often both
possible.*

- We prefer which when the number of choices is

limited.
- What is preferred when the number of choices is
unlimited.*
- What + noun
We often use the question word what + noun as a
question word: what time, what colour, what size, etc.
 What colour is your jacket?
____________ black
 What size do you want?
_________________ size 10
 What car does he have?
___________________ a Honda
-‘How’ questions –
- We use how to inquire about:-
- Methods ( How do you cook rice?)
- Condition ( How are you?)
- quantity (How much/many….?)
- so on….

- How + adjective/adverb
We can also use how + adjective/adverb as a question
word in phrases like how often, how old, how tall, etc.
 How fast is your car?
__________________ really fast
  How big is her house?
_________________ really big
 How old are you?
_____________________
 How often do you play sports?
_____________________________

- Answer the following questions about the text :-

1- What is the name of the celebrity’s employee?
__________________________________
2- Where is Ms Ritz going to sing?
_______________________________
3- Why is this email important?
_________________________________

- Adverbs of time –
- What is an adverb?
- an adverb is a word that modifies (gives more
meaning) to the verb
- Adverbs of time:-
Adverbs of time mainly modify verbs and tell us when
something happens.

- Examples:-
- Yesterday.
- Today.
- Tomorrow.
- etc.
- Adverbs of Frequency :- are adverbs of time that
answer the question "How frequently?" or "How
often?". They tell us how often something happens.
( The action )

Indefinite
100% 0%
Always usually often sometimes never

* some extra adverbs of frequency *

- Normally = usually
- Occasionally < sometimes
- Hardly ever > never
- Rarely
 Definite
- Weekly
- Daily
- yearly
- hourly
- etc.

Adverbs of indefinite Frequency: These do not specify

exact times.

Adverbs of definite Frequency: These specify exact

intervals.

* Form ( indefinite ) :-
- Subject + adverb of frequency + verb

- Examples :-
- I always watch TV after school
- I never do my homework
- I usually wake up at 9:00 am
*When the verb “to be” is used, these adverbs come
after the verb:
 John is always late to work.
 Maria is sometimes tired in the evenings.

* Form ( definite ) :-
- Subject + verb +….. + adverb of frequency ( definite )
- Examples :-
 Every employee pays taxes yearly.
 She drinks coffee every day.
 The nurse checks the patient every hour.
 He visits his grandparents weekly.
 1. Read the information about Jacob, Karina, Samuel and Maria and write a
short paragraph describing their daily routine. Use simple present and verb
to be. Use Adverbs of frequency to describe at least one of the actions.

Time Jacob Karina Samuel Maria

am 6-9 Get up, have breakfast, start Drink coffee, drive to work Sleep, prepare breakfast Bring kids to school, do
work housework
9-12 ,Attend patients Has meetings, write reports Go to the gym Prepares lunch, chat on
am Make exams Facebook
12-3pm Have lunch, pick up kids Have lunch, read documents Have lunch with friends, Pick children from school,
from school check e-mail have lunch
3-6pm Listen to music, read and Visit customers, Make Practice baseball Watch TV, make homework
relax interviews with kids
3-9pm Study dance lessons, Drive home, make Study English lessons, visit Designs websites, make
prepares reports housework his family calls, works
9-11pm Watch TV, go to sleep Have dinner, hang out with Watch TV, play video games Wash clothing, Read a
friends novel

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