A hmed BOUA LA M

Inspecteur de lducation
et de lenseignement moyen
Zohra BOUHA M A DOUCHE
Inspectrice de lducation
et de lenseignement moyen

Socit ddition et de Diffusion Internationale Algrienne

Introduction

This book is intended to Middle School, third year pupils who are using the third MS English
syllabus. It is meant to provide them, along the official syllabus and textbook, with a practical
tool to reinforce their English learning through revision, written consolidation and further
extension of key patterns in the field of language functions, vocabulary, grammar and phonetics.
Contents and objectives.
This booklet contains a set of ten chapters which reflect the various topics suggested in the
four files of the pupilstextbook including assessment tests occurring after every two or three
chapters.
Each chapter begins with a section devoted to the main function or functions along clear
explanations and examples. These functions are contextualized in texts to show as much as
possible how language is used in every day life orally or in writing. This section is followed with
the vocabulary section which aims at explaining and illustrating key lexical items (words,
phrases, expressions...) in context. The third section deals with grammar in which all the essential grammar points are presented and exploited through written activities graded from easy
to difficult. The chapter ends with a section about phonetics that will help and guide pupils to
recording and discriminate some of the English sounds and practise intonation (short and long
vowels, weak and strong forms of prepositions, auxiliaries, diphtongs...)
Each section offers a wide range of activities Reminder to explain and recyle the new language points, check the rule to check whether the rule is clear in the pupils minds by answering MCQ questions before they engage in a series of graded activities. The last activity
entitled lets write ending up each section aims at encouraging pupils to produce written
language (complex sentences, dialogue completion, paragraphs...) through relevant situations
and decoding through writing messages transcribed phonetically..
The assessment work is carried out throughout the booklet. Six tests are suggested to train
pupils to self-evaluation and prepare adequately for the B.E.M examination. They are all built
in congruity with the number and the nature of activities and the marking scale.
Pupils are advised to do tests 1,2,4 and 5 within a one hour time limit and avoid looking at
the key anwers until they have finished. They will have the opportunity to mark their tests and
thus, evaluate their own progress. Tests 3 and 6 are to be done within one and a half hours
as they are longer.
Just as this booklet can help pupils to revise and to make some progress in their learning in
class or at home, it can be of valuale help to teachers who may use it as supplementary teaching material. We do hope that this practical tool will be of great help to pupils and teachers
as well.

Editions Sedia, 2005 - Alger

ISBN 9961-704-39-8

Contents
File

Functions
Greetings, describing people

1
P.5

Describing likes and dislikes

P.9

Vocabulary : related to physical description and personality

P.6

Grammar: Relative pronouns : who, which/ that

P.7

Grammar: Linking words : and, but, because

P.8

Vocabulary : Verbs and expresssions related to likes and dislikes

P.10

Grammar : Like, enjoy + verb + ing, be fond of./be crazy about.

P.11

Phonetics : Rising intonation in yes/no questions, Falling intonation

in wh questions, Short and long vowels,- diphthongs [ai], [ei]

P.12

Assessment : P13-14
Making suggestions and requests

P.15

P.16

Grammar : Lets.../could/you + verb infinitive ? What about... ?

/ would you mind... + verb+ing... ?

P.17

Phonetics Rising and falling intonation- Short and long vowels

P.18

Asking for and giving directions.

Vocabulary : Prepositions of directions (to, out, of... into...)

Locating amenities.

and prepositions of place (on, at, behind, between...)

P.20

Asking for distance and time

Vocabulary : Prepositions of directions and prepositions of place

P.21

P.19

Vocabulary related to air travel

Phonetics : Weak and strong forms in prepositions Contrastive/corrective stress

P22

Expressing ability, inability, obligation,

Vocabulary : Sequencers : first, then, next... finally

P.24

prohibition.

Grammar : be + verb + ing -be going to + verb - will/shall + verb

P.25

Grammar : be + verb + ing - be going to + verb - will/shall + verb

P.26

P.23

Assessment : P27-28
6

Describing actions that happened in

Grammar : Present perfect + for/since...

P.30

the past and affect the present

Grammar : Present perfect + for/since. How long + present perfect... ?

P.31

P.29

- Asking for and giving advice

Phonetics : Stress in two and three-syllable words - Strong and weak

forms of have

P.32

Grammar : must(not) - (dont) have to - should(not)

P34

- Expressing obligation and absence of Grammar : Present perfect + just/ already/yet/ever/never

P.35

obligation

P.36

P.33

Grammar : Present perfect + just/ already/yet/ever/never

Assessment : P37-38
8

Expressing a continuous action in

the past interrupted by another
Comforting someone P.39
Locating a country on a map

10

P.43

Vocabulary : related to comforting someone and giving advice

P.40

Grammar : Was/were + verb-ing + when + past simple

P.41

Phonetics : Strong and weak forms of was and were

P42

Vocabulary : related to cardinal points, climate, relief, area, population

P.44

Grammar : The comparative (short and irregular adjectives)

P.45

Grammar : The superlative (short and irregular adjectives)

P.46

Locating towns within countries

Vocabulary related to description of towns (geographical

describing towns

situations/comparisons)

P.48

Grammar : Comparative/ superlative (long adjectives)

P.49

Phonetics : Digraphs - gh - ph - th / Pronunciation of more + adjective

P.50

P.47

Assessment : P51-52
Key answers to tests : P53-54-55-56

Presentation
A text to illustrate the language
functions

File 1

Greetings describing people

Starting a new day

Comprehension questions to highlight

the new language patterns (structures,
lexis, functions)

Important language points

suggested in the lessons

When addressing a friend, a

classmate use informal English such
as :
- Hello/Hi Djamel !...
- How are you doing ? How is it
going ?...
- Im ok/Not bad /Fine thanks...
- Bye/See you/Cherrio...
When addressing a senior person
(your teacher/headmaster...) or a
person you didnt meet before, use
formal English such as :
Good morning/afternoon
Miss/Madam/sir.
Good morning/afternoon
Miss/Mrs/Mr + surname
How do you do ?/How are you ?...
Very well thank you...
Goodbye Miss/Madam/Sir...

1 Read the two conversations above and

write which is formal and which is informal.
Justify your answer.
Conversation 1

is .....................................................
because ......................................

Conversation 2

is .....................................................
because ......................................

3 Read the following sentences or phrases. Write (F) for formal and (I) for informal.
Good morning/Good afternoon Great !
Hi !
Very well thank you
Thanks
How are you doing ?
Thank you
How is it going ?
Ok
Not bad

2 Read the conversations again and fill in

the table.

Diagnostic evaluation
of language rules

Formal

Informal

Good morning

................................................

................................................

Fine thanks

And you?

................................................

How are you?

................................................

................................................

Thanks

Lets write
Imagine a dialogue between these friends.

Written production

................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Vocabulary

Related to physical description and personality

Check the rule

Reminder

A strong tall man with dark eyes and long hair.

To describe a person, we use adjectives which
tall, strong, dark, long refer to ......................................................
describe his/her physical appearance (tall/small/fat ;
A strict and authoritative teacher.
dark/blue/eyes; long/short dark/fair hair etc.
strict and authoritative refer to .....................................................
We also use adjectives to describe his/her

personality (nice, severe, funny etc.).

Practise
1

Negative adjectives (-)

Read the following dialogue and do the activity

consolidation exercises

..................................................................................................................

Build up similar dialogues by replacing the

words in italics with words from the box.
(orally and /or in writing).

...........................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

Complete the table with appropriate adjectives

from the text.
Physical appearance

...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

Personality

What is your ideal teacher ?

Write a paragraph (six lines) using adjectives
from the box above (exercise 2). Start like
this :

2 The following adjectives refer to physical

appearance and personality.
Classify them accordingly.

An activity to train pupils to use

the language in context

Lets write

cool - thin - shy - dark - cheerful - crazy - fat - black - blue

serious - severe - green - intelligent - patient - strict
naughty - strong - clever - helpful - nice - calm - boring
authoritative.

I would like my teacher to be

.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

eyes : .........................................................................................
hair : .................................................................................................
height/build : ............................................................................
personality : ...............................................................................

.......................................................

..................................................................................................................

David : John, weve got a new maths teacher this

year.
John : Oh, really ? What does he look like ?
David : Hes tall and slim with fair hair and blue
eyes.
John : Whats he like ?
David : Well, he looks serious and friendly.
John : Wow ! Were lucky !

.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

Classify the adjectives relating to personality.

Positive adjectives (+) :

.................................................................................................

....................................................

.................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

File 1 - Page 6 - Greetings, describing people

Phonetics

Formative evaluation
after chapters 1 and
2, 6 and 7
Assessment tests after
chapters 3 and 4 and
8,9 and 10

Rising/falling intonation, Short/long vowels diphthongs

Assessment

Check the rule

Reminder

Key answers to tests

Intonation rising or falling ?

Questions starting with an auxiliary have a rising

intonation : Do you like cheese ?
Wh - questions have a falling intonation :
Whats your name, please ?
Vowels. [i] as in bit, [i:] as in beat,[y] as in but, []
as in bat, [a:] as in car [F] as in about

Did you watch TV last night ? ......................

What are you doing ? ...............................................
When will he arrive ? .................................................
Can I help you ? ...........................................................
Has he got a car ? .......................................................
Where are gou going ? ............................................
Will they come tonight ? .........................................

Write these words in the right column. (2

pts)

Thames - that - phone - Thai - thing - rough height - thanks.

[B]

[D]

[t]

[f]

gh (silent)

...........................................................................................................

Look at the following examples. How do you

pronounce these words ?

Practise
1

sister

niece

brother mother

father

[sistF]

[ni:s]

[bryDF] [myDF] [fa:DF]

...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

flat

...........................................................................................................

[flt]

...........................................................................................................

8 Write the comparative and superlative forms

of the following adjectives :
thick, thicker than the thickest (2,5 pts)

Put the following words in the right column. (Use a dictionary if necessary)

letter - smart - kiss - car - fat - driver - six - teeth - some - cat - deep - far - fit - manner - scarf - tip clever - feet - glad - son - seem - bad - sick - half - match - peace - cut - can - pick - up - march - but.

big, pretty, difficult, good, patient

comparative :..............................................................................
...........................................................................................................

[y]

[F]

[I]

[i:]

[]

[a:]

...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

superlative : .................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

2 Pair the words that appear similar but have

the vowel [i] or [i:]

[ai]

[ei]

bin - heat - cheap - lick - leap - feet - chip - hit leak - lip - beans - fit
..........................,...........................

...........................,.........................

..........................,...........................

...........................,.........................

..........................,...........................

...........................,.........................

Pair the words that appear similar but have the

vowel [] or [y].

back - cat - match - bud - cut - bad - buck - batbut - much.

..........................,...........................

...........................,.........................

..........................,...........................

...........................,.........................

Decode the message and write it down.

[mai dd iz ft byt mai mym iz slim]
[ai hv F nais keik fF DF leidi]
[hF: ka: iz big nd fa:st]

Lets write
.............................................................................................

..........................,...........................

Put the words in the appropriate column

according to their pronunciation (use a dictionary

.............................................................................................
.............................................................................................
.............................................................................................

if necessary).

lake - high - tie - page - buy - way - kite - say weigh - fight - they - eye - same - fame - cry nice - face - shape.

.............................................................................................
.............................................................................................

File 2 - Page 12 - Describing likes and dislikes

11 Look at the map of North Africa and write

the geographical situation of these towns or
countries : (2,5 pts)
Rabat - Agadir - Tamanrasset - Tunisia - Niger.
e-g. : Rabat is in the northwest of Morocco, on
the Atlantic Ocean.

...........................................................................................................

12

Written expression (12 pts)

Choose a country from the map of North Africa
and write a paragraph. These are notes to help
you :

geographical situation
capital
population
area (square kilometres)
population density
climate
relief

...........................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................

9 Complete the following dialogue with the

correct comparative or superlative forms (2,5 pts)

...........................................................................................................

A : Is Morocco.................... large ...................... Algeria ?

B : No, it isnt.
A : Is Tunisia....................big ............................ Morocco ?
B : No, it isnt.
A : Is Algeria larger ............................. Morocco and
Tunisia ?
B : Yes, it is.
A : So, Algeria is ............................country in North
Africa.
Is it ............................................ populated, too ?
B : Yes, I think so.

...........................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

10

Write the correct comparative or superlative

forms of the adjectives in brackets (2,5 pts)

The film I saw yesterday was ...........................................

(exciting) film I have ever seen. ............................
(thrilling) role was played by ......................... (ugly)
actress in the world. Before going to bed, I felt
frightened, but my sister was .......................................
(frightened) me. Her face was .............................
(white) mine.
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File 10 - Page 52 - Locating describing towns

File 1

Greetings describing people

Starting a new day

When addressing a friend, a
classmate use informal English such
as :
- Hello/Hi Djamel !...
- How are you doing ? How is it
going ?...
- Im ok/Not bad /Fine thanks...
- Bye/See you/Cherrio...
When addressing a senior person
(your teacher/headmaster...) or a
person you didnt meet before, use
formal English such as :
Good morning/afternoon
Miss/Madam/sir.
Good morning/afternoon
Miss/Mrs/Mr + surname
How do you do ?/How are you ?...
Very well thank you...
Goodbye Miss/Madam/Sir...

1 Read the two conversations above and

write which is formal and which is informal.
Justify your answer.
Conversation 1

is .....................................................
because ......................................

Conversation 2

is .....................................................
because ......................................

3 Read the following sentences or phrases. Write (F) for formal and (I) for informal.
Good morning/Good afternoon Great !
Hi !
Very well thank you
Thanks
How are you doing ?
Thank you
How is it going ?
Ok
Not bad

2 Read the conversations again and fill in

the table.
Formal

Informal

Good morning

................................................

................................................

Fine thanks

And you?

................................................

How are you?

................................................

................................................

Thanks

Lets write
Imagine a dialogue between these friends.

................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................

File 1 - Page 5 - Greetings, describing people

Vocabulary

Related to physical description and personality

Check the rule

Reminder

A strong tall man with dark eyes and long hair.

To describe a person, we use adjectives which
tall, strong, dark, long refer to ......................................................
describe his/her physical appearance (tall/small/fat ;
A strict and authoritative teacher.
dark/blue/eyes; long/short dark/fair hair etc.
strict and authoritative refer to .....................................................
We also use adjectives to describe his/her
personality (nice, severe, funny etc.).

Practise
1

Read the following dialogue and do the activity

David : John, weve got a new maths teacher this

year.
John : Oh, really ? What does he look like ?
David : Hes tall and slim with fair hair and blue
eyes.
John : Whats he like ?
David : Well, he looks serious and friendly.
John : Wow ! Were lucky !
Complete the table with appropriate adjectives
from the text.
Physical appearance

.......................................................

..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................

Build up similar dialogues by replacing the

words in italics with words from the box.
(orally and /or in writing).

...........................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................

Personality

2 The following adjectives refer to physical

appearance and personality.
Classify them accordingly.
cool - thin - shy - dark - cheerful - crazy - fat - black - blue
serious - severe - green - intelligent - patient - strict
naughty - strong - clever - helpful - nice - calm - boring
authoritative.

eyes : .........................................................................................
hair : .................................................................................................
height/build : ............................................................................
personality : ...............................................................................

Negative adjectives (-)

What is your ideal teacher ?

Write a paragraph (six lines) using adjectives
from the box above (exercise 2). Start like
this :

Lets write
I would like my teacher to be
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

Classify the adjectives relating to personality.

Positive adjectives (+) :

....................................................

..................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

File 1 - Page 6 - Greetings, describing people

Grammar

Linking words and - because - but

Check the rule

Reminder

When I join two sentences, I use ...............................................

We use these words (conjunctions) to join two
sentences. They make one longer sentence.

To indicate or show opposition, I use ......................................

To show the reason for something, I use ..............................

Practise
Sentence A

Sentence B

The boy opened the door.

He went out.
The boy opened the door and went out.
It is not recessary to repeat he.
Sentence A

Sentence B

I bought a rewspaper.
I didnt read it.
I bought a rewspaper but I didnt read it.
Because (the reason for something)
Sentence A

Sentence B

I went to bed early.

I was tired.
I went to bed early because I was tired.
Because is also possible at the beginning :
Because I was tired, I went to bed early.

Match sentence A and sentence B. Use

and/but/because and write the sentences.

I opened the window

I phoned you
I was late

You were out.

I missed the bus.
I looked out.

We use and between the last two things and

a comma (,) to avoid repetition.
The boy opened the door, looked out and closed
it again.

There are six mistakes in this paragraph. Circle

the words repeated and put a cross (x) for the
words or punctuation missing. Rewrite it correctly.

I got to school and I went into my class and I

opened my school bag and started to revise for the
test. Because our teacher was absent we didnt
have the test. The next morning, he was on time
he didnt give it.
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................

Join these sentences using because, and,

but and the right punctuation.

I like swimming in the sea. I wouldnt swim

there in winter. It is too cold.

Write 4 sentences about what you did

yesterday. Use and/but/because.

Lets write

..................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................

I got up early. I brushed my teeth. I had

breakfast. I went to school.
..................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................
.................................................................................................

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