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Much Ado About Nothing

People in this story :

DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon

DON JOHN, his brother

CLAUDIO, a young Lord of Florence

BENEDICK, a young Lord of Padua

LEONATO, Governor of Messia

HERO, his daughter

BEATRICE, his niece

BORACHIO, a follower of Don John

MARGARET, a lady-in-waiting to Hero

Unified Test 2 Syllabus

13th April 2011 

A.Comprehension (20%)
(5 Subjective Questions)
B.Vocabulary (20%)
(Top 1 Standard: Unit 3 --pg32&33)
C.Literature Component (20%)
(Poem: 'He Had Such Quiet Eyes' -- 5 True/False Statements
5 Subjective Questions)
D.Verb Forms (10%)
1. The Simple: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
2. The Continuous: Past, Present, Future (Active & Passive)
3. The Prefect: Past, Present
4. The Perfect Continuous: Past, Present
5. The Conditionals
6. Gerund
7. The Infinitives: Bare, To-infinitive
E.Formation of Words (10%)
Practice Session 5 & 7
F.Rewriting Sentences (10%)
Exercise B
G.Grammar (10%)
1. Countable and Uncountable Nouns (Top 1: pg16-17)
2. Prepositions (Top 1: pg61-62)
3. Subject and Verb Agreement

A Midsummer Night's Dream

New words :

1. consent :  (noun)
• permission or agreement
  They can't publish your name without your consent.

  You can only come on the trip if your parents give their consent.
• by common consent
  

  most people agree
  

  Her latest film, by common consent, is her best yet.
2. delicate :  (adjective)
• needing careful treatment, especially because easily damaged
  Peaches have delicate skins which are easily bruised.

  Delicate plants need to be kept in a greenhouse during the winter.

  delicate china

  Molly's health has always been delicate (= She becomes ill easily).
  
• needing to be done carefully
  

  Repairing damaged nerves is a very delicate operation/process.
  

I think i shud thank her

My primary 3 teacher , who caught me of stealing. Yes that time , I'm still young that somehow go steal other homework . She meets my parents .And my parents gave me a ultra serious lecture. From that time i started to know some adult sense. Just have more sense to everything , knowing what am i doing for. And I didn 't stack with those childish friend anymore , start from i think they are childish enuf to rather self to be alone .Yes , I have to thanks her for wake me up from mistaken and let me have the chance to learn .

Unit 3 Vocabulary

1.IMPERATIVE (adj.)
extremely important or urgent; needing to be done or given attention immediately

[+ that] The president said it was imperative that the release of all hostages be secured.

[+ to infinitive] It's imperative to act now before the problem gets really serious.

2.TEXTURE (n.)

• [C or U] the quality of something that can be decided by touch; the degree to which something is rough or smooth, or soft or hard

a smooth/rough/coarse texture

This artificial fabric has the texture of silk.

• [U] the character of a piece of writing or music

The writing has a rich texture.

3.CRUCIAL (adj.)

extremely important or necessary

a crucial decision/question

Her work has been crucial to the project's success.

[+ that ] It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately.

4.UNRULY (adj.) 

• Unruly people are difficult to control and often don't obey rules

an unruly class of adolescents

• Unruly hair is difficult to keep tidy, often sticking up or out

an unruly mop of black hair

5.SPIRITED (v.)

in the mood mentioned

low-spirited (= sad)

The children are rather high-spirited (= excited and happy)

6.EXHILARATION  (n.)

excitement and happiness

7.ENCLOSURES  (v.)

• [C] an area surrounded by fences or walls

the members' enclosure

• [C or U] when people put fences around land

An early example of privatization was the enclosure of public land for use by wealthy landlords.

8.FIDGET (v.)

to make continuous small movements which annoy other people

Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting.

Stop fidgeting about!

 

 

9.IMPARTING (v.)

• to communicate information to someone

to impart the bad news

I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.

• to give something a particular feeling, quality or taste

Preservatives can impart colour and flavour to a product.

 

 

 

10.IMPLORE (n.)

• [T + to infinitive] to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional and determined way

She implored her parents not to send her away to school.

• [T] literary to ask for something in a sincere and emotional way

She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.

Beyond the Blue Mountains by Robin Allan

New words :

1. cackle :  (noun)
• to make the loud, unpleasant sound of a chicken
  The hens cackled in alarm.
• (disapproving) to laugh in a loud, high voice
  A group of women were cackling in a corner.

  a cackling witch
2. cluck :   (verb)
• to make the low interrupted noise that a chicken makes
• (informal) to express disapproval or other emotion by making a short sharp sound with your tongue
  

  to cluck in disapproval/amazement

  She shakes her head, smiles, and clucks her tongue.
• (informal) to express an unnecessary amount of sympathy, worry or approval towards someone
  The attendants clucked and fussed over passengers.

Expensive sentences :

1. The weather was kind, the sun shone ,the Blue Mountains shone too —— safe and lovely.

Comment :

           This book is easy to read. The vocabulary inside is simple and can be understood shortly. The story is about a boy whose name is Sam travels along with his bird —— Henry. They save lot of animals and people in their adventure. They are very kind indeed. There is an interesting thing in this story, it is animals can communicate with human by talking to each other. Sam and Henry also encounter with quite many danger along their way to Blue Mountains. The most thrilling danger is they fight with the Looba, the Woman of the Mountains. In the end ,Sam and Henry kill her and become the hero of the Blue Mountains.