Week 6

Homework for Wednesday, November 2nd:

1. Workbook
   • pages 31- read and do J
2. Textbook
   • Review the vocabulary and grammar pages 72, and 74-81
3. Online practice
   • complete this exercise

Homework for Friday, November 4th:

Writing – For each question, write a complete sentence. Use adverbs of frequency (always, often, sometimes, rarely, never) and time expressions (once/twice/three times.. a day/week/month/year…). Write some negative sentences.

1. Do you get eight hours of sleep every night?
2. Do you brush your teeth twice a day?
3. Do you floss?
4. Do you drink coffee?
5. Do you drink alcohol?
6. Do you drive over the speed limit?
7. Do you stay up past midnight?
8. Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day?
9. Do you take time to relax every day?
10. Do you feel stressed?
11. Do you exercise?
12. Do you stretch?
13. Do you get a massage?
14. Do you eat sweets?

 

Homework for Monday, November 7th:

Writing

1. • In a new Google doc, write a paragraph with 10-12 sentences
   •  Answer these questions:
     • What are your good habits? What are your not-so-good habits? What changes do you want to make in your lifestyle? What are your health goals? Do you have new habits you plan to create?
   • Add a heading
   • Add a title
   • Indent
   • Check your spelling & grammar
   • SHARE with Fidelia

Reading

• Click here to read article and do reading exercises.

Workbook

• Page 50, exercise A
• Page 51, exercise B only

Textbook

• Please review Unit 4. Study the grammar and vocabulary. Do the listening exercises again. There will be a Unit 4 test on Monday.

Grammar

• Practice online:
  • Regular Past Tense (-ed)
  • Irregular Past Tense 1
  • Past or Present?
  • Was/Were
    Wasn’t/Weren’t
    Was/Were – Questions
    Past Tense – Regular Verbs

• • Study and learn the spelling rules for -ed
    

    REGULAR simple past: Spelling Rules

    Rule #1

    If a verb ends in -e, add -d.

    • like → liked
    • arrive → arrived
    • decide → decided

    Rule #2

    If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to -i and add -ed.

    • carry → carried
    • try → tried
    • study → studied

    Rule #3

    If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add -ed.*

    • play → played
    • stay → stayed
    • enjoy → enjoyed

    Rule #4

    If a verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern, double the final consonant and add -ed.**

    • hug → hugged
    • plan → planned
    • stop → stopped

    Rule #5

    For all other verbs, add -ed.

    • watch → watched
    • ask → asked
    • clean → cleaned

    Notes

    *Note 1:

    There are some exceptions to Rule #3:

    • pay → paid
    • lay → laid

    **Note 2:

    Rule #4 is true only for verbs that have the stress on the final syllable. Notice the difference below:

    Syllable stress (louder, longer syllable)

    • prefer → preferred

    visit → visited