Senior 2 English Group Unit 1 Learning About Language

Discovering useful words and expressions 1. Choose the correct words or expressions to complete this passage. valuableinstructcureannounce look intoexamineput forward immediatelyexpose

Li Heping was a famous football player, but his career came to an end when he became very ill. The doctor examined him but could not find the cause of this illness. He put forward the theory that Li Heping had been exposed to a new virus. He knew he would not be able to cure him immediately but promised he would look into the possibility of finding one in the future. Sadly, Li Heping announced that he would take up a new career to instruct footballers in planning for their future. At his last match he tanked his fans for their valuable support and concluded by singing the popular song: “Thanks for the memory”.

2. make a telephone to telephone make a plan to plan make a speech to speak make a change to change

make a decision to decide make a contribution to contribute make a noise to be noisy make a description to describe

The Past Participle  Read Page 89.(DIY) (3m) From the book, we can know The Past Participle attribute predicative object complement adverbial

Where the past participle is used?  So many thousands of terrified people died.  But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people. attribute predicative

2. Complete the table terrified people people who are terrified reserved seats seats which are reserved polluted water water that is polluted a crowded room a room that is crowded a pleased winner a winner who is pleased

astonished children children who look astonished a broken vase a vase that is broken a closed door a door that is closed the tired audience the audience who feel tired a trapped animal an animal that is trapped

Complete the sentences. 1.He got blamed about losing the money. 2.Why do you always look so tired? Do you sleep well these days? 3.I was disappointed with the film I saw last night. I had expected it to be better. 4.Everybody was shocked/ depressed to hear the death of the famous film star.

5. The children are really excited about going to the zoo. 6. His wound became infected with a new virus.

WB Page Choose appropriate verbs. 1.They were prepared to accept my idea. 2.I’ll be interested to hear what he has to say. 3.The mayor said that he was worried about the continued rise of the water level in the river bed. 4.Recently arrived soldiers are helping to take the victims to safe areas from the flood.

5.Most of the newspaper seems to be concerned with pop stars. 6.He was frightened of going alone into the empty house.

Rewrite the sentences (P44, 2) 1.I found this broken plate on the floor. 2.I saw a tall, dark and handsome man called Xiao Ming. 3.I looked at that modern abstract painting coloured in yellows and greens. 4.Yesterday I got the expected answer to my question.

5.She is my friend devoted to my interests. 6.On the doorstep I found a lot of bottles were labelled in green ink. 7.We saw many cracked windows in that room.

Fill (Page 42, 1)  In the twenty-first century, educated people find it difficult to believe that living conditions in the nineteenth century expose people to serious illnesses. The reports of many doctors link illness to drinking polluted water. However, one hundred years ago people did not connect a disease to the environment.

So they did not blame the companies that supplied dirty water. The doctors found that the dirtier the water, the more severe the illness. It was only later when people began to examine the water and test its quality that they rejected the idea that cholera was absorbed from the air. It was only when everybody began to attack the dirty conditions that cholera was defeated and was not a problem any more.