Unit 8: New Ways To Learn

*Combine the sentences using relative clauses without relative pronoun. (contact clauses)

1.We bought a car last week . The car is blue.

--> The car....................................

2. The girl is a singer . We met her at the party.

--> The girl.......................................

3. The bananas are on the table . George bought them.

--> The bananas..........................

4. We watched a film last night . It was really scary.

--> The film.....................................

5. I have to learn new words . They are very difficult.

--> The new words..............................

* Complete the sentences using a relative clause

1. Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing)

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2. My mobile phone is something (be very important to me)

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3. Antony is a friend of mine (live in Boston)

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4. West Side Story is a musical (be very famous)

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5. An airport is a place (planes land)

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Combine the following pairs of sentences, using relatives clauses and then give suitable reduced forms.
1. I know a market. It sells fruits and vegetables. -> …………………………………………………
2. The boy called the police. His wallet was stolen. -> ………………………………………………
3. The wedding took place last Friday. Only members of the family were invited to it.->…………..
4. May Day is a day. Workers often march on that day. ->……………………………………………
5. The teacher is excellent. I am taking her course. ->………………………………………………..
6. My parents send their best wishes to you. You met them last month.->……………………………
7. They are the spies. The police have been watching them. ->……………………………………….
8. The parcel contained a bomb. They opened it carefully. ->………………………………………...
9. The Taylor family now live in America. We bought their house.->………………………………..
10. Do you like the book? I gave it to you yesterday. ->………………………………………………
11. You lost a key yesterday. Have you found it?->…………………………………………………..
12. Some people lived next door to us. They were very nice.->………………………………………
13. Jim passed his driving test. This surprised everyone.->…………………………………………..
14. Jack has three brothers. All of them are married.->……………………………………………….
15. A plane crashed into the sea yesterday. It was carrying 120 passengers.->……………………….

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Fill in each blank with the correct article: a, an, the or zero article Ø.
26. In Brazil, it is bad luck to let your wallet or purse touch ______ floor, and if it happens, ____________ belief is that you will become ________ poor man.
27. Some people in Italy are said to fear Friday _______ 17th because _______ Roman numeral XVII can be arranged to make _______  word "VIXI" which means "my life is over" in ________ Latin.
28. In Viet Nam, when giving gifts for brides and grooms on their wedding day, avoid giving _______ single item because it is believed that it will cause bad luck that ________ marriage is
not expected to last long.
29. In Japan, it is believed that if _______  beggar ever comes to your doorstep, you're supposed _________ throw ______ salt to your entry way where ________ beggar has been.
30. _________ French believe that handling _________ loaf of bread upside-down or placing it upside-down on ______ table will brings hunger and bad luck to both ________ giver and _______ recipient.

There are several advantages of bringing in a smart interactive whiteboard into a classroom setting.
Interactive whiteboards allow many different forms of media - including photos, illustrations, maps, graphs, games, and video, to be (16)___________. In addition, smart boards
makes learning to be more dynamic owing to the different forms of presenting information.

Smart boards provide new ways for teachers to teach, and student to learn. These tools (17) ________ a wide variety of learning styles. Tor instance, visual learners can (18) ________ as their tutors use the whiteboards to project visual elements, whereas audio learners can listen and have discussions. On the other hand, the boards (19) __________ with touchscreen capabilities that allow tactile learners to touch and interact with the board.
The interactive nature of smart boards (20) _________ learners an opportunity to share and participate in the instructional process. Interactivity provides a platform for students to
demonstrate their grasp of the subject through (21)______ , drawing, and writing.
Smart boards allow learners to easily (22) _______ a rich database of online
resources. Teachers can use the wide variety of online information sources such as knowledge databases, online video and news items to reinforce their lessons.
Interactive boards are also environmentally friendly. They offer teachers an entirely different way of (23) _________ information to students, which removes the need for writing, printing or photocopying, which helps to (24) __________ waste and pollution, from over-utilization of paper and ink.
Overall, including smart boards to the classroom environment is likely to change the way teachers pass knowledge to students and at the same time (25) __________ the learning process for students.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. access              B. affect            C. application        D. fact
2. A. digital                B. fingertip       C. identify              D. mobile
3. A. assignment       B. address       C. discussion         D. access