MODULE 2 : EDUCATION
LESSON 3 : FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL
Pre – stage : Match the sentence parts
1 - I like school because + -----
A - I met nice teachers and new friends.
2 - My first day at
school + -----
B - on her first day at school.
3 - I was excited
because + -----
C - there is lots of fun there.
4 - My friend
Carmen was afraid
+ -----
D - was a good memory.
What about you ? Do you remember your first day at school ? How did you feel on that day ?
Question 2 : A B page 48 activity 1.
While - stage : Reading Comprehension
Question 1 :Tick the correct option
The text is about :
Day dreaming at school
Exams
First day at a new school
Question 2 : the following sentences are false. Correct them with reference to the text.
A -The children in Nancy’s Town wanted to move to a different school. (p1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B - Nancy was pleased to go to different school. (p1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C - Nancy’s new teacher was cold. ( = not friendly ) (p3)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Question 3 : what did Nancy do so that not to go to school (p2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Question 4 : Match the following statement with the right function.
“All the children in Nancy’s town had to go to a different school” :
Expressing like
Expressing obligation in the past
Expressing intention
Question 5 : Read the text again, Pick out the verbs which are in the past and put them in the right
boxes.
Regular verbs (ed form)
Irregular verbs
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Question 6 : AB page 50 activity 4 and activity 5
Question 7: Put the following verbs in the appropriate boxes.
started – walked – organized – watched – helped – tested – revised – cheated – listened
/ id /
chatted
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/d/
failed
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/t/
finished
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When the ”ed” comes after “t” it’s pronounced / id /
When the ”ed” comes after a voiced sound like : b , d , g , l , n … it’s pronounced / d /
When the “ed” comes after a non - voiced sound like : p , sh , ch , s … it’s pronounced / t /
Post - stage : Fill in the blanks with words from the text. Then reorder the sentences to get a
summary of the reading passage.
A - Nancy’s mother took her to school the first day .
B - She was having a good time ---------------- to her friends and meeting new ones. (p3)
C - Nancy was very ------------------ to go to a different school. (p1)
D - Third grade at a new school would be great ---------------------- (p3)
E - Her mother knew that Nancy was really more afraid than she was ------------- (p2).
F - She ----------------------- she was ill. (p2)
G - She ------------------------ about being afraid or sick. (p3)
H - Nancy saw Mary and Ellen and Tommy from her old class.
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