We are family. Unit review by Teacher Na3im. April 2020.

1-Ideas to grasp.

 The sense of humour is a skill / ability that can help you interact easily with others, improve your health, and
even help diffuse difficult situations.
 A sense of humor helps reduce stress and anxiety, as well as increase coping abilities and self-esteem.
 Comedies do not only make us laugh; they also teach us morals.
 Emotions are physical reactions to what your brain feels or perceives.
 Some people find it hard to hide their feelings while others easily bottle every feeling up.

Verb Noun Adjective

To laugh Laughter Laughable
to amuse Amusement Amusing / ed
To entertain Entertainment Entertaining / ed
To stress Stress Stressful
To express Expression Expressive
To prefer Preference Preferable
To consider Consideration Considerable
To embarrass Embarrassment Embarrassing / ed

A-Rewrite sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’.

1a-You should begin your revision soon.
1b-It’s about time ...
2a-“Which stage comes before elementary school?” the journalist asked.
2b-The journalist asked...
b-The journalist asks ...
3a-Unless you make the right choice you might regret it.
3b-You might regret it if ...
4a-The school year is over and I already miss the company of my friends.
4b-I wish ...
5a-Notifications are regularly sent to me.
5b-The company .........................to me.

B-Ask the questions that the underlined words answer.

 Students have to follow their teacher’s advice.

C-Match pairs that rhyme.

A B

a-laugh 1-knot
b-thought 2-ease
c-breeze 3-bite
d-light 4-calf

D-Write or circle the silent letter in each of the following words.

 Psychology - campaign - tomb - often - answer - what.

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We are family. April 2020
Text Study N°1 p208.
A-Comprehension.

1-Circle the letter that corresponds to the best answer.

A-The reading passage is: a- a letter. b- an interview. c- a questionnaire.

B-The scene takes place: a- In a meeting room. b- In a studio. c- On a TV show.

2-Say whether the following are true or false in the passage.

a. An individual’s nationality affects his sense of humour.
b. Comedies just make us laugh.
c. Laughing generates stress.
d. Sick humour is like junk food.

3-Reorder the following ideas according to their occurrence in the passage.

a. We shouldn’t enjoy sick humour.
b. Comic situations lead to funny jokes.
c. Laughter is a daily necessity.
d. People do not easily accept morals.

4-Answer the following questions according to the reading.

a. Does John Doe agree with what Woody Allen said? justify.
b. What are the main benefits of laughing?
c. Why should we avoid sick humour?

5-What do the underlined words refer to in the passage?

a-...in a joke which would ... b-...comedy teaches us moral laws. c-...those humorists who feed ...

6-Copy the title you think is most appropriate.

a. Sick humour.
b. The sense of humour.
c. Individual’s humour.

B-Text Exploration.

1-Give the opposites of the following words keeping the same roots.

2- Combine each pair of sentences with one of the connectors provided. Make changes where necessary.

a-Humour has become a powerful ice-breaker. Humour is widely used by teachers. ( so … that / such … that )
b-I don’t like Woody Allen’s comedies. Woody Allen is a very famous comedian. ( Although / because of )

3-Classify the following words according to their stressed syllables.

Humour - comedy - amazed - limitations - drastic - philosophical.

4- Fill in the gaps with only 4 words from the list given.

Laughter - funny - a few - rules - humour - science

Comedy is not a …1… , it’s art. Therefore, there are no …2… and it can be very subjective. What one person
might find …3… another might cringe at it. Someone makes a joke and only …4… people laugh. Comedy is full of
oppositions and contradictions.

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We are family. April 2020
Text Study N°2 p174.
A-Comprehension.

1-Copy the right answer.

The reading passage is taken from: a-A magazine b-A newspaper c-A book.

2-Are the following statements true or false in the text?

a. American people prefer not to hide their feelings.
b. Showing your emotions in public is a sign of weakness in Britain.
c. The British people’s attitude towards those who complain has changed.

3-In which paragraph is it said that Americans will let you know how they feel about you?

4-Answer the following questions according to the text. Act1p174.

5-Copy the right answer.

The reading passage is: a-argumentative. b-expository. c-narrative.

B-Text Exploration.

1-Find in the text the opposites of: a-show §1 b-minority §1 c-strong §2 d-youngsters §3.

2-Classify the following phrases in the table. (1p178)

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3-Complete the chart as shown in the example.

To prefer Preference Preferable

……………. ……………. Active
…………… Comparison …………….
To accept …………… …………….

4-Combine the following sentences with one of the connectors in brackets. Make any necessary changes.

a-They have been friends for many years. They have completely different tastes. (despite the fact that )
b-You will promise to keep it. I will tell you a secret. (providing that )

5-Classify the following words according to:

A-the number of their syllables.
B- their stressed syllables.
 Emotions – compare – transformation – privacy – technically – network.

6-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ‘ed’ Act1 p179 / 180.

/t/ /d/ /id/

7-Reorder the following sentences to make a coherent paragraph.

a. For example, if a colleague passes in the corridor without smiling,
b. instead of considering that the person might have been preoccupied in thought.
c. People in the grip of depression tend to think in black-or-white, all-or-nothing terms.
d. the depressed person might think, “He didn’t smile at me…he doesn’t like me anymore,” 

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Text Study N°3.

I created my Facebook account about 8 years ago. At that time, I have accepted (and rejected) plenty of friend
requests. But I still had thousands of friends. For the first time since creating my account, I logged in last week and
deleted hundreds of them. Why? Because I didn't have a friendship with any of them.
It felt good to clean up my friends list of people I didn't truly have relationships with, but then it got a little weird…a
few friends texted me asking why my friend list number had dropped. And a few of the people I deleted actually reached
out asking what they had done to upset me. I was shocked; why was anyone paying attention to this? I hadn't spoken to
the people I deleted in years. And yet, people were noticing. This isn't because I'm some famous internet blogger who the
world wants to befriend with, but rather a common phenomenon regarding social media: The average person has about
double the amount of friends online as they do in real life. But how is that a friendship? And why do we feel connected /
important to these strangers?

We un-friend, un-follow and even block people online, but to their faces, we would act like nothing in the world was
wrong. So it got me thinking: perhaps we love the illusion of social media friendships because we can act as we would if
(in reality) we were not afraid to confront or interact with people honestly.

www.lifehack.org
A-Comprehension.

1-The text is about :

a. True friendship.

b. Virtual friendship.

c. Childhood friendship.

2-Are the following statements true or false according to the text?

a. The writer created her facebook account at the age of 8.

b. She was indifferent to people’s reactions on facebook.
c. Most of us has twice as much friends online than in real life.

3-In which paragraph does the writer justify deleting people from his friends list?

4-Answer the following questions according to the text.

a. Why did the writer clear her friend list on her facebook account?
b. How did some of the deleted people react?
c. How does she explain these reactions?

5-Who or what do the words in bold refer to in the text?

B-Text Exploration.

1-Find the words or phrases that are closet in meaning to the following:

a-strange §2 b-went down §2 3-well-known §2

2-Complete the following chart.

Verb Noun Adjective

To access ………………….. …………………
……………….. Connection ………………...
………………. …………………. Shocking
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3-Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

It is impossible to credit the invention of the internet to a single person.  The internet ( to be ) the work of
dozens of pioneering scientists, programmers and engineers who each ( to develop ) new features and
technologies that eventually ( to merge)to become the “information superhighway” we ( to know ) today.

4-Ask the questions that the underlined words answer.

Oum Walid has more than six million subscribers to her youtube channel.

5-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ‘ed’.

deleted - dropped - followed - reached - shocked - founded.

6-Fill in the gaps with only four words from the list:

thoughtful - mind - friend - family - reasons - worried.

A woman is always …1… about something or the other. Something is always going on in her …2….
She keeps thinking about the health of her …3… members, proper intake of the meals, about the happiness of her friends,
about the day of her husband, etc. Tension is one the …4… why she sometimes cries.

C-Writing.

Topic1-
Using the following notes, write a reply to Miserable’s letter p172.

 Show sympathy: I’m sorry to hear that ….

 Analyze the problem: Perhaps / May be you are …
-too much worry -family pressure -fear of failure.
 Give advice: You should / you have to / you don’t have to / shouldn’t …
-Plan your study time
-Get yourself into exam mode.
-Try to maintain a healthy lifestyle
-Take a short break from time to time.
-Think positive.

Topic2-

Men and women have different reactions to emotions in various situations. Write a newspaper article describing their
reactions to some of these situations.
 Good news : success, birth, bonus, …
 Bad news : failure, death, absence of network coverage, …
Useful expressions.
Similarity: like, the same, similarly,…
Difference: unlike, differently, on the contrary,…
Contrast: While, however, but,…

Topic3-
‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’
write a composition of about 80 words in which you discuss this saying and give your definition of a good friend.

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