Portfolios 5th grade highschool

Student´s name:

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Look in your online dictionary:
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the meanings and one example in English. Write them in your portfolios:

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Underline the sentences in present simple with a highlighter marker

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 After reading please answer the next sentences. Underline in
the reading the check these words you looked in your dictionary.

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 After watching the video, answer the next statements, choose T for
true and F for false.
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 Complete your Freyer model with the present simple tense.
Remember to watch the video of the explanation first.

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 Check these words. Look in [Link] for the
meanings in English with an example:

Now read the text, underline with green the check these words (identify them) and
underline the present continuous.

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Present Progressive
Watch the video where I explain you present continuous.
do your Freyer Model

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V ideo games have become very popular. There are numerous games for the

personal computer. Additionally, game systems, like the Sony Playstation and the Xbox,
can be found in many homes. As video games have become more popular and
sophisticated, they have influenced popular culture. The character of Lara Croft from the
game, Tomb Raider, is well known even to people who have never played the game. There
have been movies based on video games, Tomb Raider included. Obviously, the video game
industry is highly profitable, and the designers of a successful game can become very rich.
Of course, what this means is that there are many people buying and playing video games.
What kinds of people are they?
There are many stereotypes about gamers. The first one is that most gamers are males.
Another stereotype about gamers is that they are not interesting or attractive people.
According to this view, gamers are mostly fat because they always play games instead of
exercising. Even if they are not fat, they are still unhealthy because they rarely go outside
or do anything active. Another part of this image is that gamers are ugly. They play games
because it is impossible for them to find girlfriends. Not only are they ugly, but they are
also boring. Gamers have no interests outside games, so games are all that they can talk
about,
besides computers. Further, this image of gamers implies they are antisocial.
They do not know how to communicate with other people. This is the main reason that
they play games. Gamers spend all of their time alone with their computers, and they only
connect with other people through the Internet, where they can pretend to be different
people. This sort of communication is not real,
since gamers would never be able to talk the same way with people in the normal world.
The most negative stereotype about gamers is that they possibly have emotional problems.
Many video games are violent, so gamers might be influenced by that violence. They may
start to feel that it is OK to use violence in real life. Further, gamers spend too much time
in the false worlds of their games.

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The result is that they can no longer recognize the real world. They may come to
believe that they are characters in a game. The result of this could be violence or
destruction of property, either real or through computer hacking.
Of course, these views are only stereotypes. There may be some gamers that
fit the negative stereotype. However, a recent study about gamers was conducted
in the United States by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. This research
involved a survey of 1,162 college students across the United States. The survey
found that most gamers are the same as normal people. According to the survey,
both gamers and non-gamers spent the same amount of time doing different
kinds of activities, like studying and exercising. Gamers did not spend all their time playing
games. They did not spend all their time alone, either. Most of the gamers in the survey
lived normal lives and had normal friends. For them, gaming was a social activity. These
gamers were unlikely to commit violence against others.
Finally, the survey found that just as many women as men played video games.
According to this survey, at least, gaming has become a normal hobby, like any other, and
as is the case with many other stereotypes, the stereotypical image of gamers does not
seem to match with reality.
R Reading Comprehension
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A Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the
reading.
1. ____ Gamers are not thought to be like normal people.
2. ____ Gamers are thought to be antisocial.
3. ____ Many gamers always play games as a way to enjoy time with friends.
4. ____ More men play video games than women.

B Choose the best answer according to the reading.

1. What is the main idea of this reading?
a. Gamers have similar personalities, likes and dislikes.
b. Gamers are similar to people’s ideas of them.
c. Gamers are different from people’s ideas of them.
d. Gamers are not similar to each other.
2. What is NOT a stereotype of a gamer?
a. They don’t make friends easily.
b. They dislike sports.
c. They are often boring to other people.
d. They frequently interact with other people.
3. According to the reading, what does “stereotype” probably mean?

a. An idea about gamers that is usually true

b. An idea about gamers that is good to have
c. An idea about gamers that is often too simple
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d. An idea about gamers that is wrong

C For the next two questions, look for the answers in the passage and
write them on the lines provided.

1. Why is it dangerous for gamers to think video games are the real world?
_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

2. Why do people think that gamers play computer games?

_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

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Here are six words that are related to the topic but are not in the reading.
Fill in each blank with the best word from the list. Use each word only
once.
bias points weird ammunition juvenile select
1. Roger does very strange things, so most people think he is __________.
2. Now you have to __________ what color hair you want your character to have.
3. Don’t act in that childish way. It’s very __________.
4. Hey! I got 50 __________ for picking up the gold coin!
5. You need a lot of __________ to shoot all your opponents in Quake III.
6. He has a(n) __________ against people who play computer games.
He doesn’t like to talk to them.
Fill in the blanks with the words from the list. Use each word only once.
Over the years, video games have become more popular and 1 _____________.
For most people, the 2 _________________ of a gamer is a man who is
overweight and lazy. Because gamers sit in front of computers all day, their lack of
physical 3 _________________ makes them gain weight. People also think that
gamers are 4 _________________ because they spend so much time alone,
playing games that typically focus on killing. However, research indicates that
gamers easily 5 _________________ appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
In other words, they are not more likely to commit acts of 6 ________________
than non-gamers.

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Vocabulary Extension
Summary
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Here are six words that are related to the topic but are not in the reading.
Fill in each blank with the best word from the list. Use each word only
once.
bias points weird ammunition juvenile select
1. Roger does very strange things, so most people think he is __________.
2. Now you have to __________ what color hair you want your character to have.
3. Don’t act in that childish way. It’s very __________.
4. Hey! I got 50 __________ for picking up the gold coin!
5. You need a lot of __________ to shoot all your opponents in Quake III.
6. He has a(n) __________ against people who play computer games.
He doesn’t like to talk to them.

Excercises

Present Continuous Practice

Put the verb into the correct from, present continuous or the present simple.
1) Are you hungry? ______________something to eat? (you/want)
2) Jill is interested in politics but she____________________to a political party.
(not/belong)
3) Don´t but the dictionary away. I___________________it. (use)
4) Don´t put the dictionary away. I___________________it. (need)
5) Who is that man? What___________________? (he/want)
6) Who is that man? Why_________________at us? (he/look)
7) George says he´s 80 years old but nobody_______________________him.
(believe)
8) She told me her name but I________________it now. (not/remember)’

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9) I_____________________of sell my car. (think) Would you be interested in
buying it?
10) i_________________you should sell your car. (think)
You_________________it very often (not/use)
11) I used ot drink a lot of coffee but these days I ____________tea. (prefer)
12) Air_________________mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. (consist)

Present Simple and Present Continuous

.Complete the sentences with correct form of the verb in brackets .A

Iris' mother generally ________ (drive) her car to work, but now she .1
.________ (walk) home
The children _______ (play) together every afternoon, but they .2
._________ (not play) now
At the moment, David _________ (watch) a funny program. That's why .3
.he _________ (laugh)
Tamar usually _______(stay) at home in the evenings and ________ .4
.(watch) T.V., but sometimes she ______ (go) to the movies
Jonathan always ________ (speak) Hebrew with his friends, but he .5
._______ (not speak) Hebrew with his parents
.I ________ (not do) homework now. I _________ (read) a funny book .6
We ______ (walk) to school every morning. We ________ (not take) the .7
.bus because we ________ (live) nearby
At present, scientists __________ (try) to find how laughter ________ .8
.(help) sick people feel better
.I ________ (want) to meet her older brother. He is so funny .9
They always _______ (enjoy) family holidays because they _______ .10
.(have) a lot of fun together

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 No, she _________ (not go) to the park right now because she .11
.________ (need) to do her homework
.Listen! Nadav _______ (tell) a funny story! I ________ (like) his jokes .12
I _______ (think) you should go to the doctor if you ________ (not feel) .13
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.At the moment, he ________ (eat), so he can't tell you one of his jokes .14

16) You ____________ very tired on Friday, because you _______ at home
sleeping.
17) They ________________ in front of the supermarket to wait for me.
18) I _______________ in the museum. I __________________ at home.
19) She ____________in South Africa last month. She ________ in Spain.
20) Jane and Vicky ____________late for school They are always late for school.
21) She is thirty now, so last year she _____________ twenty-nine.
22) _____________ it a good film?
23) I got married when I ____________ thirty.
24) It was a great day, but we _____________ so tired.
25) I didn't buy those earrings because they __________ugly.
26) When I _______________ a child we lived in the country.
27) Where ___________ you yesterday afternoon?
28) _______________ the kids good while we were away?
29 The kids ____________ so naughty. The parents _______________ always
angry.
30) Why _________ he so sad? Because his girlfriend broke up with him.

What Did You Do Yesterday?

Read the text and write the appropriate verbs in the blanks:
Went, prepared, took, played, met, attended, did, had, slept, read, watched, woke,
ate, was, was, had.

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 Yesterday, I  ………… up at 7 a.m. I  …………… a shower and 
…………… my breakfast. At eight O’clock, I  …………… to school. I  …………
my friend Alice. She  …………… beautiful with her new dress. We 
…………………… the English lesson. Then, we  ………………… lunch in the
canteen.
In the afternoon, I  ………………… football with my classmates. We 
………………… a good time together.
At 4p.m, I went home. My mum  ……………… a cake for me. It 
……………… very delicious. Before dinner, I  ……………… T.V. and 
……… my homework. Finally, I  ……………… a story and  …………………
at 10 p.m.

Now, match 10 verbs with the correct pictures:

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SIMPLE PAST

DID SHE GO TO LONDON?

Complete the sentences with Past Simple.
Matilde went to London with a friend.
She ……….(fly) to London. They …….... (stay) at a small hotel near Hyde Park.
They ……….(enjoy) very much and ………(buy) many souvenirs for her friends
and families.
The first day they ………. (visit) the Tower of London, the Big Ben, Buckingham
Palace and the Wax Museum. In the afternoon they ………. (have) a walk in
Hyde Park. There ………. (be) many people and children.
They ………(take) the train and …….. (go) to Camden Lock. They were
delighted and …….. (eat) at a pub.
In the evening they …….. (book) tickets for the theatre.
On their second day they …….. (visit) Oxford and ……… (talk) to some young
people who were studying at the famous university.
Matilde and her friend ………(promise) to come back soon because London is
a great city .

Put words in order to make negative sentences

1.- didn’t /she/ the Natural History Museum/visit
2.-she/eat/ fish and chips/ didn’t
3.-by helicopter/didn’t/she travel.
4.-didn’t watch / the BBC/she
5.-she/go /to Portobello Market/didn’t
6.-her friend/ like/ tea with biscuits/didn’t
7.-didn’t /she walk /in Hyde Park/in the morning.
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8.-her mother/ didn’t /go / with her.
9.-meet / the Queen/she/ didn’t/at the Palace.
10.-didn’t/see/ the London Eye/she
11.-she/ drink /beer/ in a pub/ didn’t
12.-didn’t /she/ buy / many souvenirs.
13.- speak/ English/didn’t/she/ any
14.- stay/ at a big hotel/ didn’t/she
15.-ride/ a horse/ didn’t/she/ in Hyde Park.
16.-sit/on a deck chair/ didn’t/she
17.- a cup of tea/ didn’t/have/she
18.-enjoy/the trip/in London/didn’t/she
19.-taste/roastbeef/didn’t /she/at the restaurant.
20.- write/ postcards to her friends/she/didn’t
21.-read / the newspapers/didn’t/she
22.- didn’t/ travel/ by underground/she

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 SIMPLE PAST REVISION

positive negative question

Jane was tired.

Sean did not work.

Did I have a cat?

Mary did not sing.

Did she see us?

Write sentences in simple past.

you / cards / play
I / a car / want
we / the game / lose
not / I / early / get up
not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle
1. We open the door. →
2. You write poems. →
3. Richard plays in the garden. →
Was or Were?
I …………………………….hungry.
You……………………………….in Australia last year.
She ………………………………….not there.
Charly Chaplin………………………………………….a famous actor.
Lisa and James………………………………………….at home.

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Ask for the bold part of the sentence.
Billy ate an apple
The children played in the garden
Laura came home at six o'clock
The boy read a book
The girl wrote five letters

Write the formulas for the past tense and past continous.

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 PAST PROGRESSIVE

We use past simple tense for referring to a completed action in the past; past
continuous tense for referring to a continuous action going on at a specific time in
the past.

Make the positive or negative past continuous

1) Julie (sleep) ________________--at three o'clock. .
2) You (study) ________________at three o'clock. .
3) Luke (read) ________________at three o’clock. .
4) I (work)__________________ at three o’clock. .
5) They (eat) ___________________chocolate at three o’clock. .
6) John (play)__________________ tennis at three o’clock. .
7) We (watch) _____________________TV at three o’clock.
8) He (use) _______________________the internet at three o’clock. .
9) You (cook) ______________________lunch at three o’clock. .
10) We (travel)_________________________ to London at three o’clock. .
11) Mrs Brown (not/walk)__________________________ in the garden when the
murder happened. .
12) Mr Black (not/work) _______________________in his study when the murder
happened.

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

[Link] I phoned my friends, they (play) _____________________monopoly.
[Link] at six I (prepare) _____________________________dinner.
[Link] kids (play) _____________________________in the garden when it
suddenly began to rain.
4.I (practice) __________________________________the guitar when he came
home.
[Link] (not / cycle) _________________________________all day.

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 [Link] Alan (work)____________________________ in his room, his friends
(swim) in the pool.
7.I tried to tell them the truth but they ______________________________(not /
listen ) .
[Link] (you / do) __________________________________yesterday?
[Link] of the time we (sit) ________________________________in the park.
10.I (listen) to the radio while my sister
(watch_______________________________) TV.

PAST simple vs. Continuous

Exercise A:
 I learned /was learning while my little sister listened / was listening to music.
 When I came /was coming home, I felt / was feeling very tired.
 While I was eating / ate , my sister got / was getting ready to go out.
 As he was reapairing / repaired his bike, he was breaking / broke the horn.
 Jane was washing / washed the dishes while Peter mowed/ was mowing the
lawn.
 When the door was opening / opened, the headmaster was coming / came in.
 When the accident happened/was happening , I was driving / drove to work.
 As I walked / was walking through the park, I was seeing / saw Lisa with her
dog.
 We were watching / watched a film on TV while Jane played / was playing PC
games.
 When it started / was starting to rain, they fixed / were fixing the fence in the
garden.

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 USED TO, BE USED TO, GET USED TO

USED TO: indicates something that happened in Complete with used to, didn’t use to, be used to
the past, but doesn’t happen now. And DIDN’T or get used to.
USE TO: indicates something that didn’t happen
1. When I was five, I ___ ________ to ________ to
in the past
the cinema once a week. (go)
‘used to + infinitive’ 2. It took me a long time to _________
When I was a child, I used to go to school by bus. to ____________ glasses. (wear)

3. I am the manager here and I ________

BE USED TO: it’s used when something is not to _ ___ what people need to do. (say)
new, unusual or strange for us. It is used in all
tenses. 4. You might find it strange at first. But you
____________________ to it.
I am used to getting up early.
5. Until recently, women _ ______ wear traditional
clothes in this country.
‘be/get used to + noun OR gerund 6. If you go to Britain, you’ll have to _____to _____
on the left. (drive)

7. She _______ quite fit but she stopped going to

GET USED TO: indicates the process of the gym and has gained weight. (be)
something becoming normal for us. It is used in
all tenses. 8. He ______________ the weather here yet. He
thinks it is very cold.

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

1. Marc ate a lot of pizza when he was a child.

2. Nana speaks good English so she will pass the English exam.

3. Women wore long skirts in the 19th century.

4. Julia can skate on the ice for hours, she does it quite well.

5. When I went to school I wore a uniform.

6. It is difficult for me to get up early but I think I will become accustomed to it in a few days.

7. Kim is a lawyer so she speaks with criminals every day.

8. Women didn’t vote in elections a long time ago.

9. I smoked a lot two years ago but I don’t now.

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11. I just moved to Ireland, I hope to become accustomed to driving on the left quickly.
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