Al-Sarmad Schools

UNIT 1 SUMMARY
Vocabulary, Grammar and Comprehension

PREPARED BY: MRS0 MAJD ABU MWAIS.

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Word Part of
Definition Sentence
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Subject / Topic:
Vocabulary List The Spectrum
Definitions andSpills Over
Sentences
(Unit 1)

My Dad bought me a
brand-new completely new and unused. Adjective
brand-new bike.

calmly and with minimal I sat casually after a

casually Adverb
concern long tiring day.
They exceptionally
something that is above; very did the work. There
exceptionally Adverb
good is nothing wrong
with it.
to make something move
Our neighbor bought
from one place to another; a
pump Noun a new pump to raise
device for moving gas or
water up the tank.
liquid.
We can gradually
gradually little by little ; slowly. Adverb improve our work.
We are still learning.
Can you adjust the
adjust change slightly. Verb volume please? I
hear nothing.

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someone who makes
announce Verb announce their new
announcements.
projects on TV.

people who live in the coastal

The Inuit wear very
Inuit Canadian Arctic, in Alaska Noun
warm clothes.
and in Greenland.

Suddenly he spoke
pause stops briefly. Verb after he paused for a
couple of minutes.
The first man in
somebody from Russia; or its
Russian Noun space, Yuri Gagarin,
language.
was Russian
someone from Greece; its Greek art has a long
Greek Noun
national language. and varied history.
I heard her
murmur saying something very quietly. Verb
murmuring ‘Good!’

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We use:

 At for a Certain TIME

 In for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
 On for DAYS and DATES

At In On
PRECISE MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES DAYS and
TIME and LONG PERIODS DATES

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

at noon in the summer on 6 March

at in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010

dinnertime

at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day

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 at sunrise in the next century on Independence
Day

at the in the past/future on New Year's

moment Eve

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Prepositions of movement or direction are used to show movement from one place
to another.
These prepositions
are most often
used with verbs of motion and are found after the verb.

TO

Meaning: a function word used to indicate movement or an action or condition suggesting

movement in the direction of a place, person, or thing

Use: We use “to” to show movement in a specific direction.

Examples:
  I go to school by bus.

  You walk to work every day.

ACROSS

Meaning: from one side to the other

Use: “Across” is used to show movement from one side to the opposite side.

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Example:

The boat will take you across the river.

AROUND

Meaning: in a circle; in or along a curving path

Example: You must drive around the city center to reach the cinema.

OVER

Meaning: in an upward and forward direction across something; from one place to
another; from or to a place that is higher.

Example:

The cat jumped over the dog.

You must cross over the bridge.

PAST

Meaning: at the far side of something; beyond; up to or going near

Example:
Walk past the theater on the right and the bank is on the left.

Go past Main Street and turn left at the next street.

THROUGH

Meaning: from one point to the other; from one end to the other

Use: “Through” is used to show movement within an enclosed space.

Example:
  You must turn on your lights when passing through the tunnel.

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TOWARD

Meaning: in the direction of

Example:
  Who is that woman running toward us?

Walk towards the sea and turn left at the first street

UNDER

Meaning: to pass below something.

Example: The ball went under the table

FROM

Meaning: indicating the point where a movement begins

Examples: We flew from Bangkok to London.

Here is some information about proper adjectives to help you have a better

understanding about the correct word for all different nationalities.

Words for countries are called proper nouns.  All proper nouns begin with a capital
letter.

For example:  Brazil, Japan, Mexico.

Words for nationalities are called proper adjectives.  All proper adjectives begin with

a capital letter.

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For example:  

 Maria is Brazilian.  (nationality)        She is from Brazil.   (country)

 Lee is Japanese.  (nationality)      He is from Japan.  (country)
 Julia is Mexican.   (nationality)   She is from Mexico (country)
 Frank is Welsh.  (nationality)    He comes from Wales. (country)

(A person’s nationality often contains part or all of the name of the country. )

**Below is a list of Countries and Nationalities:

Country Proper Adjective

Algeria Algerian

Armenia Armenian

Australia Australian

Colombia Colombian

Denmark Danish

Egypt Egyptian

England English

France French

Georgia Georgian

Germany German

Ghana Ghanan

Greece Greek

Guinea Guinean

Holland Dutch

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