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2 SEMESTER ENGLISH HOME TAKE EXERCISE 2 WITH RELATED
SHORT NOTES FOR GRADE 11
Academic year  2012E.C Result
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Name ___________________________________ Section __________Roll No_________

I. Having a meeting
 Here are the most common steps to hold conduct a meeting.
i. The chairperson of the meeting opens the meeting and gives a brief summary of the situation
(topic (s) )
ii. Participants must be invited to give their point of view.
iii. The chair person must manage both the participants and the given time.
iv. When the discussion has been finished, the chair person closes the meeting.
 Here are also the most common words and phrases (expressions) to give reasons, express
contrast and to take – turns.
A. Giving Reasons
Eg:- a, Above all ____
b, And another thing ____
c, The reason I don’t want to _______ is ________, etc.
B. Expressing contrast
Eg: a, although / though / even though __________
b, on the one hand _________ and on the other hand __________
c, however, in spite of the fact that, _______ . . . etc.
C. Turn – taking
Eg:- a, Can I just add ________
b, Can I just say _________
c, And another thing is __________
d, Would you like to add anything, X?
e, What do you think, Mr.Y? . . . etc.

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 II. Reading Comprehension
 Exercise: Read the passage about “How the world is dealing with water shortage” on Page 218 –
219 and answer the questions that follow.
III. Writing
 Exercise: Write a four paragraph essay about “The best water conservation methods for Addis
Ababa See “B 8.9 writing” in your text book., Page 220 for more clarifications
IV. Vocabulary
 Disability means a permanent illness or injury that makes it difficult for someone to do ordinary
things such as seeing, walking, listening, etc.
 Mainly there are three kinds of disabilities
These are: physical, mental and sensory disabilities.
 Here are the most common examples of disabilities.
1. Paralysis – when you lose the ability to move your body or part of your body.
2. Amputation – when an arm or leg is cut off.
3. Deafness – inability to hear.
4. Blindness – inability to see.
5. Intellectual disability – a condition of incomplete mental development and abnormally low
intelligence.
6. Dyslexia – a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell.
7. Autism – a condition that makes people unable to communicate properly or to form
relationships.
8. Schizophrenia – a serious illness in which someone thinks that imaginary events,
conversations and ideas are really happening or true.
9. Depression – a condition that makes you have feelings of sadness and anxiety and unable to
live a normal life.
 When referring to people with a mental disability, it is no longer acceptable in English to use
words like “mad” or “stupid”.

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 Exercise 1 Match list of the names of disabilities with their appropriate definitions.
Names of Disabilities Definitions
1. Visual Impairment A. lose of an arm or leg
2. Hearing impairment B. Inability to read
C. Inability to hear
3. Dyscalculia D. Inability to see
4. Dyslexia E. Inability to conceptualize numbers
5. Amputation as abstract concepts of comparative
quantities

Exercise 2: Read the instruction of questions in your textbook on page 225 (a –f) and write the
answers
V. Grammar:
A. Past, Present and future abilities
1. Expressing past abilities
 “Could” and “was / were able to” are used to express past and general abilities.
Eg:- a, I could swim when I was five.
b, I was able to swim when I was five.
2. Expressing present Ability
 “Is /am/ are able to plus main verb” and “can plus main verb” are used to express present,
general and specific abilities.
Eg:- a, Tomas is able to play the piano.
b. Abel can play the flute.
c, I have been able to swim since I was five.
3. Expressing future Abilities.
 May, might, could and will be able to are used to express future abilities and possibilities too.
Eg:- a, I may go traveling next year.
b, We might go to the party tomorrow night.
c, She could decide to join us.
d. They will be able to speak Spanish fluently at the end of this course.

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 * Note:
 Can and able to are mostly interchangeable.
 Can is probably used more than able to.
 Can cannot be used after to or modals such as must or should; use able to in this contexts.
Exercise
I. Fill in the blanks with “can, could, couldn’t, can’t, be able to, or was/ were able to.
6. I’m tired today as I ____________ sleep last night.
7. What __________ you see from your window.
8. I won’t _______________ finish my homework before tomorrow morning.
9. I have been _________________ type without looking at the keyboard.
10. There was a fire last night in our block, but everyone ____________ escape from the
building.
11. I used to ____________ speak a little Arabic when I was in Arab countries.
12. Last weekend I stayed at home and I ___________ finish my essay.
13. The people in the next room were talking loudly and we hear everything they said.
14. We _____________ enter this street because it’s blocked.
15. I’ll probably _____________ get there by g p.m.
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
16. Please don’t stop ______________ (sweep), the floor is still dirty.
17. On the way home we stopped ______________ (look) at the sunset.
18. I like ______________ (drink) water in the morning.
19. I like _______________ (listen) to the guitar.
20. Please remember _________________ (lock) the door when you leave.

B. Phrasal verbs with up and down

Many phrasal verbs have synonyms. Usually these are just one -word verbs. .Examples

We were very surprised when Mulatu turned up on Saturday.

We were very surprised when Mulatu appeared on Saturday.

Exercise: Rewrite these sentences using the phrasal verbs in the box.

Pick up , turn down, turn up, get down, let down, do up ,hold up, make up

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 1) We were very surprised when my uncle appeared last night.
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2) My brother was offered a job in a factory but he refused it.
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3) An accident delayed the traffic in the town today.
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4) We must decorate the school hall for the speech day.
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5) I don't believe what you say. You have invented it.
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C. Affixes
An affix is added to the root of a word to change its meaning. An affix added to the front of a
word is known as a prefix. One added to the back is known as a suffix.

Generally the rule is: prefixes change the meaning of the word, while suffixes change the form
of the word, (although there are a few suffixes that change meaning.)

1. Prefixes
Prefixes are a letter or a group of letters that are added at the beginning of a word.

Example:

Incorrect, dislike, subzero, unhappy etc. The prefixes in these words are: in, dis, sub, and un.

2. Suffixes
Suffixes are a letter or a group of letters that are added at the end of a word.

Example:

Friendship, childhood, communism, etc. The suffixes in these words are: ship, hood, ism

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Match the prefixes in column A with their meanings in column B.

A B
________1. Dis-, A) not
________2. anti-, B) under
________3. extra-,. C) against
________4. fore-, D) again
________5. sub E) before
________6. re-, F) beyond

D. Prepositions
We use prepositions to introduce time: a point of time or period of time.

Examples

During, while, for, ago for period of time. e.g.: during the holiday, three weeks ago.

In, at, by, until, before, after, when, from, to, since + point of time .e.g on Monday, at 6 o'clock
etc.

Exercise: Complete these sentences with suitable prepositions.

1) I will finish it _____________ Monday.

2) The staff meeting is _________ 9:30

3) I've lived here ____last year.

4) We do most of our business ___summer.

5) It started three years _______________

Prepared By: English Dep’t

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