Year 11 English

Sunday, June 1, 2014

FINAL EXAM CONTENT - Friday 13th June

Final Exam Content

Reading (Criteria B)

Revise by reading as much as you can in English (Library books, news websites – BBC, The Guardian, The Times, Football blogs, Roald Dahl short stories). The more exposed you are to vocab, structures, English in general the more your English will gradually improve.

Useful phrases for reading comprehension TO LEARN

In the story/text, (character name) is presented as ...

Throughout the story/text, it seems that ....

In the quote, the writer suggests ... which implies that ...

The word/phrase "..." is used so as to draw attention to ...

This quote implies that ... which could suggest that ...

At first/At the beginning, (character´s name) is presented as ...

The use of this writing technique makes the reader …

The writer creates a feeling of …

However, gradually this impression begins to change when ...

Due to the lack of ..., the writer implies …

Despite the fact that ..., it seems that …

In my opinion/personally …

Writing (Criteria C)

Vocab

100 words from throughout the year
Vocab

Grammar

1) Reported speech
Questions
Mixed tenses
Mixed tenses 2
Yes/no questions

2) Passive voice
Exercises

3) Gerund/Infinitve
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Gerund/Infinitive

4) Sentence transformations
Sentence Transformation
Sentence Transformation 2

5) Irregular past participles and past tenses
Irregular Past Participles
Irregular Past Participle
Irregular Past Participles
Past tense
Past tenses
Past Tenses

Styles of Writing to revise

1) An article (CAE Student Book p. 166 and 167)

2) A review

3) A formal letter (CAE Student Book p. 173 and 174))

4) An essay (CAE Student Book p. 166 and 167)

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Practising Reading skills: The Landlady p.40

1) How is the landlady presented in the story? Use your own words and try to make 3 different points.Use quotes.

2) How is Billy Weaver presented in the story? Use your own words and try to make 3 different points.Use quotes.

3) In what ways does Dahl use foreshadowing in the story? What is the specific effect of it?Use quotes.

4) How is dramatic irony used in the story? Give examples, use quotes to illustrate your ideas.Use quotes.

Quotation	What does it mean? What does it suggest/imply? Why has Dahl used italics?
p.45 “ “Like you”, she added, and her blue eyes travelled slowly all the way down the length of Billy´s body, to his feet, and then up again.”
p.46 “Everyone has to do that because it is the law of the land, and we don´t want to go breaking any laws at this stage in the proceedings, do we?”
p. 50 “There wasn´t a blemish on his body.”