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Grammar 6^th Grade

3^rd Period EXAM (1^st Semester)

STUDY GUIDE

Units 1 through 11 …

• Student Book: pages 8-73

1. Grammar Folder: pages 135-141

• Workbook ; pages 4-25

• Vocabulary (Word Lists)

1. Grammar Topics:

1. Present Simple (be, have)

2. Questions in the present tense

1. Yes/No questions

2. Wh questions in the present

3. Suggestions

3. How much? How many?

4. Some and any

5. Present Simple

   1. affirmative

   2. negative

   3. questions

6. Adverbs of Frequency

7. Past Simple

   1. verb be

   2. regular verbs

   3. irregular verbs (Lists 1-12)

8. Past Simple: short answers

9. Past simple + ago

10. Homonyms: there, their, they´re

11. Comparatives and Superlatives – adjectives, adverbs

12. Simple and Continuous Tenses

13. Spelling; -ing form of verbs

14. Modal Verbs

15. The Future –

    1. with going to

    2. with will

16. The Passive Voice – present and past tense

    1. Past Participle (irregular verbs Lists 1-12)

17. Word Order in Questions

18. Verbs in the –ing form (gerunds)

2. Vocabulary:

1. Unit 1: Friends (adjectives describing feelings, personal possessions)

2. Unit 2: Shopping and Shops

3. Unit 3: Food and Drink/Celebrations

1. Telling Time

4. Unit 4: The Past

5. Unit 5: Amazing Animals

6. Unit 6: Theme Parks

7. Unit 7: Clothes

8. Unit 8: Cinema/Music; Entertainment

9. Unit 9: Travel

10. Unit 10:Famous Buildings; Inside the Home

11. Unit 11: Sports, Sports-related Words/Terms; Fitness

3. Irregular Verbs:

1. Lists 1-12

4. Spelling

1. Plurals

2. Contractions

3. Regular Past Simple endings

4. Homonyms

5. Spelling rules for Comparatives and Superlatives

6. –ing form

7. Mistakes with Vowels

8. Words ending in –y

9. Words ending in –f, -fe

ALSO, please make sure to study the information/guides that I have sent to you on the BLOG.

Thank you.

matematicas

Les recuerdo, que para mañana tiene que estar listas las páginas del libro de la 85-94

Saludos afectuosos

GRAMMAR

Name: ____________________________________________________Group:_________________________

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?" B: I don't know. I (see, never)_____________ that movie.

2. Sam (arrive)____________ in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I (know)_____________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write)___________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not)____________ this much fun since I (be)______________ a kid.

6. Things (change)________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start)____________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only)____________ six employees. Since then, we (expand)_______________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell)_____________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)___________ off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)_____________ the bus this morning. You (be)_____________ late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never)_____________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream)____________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never)______________ the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)____________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take)______________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be)____________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change)____________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change)_____________since the last time I (see)____________ you. You (grow) _____________at least a foot!

13. This tree (be)___________ planted by the settlers who (found)_____________ our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never)____________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) ____________to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever)_____________ . The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) trying to reach the summit.

15. I (visit, never)______________ Africa, but I (travel)______________ to South America several times. The last time I

(go)_____________ to South America, I (visit)___________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend)_______________ two weeks in the

Amazon, (hike)____________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly)_______________ over the Nazca Lines.

Teacher: Lucero Cabrales

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Matemáticas

Tarea para el proximo lunes 28/enero/2008

construir los poligonos de las páginas 85,86,87 y 88.

No olvides traer tu juego de geometría completo, hojas de colores, pegamento y tijeras.
Es importante que lo tengas completos, pues cuenta como cumplimiento.

Matemáticas

Matemáticas

Tarea de recuperación de las páginas 78 y 79, les recuerdo que es solamente para las personas que sacaron calificación menor a 6 en estas páginas

La entregaras en la libreta con el siguiente titulo:

Ejercicio de recuperación páginas 78 y 79

Entra a la siguiente página y compia los 6 ejercicios completos en tu libreta y resuelvelos escribiento todas las operaciones.

http://www.corazonistas.com/documentos/rinconmaestro/matematicas/actividades/actividades107.pdf

la podras entregar apartir del proximo martes 29 de enero de 2008.

Definitions

1. ancestor someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).

2. ancestry the past generations of a family

3. annoying to disturb or irritate especially by repeated disagreeable acts

4. anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings.

5. clan a group of people related by blood or marriage.

6. descendant a person born later into a family or group

7. extended family a family that includes relatives other than parents and children such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, husbands, wives, etc.

8. family A group of people related to each other.

9. family tree a chart in the shape of a tree that shows relationships between several generations in your family

10. folks used when speaking informally to a group of people; someone's parents

11. generation a group of people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.

12. get on to get along with

13. grandchild a child of a person's son or daughter

14. grandpa -- grandfather - the father of one's mother or father

15. household a domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together, along with non-relatives such as servants.

16. kin a group of people related by blood or marriage.

17. lineal a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.

18. nephew a son of your brother or sister.

19. niece the daughter of someone's brother or sister.

20. nuclear family the basic family unit in some cultures; a type of family that consists of both parents and children

21. offspring the young or "babies" of a person, animal, or plant

22. relatives 1. A person in the same family related by blood or marriage. ;2. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).

23. sibling a person's brother or sister.

24. spouse a husband or a wife.

25. step-family a family that is formed as a result of the remarriage of one of the parents

26. stepchild a child of one's spouse by a former marriage

27. suitcase a large bag used for carrying clothes and other things when you travel.

28. surname a last name or family name; name used to identify members of one family from another

29. tidy well-ordered and cared for; neat

Definitions

1. ancestor someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).

2. ancestry the past generations of a family

3. annoying to disturb or irritate especially by repeated disagreeable acts

4. anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings.

5. clan a group of people related by blood or marriage.

6. descendant a person born later into a family or group

7. extended family a family that includes relatives other than parents and children such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, husbands, wives, etc.

8. family A group of people related to each other.

9. family tree a chart in the shape of a tree that shows relationships between several generations in your family

10. folks used when speaking informally to a group of people; someone's parents

11. generation a group of people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.

12. get on to get along with

13. grandchild a child of a person's son or daughter

14. grandpa -- grandfather - the father of one's mother or father

15. household a domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together, along with non-relatives such as servants.

16. kin a group of people related by blood or marriage.

17. lineal a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.

18. nephew a son of your brother or sister.

19. niece the daughter of someone's brother or sister.

20. nuclear family the basic family unit in some cultures; a type of family that consists of both parents and children

21. offspring the young or "babies" of a person, animal, or plant

22. relatives 1. A person in the same family related by blood or marriage. ;2. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).

23. sibling a person's brother or sister.

24. spouse a husband or a wife.

25. step-family a family that is formed as a result of the remarriage of one of the parents

26. stepchild a child of one's spouse by a former marriage

27. suitcase a large bag used for carrying clothes and other things when you travel.

28. surname a last name or family name; name used to identify members of one family from another

29. tidy well-ordered and cared for; neat

1oA - Literature Bingo Defintions/Answers for Review

The following is the site where you can get the definitions and answers for review in order to be able to play Literature Bingo at the Open House on Thursday. Please study so that we can have fun!

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=djhq3w5_406cnhqgd5

Thank you,

Teacher Lily