15. 2. The children are eating lunch now.
3. Does Maria clean her bedroom every Saturday?
4. We aren't watching TV at the moment.
5. He goes to school every day.
6. I am reading a book now.
7. They aren't riding their bikes now.
8. Is she listening to music at the moment?
16. 1. am
2. are
3. are staying
4. go
5. swim
6. eat
7. are walking
8. is taking
9. am sitting
10. am writing
We all dream, don’t we? Imagine your dream would become true one day! My dreams are mostly day dreams, especially when I am in my study room. One of my dreams was to become the education minister. If I become the Education Minister of this country, I think the first thing I would do will be to stop home works in schools. There would be no private schools and all schools would be under the government. There would be free education for all students. There would be only one system of education followed all over India. The textbooks followed will be the same, except for the regional language. This will help those parents who get transfers; it will be easy for them to do the follow up. Thus all Indians will have equal education, irrespective of their circumstances. I think our system of education is more theoretical than practical. So, I will encourage application level education. We students look like load carriers with our school bags. The number of books carried by students will be made less. There would be one big textbook for all the subjects. The notebooks would be different. Each academic year will have three semesters. So the students need to carry only one textbook for each semester. More co-curricular and extracurricular activities would be included in the curriculum. Martial arts would be made a compulsory subject in the syllabus. Admissions to schools would be through merit or entrance. There would be no compulsory interview or tests for kids in the preschool levels. Giving and taking of donations would be considered a crime and they would be strictly punished. We students often just mug up for the sake of marks, so there would be a limited syllabus and the things that are taught would be taught thoroughly well. Hence, children will have more time for themselves and can study by themselves without relying on tuitions or private coaching. Let’s see what we can do for the teachers. Teachers would be sent for workshops and renewal classes to keep them updated and to learn new methods of teaching, thus avoiding the monotony. The class strength would be just thirty students in each class and two teachers would cater to these students, so when one teacher goes for the training the other teacher can manage the class without any hindrance. Classrooms would be facilitated with modern equipments. Group work would be introduced which will include projects that should be done in the class under the supervision of a trained teacher, no projects would be allowed to be taken home. This is to ensure that things are done strictly by the students and not by the parents or outsourced. Now after writing this I think I should really become the education minister! So I’ve decided to pursue my dream and become a politician first!
Task 10.
Match the nouns (1-11) with the nouns (a-k) to make word combinations with uncountable nouns. Don’t forget about ‘of’. Example: a bag of sugar
1. a loaf of e) bread
2. a bottle of f) lemonade h) wine
3. a slice of a) cheese g) meat
4. a liter of h) wine
5. a glass of f) lemonade h) wine
6. a bar of k) chocolate i) soap
7. a jar of j) orange jam
8. a kilo of g) meat a) cheese
9. a tube of b) toothpaste
10. a tin of d) sardines
11. a plate of c) soup
9. What do we call the meat of these animals? Match the animals (1-4) with their meat (A-E). There is one extra choice.
1. calf B. veal
2. sheep E. lamb
3. pig А. pork
4. dear D. venison
C. mackerel
Task 7.
Choose the right option.
A) Which of the several meanings does the underlined verb have?
He went on composing music till his eighties. Continued
B) Which of the several meanings does the underlined verb have?
She was so suspicious that she used to go through his pockets every night.
Check
C) Which answer fits the following question?
When does your alarm clock usually go off? Seven thirty, normally.
3. is Maria cleans
4.aren’t watching
5.goes
6.am reading
7.aren’t riding
8.Is she listening
2:
3)are staying
4)goes
5)swims
6)eats
7)are walking
8) is talking
9)sits
10)writes