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Intermediate English - Monday, March 14, 2016: I. Quiz

This document contains an English lesson with various sections - a quiz, vocabulary words, an idiom, grammar lesson on present perfect tense, and a story. The story is about a student named Ken who is frustrated he cannot afford a laptop for his university projects. He sees an old lady with a new laptop in the park and considers stealing it. He takes the laptop when the lady is distracted, but immediately feels guilty. He tries to use it but cannot due to the guilt. Ken eventually donates the laptop to a community center, realizing stealing was not worth it and only causes unhappiness.

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Intermediate English - Monday, March 14, 2016: I. Quiz

This document contains an English lesson with various sections - a quiz, vocabulary words, an idiom, grammar lesson on present perfect tense, and a story. The story is about a student named Ken who is frustrated he cannot afford a laptop for his university projects. He sees an old lady with a new laptop in the park and considers stealing it. He takes the laptop when the lady is distracted, but immediately feels guilty. He tries to use it but cannot due to the guilt. Ken eventually donates the laptop to a community center, realizing stealing was not worth it and only causes unhappiness.

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Intermediate English | Monday, March 14, 2016

I. Quiz
1. The maid practically felt like she was __________ around the house with all the work she had to do.
(a) walking
(b) jogging
(c) revolving
2. The octopus had an exciting and __________ journey moving through the narrow rocks.
(a) thrilling
(b) boring
(c) slow
3. Your __________ in playing the game should not be to win a trophy.
(a) faith
(b) wish
(c) motive
4. The rancher took a big __________ by selling a part of his farm to make more money.
(a) arm and a leg
(b) risk
(c) fact
5. Jane is a teacher who __________ French in the afternoons at the school.
(a) teaching
(b) teach
(c) teaches
6. I always __________ the window at night because it gets very cold.
(a) closes
(b) close
(c) closed
7. The shoes __________ way too much money, so I think we should move to another store.
(a) expensive
(b) cost
(c) costs
8. The shops in the shopping center__________ early in the morning to attract customers.
(a) open
(b) opens
(c) opening
9. Are you sure that George __________ tea in the morning?
(a) drinking
(b) drink
(c) drinks
10. The towel was used in the kitchen, so after cooking and cleaning it was __________.
(a) leaked
(b) soaked
(c) chewed
II. Vocabulary
almanac
antique
assemble
astronomy
carve
century
chime
decorative
eclipse
estate

book of facts published annually


object prized for its age
come together, meet
science that deals with the universe
to create a form by cutting
period of one hundred years
device that produces a bell-like sound
ornamental, with artistic design
event obscuring the sun or moon
property, land, possessions

III. Idiom
under the weather = feeling sick or ill
Example: It is December, so like other people, I am under the weather.

NS 11.19.15

Intermediate English | Monday, March 14, 2016


IV. Grammar
Verbs have a tense in English, which tells information about the time it takes place or if it continuing,
among other information.
The present perfect tense tells us about things that actions or situations that began in the past and that
are still happening now. Most regular verbs form the present perfect by using the helping verb have and
adding ed to the main verb. Some are irregular, like be, which is below.
I have been. You have been. He/She has been. We have been. They have been.
When you combine this with not, you normally just add not. If you are making a contraction (like cant),
you can do this as below.
I havent been. You havent been. He/She hasnt been. We havent been. They havent been.
V. Story
Ken is sitting by himself on a bench in the park. He is not very happy. He does not have a laptop, and he
really needs one. He has an old, slow computer that does not work very well for all his university
projects. He is frustrated because he does not have enough money to buy himself a laptop.
He stands up and starts to walk through the park, feeling unhappy. Soon he sees an old lady sitting on
another bench. She has a beautiful new laptop next to her purse on the bench. Ken looks at her. "Now,
why does she need a laptop?" he thinks to himself. "She is an old lady. She does not need it for anything
important."
Ken thinks about all his important college work. He really needs that laptop. He knows he can just grab it
and walk away. The old lady will probably not even notice. Suddenly, a dog starts barking loudly. The old
lady looks to see what is happening. Ken takes this perfect chance he grabs the laptop and quickly
walks away.
The next day, Ken tries to use the laptop for a project, but he feels terrible. He cannot even open it
because he feels so bad about stealing it. He uses his old computer, but there is the laptop on the desk
next to him. He cannot even look at it because he feels so guilty.
When his friend comes over that afternoon, Ken tries to hide the laptop. He does not want anyone to
know that he stole it. He feels guilty and embarrassed. As the days pass, Ken becomes grumpy. He is
always in a bad mood, and he does not work hard on his university projects.
Ken finally decides he cannot take it anymore. He goes back to the park hoping to find the old lady and
return her laptop. He waits and waits, but of course she does not arrive. On the way home, he donates
the laptop to a community center for children. He even gives them some of his old books.
Ken realizes that stealing the laptop was not worth it. When you steal something, it loses its value. Only
the rightful owner can use their things happily. A thief cannot. Ken knows he cannot steal and be happy.
VI. Conversation
1. Family

NS 11.19.15

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