Grammar Activities

Page 59 Exercise 3

1- difficult
2-begin
3-ancestry
4-complicated
5-Complete
6-origins
7-Learning
8-history
9-The origins
10-Complete
11-roots

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Page 96 Exercise 14

1-For example
2- A second example
3- Moreover

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Page 110 and 111 Exercise 6

1- (The city is the place for me to live)
Question:Why is the city the place for me to live?
a- I thrive on the excitement of city life.
b- The availability of resources is convenient and time-saving.
c- It is always lighten up and filled with lots of people.

2- (Jogging isn't the only way to improve your circulation.)
Question: What other methods can people to use to improve circulation?
a- Cycling is also an excellent aerobic exercise.
b- Another way to improve you circulation is to swim.
c- Making a small exercise routine daily.

3- (Having an after school job teaches teenagers important life skills.)
Question: What do teenagers learn form having a job after school?
a- The discipline required to report to work on time every day will help teenagers to learn responsibility toward others.
b- One has to learn good time management skills in order to juggle work responsibilities, school work, and social life.
c- That things in life need big sacrifices.

4- (A foreign student enrolled at an American university often encounters difficulties.)
Question: Which are the difficulties foreign students often encounters at an American University?
a- The registration procedure is complex and frustrating.
b- It's difficult for foreign students to enter that new world.
c- Universities in America are different than in the overseas.

5- (Taking a foreign language should be required in high school.)
Question:  Why is it important knowing foreign language?
a- Students will have something to put on their resume.
b- This can help young people to communicate easily of visiting other places.
c- In the future knowing other language, can give you much opportunities.

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      When the night is clear, and you can see shadows on the moon. According to an old Chinese folktale, they are the sahdows of the cinnamon tree in the moon. This tree came to be because of the laziness of an inmortal, Wu Kang.
     
      Wu Kang was in charge of guarding the dragon. However he was lazy. As he drank wine, and often allowed the dragon to run away. One day , he went to Mount K'un Lun. While he was there. When during that time, he met some of his friends. They began to drink winw compose poems, and throw dice. He continued to drink, even after night came. While he drank some more. When finally, he became completely tipsy. After he saw some fellows playing chess, so he asked to join them. They advised him t go home because they knew he was being negligent, but Wu Kang offered to wager the dragon's pearl. As soon as they played a few moves of the game. When then Wu Kang lost the pearl. He had wagered and lost the dragon pearl. Immediately, he wagered and lost the mighty dragon. The Immortals learned of the loss. They were furious. They immediately sowed a pearl in the ground and a tall cinnamon tree grew from it. The tree reached a great height. After that, they gave Wu Kang an axe and told him to cut off the branches. he had cut off all the branches. Immediately after that, bigger ones sprouted and grew. Wu Kang had to cut them off too. Wu Kang is still there to this day cutting off branches. Now you see shadows on the moon, and you will know that they are the branches of the cinnamon tree falling down.

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1. When they convincing young peolple of the value of education, teachers often tell the story of Frederick Douglass's life and many accomplishments.
2. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous African-American speaker,editor and statesman who started out life as a slave.
3. The woman he served started to teach him the alphabet but her husband insisted that she stop because teaching a slave to read was against the law.
4. After having ceased teaching him, she worked hard to make sure he didn't learn anything more.
5. Frederick Douglass, however, already desperately was wanting to learn to read.
6. He made friends with the poor white boys who had lived in the neighborhood.
7. While he was running errands, he traded some food for a quick reading lesson and still made it home at time to avoid suspicion.
8. Douglass did not tell these boy's names in his autobiography, because he did not want to cause them trouble.
9. Douglass taught over forty slaves to read, until their masters found out and violently broke up the lessons.
10. Today, frederick Douglass has become one of the most well-known americans of the Civil War era.
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