Tuesday, April 5, 2016

April 5

Here are your tasks:
Check out the grammar in the first paragraph of this Wiki article.
Identify all the passive verbs there.

bounded
trisected
covered


Discuss with your partner why the verbs are in the passive.

Because they were passive not  initiative

Compare them with the actives.

Now identify all the prepositions there.
 of   by  to in the

Discuss what each preposition is used for.

What verbs are associated with each preposition?

What nouns come after each one?
Check out the meaning and pronunciation of the paragraph.
Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to read/understand with a partner.
trisected
respectively
recreational 
ambitious
 proposals
Approximately
percentage 
concentration 
tributaries
fairly


Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to pronounce.
trisected
respectively
recreational 
ambitious
 proposals
Approximately
percentage 
concentration 
tributaries
fairly

Take turns reading it to each other.
Write a True/False quiz of 5 statements on your blog.

1. Is Toronto a city of Cananda?     (                )

2. Toronto is bounded by Lake Ontario to the north. (             )

3. Toronto city is trisected by three minor rivers and their tributaries.  (            )

4. Approximately 26–28% of Toronto is covered with over 30 million trees.(               )

5. Toronto is the  largest  city in North Americ. (            )

Have your partners put their answers in the comments.

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