Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
MINI-ASSIGNMENT: FAKE NEWS (tenses)
Identifying fake news isn’t easy! The table below lists various tips to help you decide
whether an online information source can be trusted.
1. Match the tip title to its description.
2. Complete the tips with the verbs in the correct form.
1. ____ Do you ______________________ (know) the source? Have you used this source before?
What ______________________ (be) the mission or purpose of the website (e.g. to entertain,
inform, promote, sell, etc)? Where was this source shared? Do you trust information that
is shared on social media?
2. ____ Sometimes articles ______________________ (begin) with a headline that grabs the reader’s
attention. Read on, because the headline may not tell the whole story.
3. ____ Who ______________________ (write) the article? Are you familiar with the writer? Is he/she
even a real person?
4. ____ If a story includes sources for its facts, click on the sources. Check the details – do the
sources actually say what the story claims?
5. ____ When ______________________ (be) the article published? Is it up-to-date, or is it old news? Be
careful – some sites will repost old stories but change the date to make them seem more
recent.
6. ____ Is the article actually serious? There are many sites which ______________________
(recently/share) fake stories that are meant to be funny.
7. ____ What’s your opinion on the topic? People often ______________________ (trust) information
that confirms their own beliefs. We are also more likely to trust information shared by
people (e.g. friends) that have similar beliefs to our own. A story might share ideas that
support your own views, but that doesn’t mean they are true.
8. ____ Imagine you ______________________ (now/read) an article. If you are in doubt about
something, ask an expert. There are online fact checking sites that can help you decide if
information is real or fake.
3. Do you follow any of the tips? Which one(s)? Why?
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Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
MINI-ASSIGNMENT: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1) Complete the following sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs
in brackets.
1) She ____________________________ (work) here for five years.
2) _______________ you ____________________ (study) all day?
3) We ___________________________ (live) in London for six months.
4) He _____________________________ (play) football, so he’s tired.
5) ______________ they ____________________ (learn) English for two years?
6) _________she _________________ (go) to the cinema every weekend for years?
7) It ________________________ (rain), the street is wet.
8) You ______________________________ (sleep) for twelve hours.
9) You _______________________________ (not/eat) well recently.
10) She __________________________ (not/study).
2) Look at the following pictures. What have these people been doing?
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3) Choose the correct options.
1. Oh, no! There’s no wine to drink. They have drunk / have been drinking all the wine.
2. I ’ve finished / ’ve been finishing my homework.
3. He has visited / has been visiting ten museums this week.
4. She has found / has been finding a good job.
5. I’m hot because I have been running / have run.
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
MODERN-DAY SLAVERY (Assignment)
1) Look for 2 examples of PASSIVE VOICE in the text and transcribe them.
a. ____________________________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2) Decide if the following sentences are in the ACTIVE or in the PASSIVE VOICE, and
explain how you notice it.
a. You are probably using a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. ______________
b. Minerals are used to create different devices, like phones and tablets. ______________
c. Perhaps the gold in your electronic device was mined by slaves. ______________
d. Hundreds of people are daily exposed to violence, physical or psychological, and
control in their workplace. ______________
e. Employers do not always guarantee their employees’ rights. ______________
3) Turn the following sentences from the text into the passive voice.
a. Employment agents in their country of origin promise a generous salary and good
working conditions with a caring host family.
b. Unknowingly, your purchase might support slavery.
c. Consumers are demanding for ethically-sourced products and services.
d. The NO Project is teaching youth and young adults about modern forms of slavery.
e. History teachers have shared information about the practice of slavery throughout
history in their classes.
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
RESULT CLAUSES and INTENSIFIERS – Assignment
ACTIVITY 1: Analyse the following dialogue and translate it. Which word have you used to
translate SO and SUCH?
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ACTIVITY 2: Complete the text with SO or SUCH.
Finland is (1) a nice place to go on winter holidays. Winter there is (2) mild
and welcoming! You can do snowboarding, skating, skiing or any other winter sport; there are
(3)____________many possibilities. We found (4) a lovely hotel, and it was (5)
a short walk to the skiing slope. Well, winter season in Finland is not (6) cheap as
we expected, but we had (7) a great time there. It is (8) tempting to go there
every winter.
ACTIVITY 3: Match the sentences halves to form sentences.
1. It was such a lovely a. ______ help so much!
2. We appreciate your b. ______ finding out the truth.
3. I’m so glad to c. ______ great success!
4. Why are you so sad if d. ______ invite you all to our party.
5. It was such a bad idea e. ______ compared to your sister.
6. You are so young f. ______ picnic yesterday evening!
7. Albert was so close to g. ______ a foolish idea from anyone.
8. How dare she say such h. ______ to bake green beans alone.
9. The play was such a i. ______ an awful thing about me?
10. I’ve never heard such j. ______ you’ve done nothing wrong?
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
ACTIVITY 4: Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Use the words in the box and TOO
or ENOUGH.
OLD DANGEROUS LONG INTERESTING SLOW DARK HEALTHY EASY
EXPENSIVE LARGE NOISY COOL NEAR HEAVY DIRTY
1. We can’t have a picnic. It’s too hot outside. It’s not ___________________.
2. Tell Sharon to hurry! She’s ___________________. She isn’t fast enough.
3. Kevin can’t drive a car. He’s too young. He isn’t ___________________.
4. Those apples are ___________________. They aren’t cheap enough.
5. I don’t like that movie. It’s too boring. It isn’t ___________________.
6. I can’t study here because it’s ___________________. It isn’t quiet enough.
7. The exam was too difficult. It wasn’t ___________________.
8. Mr. Stewart says flying is ___________________. It’s not safe enough.
9. I don’t like my apartment. It’s too small. It isn’t ___________________.
10. The room is __________________. It isn’t bright enough. I can’t read my book.
11. I’m sorry, but your paragraph is too short. It isn’t ___________________.
12. Thomas has to wash his car. It’s ___________________. It’s not clean enough.
13. Don’t go to work. You’re too sick. You’re not ___________________.
14. This box is ___________________. It isn’t light enough. I can’t lift it.
15. Jack’s house is too far away. It’s not ___________________. We’ll have to drive.
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
A VERY BAD DAY – Assignment (Conditionals)
1. PRE-READING: Match the words with their definitions:
COVERING LETTER PUDDLE BRUISE ESCALATOR
a) You write one of these when you apply for a job. ________________
b) A moving staircase that takes you up and down in a station or a shopping centre. ________________
c) A small pool of water, especially on a road after rain. ________________
d) A mark that you get on your body after you are hit or if you knock against something. _____________
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
2. WHILE-READING: True or false?
a) Emma liked her present job. ______
b) On the day of the interview, Emma overslept because she was tired. ______
c) Emma was just in time to catch her train. ______
d) Emma took the tube because the bus was late. ______
e) People on the train were staring at Emma. ______
f) Emma was worried what the interviewer would think of her. ______
g) The taxi drove through a puddle and covered Emma in water. ______
h) Emma can’t remember anything after crossing the road to go back to the tube station. ______
3. AFTER-READING: Write 3 sentences in the third conditional about everything that went
wrong in Emma’s day.
Example: If she’d set her alarm, she would’ve been on time.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
MINI-ASSIGNMENT: REPORTED SPEECH
1. Look at the pictures. What good habits do you think each of these people will discuss?
2. Read the texts now and match each person to their good habit.
3. Imagine you tell someone about these good habits. Select one useful idea from each
speaker and report them.
Ellen said that ____________________________________________________________________
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Yasser explained that ______________________________________________________________
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Yulia told us that __________________________________________________________________
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4. According to you, which is the best good habit? Why?
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