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NorthStar Level 1 Reading and Writing. Unit 3 : What’s It Worth To You? Presented by : Azza Khattab. The main idea of the unit. How much things value. Why people keep old things Some people like to own valuable things such as : vases , silverware, gold …..
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NorthStar Level 1 Reading and Writing Unit 3 : What’s It Worth To You? Presented by : Azza Khattab
The main idea of the unit • How much things value. • Why people keep old things • Some people like to own valuable things such as : vases , silverware, gold ….. • Some people enjoy collecting stamps, coins , art, furniture, jewelry, toys and dolls.
Vocabulary • Educational ( adjective ) • Condition ( noun ) • Secret ( noun / adjective ) • Expert ( noun ) • Worth ( noun ) • Rare ( adjective ) • Sentimental value ( adjective + noun ) • Valuable ( adjective ) = worthy • Items ( noun )
Nouns • A noun is the name of a place, person , thing , idea…………….. ( Jeddah , Ahmed , jewelry , suggestion) • A noun can end in : ( -tion , -ment –or ………….) production , excitement , actor
Adjectives • An adjective describes a noun . It gives more information about it. ( happy – sad – nice – valuable – afraid…) An adjective can end in : ( -al , -able, -ible ……) Educational – portable / valuable – possible
The Simple Present • We use the present simple to refer to facts or habits. She always goes to school on foot. (Habit) The Earth is a planet. ( Fact ) Form: We add s or es to the verb when its subject is: He / She / It ( Any singular noun ) She watches TV every evening. Heba usually collects stamps
The Simple Present • If the subject is ( I / they / we or you ) we don’t add anything to the verb. They go to their village every summer. I like history books. You look worried. We have some work to do in the office.
The Simple Present Negative form: • We use doesn’t / don’t + the infinitive to form a negative sentence in the simple present. She has a new house . ( Use not ) She doesn’t have a new house. They watch TV in the evening. ( Use not ) They don’t watch TV in the evening.
The Simple Present Yes / No questions: Does she have a new book ? Yes, she does. – No, she doesn’t. Do you visit your family at weekends? Yes, I do. – No, I don’t . Do they work on Friday? Yes, they do. – No, they don’t.
The Simple Present • Wh questions: Where do you go on weekends? Why does he go for a walk in the evening? When does she start her lesson in the morning? Who do you like to have as a friend? How does she go to her office?
What is a paragraph? • A paragraph is a group of sentences that develops one main idea. • The first sentence is the topic sentence. It has the main idea. • The other sentences are supporting sentences . They make the main idea clearer. • The last sentence is the concluding sentence. It sums up the main idea.
Rules for writing a paragraph: • Indent the first line My favourite hobby is reading.It is an interesting hobby. It provides me with a lot of information. I can spend nice hours reading a book about a famous character in the Arab history. I don’t feel bored when I have a book in my hand. This is way I think that reading is a very interesting hobby.
Rules for writing a paragraph • 1- Indent the first line. • 2- There are two margins on your paper . Write your paragraph between the two margins. 3- When you write a paragraph, do not start each new sentence on a new line.