Review 2: translation, reading, writing and the story
A review reading lesson uses all your skills. Read the title and the questions first, then the text. Detail questions need a sentence from the text. Reference questions ask what a word such as it, they or this points to: look back for the noun that fits. For a paraphrase, change words and order and keep all the facts. Choose formal or informal language for the reader: a teacher or a librarian needs formal language, a friend can have informal language. Short writing tasks of 60 to 80 words need a plan: topic sentence, two details, closing sentence. For a story question, ask: Where and when? What does the character want? What stops him? What is the turning point? What is the theme? In your book, Review 2 has translation sentences and a company text; here we practise the same skills in English only, with new texts.
| Task | Quick method |
|---|---|
| Detail | Find the sentence |
| Reference | Look back for the noun that fits |
| Paraphrase | New words, same facts |
| Register | Reader decides: teacher = formal, friend = informal |
The Robotics Club of our school meets on Wednesdays. Last term the members decided to solve a small problem: many pens and pencils were left in classrooms and lost. Eight students designed a box on wheels that moves slowly along the corridor and collects them. It took them six weeks, and the first version did not work because the wheels were too small. They kept trying, and the second version carried the pens to the office without any help. Teachers say that the idea is innovative because it started with a real need. Next term the club wants to share its plan with other schools, if the head teacher agrees.
Review writing. Write 60 to 80 words about a small problem in your school and how a club could solve it. Use a first conditional (If the club builds …, it will …) and one verb followed by to. Then write the first sentence of a formal email to the head teacher about it.