Unit 4
1 Which of these is a sentence? Which is a phrase? Make each phrase into a complete sentence. 1 I’d like to meet a firefighter. 4 People need forests. 2 in the dry season 5 shouted loudly 3 careless visitors 6 Please be more careful. 2 Why does the reading passage on page 35 end with an exclamation mark? 3 Rewrite these sentences using the correct punctuation. What sort of sentence is each one? Example: When did the fire start è When did the fire start? (question) 1 We put out the barbecue carefully 2 Watch out 3 Have you heard of Arbor Day 4 It is a day when people come together to plant trees 5 In which month is Arbor Day 6 In Barbados, Arbor Day is on September 22nd 7 That’s amazing 8 Do you want to help me to plant a tree
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4 Write two questions you would like to ask about forest fires.
Subject and predicate
Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. The subject is the person or thing which does the action. The predicate is what we say about the subject (it contains the verb). Lots of animals need forests for shade.
subject
predicate
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Add a predicate to each of these subjects. Example: Forest fires è are often started by accident. 1 A firefighter … 4 A barbecue … 2 Trees … 5 The terrible fire … 3 Animals in the forest … 6 The whole forest …
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• Exercise 2: The passage ends with a ! because the last sentence is surprising . • Exercise 4: When students have generated their questions, discuss where they might find the answers to their questions (library, internet, adults, encyclopaedia, etc.). Finding the answers could be set as a homework assignment. Students may have access to the internet at home or in the library.
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