ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΔΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ  ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ                         

                                                              ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ

                                                      ΤΑΞΗ  Γ’ ΑΡΧΑΡΙΟΙ

 

Α. READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIΟNS

 

The tropical rain forests of the world play important roles in our daily lives. They help to recycle water and oxygen, and control air pollution around the world. Tropical rainforest plants provide 25% of the medicine in the world. The forest is also home to many different tribes. The Yanomami tribe lives in the rainforests of Brazil and Venezuela. The people in the tribe need the forests to hunt for their food and a place to build their huts to live in. They don’t wear shoes and have tough skin on their feet. Sadly, the tribes are disappearing because of the terrible destruction of their homes and natural habitats by companies that are cutting down trees to make roads and to use the wood for paper and other products. In some countries children are writing letters to their governments to ask them to stop the companies who are destroying the rainforests. To help raise money, children buy and sell beads and necklaces that the tribes make.

 

1. Why are the rainforests important for the tribes?

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1. Where do the Yanomami live?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Why are companies cutting down the trees in the rainforests?

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1. What are young people doing to help?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

B.1. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREE OF THE  

       ADJECTIVES.

 

1.thin                    —————–                       ——————–  

2.pretty                 ——————                     ——————–

3.bad                      —————–              ——————–   

4.little                     ——————             ——————–

5.difficult                ——————–          ——————–

 

 

B.2.TURN THE SENTENCES INTO SIMPLE PAST

 

1.We travel from Athens to Patra.  _________________________________________

2.The ship doesn’t arrive in the harbour at 6 o’ clock. _________________________

3.Do you check the bags? _________________________________________________

4.He goes to work by car. _________________________________________________

 

1. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT WORD

Activity 11

1. a) _______________________ a printer
2. b) missed _______________________
3. c) copy _______________________
4. d) _______________________ a program
5. e) _______________________ onto the net
6. f) _______________________ addresses
7. g) _______________________ long
8. h) hard drive _______________________
9. i) _______________________ programs

Activity 10

calls, install , file, log, store , download ,plug in, last, crashes

 

 

1. LOOK AT THE SENTENCES AND WRITE QUESTIONS:
2. Who _______________________________________________________________?

    Tom  tidies his bedroom every day.

2.How ________________________________________________________________?

    They go to school by bus every morning.  

3. What _______________________________________________________________?

     Ken reads  a lot of books during his holidays.

4. When _______________________________________________________________?

     Emma eats cornflakes in the morning.

5.What time _____________________________________________________________?

   The bank opens at 8.00 am.

 

E.CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

 

I now know that there are people in the world who do not 1. ………… the same kind of life

as I 2. ………… . For example, there are tribes of people in South America, Africa, and

Australia, who 3. ………… in mud huts. They do not have things like television, mobile

phones or computers as we do, but I don’t 4. ………… that this makes their lives any more

difficult. The clothes they wear are different from ours and I think this is very 5. ………… .

However, many tribes face different problems. One of these problems is that many big

companies 6. ………… the area and forests where they live. This makes me feel 7. …………and angry and I think that we must do something to help the tribes.

 

1. a. are b. can c. have                      d. does
2. a. live b. do c. am                        d. like
3. a. are living b. like c. lives                    d. live
4. a. think b. feeling c. thinking               d. understand
5. a. interest b. interesting c. interested           d. interest
6. a. destroy b. destroys c. destroying          d. are destroying
7. a. disgusted b. disgust c. disgusting          d. are disgusted

 

 

 

                                                                                                                    

 

               ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΔΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ  ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ                         

               

                                                          ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ

                                                  ΤΑΞΗ  Γ’ ΠΡΟΧΩΡΗΜΕΝΟΙ

 

Α. READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

 

Halloween is an annual celebration originally called ‘’All Hallows Eve’’ which means the evening before All Saints Day. Hallow is an old English word for Saint. Over the years, people joined the two words together to make the name Halloween. One story says the Celts thought that dead friends would return with their souls in the body of a black cat. This has remained the symbol of Halloween to the present day. In the dead of night, villagers would collect food to donate to their favourite God. They would take it to a bonfire on top of a local hill, eat and dance. After that the people were nervous about walking home in the dark, so they carved faces in their candle holders which they made from huge orange pumpkins. They hoped that the light of their candle would frighten the spirits away.

  

 

1.How often is Halloween celebrated?

 ___________________________________________________________________

2. What did the old name mean?

 

___________________________________________________________________

3. What was the reason for the villagers to collect food?

 

___________________________________________________________________

4. How did the villagers use to celebrate the “All Hallows Eve” on the hill?

 

___________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

B1a. Put the verbs in the correct form.

 

1. You can’t use the telephone now because my mother __________ (talk) to her sister in South Africa.
2. Helena ___________ (fly) to Hong Kong tomorrow. She is very excited.
3. Marion and Trevor ___________ (have) an accident and now they’re in hospital.
4. Good Christians believe that money _________ (not/ make) people happy.
5. She’s been busy lately. She ________ (work) on a difficult project.

 

B1b. Choose a, b, or c.

 

1. How _______ did you meet Bob?
2. long b. long ago   c. long before

 

2. Sue isn’t here. She _____ to Italy.
3. has been b. has gone c. hasn’t been

 

3. ___ they ever_____ by boat?
4. has ..travelled b. are.. travelling c. have..travelled

 

4. How long ______ take you to write your story yesterday?
5. does it b. ago did it              c. did it

 

5. We have lived in this flat _____ we moved in Athens.
6. since b. for                         c. until

 

 

B2a. Complete the Conditionals

 

1. If Mary travels to Spain, she ___________________.

            (visit/ Madrid).                                                

1. If  Brad  met the girl of his dreams, he ________________

(fall in love/ her)                                         

1. If I were you, I ____________

(eat/ more carefully)                                              

1. Basil would write a letter to her if he ____________

(know/ address)                                         

1. I will find her house if she __________

(give/ right directions)                              

 

B2b. Match the halves to make complete sentences

 

1. Although he knew what happened	a. he’ll win the swimming competition
2. If he tries hard,	b. if he could choose.
3. He couldn’t come	c. he didn’t say anything.
4. If he had a lot of money,	d. because his father was ill.
5. He wouldn’t take the job	e. he would go to Hawaii on holiday.

 

 1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__   

 

 

 

B3. Fill in the gaps with derivatives of the words in capital.

 

1. The ______ of this TV show relies on his young attractive reporter POPULAR

 

1. At the beginning of his career, Tom Cruise didn’t have much ____ on himself and his appearance CONFIDENT

 

1. All Greek gods represent different talents and _______ ABLE

 

1. Can you offer a ____ to the present economic problem? SOLVE

 

1. Narcissus looked at his ____ in the water and hell in love with himself. REFLECT

 

4. Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets.

 

1. They couldn’t leave the classroom before the end of the exam time.

[BE NOT]

They _____________ leave the classroom before the end of the exam time.

 

1. I haven’t been to a concert for a long time.

SINCE

It’s a ____________________ to a concert.

 

1. It’s the first time I have visited this museum.

BE

I__________________  this museum before.

 

1. He doesn’t fancy going on the rollercoaster.

KEEN

He _______________ the rollercoaster.

 

1. Angelina Jolie met Brad Pitt for the first time 10 years ago.

KNOW

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt__________ 10 years.

 

 

 

ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΔΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ

 Γ’ Γυμνασίου

WORKSHEET

 

A. READING COMPREHENSION

Read the text and give full  answers to the following questions: (8 points)

 

Halloween is an annual celebration originally called ‘’All Hallows Eve’’ which means the evening before All Saints Day. Hallow is an old English word for Saint. Over the years, people joined the two words together to make the name Halloween. One story says the Celts thought that dead friends would return with their souls in the body of a black cat. This has remained the symbol of Halloween to the present day. In the dead of night, villagers would collect food to donate to their favourite God. They would take it to a bonfire on top of a local hill, eat and dance. After that the people were nervous about walking home in the dark, so they carved faces in their candle holders which they made from huge orange pumpkins. They hoped that the light of their candle would frighten the spirits away.

 

 

1a.  How often is Halloween celebrated?

1b. What did the old name mean?

 

2.What is the symbol of Halloween and in which belief does it relate to?

 

          

           3a. What was the reason for the villagers to collect food?

3b. How did the villagers use to celebrate the “All Hallows Eve” on the hill?

 

 

4. 4. What would the use of a pumpkin be on a Halloween night in the past? Explain in your own words.

 

 

1. GRAMMAR

 

1. Expand the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT. Add since or for where necessary. Use additional words if necessary.(2 points)

 

1. My family and I / not move house / 1998. We still live in Faliro.

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2. The pupils / not have / break / two hours. They are tired now.

___________________________________________________

3. you / paint / kitchen / last weekend ? – Yes, it took me two days to do it.

______________________________________________________

4. Madonna / be / a star / more / 25 years. – I’m tired of her!

______________________________________________________

 

 

 

2a. Write the verbs in the correct form to make conditional sentences.

 

1. If Maria ________ (write) a book, it will soon become a best-seller.
2. What _____ you ___ (miss) most if you were left on a dessert island?
3. If Jim____ (be) rich, he’d set up a home for orphans.
4. If you enjoy poetry, I ______ (give ) you a copy of Lord Byron’s “The curse of Minerva”.

 

2b. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

.

1. We could not leave the class until the end of the exam.

We were not __________ the class until the end of the exam.

1. It took me a long time to get used to the new neighbourhood.

I spent _________ used to the new neighbourhood.

 

3a.  Make nouns that derive from the following words.

 

1. confident_________
2. to solve __________
3. famous __________
4. to decide _________

 

3b.  Fill in the gaps with an appropiate adjective form.

 

1. When we do something wrong because we want it is an ______ act. (intention)
2. A day when the sun shines is called a _____ day. (sun)
3. An experience that made us feel pain is a ________ experience. (pain)
4. An exercise which makes us communicate is a ________ exercise. (communicate)

 

 

4.Fill in the gaps with the correct tense.

1. Ι didn’t meet my brother often when I was at University because I ……..(live) in another town.
2. Roy……..(work) on his project for two hours and he is tired.
3. How long ago……..(you/visit) your parents?

4.……..(you/study) when the bell rang?

 

 

 

                 ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΔΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ

              

                                            ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ  ΤΑΞΗ  Γ΄ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΥ

 

ACTIVITY 1

  Read the text below and choose the best answer (A, B, or C) for items 1-3.

 

1. This text is from
2. a daily newspaper.
3. a school book.
4. a psychology magazine.

 

2. The title of the text is incomplete. The best completion option is:
3. …is good for the mind
4. …is expensive
5. …is very effective

 

3. This text was written for
4. tourists in Greece.
5. people interested in Greek affairs.
6. international business experts.

 

Education…

According to the results of a survey released yesterday, education costs Greek households 4.3 billion euros a year, and this figure may well be higher if the cost of private tuition classes is included as well. Research carried out in the year 2005 showed that many families have to take out loans to put their children through school and to help them pass university entrance exams. This is because parents believe that their children should receive more education than that which they are receiving in school. So, they send their children for afternoon or evening classes in private institutes or have a tutor at home. The largest amount of the money spent on education (1.44 billion euros) goes to pay for students preparing for university exams. Just over 1 billion is spent on housing and food costs for students attending universities away from home. Another 342 million covers tuition fees in private colleges, and another 134 million for extra classes while students are still in secondary school. What is even more disturbing is that this figure would be higher if families were to declare the full amount they spend. And this is not all! It is also reported that families spend 804 million euros a year on their children when they are still in primary school and another 284 million on childcare. This is a lot of money spent in a country which has aimed to provide free education for all. And the question some parents ask is: “Is it really worth it? Will our children find a good job in the future?” While we can say that education is an end in itself, and a really good education will result in professional success, it is also true that young people and their parents worry about the future.

 

2 Read the same text again and choose the best answer (A, B, or C) for items 4-9.

 

4. Education in Greece is costly for
5. parents and students.
6. poor people.
7. foreign students.

 

5. The main purpose of this text is
6. to tell readers not to pay
7. to provide facts and figures.
8. to narrate events.

 

6. The facts presented in the text are
7. not very recent.
8. newly-released.
9. inaccurate.

 

7. Greek parents are very interested in
8. saving money.
9. private education.
10. their children’s education.

 

8. Greeks are worried that, even if they have a good education, they may end up
9. without a degree.
10. without a job.
11. being failures.

 

9. The overall message of this text is that education should be
10. provided, but not carelessly.
11. offered at any time of one’s life.
12. free for all.

 

ACTIVITY B1   WRITING

Using information from the text below, write an email (80 words) to your friend Dylan who is in Greece, informing him about the Cultural Park of Athens, and telling him what he can do there if he visits it.

 

Το ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ βρίσκεται στα Μεσόγεια και είναι ένας καταπράσινος χώρος 25.000 τμ όπου ακμάζουν οι τέχνες, τα γράμματα και ο πολιτισμός. Δέχεται κάθε χρόνο πάνω από 150.000 επισκέπτες από την Ελλάδα και από όλον τον κόσμο! Ο επισκέπτης, κάνοντας τον περίπατό του στο Πάρκο θα συναντήσει το Μουσείο Ελληνικής Λαογραφίας με μοναδικά εκθέματα και αναγνωρισμένο έργο. Αξίζει να σημειωθεί πως Πανεπιστήμια από την Ευρώπη, την Ασία και την Αμερική των οποίων οι φοιτητές μελετούν την Ελληνική ιστορία και λαογραφία, φροντίζουν να ταξιδέψουν στην Ελλάδα και να επισκεφτούν το Μουσείο Ελληνικής Λαογραφίας, προκειμένου να μορφώσουν ολοκληρωμένη άποψη για τον Ελληνικό πολιτισμό. Στο πλαίσιο της Παγκόσμιας Ημέρας Περιβάλλοντος, το Μουσείο Ελληνικής Λαογραφίας τιμά και εορτάζει την ημέρα αυτή με μια σειρά από δραστηριότητες περιβαλλοντικής και οικολογικής ευαισθητοποίησης.

Καλούν μικρούς και μεγάλους την Κυριακή 5 Ιουνίου από τις 10.00 μέχρι τη δύση του ηλίου στον καταλληλότερο χώρο για τον εορτασμό του περιβάλλοντος, στο ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ!

Μπορείτε να επισκεφτείτε το ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ καθημερινά και Σαββατοκύριακα χωρίς ανάγκη προγραμματισμού, όλοι εσείς που θέλετε να κάνετε μόνοι ή με τα παιδιά σας ένα ταξίδι στη λαογραφία και τον πολιτισμό της Ελλάδας ή απλά να χαρείτε το πικνίκ σε έναν πανέμορφο χώρο μέσα στη φύση. ACTIVITY B2.2

Using information from the text above, write a leaflet (100 words) promoting the ‘Cultural Park’ to visitors of Athens.