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What to Learn
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Vocabulary and Word Formation
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• Spellings and collocations
• Vocabulary related to travel, locations, and activities
• Homonyms and homophones
• Prefixes: pre-, re-, sub-, mis-, un-, dis-, in-, im-, non-
• Suffixes: -ful, -less, -able, -ible
• Identify and explain related words
• Positive and negative connotation
• Use correct homophones and frequently confused words
• Correct errors with confused words
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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• Choose the correct synonym and antonym
• Use synonyms as context clues
• Use antonyms as context clues
• Use context clues to determine word meaning
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Analogies and Spellings
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• Solve analogies
• Advanced analogy practice
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One Word Substitutions, Proverbs, Facts, and Opinions
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• One-word substitutions
• Proverbs
• Distinguish between facts and opinions
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Phrasal Verbs, Idioms and Modals
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• Phrasal verbs
• Idioms
• Use of modals
• Correct word order
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Chapter 6 – Nouns and Pronouns
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• Review plurals
• Plurals of compound nouns
• Singular and plural possessives
• Correct errors in plural and possessive nouns
• Pronoun-antecedent agreement
• Subject and object pronouns
• Compound subjects with “I” and “me”
• Reflexive and intensive pronouns
• Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that
• Identify vague pronoun references and antecedents
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Verbs and Adverbs
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• Transitive and intransitive verbs
• Linking verbs with predicate adjectives and nouns
• Correct subject-verb agreement
• Indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
• Verb agreement with compound subjects
• Identify adverbs
• Comparative and superlative adverbs
• Irregular forms: good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; well, badly
• Conjunctive adverbs and transitions (cause-effect, contrast, addition, elaboration)
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Adjectives
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• Identify adjectives
• Order of adjectives
• Adjective vs adverb distinction
• Comparative and superlative adjectives
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Articles and Prepositions
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• Correct use of articles
• Correct use of prepositions
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Sentences and Sentence Sequencing
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• Figurative language: irony, pun, personification, alliteration, metaphor, simile, assonance, onomatopoeia
• Types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory)
• Complete and simple subject and predicate
• Compound subjects and predicates
• Direct and indirect objects
• Sentence vs fragment vs run-on
• Phrase vs clause
• Prepositional phrases
• Appositives and appositive phrases
• Dependent and independent clauses
• Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
• Combine sentences using relative clauses
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Conjunctions and Punctuation
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• Linkers such as however, therefore
• Correlative conjunctions (both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, etc.)
• Commas in compound and complex sentences
• Commas with direct address and introductory elements
• Commas with coordinate adjectives and non-restrictive elements
• Use of semicolons, colons, and commas in lists
• Use of dashes and hyphens
• Correct use of ellipses
• Correct capitalisation and formatting of titles
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Comprehension (Prose and Poetry)
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• Reading and understanding prose and poetry texts
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Tenses
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• Review irregular past tense
• Review simple past, present, and future tenses
• Correct inappropriate tense shifts
• Progressive tenses
• Perfect tenses
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Voice and Narration
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• Active and passive voice
• Direct and indirect speech
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Short Composition (Notices, Messages, and Letters)
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• Retrieve information from news stories, brochures, and advertisements
• Write formal and informal letters
• Write notices and messages
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Information Interpretation
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• Understand information from news reports, brochures, and itineraries
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Reading and Writing Skills
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• Retrieve information from short narratives, biographies, notices, and messages
• Write notices, posters, messages, invitations, and informal letters
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Spoken and Written Expression
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• Situation-based communication (requests, refusals, apologies, preferences, intent)
• Write compositions of 200–250 words
• Write short stories, poems, and dialogues
• Write detailed narratives describing actions, thoughts, and feelings
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