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An
analysis of the exercises in;
Streamline English Departures"
Written by έbrahim TέFTέK
UNIT
1: Hello
SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Fill
In The Blanks
Explanation: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of to be
Examples: a) He is David Clark (Alan Smith)
She is Linda Martin . (Susan Smith)
b) -Is she a teacher? - a student?
-No, she isnt. - No,
.
-Is she a student? - a teacher?
-Yes, she is.
- Yes,
Aims: a) To develop the reading and writing skills
b) To practice Simple Present Tense and personal pronouns with To Be
c) To practice sentence formation and vocabulary
Reference Units: 1, 2, 43, 46, 47, 49, 53, 62, 64, 67, 78
UNIT 2: Excuse Me! SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Fill In The Blanks
Explanation: Forming sentences with from and name of countries
Example: He is from New York
He is American Mexican.
Aims:
a) To
develop reading and writing skills
b) To practice new vocabulary
c) To practice the form of telling nationality
Reference Units: 1, 2, 43, 46, 47, 49, 53, 62, 64, 67, 78
UNIT 3: What is it? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Matching
Explanation: Matching the pictures with the words from the list
Example:
a
car
R
Aims:
a) To
practice new vocabulary
b) Practicing singular and plural forms of words
Reference
Units: 3
UNIT 4: What is your name? SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Comprehension - Sentence Formation
Explanation: Writing down peoples professions looking at the given picture
Example: Look at pic.13: What is his job?
He is a manager
Look at pic.17: ..
..
Aims:
a) To
develop writing skill
b) To practice sentence formation and question forms
c) To practice new vocabulary (jobs)
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 5: Im cold SKILL:R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Using adjectives in sentences looking at the given pictures
Example: Look at picture E She is beautiful
Look at picture F
He is ugly
Look at picture G ..
Look at picture H . .
Aims: a) To develop writing skill
b) To practice sentence formation using adjectives
c) To practice new vocabulary (adjectives)
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 6: A nice flat SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Using there is- there are forms in sentences looking at the given picture and words
Examples: a) book: There are some books on the shelf
cups:
...
b) magazine/table: Is there a magazine on the table?
books/shelf:
.
.?
b) To practice sentence formation using there is - there are forms
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 7: Everyday Conversation SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the given picture, writing down a dialogue about the location of a place
Example: post-office:
- Is there a post-office near here?
-
Yes, there is
second right, first left, second left
dentist: -
-
Aims:
a) To
develop writing skill
b) To practice the form of showing ways
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT
8: A family re-union
SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Sentence
Formation
Explanation:
Setting
up question and answer sentences looking at the given pictures and using the
given words.
Examples:
Captain
Adams: - Who is this?
-
Its Captain Adams
He is an astronaut
Mrs. Martin: -
.
-
.
Aims: a) To develop the writing skill
b) To practice asking questions and giving answers
c) To practice new vocabulary
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 9: Whose is it? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Setting up question and answer sentences using possessive pronouns looking at the given picture
Example: Picture 1 (a cigar): - Whose cigar is it?
-
It is Mr. Orsons cigar
Picture 2 (glasses): -
Aims: a) To develop writing skill
b) To practice the usage of possessive forms
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 10: Is there any wine in the bottle? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Setting up dialogues about the amount of the objects in the given pictures
Examples: Picture 1 (butter): - There is some butter in the freezer
- How much is there?
- There is a lot
Picture 2 (meat): -
-
Aims:
a) To develop the writing skill
b) To practice the forms of telling amount
c) To repeat there is there are forms
Reference
Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15,
17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64,
66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 11: An English Restaurant SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Writing down dialogues asking and telling the cost of the objects given
Example: soup/30p: -How much are the chips?
-Its thirty pence.
fruit juice/30p:
.
Aims:
a) To
develop the writing skill
b) To practice the form of asking and
telling the cost of something
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 12: Do This! Dont Do That! SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Sentence
Formation
Explanation: Writing inside the speech-balloons in the pictures using the imperative forms
Example: Picture 1 (a man in front of a record player working loud)
- Turn the record player off!
Picture 2 (a man showing the television to his friend)
..
Aims:
a) To
develop the writing skill
b) To practice the usage of imperative forms
c) Practicing some previously learned
vocabulary
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 13: Elton Kash SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Using the right adjectives-adverbs to make descriptions as sentences reading the given texts and looking at the picture.
Examples: a) Elton is rich Mr. Wilson is poor
b) Elton is a pop-star ..
Aims: a) To develop the writing skill
b)
To be able to use descriptive words (adj.-adv.) in
the right form in sentence formation
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 14: At the hairdressers SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Comprehension
Explanation: Having read the given text, the learners should answer the given questions
Examples: a) Is
Janes husband big?
Yes, he is big.
b) Is he ugly? ..
Aims: a) To develop comprehension and give really communicative answers
b) To stimulate the usage of adjectives and adverbs
c) To reinforce the general sentence formation
Reference
Units: 4,
14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54,
56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 69, 71, 75
UNIT 15: Everyday Conversation SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Comprehension
Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the given pictures showing a clock, the learners should be able to write down sentences telling the time
Example: (learners looking at the small picture): It is three oclock
Aims: a) To be able to tell the time in English using the right forms
b) To develop the writing skill
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 16: Gloria Gusto, Tom Atkins and Terry Archer SKILL: R-W
Test
Type: Comprehension
Sentences Formation
Explanation: Reading the given text and using the information inside, the learners are supposed to set up question sentences and answer them.
Example: (after reading the text) -Has Gloria got a flat in London?
-Yes, she has
Aims: a) To develop comprehension in reading texts
b) To be able to set up question forms and accordingly the answers
c)
To be able to use the forms of have
got, has got
Reference
Units: 4,
14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54,
56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 69, 71, 75
UNIT 17: At the customs SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Comprehension Sentence Formation
Explanation: Reading the given text, the students are supposed to answer the given questions
Example: (after reading the dialogue in the customs office)
-Has he got anything to declare?
-No, he hasnt
-Has he got any perfume?
-
Aims: a) To develop comprehension in reading texts
b) To be able to give communicative answers respecting to the context the text
Reference
Units: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15,
17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64,
66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 18: Which one? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the several objects in the given pictures, learners set up sentences and answer them using would like
Example: (Looking at the two records in the picture)
-Which one would you like?
- I would like the classical one
Aims: a) To be able to ask and express preferences using the right forms
b) To develop the writing skill
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 19: Everyday Conversation SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Learners are supposed to use the can and could to form a sentence which will follow the given one
Examples: a) -It is a nice camera! Can you show it to me, please?
b) They are nice glasses! ?
Aims: a) To be able to ask someone to do something in kind forms
b) To stimulate communicative skills
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 20: A postcard SKILL:R-W Test Type: Alternate Response Items
Explanation: Learners are supposed to select the most appropriate word from a row of alternatives (drill) to make the meaning coherent in a postcard
Example:
Dear
John; This is a
picture of London
Anna;
Cambridge
Mother;
Oxford
Aims: a) To be able to write a postcard in English
b) To attain the skill of changing the meaning only replacing some words in a sentence
Reference Units: 20, 31,39,40, 41, 51, 60, 80
UNIT 21: What are they doing? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the people in the picture given, the students are supposed to write down sentences about the things they are doing
Examples: (There is a letter presenting in each person in the picture)
a) G: - What is he doing?
- He is writing
b) j: - ..
Aims: a) To be able to express the actions of people
b) To reinforce the usage of Simple Present Continuous Tense
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 22: Can you help me? SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the given verbs, the learners are supposed to form Simple Present Continuous tense sentences
Examples: a) Mr. Smith/his car: -Mr. Smith is cleaning his car
b) Jill and John: -Jill and John are playing tennis
Aims: a) To stimulate the usage of Simple Present Continuous tense formation
b) To develop the writing skill
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 23: Everyday Conversation SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Looking at the picture of an announcement, the learners are supposed to write down a short dialogue which will tell an invitation
Example:
(In
the picture, it is stated that there is a football match on Saturday
3.00 pm)
A: Would you like to come to a football match?
B: When is it?
A: On Saturday afternoon
Aims: a) To reinforcing the form of making proposals
b) To develop communicative skills
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 24: The fashion show SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Sentence Formation
Explanation: Respecting the given sentences, learners are supposed to from sentences using too, either
Example:
-He
can ride a bicycle
- She can ride a bicycle too
Aims: a) To reinforce the usage of too and either forms
b) To develop the writing skill
Reference
Units: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33,
34, 35, 36, 44, 52, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77
UNIT 25: At the cinema SKILL: R-W
Test Type: Comprehension
Explanation: Looking at the given picture, the learners are supposed to answer the given questions
Example:
-Where
is Peter now?
-He is in a cinema.
-Who is he with?
-He is with Lulu.
Aims: a) To practice the usage of prepositions in a sentence
b) To develop the skill of giving communicative sentences
Reference
Units: 4,
14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54,
56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 69, 71, 75