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Grammar Review

Grade 8 BTS Term 1

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Unit 1

Grade 8 BTS Term 1

Ms. Reem Al Mehairbi | 2023-2024

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Grade 8 BTS

Unit 1: Lessons 1 & 2

Activity 3 (WB)

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We learn by speaking in class.

Alef Lesson #2

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Present Infinitive

using to+verb to talk about what is happening now

It’s easy to pass the grammar test.

Meaning

The speaker doesn’t find the test difficult.

Grammatical structure

Present simple

it + be + adjective + ‘to’ + infinitive verb = to play, to study

Usage

We use some adjectives followed by the to-infinitive form of verbs to express feelings, thoughts or ideas. The most frequently used adjectives are: clever, difficult, easy, hard, impossible, nice, possible, right, strange, wrong. Not all adjectives can be followed by the to-infinitive.

Other examples

It’s difficult to win the spelling bee.

It’s not easy to find your cafe.

It is possible to use the smart board during the lesson.

Activity 1: Match the two parts of the sentence together.

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They use spaceships …

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…to pass the exam.

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We practice …

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b.

… to go to the moon.

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Hamda goes to the park…

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… to play with her friends.

Activity 2: Reorder the sentence.

They / listen / headphones / to/ use / music. / to

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Ali / to / music club / goes / about / to / talk / music.

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Grade 8 BTS

Unit 1: Lesson 8

Activities 4 & 5 (CB)

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Infinitive : when “to” comes before a verb.

To + verb = infinitive

talking —> to talk

waited —> to wait

runs —> to run

Infinitive

Other

Walks

To see

To sleep

Sleeps

Hated

Eating

To eat

Alef Lesson #6

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Unit 2

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Grade 8 BTS

Unit 2: Lessons 1-2

Grammar Topic

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Prepositions of Place

  •        We can also use ‘under’, ‘above’, ‘next to’, ‘behind’, ‘in front of’, ‘between’, ‘in the middle of’, ‘on top of’, and ‘on the right/left’ to describe where something or someone is.

Complete Alef Lesson #11

Grammar Link

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Unit 2: Lessons 5-6

Activity 5

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GO

STOP

Second Conditional

( If …. + I would ….)

I am = I’m

I would = I’d

Second Conditional ( If …. + I would ….)

I would ride my bike if I lived in the country.

first clause

Second clause

If you had the choice, where would you like to live?

If we moved to a big city, we would not know anyone.

If …. + I (would/could/might)….

I would ride my bike everyday if I lived in the country.

If you had the choice, where would you like to live?

If I had time, I would have a better breakfast.

Alef Lesson #14

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Unit 3

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Unit 3: Lessons 3-4�Activity 4 (CB)

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Alef Lesson #22

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Unit 3: Lessons 7-8

Grammar Topic

Alef Lesson #28

has been coming

haven’t been going

has been bleeding

have been cutting

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Unit 4

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Grade 8 BTS

Unit 4: Lessons 1-2

Grammar review

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Silk cloth is made by people in China.

Incense was exported along the Incense Route.

Camels were used to carry their goods.

The ports of Gaza and Alexandria were used.

Carpets were traded for silk.

Chinese silk was taken to Damascus by Arab merchants.

Alef Lesson #32

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Unit 4: Lessons 11-12

Activities 7, 3 (WB)

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Unit 4: Lessons 5-6

Grammar review

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Past Simple

Jumped

Walked

Sat

Ran

Past Contiuous

I was jumping

They were walking

Was sitting

Were running

Alef Lesson #33

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Past Continuous

using was/were + ing verbs total about something that started in the past

It was getting dark as I left the bookshop.

Meaning

The day turned to night as the person walked out of the bookshop.

Grammatical structure

Past time: past continuous

subject + was / were + verb-ing

Usage

In the example, the past continuous tense is used to describe an action that took place over a period of time in the past and was interrupted by another past action.

Other examples

I was sleeping when the phone rang.

I was doing my homework when my father came home. 

We were watching the TV when you arrived.

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I, he, she, it = was

You, they, we = were

Activity: Use the given verb to complete the sentence using the past continuous.

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  1. He was playing the guitar when his mom came home. (play)
  2. Martin ________ his classmate’s homework when the teacher saw him. (copy)
  3. My sister ________ when she came home from school (cry)
  4. A bad boy ___________ a younger student after school. (bully)
  5. My mom _________ the violin at nine last night. (practice)

Alef Lesson #33

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Unit 4: Lessons 9-10

Activity 1

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think of?

perfect

Happy

Excellent

Beautiful

clean

Terrible

Imperfect

Miserable

Horrible

Ugly

dirty

Relevant

Fascinating

happy

Boring

Sad, miserable

Angry

Dumb

Alef Lesson #36

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Unit 4: Lessons 9-10

Activities 4 & 6

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