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4-SKILLS Classifying & Sorting, Metals Part -II- (Author-Bouabdellah)
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SecondYear Students
Technical Streams 2004/2005
Practice:
Classifying & Sorting, Metals
-
II
-
C –Language Study:
1-Vocabulary I:
WORD FORMATION
Observe:
Noun
+
ic
=
Adective
The suffix "
ic
" is added to a
noun
to form an
adjective
which describes the “
quality
” of something.
Example:
period
►
period
ic
-
base
►
bas
ic
Exercise
A:
Form the adjectives of the nouns below.
–Magnet
►
–Meter
►
–Graph
►
–Atom
►
–Photograph
►
–Automate
►
–Cone
►
–Cube
►
–Metal
►
–Sulphur
►
Exercise
B:
From the list in
Exercise A
find the words (noun or adjective) that correspond to the following definitions.
1.
A
attracts iron and is normally made of steel or iron; one of its ends is called the North Pole and the other is called the South Pole.
2.
Even though Great Britain has officially adopted the
system, most people still continue to use the old measuring units: inches, feet, yards and miles.
3.
Scientists believe that everything is formed of small particles called
. This is known as the
theory.
4.
Data is stored in computers on a
tape or disc.
5.
Various machines used to be operated manually but now most of them are fully
.
2-Vocabulary II:
WORD FORMATION
Observe:
adjective
+
{
ity
}
=
noun
ness
We can form a
noun
expressing the idea of
state or quality or property
by adding the suffixes "
ity
" or "
ness
" to an
adjective
.
Example:
Elastic
►
elastic
ity
,
Hard
►
Hard
ness
Exercise
A:
Give the corresponding names of the state/quality/ property.
1.
Fluid
►
2.
Ductile
►
3.
Brittle
►
4.
Mobile
►
5.
Tough
►
6.
Thick
►
7.
Flexible
►
8.
Rough
►
Exercise
B:
What qualities/properties are defined in the following?
1.
The property of flowing easily (like water, oil…):
2.
The quality of moving freely:
3.
The state of being not smooth but irregular and unclear:
4.
The dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width:
5.
The property of being firm but easily broken:
3-Structure I:
CLASSIFYING/SORTING
Observe:
There are
We can distinguish
two
+ several
many
+ (
different
) +
groups
sorts
kinds
types
+ of (X)
Example:
1.
There are
several
different
grades
of steels.
2.
We can
distinguish
two
groups
of metals.
Exercise
A:
Refer to the diagrams below and complete the sentences using the language forms in the table above
.
(1)
ANIMALS
Reptiles
Insects
Mammals
Fish
Birds
1.
There
five
of
.
(2)
STEELS
Low carbon steels
Mild Steels
Medium carbon steels
High carbon steels
2.
We
distinguish
types of
.
(3)
FAMILIES OF LANGUAGES
HamitoSemitic
Indo-European
Sino Tibetan
Altaic
3.
are
families
.
are
Hamito Semitic, the Indo-European, the Sino Tibetan, and the Altaic
.
(4)
CLIMATES
Mediterranean
Continental
Equatorial
Tropical
Oceanic
4.
We can distinguish
types of
: the
, the
, the Equatorial
the Oceanic climate.
4-Structure II:
CLASSIFYING/SORTING
Observe:
(
X
)
can be
classified
grouped
divided
sorted
into
several
different
many
groups
categories
types
sorts
Example:
Metals
can be
classified
into
several
/
different
groups
.
Exercise
A:
Refer to the diagrams in the previous activity again and complete the sentences using the language forms in the table above
.
1.
Animals can be
into
.
2.
can
divided into
categories.
3.
Languages
be
into
families.
4.
can be classified
many
.
5-Structure III:
CLASSIFYING/SORTING
Observe:
Passive:
(X) can be
Classified / sorted
According to
…
Active:
We can
classify / sort
(X)
Example:
a)
Pupils can be
classified/sorted
according to
their
level
: good pupils, average pupils and weak pupils.
b)
We can
classify/sort
pupils
according to
their
level
: good pupils, average pupils and weak pupils.
c)
Pupils can be
classified/sorted
according to
their
sex
: boys and girls.
d)
We can
classify/sort
pupils
according to
their
sex
: boys and girls.
Exercise
A:
Using information from the table below write sentence as shown above.
Things classified
Criteria
Categories/groups
1. Machines
source of power
mechanical / electrical / manual
2. Electronic apparatus
use
communication / computing / measuring
3. Natural elements
state
solid / liquid / gas
4. Shapes
perspective
bi-dimensional / tri-dimensional
5. Computers
design
desktop / portable
1.
can be sorted according to their
: mechanical, electrical and manual.
2.
apparatus
classified according
use: communication
,
apparatus,
measuring apparatus.
3.
Natural
can be classified
to their
. They
be solid,
or gas.
4.
can sort
according to their
;
either bi-dimensional
tri-dimensional.
5.
We can
according to their
. We can
desktop or
computers.
D –More Practice:
Exercise
:
Group these into
pairs
and find the
odd one out
.
Word List
Odd One Out
Pair 1
Pair 2
1. Carrot-Alfalfa-Carpet-Raffia-Tomato.
Carrot
2. Palm Tree-Pine-Cork Oak-Almond Tree-Rose.
Almond Tree
3. Apple-Garlic-Apricot-Onion-Table.
Onion
4. Ring-King-Gloves-Cap-Bracelet.
Gloves
5. Fly-Rabbit-Bee-Habit-Rat.
Bee
6. Sandstone-Glass-Lorry-Clay-Plastic.
Sandstone
7. Steel-Copper-Tin-Cast Iron-Carbon.
for this one you can refer to the text in part I
Copper