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Practical English Course

(Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2nd

Semester)

UNIT 5 – Reading and Vocabulary: More than a moment

- Academic writing: Connectors, Introduction, Conclusion

-Grammar: Unreal Pasts

- Listening: What is freedom?

References:

Jeremy Harmer, Carol Lethaby, Just reading and writing, Upper-

Intermediate, Marshal Cavendish Education, 2005

Dorothy E. Zemach, Lisa A. Rumisech, Academic writing from

paragraph to essay, MacMillan, 2005

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Read the following sentences and then decide where they should go in the text bellow. There is one sentence too many. The first one is done for

you.

a. And because of this black children were finally admitted to whites-only schools…

b. The first test case of this ruling occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 when nine black students tried to attend classes at the Central High

School. ...1.

c. Finally, at the ceremony 40 years later, she and her victim met face to face...

d. He called for greater understanding between races, a call which echoes down the years in the wake of misunderstandings between different

peoples and religions of the world…

e. The photographs Counts took that day were soon published all over America and the world…

f.William Counts had been a student at the Central High School himself…

g. And so there was…

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION: What is freedom?

1. Listen to the text and decide whether the below sentences are TRUE or FALSE:

a. Freedom is the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants. T/F

b. Political freedom means that the people are able to challenge what their leader do. T/F

c. Secrecy and surveillance cannot be perceived as ways of controlling someone’s freedom. T/F

d. Norman Kember, a British citizen, was taken hostage in the USA in 2005. T/F

e. During the Arab Spring people used the social media to gather support for their cause. T/F

2. Listen again and fill in the spaces with the missing word/words.

a. some people are………………………….and controlled in what they can or can’t do.

b. Many people would say that any system of democracy should automatically include the right

to…………………………

c. One example is the system of……………………….which passed laws to restrict the freedom and

rights of Black People in South Africa.

d. There is…………………………..were people are forced to work in terrible conditions for little or no

money.

e. And when people living under a………………… want to make a change for the better they some

times take to the streets.

GRAMMAR: Unreal Pasts 1 Underline either hope or wish in each sentence.

a) I hope/wish I'll see you again soon.

b) I hope/wish the weather improves soon.

c) I hope/wish I knew the answer.

d) I hope/wish you didn't have to go.

e) I hope/wish you'd stop shouting so much.

f) I hope/wish nothing goes wrong.

g) I hope/wish it would stop raining.

h) I hope/wish you can come to my party.

i) I hope/wish you don't mind.

j) I hope/wish we could meet next week.

2. Put each verb in brackets into the correct form: b) It's high time you ……………….(start) working seriously.

c) I wish I ……………………….(spend) more time swimming last summer.

d) Helen is bossy. She acts as if she ………………………..(own) the place.

e) I wish you …………………………(not/keep) coming late to class.

f) Suppose a complete stranger ………………………….(leave) you a lot of money in their will!

g) I wish I ……………………………………(go) to your party after all.

h) I'd rather you ……………………………(sit) next to Susan, please.

i) The government demanded that the ambassador……………………… (be) recalled,

j) You are lucky going to Italy. I wish I …………………………(go) with you.

4. Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that the meaning stays the same: b) I should really be going home now. time

It's ……………………..home now.

c) I'd rather not go by plane. prefer

I'd …………………………..go by plane.

d) Jack doesn't know all the answers, though he pretends to. acts

Jack …………………………..all the answers.

e) I'd love to be able to go with you to the opera. wish

I ………………………….go with you to the opera.

f) I wish I hadn't sold that old painting. pity

It's ………………………………..that old painting.

g) I'd rather you didn't stay long at the party. better

It ……………………………………stay long at the party.

h) The management said it was important for us to wear dark suits to the meeting. insisted

The management…………………………………………… dark suits to the meeting.

i) I've had enough of your constant complaining! wish

I ……………………………………….complaining all the time!

j) I'd love to be sitting on a beach in Turkey right now! wish

I ………………………………………….on a beach in Turkey right now!