Activities to diagnose students’ prerequisites

(3nd year-LPH and FL: Ethics in Business)

So ….. that / such…….that

Task one: fill in the gaps with “so” or “such” (a):

1-…………lovely 5-………..pupil 9-………many

2-………..lovely day 6-……….clever 10-……….many times

3-………….hard 7-………..clever pupil 11-……..much rain

4-…………hard work 8-………..clever pupils 12-……..quickly

Task two: Join these pairs of sentences using “so….that” or “such……that”

1- He was very lazy. He did nothing all day long.

2- It is a very good story. I’ll never forget it.
3- It was a difficult problem. No one could solve it
4- Life is dear. We have to economise.
5- The light was bright. She had to cover her eyes.

Task three: Rewrite the following paragraph using “such” instead of “so”

He had to wait so long at the airport that he felt tired before the journey even started .The flight was so
bumpy that he felt sick. The plane’s engines were so noisy that he couldn’t hear himself speak. The food
was so bad that he couldn’t eat it.

Reviewing passive voice

Task one: For each sentence below, write “A” on the blank line if it is ACTIVE, or “P” if it is PASSIVE.

1/………The pirate hoisted the sails.

2/……..The sails were hoisted by the pirate.

3/……. The plane was flown by the pilot.

4/……...The pilot flew the plane.

5/……… A huge pot of spaghetti was cooked by the chef.

6/………. The chef cooked a huge pot of spaghetti.

Task two: Change each PASSIVE VOICE sentence below into ACTIVE VOICE.

1- The blaze was extinguished by the firefighter.

………………………………………………………………………..

2- The novel was written by a famous author.

……………………………………………………………………….

3-Rock samples were collected by the astronaut.

………………………………………………………………………

Concession

Fill in the blanks with a word or phrase that expresses concession or contrast.

1. ....................................... working hard, he couldn’t pass the test.

 In spite of
 Although
 However

2. ....................................... it was late, we decided to go out.

 Although
 However
 Despite
3. ............................................. being rich, she is not happy.
 Despite
 Although
 However

4. ................................................. having a bad teacher, she passed her

test.
 In spite of
 Although
 However
5. ......................................... she lives next door, we rarely see each other.
 However
 Although
 Despite
6. ............................................... facing many setbacks, he didn’t lose hope.
 Although
 However
 In spite of

7. ............................................ being a foreigner, she speaks English

remarkably well.
 In spite of
 However
 Although
8. ............................................. she earns a good salary, she finds it difficult
to make both ends meet.
 Although
 However
 Despite
9. .................................................. living close to her office, she is always
late for work.
 However
 Though
 In spite of
10. ................................................ working three jobs in a day, she makes it
a point to spend quality time with her kids.
 Although
 However
 In spite of
 Prepared by: Sabbahi Arbia (Rida Achouri )