NorthStar Level 1 Reading and Writing

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NorthStar Level 1 Reading and Writing

• Unit 6
• Flying High And Low
• Presented By Azza Khattab

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The main idea

• Famous people have high points ( good times )
• and low points ( bad times ) in their lives.
• Charles Lindbergh won a flying in his plane, the
  Spirit of St. Louis ( a high point in his life)
• Someone kidnapped his first child on
• March 2, 1932. ( a low point in his life )

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Vocabulary

• Pilot ( noun )
• Flight ( noun )
• Took off ( verb ) take off
• Landed ( verb ) land
• Set a record ( verb )
• Media ( noun )
• Contest ( noun )
• Handsome ( adjective )
• Hero ( noun )

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Synonyms

• A synonym is a word with similar meaning .
• departed ( verb ) took off
• arrived ( verb ) landed
• alone ( adverb) solo
• good-looking ( adjective ) handsome
• competition( noun ) contest
• press ( noun ) media
• well-known ( adjective ) famous
• trip (noun ) flight
• flier ( noun ) pilot

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Grammar

• The Simple Past
• We use the simple past when we refer to an action
  which started and ended in the past.
• We add ed or d to the regular verb when we change
  it into the simple past .
• land gt landed
• arrivegt arrived
• carry.gt carried
• play..gt played

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The simple past

• Irregular verbs have special forms
• go gt went
• become..gt became
• do .gt did
• fly ..gt flew
• take gt took
• thinkgt thought
• eat ..gt ate
• drink gt drank

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The simple past

• Negative form
• We use did not ( didnt ) before the verb
• ( infinitive)
• didnt infinitive ( the base )
• She arrived at 6 yesterday. ( use not )
• She didnt arrive at 6 yesterday.
• They flew to Paris last week. ( use not )
• They didnt fly to Paris last week.

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The simple past

• Yes/ No questions
• Did you get your book yesterday ?
• Yes , I did No , I didnt
• Did she become a nurse ?
• Yes , she did No, she didnt

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The simple past

• Wh questions
• Where did you go yesterday evening ?
• I went shopping.
• Why did you feel worried yesterday?
• I had a test .
• How did you reach the place ?
• I reached the place by using a map.

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Writing skills

• Time Order Words
• First ,
• Then,
• Next,
• Later,
• Finally,
• They are used while writing about events in
• order or steps in a process.

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Using time order words

• Yesterday I was very busy. First, I
  went to my office . I arranged some files there.
  Then, I started to type some letters . I also
  sent some emails. Next, I finished writing my
  weekly report and submitted it to my boss. Later,
  I got some new instructions from my boss.
  Finally, I returned home , but I felt very tired.
  It was really a very busy day.