What does the cartoon have to say about teenagers and their lives?


1.How does the teenager feel about exam tension?

For him exam tension means the tension that he felt when he was sitting for the exam, not before it. He convinced himself that he wasn’t tensed for it but when the time came, he seemed to be thoughtless

2. In what way is there a communication gap between the teenager and his parents?

His parents questioned him but he had no idea what to answer. So,Jeremy answered it by questioning what they do routinely and this kind of answers would not make his parents ask him for the second time. To conclude, they have questioned each other the questions that did not have exact answer to say, but they was clear in their minds.

3. What point is the teenager trying to get across to his father in this cartoon?

He demands for a better internet connection or else, he can give many words cursing the connection and in my opinion, those fifty words would not be the nice-heard words.

4.In what way does the father understand his son well?

His son always says sarcastically, so he was just asking him what he exactly wants to say

Why do you burden yourself if the chance is already wide opened?

word collocation

A collocation is two or more words which often go together.

Natural English Unnatural English

fast food quick food

a quick shower a fast shower

(Tip:when you learn a new word,write down other words that collocate with it)

Eg.: make + the bed/ time/breakfast/friends/fun/a joke/money

Exercise

Both options make sense.Underline the one which forms a common collocation

1. Many small houses and huts were (flooded away/washed away) when the river bursts its banks.

2.Poor farming methods are responsible for soil (devaluation/erosion )in many areas of Saharan African.

3.During the earthquake,many people were( buried/covered )alive.

4.The forest fire left a wide area of the mountainside blackened and (ablaze/smouldering).

5.Villagers are hoping for rain this month after nearly a year of (dry weather/drought.)

6. Before the hurricane struck,many people were (evacuated/shifted) to higher ground.

7.Thousands of children in the famine-striken area are suffering from (malnutrition/undernourishment).

10.Heavy snow has fallen in the mountains and many villages have been (blocked out/cut off) for the past two days.

11.The Aids (epidemic/plague) is having serious effects in some countries.

12.Many small islands in the Indian Ocean are threatened by rising sea (waters/levels).


English Grammar and Vocabulary

Vince Michael and Sunderland Peter

(Macmillan)

Word collocation

Which word completes each set of collocations or fixed phrases?

a) an instrument _panel_______
a panel of experts
a control panel
a wooden panel

b) a secret ballot
a secret agent
keep it a secret
meet in secret
the secret of success

c) take stock of the situation
it's out of stock
the stock exchange
the stock market


d) a time sheet
a time zone
only time will tell
long time no see
for the time being


e) a child minder
child abuse
child care facilities
a child prodigy
behaving like a child