Question

Discourse Markers

Read the following sentence taken from the first text on page 53.

"Education is not all about studying and getting good marks"

1. What idea does the word in bold express?

•Contrast
. Consequence
•Alternative
. Addition

And is a discourse marker. We use discourse markers to show the relationship between phrases or sentences. They help us understand the connection between the ideas in a text.

2. Which idea does each discourse marker express? Choose from the ideas listed in the box and, in your notebook, write it next to each sentence.

contrast •addition •alternative •purpose manner

a) | a fascinating true tale about how she fights for her right to go to school.

b) a girl who is made to leave her home so that she can live.

d] the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban.

d) Education is not about storing a million facts in one's mind and yet entirely uneducated.

e) [...] a few facts about science, history, literature, or art [...]

LANGUAGE STUDY

Simple Present

1. Read these sentences from the text on page 51 and identify the verbs in your notebook.

a) "I love this book."

b) "She goes into detail about how she loves school and the TV series Ugly Betty!"

c) "Her book shows the other side of the wars in Asia."

2. Now choose the correct answers to complete these statements.

a) All the verbs you identified in activity 1 are in the Simple Present. In those sentences the Simple Present was used to talk about

•facts or permanent states.

•actions in progress.

b) in the third sentence, the subject (Her book) could be replaced by the pronoun

•it

•they.

c) in the Simple Present, we add-sor-es to the base form of the verb when the subject is in

• the 3 person singular (he/she/it).

• the 3 person plural (they)

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Answer 1

1. addition

2. a. manner

b. purpose

c. addition

d. contrast

e. alternative

1. a. love

b. goes / loves

c. shows

2. a. facts or permanent states

b. it

c. the 3 person singular (he/she/it).