9th Form

MODULE 6 : CIVILITY
LESSON 3 - Page 133 HOW TO BE COOPERATIVE

Pre-reading :

Classify the following expressions:

blood donation–household chores–visiting patients in hospitals–rescuing people–fire fighting–project work

(household:{adjective}connected with looking after a house and the people living in it)
(chore: a task that you do regularly)
Voluntary work cooperation
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While-reading :

1/ Find in the text words or expressions that have the following meanings:

(a) …………………………..: difficult.

(b)……………………………: have a friendly relationship with somebody.
(c)……………………………: to have confidence in sb(to be sure about the abilities of sb).
(d)……………………………: to start working on something (= to tackle).
(e)…………………………….:to think about sth until you understand it.
(f)…………………………….: a person who is the same age as you or who has the same
social status as you.
(g)……………………………..: to do and complete a task.
(h)……………………………..: to need sth.

2/ Answer the following question:

What is the writer complaining about?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3/ Are the following statements true or false ?
a) The writer believed in her classmate’s abilities.
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b) She managed to do the project work alone.
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c) The writer and her mother exchanged ideas.
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d) The following day, the writer managed to be cooperative.

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4/ What is the moral of this story ?
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5/ Read and think:

"As I was doing project work, I suddenly realised that one cannot do that much work alone."
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a/ Which action started before the other?
b/ Which action continued for some time?

Complete the rule:

-The past progressive (continuous) is chiefly used for ……………………..actions which
………………………………for some time but whose exact limits are not known and are not important.
-The past progressive (continuous) expresses an action that started………………………… an action in
the simple past and probably continued after it.
-The past progressive (continuous) : to be (................ …………..) + Verb +

I was doing
You were doing
He was doing
She was doing
It was doing
You were doing
We were doing
They were doing
Practice:
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense:

1) I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn)……………………………..when Tom came in at 7.00.

2) I (make) …………………………………...a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
3) I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave)…………………………..
4) Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just (leave) …………………………….., so we only had time for a
few words.
5) He (watch)…………………………….TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he (turn)
………………………...down the sound and (go) ...………………………...to answer it.

Follow- up activity: Speaking

What do you think of cooperation between classmates?