American Digital School/National Program

First Semester (2023/2024)

Booklet 3 /Unit 3

Unit title: Nine to Five

Grade and sections: 8 (A,B,C&D)

Teacher: Mariam Azzam & Mahdiah Ghaith

Supervision: Ala’ Alawneh

Student’s Name: ----------------------------------------

This booklet consists of:

-Reading comprehension questions

- Vocabulary

- Grammar

- Writing

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Part (1): Reading

***Answer the following questions based on your understanding to the reading passage A
man’s world? , page 22, SB:

Q.1. The text talks about two jobs, mention them.

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Q.2. What are the skills that women excel at in both jobs?

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Q.3. What is the difference between being a mechanic in the past and nowadays?
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Q.4. Who is the first woman to become Crew Manager?

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Q.5. Find out the following:

1. a phrasal verb: ………………… 2. an adjective: …………………

3. an adverb: ………………… 4. an idiom: …………………

Q.6. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text.

1. Base 34 is a garage located in the north of France. (True / False)

2. In the past, many women used to work as firefighters (True / False)

Q.7. Quote the sentence which shows that women start dominating the career of being a
mechanic.
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Q.8. In your opinion, is working as a firefighter suitable for women? Why?

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Q.9. Do you think that the writer is a feminist? Why?

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Part (2): Vocabulary

No Words Definitions Example sentence

Nouns
1. promotion a move to a more important position at The new job is a promotion for him.
work
2. requirements things that you must do A good degree is a minimum
requirement for many jobs.
3. emphasis special importance Schools here put great emphasis on
listening and speaking.
4. skills qualities and experience I have no skill in sewing
5. residents people who live in a place The local residents were angry at the
lack of parking spaces.
6. commitment a promise or firm decision to do Players must make a commitment to
something play for a full season
Verbs
7. excel to be extremely good at something Hala always excelled in languages at
school.
8. trust to believe that someone is honest I trust him to make the right decision.
Adjectives
9. flexible able to change or be changed easily My schedule is flexible - I could
arrange to meet with you any day
next week.
10. tough difficult to do or to deal with My teacher has given me a tough
assignment
Adverbs
11. instinctively in a way that is not thought about, Instinctively my hand reached for my
planned, or developed by training phone.
12. gradually slowly over a period of time or a Gradually, she realized that he wasn't
distance telling her the truth.
Phrasal verb
13. put out to make something such as a fire or -Firefighters have been called to put
cigarette stop burning out the fire in the city centre.
- Would you mind putting your
cigarette out, please?
14. put off to tell someone that you cannot see He keeps asking me out, and I keep
them or do something for them, or to putting him off.
stop someone from doing something,
until a later time
Idioms
15. in charge of responsible for something or someone The teacher put me in charge of
organizing the project.

-Use the following vocabulary in meaningful sentences:

1. in charge of: …………………………………………………………………………

2. put off: …………………………………………………………………….…
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3. gradually: …………………………………………………………………………
4. commitment: ……………………………………………………………………………
5. excel: ………………………………………………………………………

Part (3): Grammar

I. Non-defining relative
clauses
Do you know how to give extra information about someone or something using relative
clauses??

Look at these examples to see how non-defining relative clauses are used.

-Jack, who's retired now, spends a lot of time with his grandchildren.
-We want to see the new Tom Carter film, which was released on Friday.
-My sister, whose dog I'm looking after, is visiting a friend in Australia.

-Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned.

-Non-defining relative clauses give us extra information about someone or

something. It isn't essential for understanding who or what we are talking about.

-My grandfather, who's 87, goes swimming every day.

-The house, which was built in 1883, has just been opened to the public.
-The award was given to Sara, whose short story impressed the judges.

**We always use a relative pronoun or adverb to start a non-defining relative

clause: who, which, whose, when or where (but not that). We also use commas to
separate the clause from the rest of the sentence.

Q.1. Complete the sentences with 'who', 'which', 'whose', 'when' or 'where'.

1. Last week he got a phone call from his father, who he hadn't spoken to in years.
2. When I left they threw me a party, which was a complete surprise.
3. My birthday, which was my 40th, turned out to be a wonderful day!
4. The Javan tiger, whose habitat was largely destroyed by humans, is now extinct.
5. The hostel, which we've stayed at several times, is simple but clean.
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6. I sometimes go and study in my local park, where I can get some fresh air.
7. Winter, when temperatures are lower, sees higher rainfall.
8. They went to a concert at the new arena, which was built last year.

II. Defining relative clauses

Do you know how to define who or what you are talking about using relative clauses??

Look at these examples to see how defining relative clauses are used.

-Are you the one who sent me the email?

-The phone which has the most features is also the most expensive.
-This is the video that I wanted to show you.
-The person they spoke to was really helpful.

-Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned.

-Defining relative clauses give us essential information – information that tells us

who or what we are talking about.

-The woman who lives next door works in a bank.

-These are the flights that have been cancelled.

**We usually use a relative pronoun or adverb to start a defining relative

clause: who, which, that, when, where or whose.

Note: (Omitting the relative pronoun)

-Sometimes we can leave out the relative pronoun. For example, we can usually leave
out who, which or that if it is followed by a subject.

The assistant [that] we met was really kind.

(we = subject, can omit that)

-We can't usually leave it out if it is followed by a verb.

The assistant that helped us was really kind.

(helped = verb, can't omit that)
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Q.2. Circle all the correct options.

1. The film ___ we saw last week was awful.

a. that b. which c. who d. -

2. That's the hospital ___ I was born.

a. when b. where c. who d. whose

3. The doctor ___ I usually see doesn't work there any more.

a. that b. who c. whose d. -

4. The week ___ they were in Edinburgh was lovely and sunny.

a. when b. where c. who d. whose

5. That's the woman ___ bought my old car.

a. that b. which c. who d. -

6. He called a plumber ___ he found online.

a. that b. who c. whose d. -

7. They ate at a restaurant ___ serves only vegan dishes.

a. that b. where c. which d. -

8. The passengers ___ flights were cancelled got a refund.

a. that b. where c. who d. whose

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Part 4: Writing

Applying for a Job

-Look at the job adverts and the email and do the exercises to improve your email
writing skills.

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Q.1. Write a number (1-7) to put these parts of an email in order.

Q.2. Fill the gaps with a word or phrase from the box.

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Task (3): Write an email to apply for one of these jobs.

A little progress each day adds up to big results.