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Basic 7

Basic 7 English Language Notes

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  1. Formal and Informal Register, Nouns in Context, Cohesive Devices and Visualising TextsIn this topic you will choose formal or informal language to suit the situation, use different kinds of nouns correctly, link sentences with cohesive devices and use monitoring and mental pictures to understand what you read.
  2. Register in Formal Situations, Noun Functions, Paragraph Organisation and Visualising StoriesIn this topic you will use formal register in interviews and assemblies, use nouns in different positions in a sentence, organise information into clear paragraphs and visualise events in a story.
  3. Listening for Key Information, Pronouns, Personal Narratives and SummarisingIn this topic you will listen attentively to identify key information, use different types of pronouns correctly, plan and write personal narratives, and summarise the main and supporting ideas of a text.
  4. Register on the Phone and Online, Pronoun Errors, Dialogue in Narratives and PredictionIn this topic you will choose suitable register for telephone calls and online messages, avoid common pronoun errors, add dialogue and details to personal narratives, and use prediction to understand a story.
  5. Polite Language, Kinds and Order of Adjectives, Descriptive Writing and Predicting with Text FeaturesIn this topic you will use polite language for requests, apologies and complaints, identify kinds of adjectives and their correct order, write vivid descriptions using precise and sensory language, and use text features to predict.
  6. Listening to Extended Texts, Comparing with Adjectives, Describing People and Events, and Summarising NewsIn this topic you will listen to an extended reading and identify key information, use adjectives to compare, describe people and events vividly, and summarise a newspaper report.
  7. Turn-Taking in Conversation, Tense and Aspect, Persuasive Advertisements and Questioning a TextIn this topic you will describe experiences while following the rules of turn-taking, use verb tenses and aspects correctly, create advertisements that persuade an audience, and ask and answer questions to understand fiction.
  8. Talking about Ourselves and Others, the Present Continuous Tense, Designing Adverts and Self-QuestioningIn this topic you will take part in collaborative conversations about yourself, your family and well-known people, use the present continuous tense, design print and radio advertisements, and ask yourself questions while reading independently.
  9. Short Vowel Sounds, the Past Perfect Tense, Explaining a Process and Summarising Expository TextsIn this topic you will pronounce and spell words with short vowel sounds, use the past perfect tense to show the order of past events, write a paragraph that explains a process, and summarise an expository text.
  10. Long Vowel Sounds, Adverbs, Explaining Events and Text StructureIn this topic you will pronounce and spell words with long vowel sounds, use adverbs to modify verbs, write an expository account explaining how an event happened, and use text structures to understand what you read.
  11. Giving Directions, Comparing and Placing Adverbs, Informal Letters and Non-Literary TextsIn this topic you will give and follow accurate directions, compare actions and place adverbs correctly, write informal letters using the right format, and identify the main features of non-literary texts.
  12. Voice and Eye Contact, Conjunctions, Formal Letters and Facts versus OpinionsIn this topic you will use voice modulation and eye contact to speak effectively, join words and clauses with conjunctions, write a formal letter using the right format and language, and distinguish facts, opinions, attitudes and bias in non-fiction texts.
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