VOCABULARY REVISION UNIT 8 and EXERCISES (4ºA)

Dear Students!
Before doing your homework, have a look at the vocabulary list to revise for the test. 

Vocabulary/Materials (pg. 73)

Leather: piel
Cotton: algodón
Steel: Acero
Glass: cristal
Rubber: goma/caucho
Wood: madera
Aluminium: aluminio
concrete: hormigón
Carbon fibre: fibra de carbono
Marble: mármol
Stone: piedra

Vocabulary( Adjectives plus preposition)(pg. 75)

1 good at                     5 tired of

2 keen on                    6 worried about

3 different from            7 nice to

 4 afraid of

Useful additional vocabulary

- Can: lata

- To improve: mejorar

- Hold oil: almacenar aceite

- Cup: taza

- Jar: tarro/bote

- Bowl: bol

- Mixture:mezcla

- Limestone: cal (material de caliza)

- volcanic sand: arena volcánica

- To leave (left-left) : dejar

- To dry : secar

- To remove: quitar algo/sacar

- Skilled workmen: trabajador cualificado/experto 

- Surface : superficie (de una material, objeto, etc..)

- Squares: cuadros

- To Annoy: molestar

- To shelter: proteger

HOMEWORK: 

1.- Translate into spanish the following sentences

  -Roman concrete was made from a mixture of limestone, volcanic sand and small stones. 

   -Concrete buildings were cheaper to make than stone ones becouse specially skilled workmen were not needed. 

   -Millions of glass bottles were made to hold oil and wine

2.- Change the active sentences to passive voice. 

-  Your parents can buy you a new computer for school

- They will give Peter a new wallet made of leather

- Romans had invented a new material 

- Romans covered the surfaces of buildings with squares of marble

3.- Conditional sentences. (use the type required)

-  If I _________ (lend) you money, you _________(give) it back to me (1)

-  If she________________(visit) you, I________________(go) (2)

- If Peter _______ (be) late, we _____________ (take) the plane without him (3)

And remember that........

You can do it!!!

See you tomorrow in class!

Your teacher