AI en Translation, Pages 226-250
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
12 Rainwater pipes
The pipes shall be of cast iron with a diameter of 4 inches and shall include
each pipe an elbow on the roof and a base of cast iron or
concrete at the bottom, and the elbow must be connected by
a small piece of pipe to the concrete basin on the roof
whose dimensions must be 30 cm by 30
cm by 25 cm, provided that the surface of the basin is
at the level of the flashing and the concrete ratio is 1:2:4 with
Sealocrete material as described with the damp proofing.
13 Cement plastering and gypsum whitening for internal walls
The joints are first cleaned well between the bricks
then splashed with cement grout and then plastered with a layer of
cement 1:3, and as for the sand, it shall consist of 1:1
of Habbaniya sand and river sand, and the whitening shall be
using straightedges and plumb bobs, then this plaster is left for a period of
at least seven days during which it is continuously sprayed with water
then left for a suitable period to dry, then whitened afterwards
with excellent fermented gypsum with a layer thickness of no less than
1/4 inch, provided that the gypsum is from Mahdi Qanbar
Agha or the Iraqi Building Materials Company - first grade -
and the final whitening surface must be polished and completely
level and the corners regularly rounded.
14 Cement plastering for the external faces of the building and painting with Silocem
The joints are first cleaned well between the bricks and then
sprayed with water and splashed with cement grout and then plastered
with cement and Habbaniya sand in a ratio of 1:3 and with a thickness of no less
than 3/4" provided that the plastering is carried out with straightedges and plumb bobs
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
| Continuation of Item (14)
The plaster surfaces must be completely level and smooth. After
that, the surfaces shall be painted with Cellusom in three coats and in colors
chosen by the supervising engineer. | | |
15 | Iron Windows and Ventilators
The windows and ventilators shall be as shown in the drawings
produced by the Iraqi Engineering Products Company
and all windows must be equipped with a handle and a slide.
All windows must be fixed with 5/8" bars
and fly-proof wire mesh must be fixed over all windows from the outside.
They must also be provided with 2mm gauge glass
fixed with English putty supplied in sealed barrels
to the work site. The windows shall be according to
the designs and sizes provided by the engineer. | | |
16 | Iron Doors
The doors shall be made of new iron according to
the measurements and dimensions in the relevant drawings, provided
that the frames are 3" x 3" x 1/4" angle iron
fixed well into the walls,
and the leaves are 2" x 2" x 1/4" angle iron
with 1/8" thick iron plate on the outside, provided that
the doors are equipped with foreign locks and handles.
The doors shall be double-faced plate. Unless
the doors are made of iron and glass, in which case
the glass division shall be according to the drawings or instructions
provided by the specialized engineer. | | |
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
17 Wooden Doors
The frames shall be made of good Swedish pine wood
free of knots and cracks, according to the dimensions
and measurements in the relevant drawings, provided that
the frames are 2" x 6" and the leaves are 2" pressed
on both sides with the best types of plywood, provided
that the doors are equipped with handles and hidden locks
with two keys of the best foreign types available
in the local markets.
18 Tiling with Mosaic Tiles and 1:3 Cement Mortar
Supplying tiling materials for floors with the best types of
mosaic tiles in size 8 inch x 8 inch
(and if a size other than this is requested, the difference
is paid to the contractor) ⟦tiled with mortar⟧ of cement and sand in a ratio
of 1:3, and the tiling must be level and fixed
strongly, and after finishing the tiling, the face of the
tiles shall be grouted with pure white cement mortar. And the
mosaic must be covered with mats or Habbaniya sand
with sufficient thickness to protect the mosaic from contamination
by paint. The color and quality of the mosaic shall be according to
the approval of the Sect's engineer supervising the construction.
19 Window Sills made of Mosaic
And it shall be of the excellent type and in the colors chosen by
the supervising engineer, with a width of about 25 cm,
and its edge shall protrude from the wall surface by about one
inch.
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Item | Work Details | Quantity & Unit | Price | Amount
20 | Tiling with plain tiles and gypsum mortar | | |
The tiles shall be of excellent quality and applied using the best | | |
types of gypsum and grouted with white cement, noting | | |
what was stated in Item (18). | | |
21 | Painting with oil paint | | |
After completing the work, doors and windows with their | | |
frames shall be painted with three coats of oil paint in the color | | |
decided by the engineer, provided that the oil paint is | | |
of the liquid type inside sealed barrels and | | |
equivalent in quality to the paints of the Imperial | | |
Chemical Industries (I.C.I.), provided that the | | |
painting is done by brush. Windows are calculated by one | | |
face. | | |
22 | Painting with Emulsion | | |
Supplying emulsion from the company (I.C.I.) | | |
in the colors selected by the supervising engineer, then | | |
painting the walls after cleaning and wiping them | | |
well, applying two coats by brush. The Community has the right | | |
to provide a specific painter if it deems it necessary and when | | |
its supervising engineer does not approve of the paint quality | | |
or method. | | |
23 | Electrical Installations | | |
The contractor must carry out all required electrical | | |
installations. Wires, pipes, and other electrical | | |
installations shall be of the G.E.C. type. The | | |
point shall be complete in all respects, including the lamp | | |
and the porcelain shade. | | |
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Item | Details of Works | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
| Continuation of Item (23) | | |
| A - Hidden point with non-slotted threaded pipes. | | |
| B - Visible point | | |
| Note | | |
| A two-way point is considered as a point and a half, and | | |
| a plug, regardless of its type, is considered half a point. | | |
24 | Roofs | | |
| These shall be of reinforced concrete according to the maps | | |
| provided by the engineer regarding thickness and reinforcement | | |
| and the mixing ratio shall be 1:2:4. | | |
| A unit price is requested as follows to be followed if | | |
| the community decides to change the type of roofs: | | |
| A - Concrete Siporex type roofs. | | |
| B - If the roofs are of jack arching (Akada), noting | | |
| that the steel beams (I-beams) used are | | |
| 6" x 3" placed at a distance of 75 cm from center | | |
| to center, and the price includes the I-beams as well, | | |
| provided they are painted with two coats of anti-rust paint. | | |
| Note | | |
| Roofs are measured in all cases from inside the rooms, | | |
| i.e., the net area, while the part resting on the structure | | |
| is considered part of the brickwork; therefore, the contractor | | |
| must take this into consideration. | | |
25 | Brickwork and plaster for rendering | | |
| See brickwork specifications mentioned in Item (8). | | |
26 | Staircase railing | | |
| It shall be constructed with the best workmanship and quality in terms of | | |
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Item | Details of Works | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
Continuation of Item (G)
The floor of each manhole with cement mortar and Habbaniya sand
to direct and drain sewage water properly.
Provided that the inner wall surfaces are plastered with
cement and sand mortar at a ratio of 1:3.
The contractor must supply and install these fixtures
and sanitary installations, provided they are of the finest
types available in the markets, and the work must be carried out
according to the highest technical methods. The price includes all
necessary installations, fresh water pipes,
sewage pipes, and necessary elbows, traps, tees,
gullies, valves, and 3-inch diameter vent pipes
for the toilets. The contractor must take into
account that his price also includes connecting and extending
fresh water pipes to the roof and to the ground
and first floors. It also includes extending sewage pipes
(4-inch diameter cast iron) to the sewage
tanks.
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Intermediate School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Examination, February 1960
Teachers and lecturers are kindly requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1- Please keep the examination booklets after they have been graded by the teacher in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' serial numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them
when needed.
2- Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3- When grading the exam booklet, the grader shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and
combining these marks with each other so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
cover of the booklet.
4- Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the grading.
5- Teachers are requested to grade the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and give them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6- Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after grading them for review and to know
their mistakes and the marks they received for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the cover of the booklet.
7- When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please ensure
their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
A copy to /:
Miss :: ⟦line⟧
Mrs. :: ⟦line⟧
Mr. :: ⟦line⟧
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Preparatory School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Exam, February 1960
⟦line⟧
The teachers and lecturers are requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the exam booklets after they have been corrected by the teacher in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' serial numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate referring back to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets to refer to them when necessary.
3 - When correcting the exam booklet, the corrector shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and adding
these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
booklet cover.
4 - Each teacher records the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submits
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the correction.
5 - Teachers are requested to correct the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed more than one or two days. As the administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and giving them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after they have been corrected to review them and know
their mistakes and the marks they obtained in each of the questions. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the booklet cover.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please ensure the
number of them and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
A copy of it to /:
Miss :: ⟦line⟧
Mrs. :: ⟦line⟧
Mr. :: ⟦line⟧
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Intermediate School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Exam, February 1960
⟦line⟧
Teachers and lecturers are kindly requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the exam booklets, after they have been graded by the teacher, in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' sequence numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3 - When grading the exam booklet, the grader shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and combining
these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
booklet cover.
4 - Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the grading.
5 - Teachers are requested to grade the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and give them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after grading them for review and to know
their mistakes and the marks they received for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the booklet cover.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please verify
their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
A copy to /
Miss: ⟦line⟧
Mrs: ⟦line⟧
Mr: ⟦line⟧
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1/10/1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Exam February 1960
⟦line⟧
The teachers and lecturers are requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the exam booklets after they have been corrected by the teacher in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' serial numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate referring back to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets to refer to them when necessary.
3 - When correcting the exam booklet, the corrector shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and combining
these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
booklet cover.
4 - Each teacher records the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submits
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the correction.
5 - Teachers are requested to correct the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. As the administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and giving them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 2/17/1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after they have been corrected to review them and know
their mistakes and the marks they obtained for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the booklet cover.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please verify
their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
Copy to /
Miss: ⟦line⟧
Mrs: ⟦line⟧
Mr: ⟦line⟧
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Preparatory School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Exam, February 1960
⟦line⟧
Teachers and lecturers are kindly requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the exam booklets, after they have been graded by the teacher, in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' serial numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3 - When grading the exam booklet, the grader shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and
combining these marks with each other so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
booklet cover.
4 - Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the grading.
5 - Teachers are requested to grade the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and give them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after they have been graded to review them and know
their mistakes and the marks they received for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the booklet cover.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please verify
their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope.
⟦handwritten signature⟧
Abdullah Owaidya
The Director
Copy to /
Miss: ⟦line⟧
Mrs: ⟦line⟧
Mr: ⟦line⟧
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1/10/1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Preparatory School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Exam, February 1960
⟦line⟧
Teachers and lecturers are requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the exam booklets after they have been corrected by the teacher in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' sequence numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3 - When correcting the exam booklet, the corrector shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and shall
add these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on
the cover of the booklet.
4 - Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the correction.
5 - Teachers are requested to correct the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and give them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday, 2/17/1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after they have been corrected to review them and know
their mistakes and the marks they received for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the cover of the booklet.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please verify
their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope.
⟦handwritten signature⟧
Abdullah Owaid
The Director
Copy to /
Miss: ............
Mrs: ............
Mr: ............
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School
Academic Year 1959 / 1960
Regarding the Mid-Year Examination, February 1960
⟦line⟧
Teachers and lecturers are kindly requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Please keep the examination booklets, after they have been corrected by the teacher, in the same envelope
in which they were kept when distributed to the students at the time of the exam, after arranging them
according to the students' sequence numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them
when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3 - When correcting the exam booklet, the corrector shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer
cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for the oral components of the subject on it, and combining
these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the
booklet cover.
4 - Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit
the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the correction.
5 - Teachers are requested to correct the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades
for each subject is not delayed by more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades
and give them to the students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam.
That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after they have been corrected to review them and know
their mistakes and the marks they received for each question. Please ensure the
accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the booklet cover.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please ensure the
number of booklets and record that on the envelope in which they are kept, and please also record
the names of the absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦Abdullah Obadia⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
A copy to /
Miss: ............
Mrs: ............
Mr: ............
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10 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School
School Year 1959 / 1960
⟦line⟧
Regarding the Mid-Year Examination February 1960
⟦line⟧
Teachers, instructors, and lecturers are requested to note the following and act accordingly:
1 - Examination booklets should be kept after being graded by the teacher in the same envelope in which they were stored when distributed to students at the time of the exam, after arranging them according to the students' serial numbers indicated in the name lists of each class to facilitate reference to them when needed.
2 - Keep at least one copy of the exam questions with the booklets for reference when necessary.
3 - When grading the exam booklet, the grader shall list the marks for the various questions on the outer cover of the exam booklet, while also writing the marks for oral components of the subject on it, and combine these marks together so that the final grade (out of 100) is shown on the cover of the booklet.
4 - Each teacher shall record the mid-year exam grades for the exam subject in their grade file and submit the exam booklets and the grade file to the administration immediately after completing the grading.
5 - Teachers are requested to grade the booklets day by day so that the deadline for submitting grades for each subject is not delayed more than one or two days. The administration hopes to complete the recording of grades and give them to students on the first day of resuming studies immediately after the mid-year exam. That is, on Wednesday 17 / 2 / 1960.
6 - Since it is intended to give the exam booklets to the students after grading them to review them and know their mistakes and the grades they obtained in each question, please ensure the accuracy of the final grade for each subject before recording it on the cover of the booklet.
7 - When the teacher submits the exam booklets at the end of the exam for each subject, please verify their number and record that on the envelope in which they are kept. Please also record the names of absent students on the envelope as well.
⟦Abdullah Obeid⟧
Abdullah Obeid
The Director
A copy to /:
Miss :: ⟦line⟧
Mrs. :: ⟦line⟧
Mr. :: ⟦line⟧
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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK - SUMMER 1962
PREPARATION FOR ENTRY INTO THE THIRD YEAR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECOND YEAR SECONDARY CLASS
This homework will be spread over 12 weeks and is designed to prevent students from forgetting
the knowledge acquired in the second year secondary class; this general review will
include:
Vocabulary words
Sentence constructions with given words
Essential grammar rules
Application exercises
Application readings
Essays
The vocabulary words with their meanings, the exercises, and the sentences to be constructed must
be recorded in a homework notebook, as well as the essays with their outlines.
FIRST WEEK
VOCABULARY
Learn the spelling of these words perfectly
Look up a synonym or know the meaning perfectly using a dictionary
Pebbles (masculine)
A quiver (masculine)
The pier (feminine)
chilly (Adj. Masc.)
to splash around (1st group verb)
the dike (feminine noun)
to dock (1st group verb)
whiting (masculine)
mackerel ( " )
sole ( feminine )
dab ( " )
spiny lobsters ( " )
algae ( " )
shrimp ( " )
mussels ( " )
sea urchins ( masculine)
crabs ( masculine)
chestnuts ( feminine )
a seashell ( Masculine)
pearly ( adj. Masc. or Fem.)
Heather ( fem.)
Know the gender of nouns and adjectives, and the verb group very well.
CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES WITH GIVEN WORDS
Make a short and clear sentence with each of the following words:
the sea, the waves, the breeze, the bathers, the baskets.
Example: The wind, The light wind pushed the brown boats.
GRAMMAR AND APPLICATION EXERCISES
a and à
A without an accent is the verb "to have" if it can be replaced by "had"
À with an accent attaches a complement
Replace the dots with the appropriate word
Exercise: Colette .......... wants to trot barefoot
The boats left the quay .......... at nightfall and will only return at ...
dawn.
.......... at low tide one finds multicolored algae.
The bather ......... leaves his cabin.
est - et
Est, verb "to be", if it can be replaced by "was".
Et, coordinating conjunction, links two sentences or two words.
Replace the dots with the appropriate word:
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Exercise: The sand of the beach ......... firm ......... soft
The moor is covered with pink heather ......... prickly gorse.
Colette ......... wise ......... studious.
ont - on
ONT, is the verb to have if it can be replaced by had (avaient)
ON, pronoun can be replaced by HE (IL)
Replace the dots with the appropriate word:
Exercise: They ......... admire the bluish horizon
<del>XXXXX</del> runs toward the warm water
The gorse ......... bloomed
As they ......... bought cherries, ......... will eat some for dessert.
Words starting with:
AC take two Cs, except: ACACIA, ACADEMY, ACROBAT, MAHOGANY, CRANKY.
AF take two Fs, except: SO THAT, AFRICA, AFRICAN.
AG take one G, except: AGGLOMERATE, AGGLUTINATE, AGGRAVATE.
Verbs in AP take two Ps except: PERCEIVE, PITY, LEVEL, APPEASE, FLATTEN.
Exercise:
AC: The island will be ................ essible.
The boats will come to ......... ock at the quay.
The heavy mahogany (....... ajou) canoe capsized
This woman is .........ranky.
AF What an .......luence on the beach.
You ........ront the waves, without ......... gripping the buoys, if you do not
get ........ panicked.
AG The gorse is ......... nnoying, but you ......... gravate the stings if you
scratch them.
AP The storm will ........ ppease
It ......... ppears above the moor
The wind ......... lattens the leaves and the grass of the lawn.
ALL GRAMMAR RULES MUST BE LEARNED BY HEART.
IT IS NECESSARY THAT EVERY WEEK THE GRAMMAR RULES FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK ARE
REREAD AND REVISED IN ORDER TO BETTER RETAIN THEM IN MEMORY.
READING
Book: French through French.
READING No 1. Review of reading vocabulary
Read slowly, stopping at commas, longer at semicolons, lowering
the tone at periods. Take the time to renew your breath.
Each paragraph must be read twice and the entire reading in turn twice
The reading is done out loud.
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SECOND WEEK
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Holiday homework
Class of 2⟦...⟧
VOCABULARY
Learn the spelling of these words very perfectly.
Look for a synonym or know the meaning perfectly using the dictionary.
The grape picker (masc.)
Pruning shears (masc.)
the enclosure (masc.)
the cluster (fem.)
the dew (fem.)
to handle (1st group verb)
to fill up (2nd group verb)
to bite (3rd group verb)
to peck (1st group verb)
the vine shoots (masc.)
the pruning knife (fem.)
to tease each other (1st group verb)
tiring (present participle or adj.)
a chariot/cart (masc.)
the basket (fem.)
the wasteland (fem.)
the vat (fem.)
juicy (adj.)
a goblet (masc.)
the thrush (fem.)
worried (adj.)
Know very well the gender of nouns and adjectives, the group of verbs.
CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES WITH GIVEN WORDS
Make a short and clear sentence with each of the following words.
The vine, the harvest, the ladder, a peach, the hedge.
GRAMMAR -- APPLICATION EXERCISES
Sont - Son
Sont can be replaced by were
Son when it concerns: his, hers.
Ex: His uncle and his aunt have come for the grape harvest.
Ce and Se
Ce, is before a noun and can be replaced by that or by the.
Se, is placed before a verb.
Ex: This grape picker hastens to fill his basket.
OU and Où
Ou is written without an accent when it can be replaced by or else.
Où is written with an accent when it indicates the place.
Ex: With the pruning knife or the knife, one attacks the vine stock where the clusters hang.
EXERCISES: Copy and complete the sentences:
The vine shoots ........ furnished with heavy clusters. With ...... pruning shears Jean detaches the beautiful
grapes. The grape pickers ........ bend before the bushy vine stocks. Black ........ golden, the
grapes melt in the mouth. .........., one will empty the clusters into the vat, ......... they
will ferment. In fifteen days the winemaker will draw ....... wine, The barrels ......... in
the cellar ....... the storeroom. ......... will be a good harvest.
Words starting with:
AT take two Ts: except: workshop, trump, hearth, atrocious.
COM take two Ms, except: Comedy, comedian, comic, edible, comet, committee,
DEF take only one F.
DIF take two Fs.
Exercise:
One must .......ait for the sun to have dried the dew. The ........eam will pull the heavy
cart. The flavor of this verjuice is ......rocious. In his ..... workshop, the cooper hoops
the barrels. One ........ences the work early in the morning, at noon one takes lunch in .......
on. Smeared with red juice, the children are <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ....... ic and appear ........
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⟦...⟧erants. Some grape varieties are not very ⟦...⟧ estible.
ALL THESE GRAMMAR RULES MUST BE LEARNED BY HEART.
TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW LAST WEEK'S GRAMMAR RULES.
READING
Book: French through French
Reading No 2. Review of reading vocabulary
Read each paragraph slowly twice and the entire reading in turn twice.
Reading is done aloud.
COMPOSITION
At the circus one day a lion escaped and there was great emotion in the crowd.
Describe the scene.
Prepare the plan first.
One or two introductory sentences
Several paragraphs with classified ideas
One or two concluding sentences.
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VOCABULARY
Learn the spelling of these words perfectly.
Look for a synonym or know the meaning perfectly using the dictionary.
The dike (fem.)
the torrent (masc.)
the pastures (masc.)
to resemble (1st group verb)
to notch (1st group verb)
the precipice (masc.)
dizziness (masc.)
the fir tree (masc.)
the larch (masc.)
to wash one's face (1st group verb)
the siesta (fem.)
an excursion (fem.)
the fern (fem.)
a strawberry (fem.)
a cyclamen (masc.)
to foam (1st group verb)
inaccessible (adj.)
thick -ly- (adj.)
an ice axe (masc.)
the gentian (fem.)
the rhododendron (masc.)
Know the gender of nouns and adjectives, and the verb group very well.
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION WITH GIVEN WORDS
Make a short and clear sentence with each of the following words:
The rock, the summit, the waterfall, the bells, the ascent.
GRAMMAR - APPLICATION EXERCISES
Ses - Ces
Ses has the meaning of, his, hers, its.
Ces points out an object.
Example: Each of these tourists takes his skis.
C'est - C'etait - S'est - S'etait.
C'est and C'etait are written with a C in the sense of that is, that was.
S'est, and S'etait are written with an S when the verb can be conjugated as I had, you
had, he had etc...
Example: It is to make the ascent that François got up early.
Peu and Peut
Peu has the meaning of: not much.
Peut, is the verb to be able to and can be replaced by could.
Exercises
On ......... steep slopes, the shepherd leads .......... sheep.
because .......... a place where the grass is abundant and tasty. One .......... hardly
make the ascent of Mont-Blanc without a guide. It .......... in autumn that the herds
leave the mountain pasture. There is .......... snow on the ridge, one ........ reach it without
difficulty. Yesterday, ........ the departure of the flock towards distant Provence, one ...... approaches
to say "goodbye" to the shepherd and to ........ dogs.
Words starting with:
EC, almost all take only one C (school, to push aside etc...)
EF, all take two Fs. Ex: to erase, effort, to frighten.
IL, take two Ls, except: Island and islet.
Ex.: Illegible, to illuminate, illustrious.
IM, take two Ms, except: image, to imitate and their derivatives.
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Taking photos,
Climbing a slope.
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To be a tireless archer.
To have a beautiful panorama before one's eyes.
To make a perilous ascent.
To go pick green gentians.
To come wash one's face in a trough.
ALL GRAMMAR RULES MUST BE LEARNED BY HEART.
TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW LAST WEEK'S GRAMMAR RULES.
READING:
Book: French through French.
Reading No. 3, Review of the reading vocabulary.
Read each paragraph slowly twice and the entire reading in turn twice.
The reading must be done aloud.
COMPOSITION
At the circus one day, a lion escaped and there was great emotion in the crowd.
Describe the scene.
Write the composition in draft form, according to the plan prepared last week, then reread and
correct, finally copy the plan and composition neatly and in ink.
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VOCABULARY
Learn the spelling of these words very perfectly.
Look for a synonym or know the meaning perfectly using the dictionary.
To protect oneself | (1st group verb)
bad weather | (fem.)
to lodge - to find lodging | (1st group verb)
the stable | (fem.)
the cowshed | (fem.)
the sheepfold | (fem.)
the chicken coop | (masc.)
the dovecote | (masc.)
the bees | (fem.)
the hive | (fem.)
the hare | (masc.)
the wild boar | (masc.)
the mouse | (fem.)
the lizard | (masc.)
the owl | (masc.)
the squirrel | (masc.)
the lion | (masc.)
the claws | (fem.)
the fox | (masc.)
the mole | (fem.)
the beaver | (masc.)
Know very well the gender of nouns and adjectives, the group of verbs.
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION WITH GIVEN WORDS
Make a short and clear sentence with each of the following words:
An insect, an anthill, the finches, the turkey, the chicks.
GRAMMAR - APPLICATION EXERCISES
Words that begin with:
SUF and SOUF: take two Fs except: sulfur, to sulfurize.
SUP: take two Ps except: supreme and words starting with super.
PAR: take only one R, except: godfather and parricide.
EXERCISE
Classify into three columns: past, present, future the following verbs:
I protect the swallows.
We will house our rabbits.
The dog had its kennel.
A cushion sufficed for the cat.
The lizard slips into the crack in the wall.
the beavers will repair their dam.
the rabbit managed to escape.
the magpie leaves its nest.
the wild boar was in its wallow.
the pigeons return to the dovecote
the bee will not find its hive again.
Words starting with:
IN take only one N except: innocence, innumerable, innovate, innate.
IR take two Rs except: iris, irony.
OF all take 2Fs
OR take only one R.
EXERCISES
IN - The price of this house is ..........affordable.
This building is .........finished.
IR - Buying a villa is an ^ ........alizable dream.
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What a beautiful border of ........ris!
This meadow is easily ..........igable.
OF - At the housing .......ice, I was ......ered a beautiful building, but so expensive!
It will be made into a mess for .........icers.
OR - The chalet rises at the .....rance of the woods, the facade .....iented to the east.
ALL THESE GRAMMAR RULES MUST BE LEARNED BY HEART.
TAKE THE TIME TO REVISE LAST WEEK'S GRAMMAR RULES.
READING
Book: French through French.
Reading No 4: Revision of the reading vocabulary.
Read each paragraph slowly twice and the entire reading in turn twice.
The reading must be done aloud.
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