Exam Update:Sample Exam and Format

Dear Guyz, please find below a copy of the Sample Exam [sorry, I have just been reminded that I didn't post it yet].

Please remember. With the 5 Grammar questions you will be asked questions about either the past continuous / progressive OR the present continuous / progressive. The questions are very simple. There are NO questions that involve parallell actions or non-action verbs.

Check below for previous posting that give you links to sample sentence unscramble and grammar exercises. Also check out the list of words related to the skeleton it might be useful to know.

Most of all, make sure to get a lot of sleep and not to worry. The exam is EASY.

Link:
Sample Exam [rapidshare]
Sample Exam [Depositfiles]

Lecture Extra:Past Continuous Exercises

Please find below a link to some Past Continuous / Progressive exercises from the English 4U site.

Link:
Past Continuous Exercises [E4U]

Online Medical Resources:William Larsen's Human Embryology

You might know about this site already, but if not, its worth a visit. The website contains supplemental materials for William Larsen's Human Embryology textbooks. Contents include:

1. Animations of developmental processes
2. Updates and links
3. Self-testing exercises
4. Glossaries
5. Instructor's Manual

1. Just click on the "Contents" link at the bottom to go through to the 'goodies'.

Link:
http://cna.uc.edu/embryology/

Lecture Extra:The Skeletal System

To remind yourself about the vocabulary related to the Skeletal System you think about going to Inner Body's pages on it.

Don't spend too much time on this. Most of what you will need you should already know.

Link:
Inner Body: Skeletal System

Lecture Extra:Video: The Digestive System

From argosymedical.com comes this 3-D video respresentation of the digestive system. As usual, try and test your English comprehension by listening to the video while watching along.

Below find the links to an AVI file on the video and a copy of the video available on Youtube.

Links:
Digestive System Video [AVI]
Digestive System Video [Youtube.com]

Lecture Extra:Present Continuous Exercises

Check below for a link to some Present Continuous Tense Exercises from www.isabelperez.com.

Link:
isabelperez.com

Worshop PowerpointWeek 7: Let Me Introduce You To

Please find below a link to the Powerpoint for the Workshop for Week 7 which involved amongst others things the second part of the 'Let Me Introduce You To' activity.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 7: Let Me Introduce You To (ii)
Review Handout Week 7: Let Me Introduce You To (ii)

Workshop Powerpoint:Week 6: Let Me Introduce You To (i)

Please find below a link to the Powerpoint for the Workshop for Week 6 which involved amongst others things the first part of the 'Let Me Introduce You To' activity.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 6: Let Me Introduce You To (i)
Review Handout Week 6: Let Me Introduce You To (i)
Preparation Handout Week 6: Let Me Introduce You To (i)
Homefun Week 6: Let Me Introduce You To (i)

Workshop Powerpoint:Week 5: I Will Survive (ii)

Please find below a link to the Powerpoint for the Workshop for Week 5 which involved amongst others things the second part of the 'I Will Survive' activity.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 5: I Will Survive (ii)
Review Handout Week 5: I Will Survive (ii)
Homefun Week 5: I Will Survive (ii)

Workshop Powerpoint:Week 4: I Will Survive (i)

Please find below a link to the Powerpoint for the Workshop for Week 4 which involved amongst others things the first part of the 'I Will Survive' activity.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 4: I Will Survive (i)
Review Handout Week 4: I Will Survive (i)
Preparation Handout Week 4: I Will Survive (i)
Homefun Week 4: I Will Survive (i)

Lecture Powerpoints:Week 7: Digestive System (ii)

Please find below links to Powerpoints for second half of Unit 3 on the Digestive System.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 6: The Digestive System [ii]

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Exercises [iii]

A little collection of Sentence Unscramble Exercises from manythings.org.

Again check out the resources at the manythings.org site.

Links:
Conversation Questions
10 Proverbs
Robotic Milking
Questions Used at a Gasoline Stations
Unscramble These Proverbs

Lecture Powerpoints:Week 6: The Digestive System

Please find below links to Powerpoints for first half of Unit 3 on the Digestive System.

Links:
Powerpoint Week 6: The Digestive System [i]

Exam Update:Mid-term-Exam

Just a reminder to let you know that the focus of the reading and the listening for the mid-term exam will be on the Skeletal System.

Among the words whose meaning you might want acquaint yourself with are:
appendicular, axial, biceps, buildup, calcium, cancellous, contract, dense, encases, extremities, fibres, girdle, inorganic, interaction, joints, ligaments, marrow, metacarpals, phorsphorus, replenish, rigid, spongy, sternum, storage, tendons, triceps, and vertibrae.

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Exercises [ii]

Check out the 39 "What's the Correct Word Order?" exercise from Charles Kelly at a4esl.org.

Check out some of the other resources at this site [click on 'Home' at the top of the page]. They are not bad.

Links:
a4esl.org/q/j/ck/wo-01.html

English Online Resources:HowJSay.com

Howjsay.com is an easy-to-use pronunciation dictionary. If you're not sure how to say a word in English, try it out - it includes numbers and contractions. It is mainly in British English.

Link:
Howjsay.com

Lecture Extra:Eating Slowly & the Digestive System

As noted by Dr. Abdullah in the listening this week there has been some speculation in recent years about the impact of eating slowly on weight loss. To read some of the articles referred to by Dr. Abdullah in his conversation with Simon on eating slowly read the articles at the links below.

Links:
mensvita.com
tonic.com .
techocrunch.com

Lecture Extra:Sentence Unscramble Execises

As you hopefully know by know, one of the sets of questions in the mid-term exam will require you to Unscramble some sentences. If you want to have some practice in doing this there are a number of sites on the web site that will allow you to do this. Just visit them and have a go. [If you are stuck at any time try out the last link!]

Links:
spellingcity.com
ecenglish.com
eslpartyland.com
unscramble.net