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A TEACHER A teacher works in a school. She works in a classroom with students. She helps them. Miss Miller works at Marmara University from 9:00 to 12:00. ‘In the morning, Miss Miller comes to school at 8:30. She starts her lessons at 9:00. She stands in front of the board. The students sit at their desks and they listen to the teacher. She writes on the board and they write in their notebooks. She asks questions and they answer her. At ten o’clock, the students read their books and they ask the teacher questions. She teaches them new words and they learn them. She gives them homework every day. Sometimes the teacher gives the students a test. Lessons finish at noon. Miss Miller goes home and she has lunch at 1:30. In the afternoon, she reads the students’ homework and she prepares her new lessons. A teacher’s job is not easy, but she likes her students and she likes her job. I. COMPREHENSION a. Answer these questions. 1. When does Miss Miller come to school? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Where do the students sit? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What does the teacher ask? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4. When does the teacher have lunch? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. What does the teacher do in the morning? In the afternoon? ……………………………………………………………………………………… b. True or False. If false, write the correct version. 1. The students stand in front of the board. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The teacher gives them a test. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The students answer the teacher. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4. The teacher writes in her notebook. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. The teacher hates her job. ……………………………………………………………………………………… II.VOCABULARY a. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list below. (Use one of these words in the blank.) Use each word only one. There are some extra words. board words

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1. The teacher …………………………… her lessons every day. 2. A doctor …………………………… in a hospital. 3. The student learns new …………………………… . 4. She reads …………………………… in school. 5. The students sit at their …………………………… . 6. The teacher writes on the …………………………… . 7. Does the policeman like his ………………………… 8. The student has a …………………………… notebook. 9. They…………………………… to school at 9:00. b. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. easy go 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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The ……………………………starts at 9:00. The student …………………………… a lot of homework. The test is …………………………… . The teacher stands at the board ……………………………the students sit at their desks. I …………………………… school very much The teacher ……………………………the new students. The students …………………………… home at 4:00. The teacher …………………………… to the students' answers. Does the teacher …………………………… homework every day? The students …………………………… the questions.

III. STRUCTURE PRACTICE a. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: in/with/at/on/from/to 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

They have lunch …………………………… noon. The students have lessons …………………………… 9:00 to 4:00. …………………………… the morning, the students read books. The students listen ……………………………the teacher. The teachers work at school …………………………… the students. Sometimes the students write …………………………… the board.

b. Change the underlined words to pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) and/or adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). Example: Miss Miller reads Miss Miller's book. = She reads her book. 1. The teacher gives the students homework. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The students come to school at 8.30. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The students' lessons finish at 4:00. ………………………………………………………………………………………

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4. Miss Miller writes on the board. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. The students listen to Miss Miller. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Miss Miller's job is not easy. ………………………………………………………………………………………