ENGL 101 Final Exam Guide
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The exam will consist of three parts: reading, paragraph analysis, and writing.
Practice reading and writing a lot long time before the exam so that you become faster and faster.
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For the reading question: read the title, the first paragraph, and then read the questions so that you will know which pieces of information to look for while reading.
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Chapters covered: 1 to 5
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Suggested study plan
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Check your Test 1 and Test 2 papers. What are your weaknesses? Work on them.
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Gerund or Infinitive: textbook pages 74-76, 223-224; Grammar online links (links to exercises)
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Go Reading links on Engl 101 main webpage: at least do five reading practices before the final exam. More exercises (followed by answer key) HERE.
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Go to Minimum Textbook coverage (HERE), start from Chapter 5 and move backwards for best results. If you think you cannot finish all, focus on the following:
Ch. 5:
pp. 140-141
P 124 Exercise 142 (1: Families in Pakistan and Germany)
p. 139. Concluding Sentences
p. 129. Exercise 7 (1: adolescent Friendships in Canada and Cuba)
p. 125 and 126- the paragraphs: Newborns and One-Year-Olds
p. 124: Topic Sentence of a contrast paragraph
p. 120: Exercise 1
Ch. 4:
p. 112: the table –ed and –ing
p. 90 The table
p. 88 the table
Ch. 3:
p. 81 The table
p.79-80
p. 77-78
Gerund and Infinitives pp. 74-76** (you should have done it already the first thing)
p. 73. The table + Exercise 9
p. 71-72 Exercise 8 (examples of good paragraphs)
p. 56 Table
Ch. 2:
p. 45 Exercise 17
p. 44: Language focus: Expanding the nouns phrase (1, 2, 3, 4- we numbered them together in class)
p. 41. Table
p. 35 Top ( Exercise 7) Topic sentence
p. 30 Understanding Your Assignment (Description)
Ch. 1:
pp. 20-22 Exercises 13, 14 and 15
p. 15 Table
p. 5 Table
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GS List (HERE): according to your level in vocabulary and spelling:
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weak students: pages 1-5
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average students: pages 1-7 or 8
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good students: all the list
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Go to Grammar links online (HERE), and according to your level cover the following:
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weak in English: pink highlighted links
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average with grammar problems: yellow highlighted links (use one link each day)
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Good:
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Possible Writing Topics for Chapter 5
One paragraph 11 sentences
Ch. 5: Compare/What are the differences between:
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Your generation and your parents' generation
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Living in a city and living in a village (or the countryside)
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University life and school days
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English language and Arabic language (or your own first language)
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Shopping malls and local souq (e.g. Seef Mall and Manama Souq, or any two.)
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Shopping online and shopping offline (or shopping in person in the market)
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two restaurants
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two of your friends (or two o your relatives)
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an active student and passive student
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For topics for the other chapters, see Test 1 Guide and Test 2 Guide.