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Grade 11 English unit 4: People and Natural Resources

Everything here is for unit 4 of the Grade 11 English textbook: what the chapter covers, the short notes, practice questions with their answers, and the lesson video where one exists.

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Adding a suffix: when the spelling changes · 4 min · 2 past exam questions worked through

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Short notes for unit 4

The cards filed under this chapter on the Grade 11 English page. Open one at a time.

When you use it

Use will plus the base verb for something predicted or that will happen. Use will have plus the past participle for an action that will be finished before a point in the future, often with a time expression such as before you arrive.

Watch out

Do not use the simple future when the action will already be complete by the future time given. Write She will have learned to walk before she begins kindergarten, not She will learn, and watch for a time expression that marks the point in the future.

Drafted from Grade 11 English, pages 91-115, then checked twice before it went up

Practice questions on unit 4

10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer.

Question 1

Which of these is NOT listed in the listening text as a factor that influences natural resources in Ethiopia?

  1. A.climate change
  2. B.migration
  3. C.tourism
  4. D.resettlement
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Answer: C tourism

Why

The text lists population pressure, agricultural expansion, migration, rapid urbanization, resettlement, climate change, and environmental pollution. Climate change, migration and resettlement are all in that list. Tourism is not, so it is the answer.

Question 2

In the chapter's list of prefixes, which meanings are given for the prefix de-?

  1. A.again and again
  2. B.from, down, away, reverse, opposite
  3. C.before in time
  4. D.with others
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Answer: B from, down, away, reverse, opposite

Why

The prefix list in the chapter gives from, down, away, reverse, opposite for de-. Learn these meanings, because they help you work out new words that start with de-.

Question 3

According to the grammar section, how many parts of speech does English have?

  1. A.six
  2. B.seven
  3. C.eight
  4. D.ten
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Answer: C eight

Why

The chapter says: English has eight parts of speech. They are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Question 4

In the phrasal verbs section, what does look for mean?

  1. A.search
  2. B.look at carefully
  3. C.forget
  4. D.stop working
Show the answer and why

Answer: A search

Why

The chapter says look for means search. Example: I am looking for my lost watch means I am searching for my lost watch.

Question 5

In writing, what is an ellipsis (...) used for?

  1. A.to join two sentences together
  2. B.to show an omission of a word or words in a quote
  3. C.to end a question
  4. D.to mark the start of a list
Show the answer and why

Answer: B to show an omission of a word or words in a quote

Why

The chapter says an ellipsis is used to show an omission of a word or words in a quote, and to shorten a quote without changing its meaning. It can also show a pause or a trailing off of a thought.

Question 6

Which sentence uses so that correctly?

  1. A.I am leaving now so that I will be there by six o'clock.
  2. B.I am leaving now so that there by six o'clock.
  3. C.I am leaving now so that to be there by six o'clock.
  4. D.I am leaving now so that I am be there by six o'clock.
Show the answer and why

Answer: A I am leaving now so that I will be there by six o'clock.

Why

So that is followed by a modal verb such as can or will. The chapter gives the example I am leaving now so that I will be there by six o'clock. The other three sentences break this pattern.

Question 7

Look at this sentence: Surafel will have baked a cake before we arrive. Which tense is used?

  1. A.simple past
  2. B.simple future
  3. C.future perfect
  4. D.present perfect
Show the answer and why

Answer: C future perfect

Why

The pattern will have + past participle (will have baked) is the future perfect. It shows an action that will be completed before a point in the future, here before we arrive.

Question 8

According to the reading text, how much of the stored carbon did forests outside indigenous territories and protected areas lose each year between 2003 and 2016?

  1. A.0.17 per cent
  2. B.0.36 per cent
  3. C.0.53 per cent
  4. D.0.89 per cent
Show the answer and why

Answer: C 0.53 per cent

Why

Paragraph 3 says forests outside indigenous territories and protected areas lost 0.53 per cent each year. The figure 0.36 per cent is the difference between this and the indigenous territories, so it is not the answer to this question.

Question 9

Which spelling is correct when the suffix -ed is added to prefer?

  1. A.prefered
  2. B.preferred
  3. C.preferd
  4. D.prefferred
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Answer: B preferred

Why

The chapter's example is prefer + ed = preferred. The suffix begins with a vowel, the word has the accent on the last syllable, and it ends in a single vowel followed by a single consonant. So the final consonant r is doubled.

Question 10

Which spelling is correct for hurry + ing?

  1. A.hurrying
  2. B.hurriing
  3. C.hurryinng
  4. D.hurrieing
Show the answer and why

Answer: A hurrying

Why

When a word ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to i before a suffix that does not begin with i. The suffix -ing begins with i, so the y stays. The chapter's example is hurry + ing = hurrying.

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The textbook pages for unit 4

Unit 4 runs from page 91 to page 115 of the Ministry of Education edition.

Ministry of Education edition, English, 290 pages

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