School of Social and Basic Sciences

Department of Languages / English

English Advanced
Comprehensive Midterm

Instructions: Work alone. Read the following document carefully. Write all your answers on this
document and submit it to your teacher by e-learning. You can use your textbook to help you. This assignment
is due by midnight, Saturday, August 15.

Reading link https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/energy/

Reading Portion (5 marks)

1. Go to your assigned link and read the information about the SDG goal including any embedded links
that you want. You can also read some of the Related News on the bottom.
2. Identify examples of 20 Vocabulary and Grammar points in the reading from what we studied in Units
1-5 from at least 10 categories listed below. Fill out the table with your examples.
Complete the table with the following:

 Identify 20 examples from the Reading that use Vocabulary or Grammar points from Units
1-5 and highlight it in the Identified Example column.
 Identify which category they belong to (vocabulary or grammar category). A complete list
of the categories is listed below.
 Produce your own original examples that use the identified vocab or grammar point in a
similar way they was used in the Reading and highlight it in your example.
The following is an example:
Identified example Vocabulary or Grammar Your own example
(Example) category (Example)
(Example)

But the pace of change is The price of petrol is

decelerating and the COVID- Unit 1 – The Continuous decreasing due to the lower
19 crisis risks reversing
decades of progress in the
Aspect global demand.
fight against poverty.
 Identified example Vocabulary or Your own example
2 points each Grammar Point 2 points each
One point each

1. Energy is becoming more sustainable and Unit 1 – The Renewable energy is

widely available. Continuous Aspect becoming the most
common type of energy.

2. Energy efficiency continues to improve, Unit 1 – The Renewable energy gives

and renewable energy is making continuous Aspect me the impression about
impressive gains in the electricity sector. how it’s making the
environment cleaner.
3. Access to electricity in poorer countries Unit 2 - Verb Renewable energy begun
has begun to accelerate. Patterns to install in all over the
world
4. Nevertheless, more focused attention is Unit 2 - Nevertheless, renewable
needed to improve access to clean and Linking energy is still not reliable
safe cooking. Devices 100%

5. Yet energy is critically needed to keep Unit 3 - Noun Renewable energy is a

people connected at home and to run life- Phrases life-saving these days
saving. and for free.
6. This could magnify the human catastrophe Unit 3 - -y Solar panels are
and significantly slow the global recovery. Adjectives significantly been sold
lately.
7. To enabling communications and IT Unit 3 – Creating solar panels that
services that connect people while Relative clauses has more efficiency
maintaining social distancing. would be hard these
days.
8. Hundreds of millions more only have Unit 3 – Depending on one source
access to very limited or unreliable Prefixes like solar panels without
electricity. batteries is unreliable and
may not provide you
electricity the whole
time.
9. The Energy Progress Report provides Unit 4 – With every solar panel
global dashboard to register progress on Crime their a small device that
energy access. Collocations reports you with the
details.
10 It assesses the progress made by each Unit 4 – It is extraordinary how
. country. Introductory It Renewable generates
electricity from wind and
sun
11 It is estimated that only 28 percent of Unit 5 – Solar panels can be only
. health facilities have access to reliable making a point installed faced to the sun.
electricity.
12 It is estimated that only 28 percent of Unit 4 – It's common to install PV
. health facilities have access to reliable Introductory It panels these days
electricity.

13 It has developed a form of bio-fuel as an Unit 4 – It’s always better to

 . alternative to firewood. Introductory It install renewable energy
than generates it in
conventional way.
14 The farm, which had been producing pears Unit 4 – The We had been using
. and olives since 1995. Perfect Aspect renewable energy since
the 80s.
15 In light of increasingly scarce energy Unit 3 - Noun Killing animals isn’t an
. resources and a general shift toward eco- Phrases eco-friendly.
friendly energies
16 It has developed a form of bio-fuel as an Unit 3 - Noun Bio-fuel is dangerous
. alternative to firewood Phrases because it’s flammable
substance.
17 It started focusing on using bio-waste to Unit 3 - Noun Bio-waste can be
. make flammable coal briquettes Phrases recycled rather than
throw it.
18 which many consider to be a major Unit 3 – Deforestation is wrong
. contributor to deforestation and forest Prefixes step towards enhancing
degradation. the environment
19 noting that the fertilizer is still being Unit 1 – The Renewable energy is still
. tested. Continuous Aspect under developing
process.
20 Thanks to its innovation and marketing Unit 4 – The Renewable energy
. success, the startup has grown. Perfect Aspect always has agreed on by
the government.

Total: /100

English Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary Categories Units 1-5

Unit 1
 Phrases with Name Unit 2
 The Continuous Aspect
 Learning and Experience Vocabulary
 Describing Habits
 Hypothetical Conditional: Past
 Personality Vocabulary
 Metaphors
 Idioms for People
 Collocations: Opinions
 Images Vocabulary
 Verb Patterns
 Speculating phrases
 Linking Devices
 Using Vague Language
 Idioms of Opinion
 Personality vocabulary 2 (page 148)
 Introducing Opinions
 Idioms for People 2 (page 148)
 Express Doubt
 Metaphors 2 (page 149)
  Opinions 2 (page 149)
Unit 3
 Landscapes Vocabulary
 Noun Phrases
 -y Adjectives
 Relative Clauses

 Prefixes
Unit 5
 City Life Vocabulary
 Making a Proposal
 Suggest Modifications
 Adjectives (page 150)
 Prefixes 2 (page 150)
Unit 4
 Crime Collocations
 Introductory It
 Social Issues Vocabulary
 The Perfect Aspect
 Parallelism
 Decisions Vocabulary
 Expressing Hypothetical Preferences
 Add Emphasis
 Crime Collocations 2 (page 151)
 Social Issues Vocabulary 2 (page 151)
 Idioms: Secrets
 Modal Verbs and Related Phrases
 Truth or Myth Vocabulary
 The Passive
 Multi-Word Verbs
 Journalism Vocabulary
 Making a Point
 Managing a Conversation
 Idioms: Secrets 2 (page 152)
 Multi-Word Verbs 2 (page 152)
Listening Portion (5 marks)
Listening link https://www.ted.com/playlists/58/the_end_of_oil

1. Go to your assigned link and listen to one of the videos in the playlist. Write a reaction paragraph in
which you summarize and then respond to their ideas. In your paragraph, you must use one phrase from
each unit’s Functional Language sections. Make sure you highlight the phrases you use. (150-250
words)

a. 1.3 – Speculating or Use Vague Language

b. 2.3 – Introduction Opinions or Express Doubt
c. 3.3 – Making a proposal or Suggest Modifications
d. 4.3 – Expressing Hypothetical Preferences or Add Emphasis
e. 5.3 – Making a Point or Manage a Conversation

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Listening Rubric
1 2 3 4 5
Understanding of
Facts of Ted Talk Summary Summary Summary Summary Summary
paragraph paragraph contains paragraph contains paragraph contains paragraph is free
demonstrates no several factual some factual errors few factual errors from any factual
factual errors relating to relating to the talk relating to the talk errors relating to
understanding of the talk the talk
talk

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Comprehension of
Main Points of Summary Summary Summary Summary Summary
Ted Talk paragraph paragraph paragraph paragraph Paragraph
demonstrates no demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates a demonstrates
comprehension of limited adequate thorough complete
main comprehension of comprehension of comprehension of comprehension of
points of talk main points of talk main points of talk main points of talk main points of talk

Functional
Language Usage Student correctly Student correctly Student correctly Student correctly Student correctly
uses 1 examples of uses 2 examples of uses 3 examples of uses 4 examples of uses 5 examples of
Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional
Language – one Language – one Language – one Language – one Language – one
from each unit from each unit from each unit from each unit from each unit

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Writing Portion (5 marks)
1. Write a Problem-Solution essay below.
a. Consider the issues that you read about and listened to in this assignment. Find one problem and
write a Problem-Solution essay in which you examine the problem and propose a solution.
b. Use the essay on page 49 as an example.
2. Use some vocabulary and grammar that you learned this year from 10 (at least 5 vocabulary and at
least 5 grammar) of the categories above. Highlight the relevant words in your essay.
3. (400-500 words)

Write your essay here:

How many people don’t have energy in Africa or middle east?
Around one billion people don’t have access to electricity. In India 269 million people either haven’t electricity
or lack of having access to electricity in full time. In Nigeria 75 million people who don’t have energy also. In
Ethiopia and Bangladesh 130 million people who don’t have access to energy as well. These figures have been
illustrated in 2014 and the issue is still going, mostly in Africa by now.
One of the main reasons that deny these people from having their human rights of getting electricity is being
poor, and governments only care about their selves in these areas by stealing these poor people. Another reason
is they have lack of education and environmental awareness to be creative and find other sources to create
energy, which leave them with no electricity except the light of the sun that they be grateful for, to use it in
good ways such as showing them the roads to bring food.

As humanity how can we help these poor people to provide them electricity?
We will have been initiating an electrical company in their areas to provide them with electricity service, but
eventually they will end up in the same issue, because these companies are just looking for profits, so the
question remains how can we help these poor people?

What we plan to do is to provide them with renewable energy such as PV panels and wind turbines. Africa is
close to equator line which we would hazard a guess that the sunset is around 8:00 pm. The aim of the project is
installing PV panels to provide them electricity by using sunlight, but what should they do in night when there
is no sunlight? How about if we combine our ideas, and install wind turbines as well. We all know the winds in
Africa by night is great and by that we can generate electricity at night also without installing batteries to the
project. The most important thing is that you can’t steal or gain profit from it and also the parts of the project
will be protected in safe area.

So, basically, what we’re proposing here is to do a project that helps poor people in Africa who don’t have
access to electricity without any cost. Installing hybrid system from PV panels and Wind turbines to be able to
generate electricity day and night. Therefore, this project will absolutely have 0 cost.

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You will be marked according to the following rubric: Total: /25
1 2 3 4 5
Essay Content Essay fails to Essay barely Essay Essay mostly Essay
identify a identifies a somewhat identifies a completely
problem, problem, identifies a problem, identifies a
current current problem, current problem,
solutions solutions current solutions current
attempted, and attempted, and solutions attempted, and solutions
new solution new solution attempted, and new solution attempted, and
Fewer than 100-199 words new solution 300-399 words new solution
100 words 200-299 words 400-500 word
Essay Essay fails to Essay barely Essay Essay mostly Essay
Vocabulary use uses somewhat uses completely
appropriate appropriate uses appropriate uses
vocabulary vocabulary appropriate vocabulary appropriate
from assigned from assigned vocabulary from assigned vocabulary
categories categories from assigned categories from assigned
categories categories
Essay Essay fails to Essay barely Essay Essay mostly Essay
Grammar use uses somewhat uses completely
appropriate appropriate uses appropriate uses
grammar from grammar from appropriate grammar from appropriate
assigned assigned grammar from assigned grammar from
categories categories assigned categories assigned
categories categories
Essay Essay Essay contains Essay contains Essay contains Essay contains
Capitalization consistently several some a few very few
and contains capitalization capitalization capitalization capitalization
Punctuation capitalization and and and and
and punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation
punctuation errors errors errors errors
errors

Essay cohesion Essay contains Essay contains Essay contains Essay contains Essay contains
no linking few linking a few linking some linking several linking
words words words words words
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