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Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

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10a Good deeds<br />

Date:<br />

Can do (tick ✓)<br />

I can make predictions about the content of a text from its headline.<br />

I can understand the sequencing of ideas in a text.<br />

I can discuss a moral issue.<br />

I can understand and use a set of reflexive verbs.<br />

‘ ’<br />

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.<br />

Mother Teresa<br />

Some other words for altruistic<br />

Fill in the missing letters to make words with a similar meaning to altruistic.<br />

s l f s s m g n n m u s<br />

u n s f s h g n r s<br />

Helping hand<br />

What good deeds have you done recently Make a list.<br />

Reflexive verbs<br />

Which three of these verbs can be reflexive (i.e. used with myself, yourself, etc.)<br />

sacrifice follow pretend survive ask delude<br />

Write a sentence for each of the reflexive verbs.<br />

Did you know<br />

The most money ever raised by a charity<br />

walk or run was the £9.1 million raised<br />

by Canadian Terry Fox who ran (with an<br />

artificial leg) from St John’s in Newfoundland<br />

to Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1980. He ran a<br />

total distance of 5,373 km and covered the<br />

distance in 143 days.

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