English
Ancient Civilizations
The notions of the Ancient Civilizations chapter in English for 3AS, one by one: what the syllabus asks for, the method, the common mistakes and the kind of exercise that comes up at the BAC.
- 1 Vocabulary — ancient civilizations & heritage Pre-teach topic vocabulary before reading via anticipation/title/picture
- 2 Narrating the past — Simple Past tense & 'ago' Anchor the narrative on a timeline; time markers (in 3000 BC, 500 years ago) cue the tense
- 3 Past habits & modal-past substitutes — used to / had to / was able to Contrast a one-off past action (Simple Past) with a repeated past habit (used to) before drilling
- 4 Comparatives & superlatives with quantifiers Compare two civilizations/sites on one criterion at a time before stacking comparisons
- 5 Expressing concession Despite/in spite of + noun/gerund; although/though + clause — the classic swap error
- 6 Expressing time relations Match each time connector to its exact sequencing meaning (as soon as = immediately after) before drilling
- 7 Word formation — suffixes & prefixes (verb/noun/adj derivation, opposites) Identify the root, then test which suffix category (noun/adj/verb) the sentence needs
- 8 Describing people/things with well + past participle Sort past participles by their final sound before pronouncing '-ed'
- 9 Production — guided expository essay Turn each guideline note into one developed sentence; add a topic sentence + a closing line
- 10 Production — narrative text / story Order events chronologically with time connectors before drafting
- 11 Production — short historical account List the key events in order first, then connect them with sequencing/time connectors