http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds
Thursday, May 10, 2012
INT B/D: Extra Gerund/Infinitives Practice
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/gerundex1.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds
Bus. Eng: Vocab May 10
to revitalize
to be the norm
to have job security
"no hard feelings"
to enhance
a dress code
"the corporate ladder"
"the rat race"
"the tables have turned"
to compensate s.o. for s.t.
to fit in
to prioritize/ a top priority
on a temporary basis
to disband
to evict
prospects
landlord/tenant
to play by the rules/to play by the book
to be the norm
to have job security
"no hard feelings"
to enhance
a dress code
"the corporate ladder"
"the rat race"
"the tables have turned"
to compensate s.o. for s.t.
to fit in
to prioritize/ a top priority
on a temporary basis
to disband
to evict
prospects
landlord/tenant
to play by the rules/to play by the book
Bus. Eng: I like Adele. Adele likes dimsum.
Watch the video to hear this sad dimsum/idiom inspired song: Turning Tables
TURN THE TABLES
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/tables+are+turned.html
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn+the+tables
604: lunch time dilemma?
Go check out the new 12 street vendors!
VANCOUVER — Ta da! Meet the 12 new street food locations and the vendors who landed them. Most have not yet opened but they’ll be operating soon enough. Most are still rushing to get their carts or trucks or vans ready. For the most up-to-date information on dates, times, menus, websites and social media information, the street food app (download at streetfoodapp.com/vancouver) is your buddy, or you can access each vendor on the website. You might come across unfamiliar operators on the streets — those might be subleased locations operating under a grandfathered clause, or hotdog vendors who have changed up their menu. If they’re outside of downtown Vancouver, they might have a mobile permit, which allows them to roam. And you might find some street food vendors showing up at farmers’ markets or other events.
PIG ON THE STREET
West side of 700 Howe St., mid-block. Now open.
“Achin’ for bacon?” asks their pink piglike van. Vendors Mark Cothey and Krissy Seymour were doing exactly that, given Cothey’s English, bacon-chomping background. In particular, he needed bacon buddy. (Bacon butty, bacon sarnie, bacon sanger – call it what you might, it’s a bacon sandwich with ketchup.) “It’s a staple back home,” says Cothey, a former ESL teacher. “Here, it’s the smell of onions at hotdog stands. There, it’s the smell of bacon, wafting 50 metres and it always tastes as good as it smells.” So! The couple converted their “home” into a street food van, shrink-wrapping it with pink piggy branding. (The van used to be their weekend camping van.) The idea was inspired by a hangover in the camper van one morning when he awoke in need of a bacon buddy. He saw a niche that needed filling.
Krissy, with a culinary and restaurant background, is the chef. Her flatbread for the sandwiches has bacon fat in it, unless you opt for the vegetarian. Bacon buddy choices include Piggy Blues, with local cheeses (plural), portobello mushrooms, bacon, caramelized onions and mayo; Southern Piggy comes with a bourbon barbecue sauce and roasted corn, greens and chipotle mayo. Their bacon is from an Abbotsford supplier, double-smoked and “halfway between side and back bacon,” says Cothey. Following the bacon-gone-crazy trend, they do a bacon brownie.
VANCOUVER — Ta da! Meet the 12 new street food locations and the vendors who landed them. Most have not yet opened but they’ll be operating soon enough. Most are still rushing to get their carts or trucks or vans ready. For the most up-to-date information on dates, times, menus, websites and social media information, the street food app (download at streetfoodapp.com/vancouver) is your buddy, or you can access each vendor on the website. You might come across unfamiliar operators on the streets — those might be subleased locations operating under a grandfathered clause, or hotdog vendors who have changed up their menu. If they’re outside of downtown Vancouver, they might have a mobile permit, which allows them to roam. And you might find some street food vendors showing up at farmers’ markets or other events.
PIG ON THE STREET
West side of 700 Howe St., mid-block. Now open.
“Achin’ for bacon?” asks their pink piglike van. Vendors Mark Cothey and Krissy Seymour were doing exactly that, given Cothey’s English, bacon-chomping background. In particular, he needed bacon buddy. (Bacon butty, bacon sarnie, bacon sanger – call it what you might, it’s a bacon sandwich with ketchup.) “It’s a staple back home,” says Cothey, a former ESL teacher. “Here, it’s the smell of onions at hotdog stands. There, it’s the smell of bacon, wafting 50 metres and it always tastes as good as it smells.” So! The couple converted their “home” into a street food van, shrink-wrapping it with pink piggy branding. (The van used to be their weekend camping van.) The idea was inspired by a hangover in the camper van one morning when he awoke in need of a bacon buddy. He saw a niche that needed filling.
Krissy, with a culinary and restaurant background, is the chef. Her flatbread for the sandwiches has bacon fat in it, unless you opt for the vegetarian. Bacon buddy choices include Piggy Blues, with local cheeses (plural), portobello mushrooms, bacon, caramelized onions and mayo; Southern Piggy comes with a bourbon barbecue sauce and roasted corn, greens and chipotle mayo. Their bacon is from an Abbotsford supplier, double-smoked and “halfway between side and back bacon,” says Cothey. Following the bacon-gone-crazy trend, they do a bacon brownie.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Gerunds/Infinitives Chart
VERB PATTERNS: GERUNDS & INFINITIVES AS DIRECT OBJECTS
| Learn. Make Mistake. Correct Mistake. Practice. Forget. Learn Again. Practice. Memorize. Practice. Practice. Know for life. Repeat for next verb. |
VERB + INFINITIVE ONLY (“To______”) I chose to study English in Vancouver.
Agree
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Appear
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Choose
|
Dare
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Dare
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Decide
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Deserve
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Expect
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Fail
|
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Help
|
Hesitate
|
Hope
|
Learn
|
Manage
|
Need
|
Offer
|
Plan
|
Pretend
|
Promise
|
Refuse
|
Seem
|
Struggle
|
Swear
|
Threaten
|
Volunteer
|
Want
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Wish
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Would like/love
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Would prefer
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VERB + GERUND ONLY (-ING) I don’t mind washing the dishes.
Adore
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Avoid
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Consider
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Deny
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Delay
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Dislike
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Enjoy
|
Feel like
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Finish
|
Look forward to
|
Hate
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Keep
|
Miss
|
Postpone
|
Quit
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Risk
|
Resist
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Tolerate
|
VERB + INFINITIVE OR GERUND (little or no change in meaning) I like to dance. /I like dancing.
Like
|
Love
|
Prefer
|
Can’t stand
|
Begin
|
Start
|
Continue
|
VERB + INFINITIVE OR GERUND (change in meaning) I stopped smoking. / I stopped to smoke.
Remember: I remember mailing the letter. (I have
a memory now of a past action)
I remembered to mail the letter. (Obligation:
I had to do and I did. I didn’t forget)
Forget:
I won’t forget skiing in Vancouver. (I will always have a memory of a past
action)
I forgot to buy the milk.
(Something I had to do, but forgot to do)
Stop:
I stopped drinking coffee. (I gave up this habit)
I stopped to drink coffee. (I
stopping doing something else in order to have a cup of coffee)
Regret: I regret dropping out of school.
(A mistake in the past that I can’t change)
I regret to inform you that I
can’t help you. (A formal way to say sorry/deliver bad news)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Arrivederci Penny!
Say goodbye to the Canadian penny!
Find out why:
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120504/CGY_penny_rollout_120504/20120504/?hub=CalgaryHome
Two Sayings with PENNY:
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html
http://www.goenglish.com/APennySavedIsAPennyEarned.asp
"A penny for your thoughts"
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-penny-for-your-thoughts-mean.htm
Find out why:
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120504/CGY_penny_rollout_120504/20120504/?hub=CalgaryHome
Two Sayings with PENNY:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html
http://www.goenglish.com/APennySavedIsAPennyEarned.asp
"A penny for your thoughts"
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-penny-for-your-thoughts-mean.htm
Bus. Eng: Phrasal Verb List
to deal with s.t. = to take the necessary action, to do business with, to be about (a subject)
to fill s.t. in/out = to complete a document
to back s.o. up= to support s.o.
to back s.t. up= to make a copy on your computer
to cut s.t. back= to reduce ($)
to draw s.t. up= to prepare a written document, such as a list, a plan or a contract
to drop s.o off. =to take s.o. with a car and leave them at a certain location
to give s.t. up = to quit/stop doing s.t.
to keep s.t. down= to control it to stop it increasing
to lay s.o. off = to end s.o.'s employment because there is no work available
to look s.t. up = to search for s.t. in a reference source
to print s.t. out = to print from a computer onto paper
to ring/call s.o. up = to telephone s.o.
to set s.t. up = to establish
to sort s.t. out = to deal with, to organize
to take s.t. on = to accept responsibility of s.t.
to take over s.t. = to take control/responsibility of s.t.
to throw s.t. away= to get rid of s.t./ to dispose of s.t.
to turn s.t. down= to refuse/ to say 'no' to s.t.
to call on s.o= to visit
to come across s.t. = to discover/find by chance
to do without s.t = to function/manage without
to look after s.t.= to take care of s.t.
to look through s.t. = to examine carefully
to take up s.t = to use an amount of time or space
to break down= to stop working
to check in= to come in
to fall through= to fail
to get by= to manage to do things
to hold/hang on= to wait
to step down= to resign
to turn up= to arrive/appear unexpectedly
to fill s.t. in/out = to complete a document
to back s.o. up= to support s.o.
to back s.t. up= to make a copy on your computer
to cut s.t. back= to reduce ($)
to draw s.t. up= to prepare a written document, such as a list, a plan or a contract
to drop s.o off. =to take s.o. with a car and leave them at a certain location
to give s.t. up = to quit/stop doing s.t.
to keep s.t. down= to control it to stop it increasing
to lay s.o. off = to end s.o.'s employment because there is no work available
to look s.t. up = to search for s.t. in a reference source
to print s.t. out = to print from a computer onto paper
to ring/call s.o. up = to telephone s.o.
to set s.t. up = to establish
to sort s.t. out = to deal with, to organize
to take s.t. on = to accept responsibility of s.t.
to take over s.t. = to take control/responsibility of s.t.
to throw s.t. away= to get rid of s.t./ to dispose of s.t.
to turn s.t. down= to refuse/ to say 'no' to s.t.
to call on s.o= to visit
to come across s.t. = to discover/find by chance
to do without s.t = to function/manage without
to look after s.t.= to take care of s.t.
to look through s.t. = to examine carefully
to take up s.t = to use an amount of time or space
to break down= to stop working
to check in= to come in
to fall through= to fail
to get by= to manage to do things
to hold/hang on= to wait
to step down= to resign
to turn up= to arrive/appear unexpectedly
INT B/D: Vocabulary to Describe Food
Flavours/Taste
-sweet
-salty (-)/savoury
-sour
-bitter
-spicy/hot
-bittersweet (+/-)
-tasteless/bland (-)
Cooking Method
-to boil ---> boiled
-to fry ---> fried
-to deep-fry --> deep-fried
-to bake ---> baked
-to microwave --> microwaved
-to roast --> roasted
-to grill --> grilled
-to barbeque --> barbequed
-to steam--> steamed
-to broil --> broiled
-to eat s.t. raw
Temperature
-frozen
-ice-cold
-cold
-room-temperature
-warm
-luke-warm
-hot
-piping hot
Texture/Smell
-crunchy
-chewy
-crispy
-mushy/soggy
-juicy
-sticky
-dry
-greasy/oily (-)
-it smells + adjective (e.g. delicious, good, great, wonderful)
-stinky/smelly (-)
-sweet
-salty (-)/savoury
-sour
-bitter
-spicy/hot
-bittersweet (+/-)
-tasteless/bland (-)
Cooking Method
-to boil ---> boiled
-to fry ---> fried
-to deep-fry --> deep-fried
-to bake ---> baked
-to microwave --> microwaved
-to roast --> roasted
-to grill --> grilled
-to barbeque --> barbequed
-to steam--> steamed
-to broil --> broiled
-to eat s.t. raw
Temperature
-frozen
-ice-cold
-cold
-room-temperature
-warm
-luke-warm
-hot
-piping hot
Texture/Smell
-crunchy
-chewy
-crispy
-mushy/soggy
-juicy
-sticky
-dry
-greasy/oily (-)
-it smells + adjective (e.g. delicious, good, great, wonderful)
-stinky/smelly (-)
Bus. Eng: Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs can either be TRANSITIVE or INTRANSITIVE
1) TRANSITIVE- Takes an object (something or someone) to complete meaning
to hand in: Tom handed in the homework.
object= homework
to look for: She is looking for her right shoe.
object= shoe
2) INTRANSITIVE- Doesn't take an object to complete meaning
to fall through: Our plans fell through. (no object)
to go back: He went back to Brazil. (no object)
to stand up: He stood up. (no object)
If a phrasal verb is transitive (takes an object), it can either be SEPARABLE or INSEPARABLE
A) SEPARABLE: The object can go after the particle or between the verb and the particle
Examples: To hand in: Tom handed the homework in.
Tom handed in the homework.
To take off: I took my gloves off.
I took off my gloves.
**The Phrasal Verb GOLDEN rule: If you use an DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN (me, you, him/her/it, us, them), the phrasal verb MUST be separated, going between the verb and the particle.
Correct: Tom handed it in. I took them off.
Incorrect:Tom handed in it. I took off them.
B) INSEPARABLE: The object must go after the particle
Examples: To look for: I'm looking for a house.
I'm looking a house for.
To come across: He came across a good book at the store.
He came a good book across at the store.
More:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/1/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-phrasal-verbs_2.htm
http://heather-marie-kosur.suite101.com/transitive-phrasal-verbs-in-english-a99761
1) TRANSITIVE- Takes an object (something or someone) to complete meaning
to hand in: Tom handed in the homework.
object= homework
to look for: She is looking for her right shoe.
object= shoe
2) INTRANSITIVE- Doesn't take an object to complete meaning
to fall through: Our plans fell through. (no object)
to go back: He went back to Brazil. (no object)
to stand up: He stood up. (no object)
If a phrasal verb is transitive (takes an object), it can either be SEPARABLE or INSEPARABLE
A) SEPARABLE: The object can go after the particle or between the verb and the particle
Examples: To hand in: Tom handed the homework in.
Tom handed in the homework.
To take off: I took my gloves off.
I took off my gloves.
**The Phrasal Verb GOLDEN rule: If you use an DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN (me, you, him/her/it, us, them), the phrasal verb MUST be separated, going between the verb and the particle.
Correct: Tom handed it in. I took them off.
Incorrect:
B) INSEPARABLE: The object must go after the particle
Examples: To look for: I'm looking for a house.
To come across: He came across a good book at the store.
More:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/1/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-phrasal-verbs_2.htm
http://heather-marie-kosur.suite101.com/transitive-phrasal-verbs-in-english-a99761
INT D: "Like" Worksheet Answers
#2 Write questions with the phrases from the box
3. What's your job like?/ How's your job?
4. Who do you look like in your family?
5. Would you like coffee or tea?
6. Do you like tennis?
7. Would you like to watch a/the movie?
8. What's your teacher like?
9. How are your parents?
10. What did you look like as a child?
#3 Read the conversation between two friends. Complete it with questions.
2. What was that like?
3. What were they like?
4. What was that like?
5. What does it look like?
6. Which animals did you like best?
7. What would you like to see if you go there?
3. What's your job like?/ How's your job?
4. Who do you look like in your family?
5. Would you like coffee or tea?
6. Do you like tennis?
7. Would you like to watch a/the movie?
8. What's your teacher like?
9. How are your parents?
10. What did you look like as a child?
#3 Read the conversation between two friends. Complete it with questions.
2. What was that like?
3. What were they like?
4. What was that like?
5. What does it look like?
6. Which animals did you like best?
7. What would you like to see if you go there?
INT D: Cooking with Martha!
This week, one of the our focuses is to describe and talk about food. Today we're going to watch a cooking program with a very famous celebrity business tycoon /entrepreneur and focus on some specific cooking vocabulary.
Martha Stewart is a very influential and well-known figure in the world of American homemaking (the management of a household)
1) Skim her biography to learn a bit about her life
http://www.biography.com/people/martha-stewart-9542234
2) Watch the video and fill in the blanks on your handout with Martha's cooking instructions on how to make Eggs Benedict! Please be careful with your spelling as you do the exercise. You may pause the video and go back to listen to a specific part again.
3) After you finish, please check your answers here:
Ingredients:
4) If there is any vocabulary that is unfamiliar to you, please look it up on http://www.ldoceonline.com/
1) Skim her biography to learn a bit about her life
http://www.biography.com/people/martha-stewart-9542234
3) After you finish, please check your answers here:
Ingredients:
-Canadian _bacon___
- __English___ muffins
-Hollandaise _sauce____:
____3____ egg yolks (use grade A
___fresh__ eggs)
___1 1/2 tablespoon__water
___1/ 1/2 tablespoon__ of freshly squeezed
lemon _juice____
1 stick of unsalted __butter____
season with coarse salt
Fill
in the blanks with Martha’s cooking instructions!
This is
as lean as you get can. There’s very, very little __fat___, if any ____fat______
on the __Canadian bacon_____. It is to be __heated very slowly______. Don’t cook
it __too fast_____
I prefer
to __break___ the ___English muffin____ with my ___fingers____. You can also
___use a fork ________, but I like the roughness of it.
We
should put the English muffins in the __toaster_____.
Never
___cut____ an English muffin with a ___knife_____.
(1:48)
If these
are __really really fresh eggs__________, that’s the __best__. (2:26)
If you
___cook______ the bacon _too much______, it gets ___hard______.
A handy
tip: When you __take out______ the poached egg, you can drain it ___on a slice of bread_________.
(3:02)
I have
also one _stick__ of __unsalted___ butter that’s already been _melted____ and __ cooled__.
(4:07)
Always
make sure that you have a __top_____and _a bottom___on the _plate___. There’s always
one that’s a little __flatter_______ and one that’s a little ___rounder_______.
___Sprinkle___
with a little bit of __freshly___ ground _pepper___ and if you like, some finely
chopped chives. (7:29)
Answer
these questions:
Where do
we find the recipe? In the Martha Stewart Living cookbook
How do
we poach an egg? Drop egg into water, immediately pull white over yolk, move it around so it doesn't stick on the bottom.
Where/When
did Eggs Benedicts originate (come from)? (3:49) From New York City in the 1920s
4) If there is any vocabulary that is unfamiliar to you, please look it up on http://www.ldoceonline.com/
Monday, May 7, 2012
INT D: Uses of LIKE
LIKE/WOULD LIKE/
BE LIKE
VERB:
1) Like- general preference, normally, usually: I like to swim
2) Would like + infinitive/noun (polite way to say want), especially requests/offers
-I would
like two kilos of tomatoes
-Would you
like to dance?
PREPOSITION: (always followed by a noun)
3) Be like (what + to be + subject + like?) = a question about characteristic/quality (ask for a general description)
-What’s
Vancouver like?
It’s
like cold. *Not used in answer,
only in question
It’s like Toronto. *Comparison, we can use like in our answer
(Like
= similar to/the same as)
4) After some verbs: mostly verbs of the senses: look,
sound, feel, smell, taste, seem
-She looks like Lady
Gaga. -It smells like chicken.
5) like (similar to) –She has a hat like mine
Compare: What’s John like? (P)
He’s smart, funny and good-looking (mostly
for personality, but appearance possible)
What does John look like (P) He’s tall,
good-looking (only physical appearance )
What does John like? (V) He likes football,
pizza and singing Karaoke
**6) Spoken Filler (In conversation to show you need time to
think): Ok, So we were like talking and
then he was like I don’t like you anymore and I was like do you want to break
up with me? Like I don’t understand why he would be like that. Like why are men
so annoying. Like seriously.
Others: Um, er, uh, y’know
INT B: Vocab List May 7-11
TH Words:
-thermometer
-throat
-to give birth
-rough vs. smooth
-thigh
-to breathe/ a breath
PV: Come
-to come up with s.t.
-to come down with s.t.
-"Come on!"
-to be coming up
-to come up
-to come back
Global Pizza
- "Golden Arches"
-globe
-delivery- pick-up/take out/ "for here or to go?"
-simple/complicated
-toppings
-eel/anchovies/shrimp/squid/peas/herring
-to migrate/to immigrate
-to rave about s.t.
-dosage
-to exceed
-to dry clean/ dry cleaners
-warning/caution
-to overdose/ to O.D.
-government-issued ID
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