Showing posts with label INT D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INT D. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2012

INT C/D: Lesson B- Taking Stock p. 64/65-- Answers

Grammar 1
1. had studied
3. played
4. wouldn't have split
5. could take

Grammar 2
2. I wish had worn my raincoat.
   If only I had worn my raincoat.
   I regret not wearing my raincoat.
3. I wish I had watched the weather report.
   If only I had watched the weather report.
   I regret not watching the weather report.
4. I wish I could find a taxi.
   If only I could find a taxi.
5. I wish I hadn't forgotten my umbrella.
   If only I hadn't forgotten my umbrella.

Vocabulary 3
2. discreet 
3. tolerance
4. respect
5. compassionate
6. resilient
8. selfish


Grammar 4
These are only possible answers. Other answers may be possible. 
 
1. Tim wishes he hadn't put his wallet down.
2. Laura wishes she were on the flight.
    Laura wishes she had left the house earlier.
3. Charles wishes he passed the test.
     Charles wishes he hadn't gone to the movies.
4. Maxine wishes she were in school now.
   Maxine wishes she hadn't quit school. 

INT C/D: Structures with WISH

Extra Practice with WISHES & REGRETS



http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/condition4a.html
http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/wish
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/wishes.htm

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

INT C/D: Conditionals

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences
http://www.usingenglish.com/articles/english-conditionals-an-introduction.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/conditionsum.html

   CONDITIONALS
               


Meaning of the “If clause”
Verb Form in the “If clause”
Verb Form in the “Result Clause”
Examples
Zero Conditional (FACTUAL): Always true in the present
Simple present
Simple present
If I have enough time, I write to my parents every week.
1st Conditional (FUTURE): True in the future

Simple present
Will/be going to
If I have enough time tomorrow, I will write to my parents.
2nd Conditional (HYPOTHETICAL): Untrue in the present/future 

Simple past
Would + base form
If I had enough time now, I would write to my parents.
3rd Conditional (HYPOTHETICAL IN THE PAST):
Untrue in the past
Past perfect
Would have + past participle
If I had had enough time, I would have written to my parents yesterday. 

INT D: Phrasal Verb Discussion

Discuss the following questions with your group:

1) When was the last time you ran into a problem?
2) What things cheer you up when you feel sad?
3) What situation brings out the best in you? What situation brings out the worst in you?
4) Do you still keep in touch with your elementary school /childhood friends or have you drifted apart from all of them?5) Are you a reserved person or do you open up to people often?
6) What are some things you have hung onto from your childhood (e.g./ toys, books etc.)?
7) What is one food you could not do without?


to run into = to encounter
to cheer s.o. up = to make s.o. feel better/happier 
to bring out the best/worst in s.o. = to make s.o. behave in the best/worst way that they can
to drift apart = if people drift apart, their relationship gradually ends
to open up= to show your emotions/feelings
to hang onto = to keep s.t.
to do without=  to live or do something without a particular thing:

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Phrasal Verb: BRING

to bring s.o up- to raise a child (to look after/influence them until they grow up)
"He was brought up by his grandparents."
"I was brought up in Spain, that's why I speak Spanish."

to bring s.t. up

1- to mention a subject and start talking about it
"Why do you always bring money up when we talk?"
"A student brought up the topic of siblings and we discussed it for half an hour." 

2-to vomit/to throw up
"He drank so much that he brought up his dinner

to bring out the best/worst in s.o. - to make s.o. behave in the best/worst way they can
"Alcohol brings out the worst in her."

to bring s.t./s.o along- to take s.o./s.t. with you when you go somewhere.
"Feel free to bring a friend along to the party."
"I'm going to bring some wine along to the picnic."

to bring s.t. about- to make s.t. happen/ to cause
"The new factory brought about a lot of chemical pollution."
"The president is going to bring about changes to the law."

Thursday, June 21, 2012

INT D: Grammar Test Mistakes

Here is a list of common mistakes made by students on this week's grammar test.
Please review the following grammar points related to your mistakes in your own time


How to review:
-Take a worksheet with this specific grammar point from the Learning Centre
-Borrow a grammar textbook from the Learning Centre and look up this grammar point
-Use websites under "Web Resources" to use Internet resources to practice
-Follow the links provided below to review



-Superlatives
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-superlative.htm

-ED/ING Adjectives
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/adjectives-ending-ed-and-%E2%80%93ing
-Past Continuous vs. Simple past
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html
-Passive Sentences
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passivesum.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
-Future: will vs. going to  vs present continuous 
http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/p/g_futures.htm
-Relative Clauses
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses
-Infinitive of Purpose
http://www.grammaring.com/the-infinitive-of-purpose
-Question Formation
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/questiontext.htm

-Verb Tense: Present Perfect 
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple
-1st Conditional
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/conditionsum.html
-2nd Conditional
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm-Adverbs of Frequency 
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs-frequency.htm
-Countable/Non-countable Nouns
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable.htm 
-Quantifiers with Countable/Non-countable Nouns
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm
-Connectors
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/connectsum.html
http://www.virtualsalt.com/transits.htm 
-Gerunds/Infinitives as Direct Objects
http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund
http://www.lkcss.edu.hk/study/english/gerunds_inf.htm
-Modals
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/modalsum.html

-Prepositions
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions



Tuesday, June 19, 2012

INT C/D: Answers- 35 Reported Questions

A. 1. if/whether... .
2. why...?
3. how many... .
4. if/whether... .
5. if/whether... .
6. What... ?
7. when... .
8. why... .
9. where... .
10. if/whether... .
11. Where... ?

B. 1. Does Jim often play football?
I wondered if Jim often played football.

2. What have the children eaten?
She wanted to know what the children had eaten.

3. Where is Mark going?
I asked where Mark was going.

4. When is the next bus?
We wanted to know when the next bus was.

5. Has Ann seen this film?
Tom asked if/whether Ann had seen this film.

6. How many students will come on the trip?
Sara wondered how many students would come on the trip.

C. 1. if/whether he had worked since then
     2. if/whether his sister gave him money
     3. who else gave him money
     4. if/whether he knew Steven Ellis
     5. how long he had known him
     6. if/whether he had seen Steven recently

INT D: Get Exercises- Answers

ANSWERS: We've got to get going

p.36 C
1. get out of it
2. get over it

p.37
1. get off work
2. get through the week
3. get out of going
    get over their shyness
4. get out of an invitation
    get away with it
5. get through your email
    get around to answering
6. get around to it

p.28A
2. get around to
3. get out of
4. get over
5. get it
6. get used to
7. get off
8. get the feeling
9. get to know
   get home
   get through
10. get going

p.28B
1. get away with
    get it
    get off

2. get off
    get out of
   get the feeling
   get around to

p.29
1.get through a day
2. get out of it
    get off work
    get away with it
 3. get around to paying
    get away with paying 
    get used to eating

Monday, June 18, 2012

INT C/D: "The One with the Dirty Girl"

Today we will watch a short clip from the popular sitcom Friends to introduce the grammar topic we'll be studying this week.

1) VOCABULARY
Follow the links below to look up some vocabulary you will come across in the clip

"Mitzi is.. my hamster"
"I mean, who cares about a little sloppiness."
"It's endearing really."
"I must have freaked out."
"Department of Sanitation?"

 
Cheryl "Dirty Girl"  + Ross                                    Joey + Ross

2) Click on this link to watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHSZQUpDYfk

3) While you watch, you need to write down six different sentences. The sentences must be said from one person to another (Either Cheryl-Ross/Ross-Cheryl  OR Joey-Ross/Ross-Joey) and be written down exactly as they are said (DIRECT QUOTATION). 

-Use quotation marks "  "  to mark the quoted speech
-The 6 sentences must be one of the following categories:
  1. Question
  2. Imperative (Command) 
  3. Simple Present
  4. Simple Past
  5. Present Perfect
  6. Future (will or be going to)
For example:

1. Question-  Cheryl to Ross: "Would you like to come in?"

REPORTED:  Cheryl asked Ross if he would like to come in. 

2. Imperative- Cheryl to Ross: "Take a seat."

REPORTED: Cheryl told Ross to take a seat

INT D: Expressions With GET

to get off work = to finish work for the day
"I get off work at 5pm every day."
 
to get home = to arrive at home
"When you get home, call me."


to get around to doing s.t. = to finally do s.t. after planning to do it for a long time
"I put off cleaning my room for 3 months and I finally got around to it."  

to get going =  said when you want to leave a place or start s.t.
"Let's get going!"

to get the feeling= to have a specific feeling
"I get the feeling that he doesn't like me."

to get through s.t.= to finish s.t. (most often s.t. difficult)
"I just need to get through this homework, then we can go out." 

to get s.t.= to understand s.t.
"I don't get this question."

to get to know s.o. - the process of becomign friends with s.o., finding out more about them
"He might seem shy at first. But once you get to know him, he is very open and friendly."

to get used to s.t.= to become comfortable with s.t. because you've been doing it for a while
"After living in Vancouver for 3 months, I've gotten used to the rain and speaking English every day."

to get away with s.t. = to do s.t. bad/inappropriate and not receive the punishment for it
"The students got away with cheating on the test."

to get out of doing s.t.= to avoid doing s.t. that you are responsible for
"I told my mom I had so much homework, so I got out of doing my chores."

to get over s.t. = to overcome/ recover from s.t.
"I really want to get over my fear of heights."
"I caught a cold two weeks ago and I just got over it."

to get ready for s.t. = to prepare to do s.t.
"Before I go out,  it usually takes me an hour to get ready."

Other Phrasal Verbs with GET:
http://jetlag-english.blogspot.ca/2012/05/phrasal-verb-get-2.html
http://jetlag-english.blogspot.ca/2012/05/phrasal-verb-get.html

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Phrasal Verb: MAKE

to make out with s.o. -to kiss passionately (lasting a period of time)
"In my country, making out in public is rude."
"Sara made out with John at the party."

to make s.t. out to s.o - to write a cheque to s.o.
"Please make the cheque out to John Smith." 

to make s.t. up- to pretend s.t is true in order to trick/deceive s.o.
"He made up so many excuses."
"He had to make up a lie to tell his mom."
"I don't believe it. You're making this story up!"

to make up with s.o.- to reconcile with s.o./ to become friendly again after an argument/fight
"Have you made up with your girlfriend yet?"
"Sara and Jake had a huge fight and didn't speak to each other for 3 weeks. They finally made up yesterday."

to make up for s.t. 
to make it up to s.o. -to do something to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong
"Jane, I'm so sorry I forgot our anniversary, I will make it up to you. I promise."
"I'm sorry for being late. I'll make up for it by buying you coffee."

to make s.t. up: to work at a time when you don't normally work because you have not done as much work as you shove have (to compensate for lost time/work)
"I missed the exam, but I will make it up next week."
"Can I make up the work next week?"

Expression with MAKE:


to make it/ to be able to make it- to be able to go to a meeting or event that has been arranged
"Sorry, I won't be able to make it to your party."
"We're having dinner next week, can you make it?"

to make the most of s.t. - to take advantage of a situation as much as possible
"If it's sunny in Vancouver, you have to make the most of it."
"When you are living in a foreign country, you need to make the most of your time."

Monday, June 11, 2012

INT D: Phrasal Verbs (Carnival Maze)

to put up with s.t./s.o
to put s.t. on
to take place
to take part in
to show s.t. off/ to show off
to stay up
to look forward to s.t.
to take off
to dress up
to start off
to catch up with s.o.
to bump into s.o.

Phrasal Verb: GIVE

to give up- to stop trying to do s.t.
"I give up! I'm never going to find my keys. They are lost forever."
"I give up, it's way too difficult. What's the answer?"

to give s.t. up- to stop doing s.t., especially s.t. you did regularly
"I'm trying to give up smoking."
"Sue decided to give up playing tennis and focus on volleyball."

to give s.t./s.o up- to give s.t. of yours to s.o else.
"She decided that it was best to give up the baby for adoption."
"When you're on the bus, you should give up your seat to seniors."

to give up on s.o -- to stop hoping s.t/s.o will change
"She gave up on her brother. She realized that he would always stay the same and never quit his bad habits."
"The doctors gave up on the patient as he had been in a coma for more than 6 months."


to give s.t. away-
1- to give s.t. to s.o that you don't need/want 
"I gave away all my books and furniture when I moved."
"She's going to give away her clothes to charity" 



2- to give to s.o without asking for money 
"Starbucks is giving away free coffee today. Go get some!"


to give s.o away- formal permission given from a father to a man to marry his daughter at a traditional wedding ceremony.
"When her father gave her away on her wedding day, she couldn't stop crying."


to give s.t. back -to return s.t. to its owner
"Give me back my pen!"

to give in: to finally agree/accept s.t. that you were at first opposed to, especially after being forced or persuaded
"My mom nagged me so much that I finally gave in."

Thursday, June 7, 2012

INT D: p.59 Answers

Unit 10- p. 59 ANSWERS

1. When was Larry born?
2. How long did Larry study at Seattle Prep School?
Until he was 18.
3. How long did he study at University of Washington?
4. How long did he go out with Suzie/ How long did he date Suzie?
For 5 years.
5. How long did he live in Los Angeles?
For 5 months.
6. Where did they meet?
7. How long has he been working in the record store?
Since he was 24.
8. How long has he been manager?
Since fall 2001. 
9/ When did they get married?
On March 23, 2001.
10. How long have they been living in the suburbs?/ How long have they lived in the suburbs?
Since 2002.
11. How long did Holly live in Canada?
Until she was 15. 
12. How long has she had an interest in drama?
Since she was 11. 
13. When did Holly meet Paul?
When she was teaching English in Japan.
14. When did Holly get married for the first time?
When she was 24/In August, 1997.
15. When was Sally born?
On May 13, 1998.
16. How long was she married to Paul?
2 years.
17. How long has Holly been married to Larry?
Since 2001
18. How long has she been teaching/How long has she taught in the school in Seattle?
Since September 1999. 
19.When did Holly meet Larry?
At/during Christmas 1999.