http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adverbsum.html
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adverbs.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adverb.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs.htm
Thursday, July 12, 2012
UppInt/Adv: Adverbs
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adverbsum.html
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adverbs.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adverb.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs.htm
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
UppInt/Adv: Tips for learning Phrasal Verbs
How can we remember phrasal verbs? Here are some suggestions...
-Write down phrasal verbs as a single unit/word when you learn them
-Note whether or not they are transitive or intransitive (takes an object or not)
-Note what common subjects and objects that this phrasal verb is used with
-Write down examples/situations that are common with this phrasal verb
-Think about opposites or single-word verbs with the same meaning
-Consider grouping them either according to particles (e.g. UP, OUT, DOWN), grouping them under the verb (e.g. GET, TAKE, PUT) or grouping them by theme (relationships, work, home, travel etc.)
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
-Write down phrasal verbs as a single unit/word when you learn them
-Note whether or not they are transitive or intransitive (takes an object or not)
-Note what common subjects and objects that this phrasal verb is used with
-Write down examples/situations that are common with this phrasal verb
-Think about opposites or single-word verbs with the same meaning
-Consider grouping them either according to particles (e.g. UP, OUT, DOWN), grouping them under the verb (e.g. GET, TAKE, PUT) or grouping them by theme (relationships, work, home, travel etc.)
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
UppInt/Adv: Phrasal Verb Practice
1) Check Answers from yesterday's HWK:
1. looking forward to -F
2. bump into -A
3. is showing off - H
4. stay up- G
5. took off -E
6. put on -K
7. to catch up with -B
8. put up with -L
9. to take part in- I
10. take place -J
11. to dress up -D
12. started off -C
2) Discuss: In groups, answer in complete sentences in order to practice using the phrasal verbs
1) What is something you are looking forward to or not looking forward to in 2013?
2) When was the last time you dressed up? What was the occasion?
3) What's the latest you've recently stayed up until? Do you usually stay up?
4) What do you have to put up with in Vancouver but not in your home country?
5) What was the last celebration you took part in?
6) Who do you really need to catch up with?
7) In your country, where do you often bump into people?
3) Read:
A PHRASAL VERB is a verb + particle (preposition or adverb) which creates a different meaning from the original verb, common in a wide variety of contexts. They are not slang or idioms, but rather a very important part of everyday English. They often have a one-word equivalent which is more formal or literary. For example, you can come across a new phrasal verb or you can encounter it. But sometimes, there is no other alternative to the phrasal verb-simply there is no other way to say something but to use the phrasal verb. Students need to understand the most common phrasal verbs and also its various forms in common nouns and adjectives and in what situations/contexts they are appropriate.
Many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings, either figurative (idiomatic) or literal. For example, you can pick up a language, pick your pencil up off the floor, pick someone up at the airport, pick up a discussion in class, pick up a girl at a bar (or library…), the weather and the economy can pick up, the radio/cell phone can pick up a signal or your mom can pick some milk up at the supermarket.
There is no magic formula to learning them, but it takes practice and more practice. In order to master phrasal verbs, you need to go beyond understanding them and incorporate them into your own speaking and writing naturally. Pay attention to English around you! Whenever you read, watch TV/movies and listen to songs, be on the lookout for when they show up. The more contact you have with phrasal verbs, the easier it will become to understand and start using them!
Phrasal verbs can either be INTRANSITIVE or TRANSITIVE
1) 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)
2) TRANSITIVE- Takes an object (something or someone) to complete meaning
to hand in: Tom handed in his job application.
object= his job application
to look for: She is looking for her keys.
object= her keys
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 his job application in.
Tom handed in his job application.
To take off: I took my gloves off
I took off my gloves.
**The Phrasal Verb GOLDEN rule: If you use a 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: She is looking for her keys.
She is looking her keys for.
To come across: He came across a good book at the store.
He came a good book across at the store.
4) Practice: Test your existing Phrasal Verb knowledge...
Your goal is to get through 67 questions while trying to keep up a high percentage. If you have a question about the meaning of a phrasal verb, please ask. Write down 5 new phrasal verbs that you come across. http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb-phrasalverbs.html
1. looking forward to -F
2. bump into -A
3. is showing off - H
4. stay up- G
5. took off -E
6. put on -K
7. to catch up with -B
8. put up with -L
9. to take part in- I
10. take place -J
11. to dress up -D
12. started off -C
2) Discuss: In groups, answer in complete sentences in order to practice using the phrasal verbs
1) What is something you are looking forward to or not looking forward to in 2013?
2) When was the last time you dressed up? What was the occasion?
3) What's the latest you've recently stayed up until? Do you usually stay up?
4) What do you have to put up with in Vancouver but not in your home country?
5) What was the last celebration you took part in?
6) Who do you really need to catch up with?
7) In your country, where do you often bump into people?
3) Read:
A PHRASAL VERB is a verb + particle (preposition or adverb) which creates a different meaning from the original verb, common in a wide variety of contexts. They are not slang or idioms, but rather a very important part of everyday English. They often have a one-word equivalent which is more formal or literary. For example, you can come across a new phrasal verb or you can encounter it. But sometimes, there is no other alternative to the phrasal verb-simply there is no other way to say something but to use the phrasal verb. Students need to understand the most common phrasal verbs and also its various forms in common nouns and adjectives and in what situations/contexts they are appropriate.
Many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings, either figurative (idiomatic) or literal. For example, you can pick up a language, pick your pencil up off the floor, pick someone up at the airport, pick up a discussion in class, pick up a girl at a bar (or library…), the weather and the economy can pick up, the radio/cell phone can pick up a signal or your mom can pick some milk up at the supermarket.
There is no magic formula to learning them, but it takes practice and more practice. In order to master phrasal verbs, you need to go beyond understanding them and incorporate them into your own speaking and writing naturally. Pay attention to English around you! Whenever you read, watch TV/movies and listen to songs, be on the lookout for when they show up. The more contact you have with phrasal verbs, the easier it will become to understand and start using them!
Phrasal verbs can either be INTRANSITIVE or TRANSITIVE
1) 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)
2) TRANSITIVE- Takes an object (something or someone) to complete meaning
to hand in: Tom handed in his job application.
object= his job application
to look for: She is looking for her keys.
object= her keys
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 his job application in.
Tom handed in his job application.
To take off: I took my gloves off
I took off my gloves.
**The Phrasal Verb GOLDEN rule: If you use a 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: She is looking for her keys.
To come across: He came across a good book at the store.
4) Practice: Test your existing Phrasal Verb knowledge...
Your goal is to get through 67 questions while trying to keep up a high percentage. If you have a question about the meaning of a phrasal verb, please ask. Write down 5 new phrasal verbs that you come across. http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb-phrasalverbs.html
Monday, July 9, 2012
UppInt/Adv: Homophones- TO/TWO/TOO
Homophones: a word that sounds the same as another but is different in spelling, meaning, or origin
A list of common homophones
break-brake
|
cell-sell
|
close-clothes
|
choose-chews
|
do-dew-due
|
I’ll- aisle
|
sea-see
|
which-witch
|
here-hear
|
knew-new
|
no-know
|
so-sew
|
lesson-lessen
|
heal-heel
|
allowed-aloud
|
week-weak
|
pale-pail
|
eight-ate
|
whine-wine
|
would-wood
|
board-bored
|
flew-flu
|
through-threw
|
won-one
|
mussel-muscle
|
wait-weight
|
scene-seen
|
wheel-we’ll
|
jeans-genes
|
idol-idle
|
rap-wrap
|
dear-deer
|
flower-flour
|
air-heir
|
blue-blew
|
sale-sail
|
tale-tail
|
they’re-their-there
|
knows-nose
|
tie-Thai
|
plane-plain
|
hair-hare
|
male-mail-mayo
|
meet-meat
|
knight-night
|
its-it’s
|
higher-hire
|
base-bass
|
berry-bury
|
buy-by
|
finish-Finnish
|
Greece-grease
|
guest-guessed
|
son-sun
|
right-write-rite
|
hour-our
|
read-red
|
fare-fair
|
route-root
|
warn-worn
|
war-wore
|
hole-whole
|
Jim-gym
|
none-nun
|
bread-bred
|
where-wear
|
you’re-your
|
cent-scent-sent
|
who’s-whoose
|
knot-not
|
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Phrasal Verb: LOOK
To look forward to s.t. = to be excited/happy about something happening in the future
"I'm really looking forward to the weekend."
"I'm not looking forward to next week's exam."
"I look forward to visiting my grandma."
To look up to s.o. = To admire/to respect s.o.
" I really look up to my father, he is really hard-working and he has taught me so much."
"President Obama is someone to look up to. He is really inspirational."
To look down on s.o.= to have a negative opinion about s.o./to think that you are better than s.o else
"Don't look down on teachers just because they are young"
"After all the bad things he did, people started to look down on him."
To look back to/on s.t. = to think about s.t. that happened in the past/ to recall s.t.
"Looking back on my high school days, I don't regret anything"
"When I look back to my childhood, I have very fond memories."
To look ahead = to think about/plan for what might happen in the future
"I need to look ahead and plan my future."
to look s.t up = to look for/search for information in a reference source (a place that has information, i.e. a dictionary, the Internet, an encyclopedia, a phone book)
"If you don't know the meaning of a word, please look it up."
"Can you look up the address on the Internet?"
to look up (intransitive) = to improve/to get better
"The situation is finally looking up."
to look over s.t.= to review (esp. briefly), to examine
"Please look over your notes before the exam."
"I'll look over the meeting report after I get home."
to look into s.t.= to investigate, to examine, to find the truth about a problem, a crime
"The police are looking into the murder."
"Can you look into the problem?"
to look after s.t/s.o = to take care of/ to be responsible for
"Can you look after my cat for two weeks?"
"I have look after the house because my parents are on vacation."
to look around = to look at what is in a place such as a building, shop, town etc, especially when you are walking
"Let's stop and look around for a little bit."
to look out for s.o. - to make sure s.o. is being treated fairly/well, to protect/defend//to pay attention to
"When I was growing up, my brother always looked out for me."
"I'm really looking forward to the weekend."
"I'm not looking forward to next week's exam."
"I look forward to visiting my grandma."
To look up to s.o. = To admire/to respect s.o.
" I really look up to my father, he is really hard-working and he has taught me so much."
"President Obama is someone to look up to. He is really inspirational."
To look down on s.o.= to have a negative opinion about s.o./to think that you are better than s.o else
"Don't look down on teachers just because they are young"
"After all the bad things he did, people started to look down on him."
To look back to/on s.t. = to think about s.t. that happened in the past/ to recall s.t.
"Looking back on my high school days, I don't regret anything"
"When I look back to my childhood, I have very fond memories."
To look ahead = to think about/plan for what might happen in the future
"I need to look ahead and plan my future."
to look s.t up = to look for/search for information in a reference source (a place that has information, i.e. a dictionary, the Internet, an encyclopedia, a phone book)
"If you don't know the meaning of a word, please look it up."
"Can you look up the address on the Internet?"
to look up (intransitive) = to improve/to get better
"The situation is finally looking up."
to look over s.t.= to review (esp. briefly), to examine
"Please look over your notes before the exam."
"I'll look over the meeting report after I get home."
to look into s.t.= to investigate, to examine, to find the truth about a problem, a crime
"The police are looking into the murder."
"Can you look into the problem?"
to look after s.t/s.o = to take care of/ to be responsible for
"Can you look after my cat for two weeks?"
"I have look after the house because my parents are on vacation."
to look around = to look at what is in a place such as a building, shop, town etc, especially when you are walking
"Let's stop and look around for a little bit."
to look out for s.o. - to make sure s.o. is being treated fairly/well, to protect/defend//to pay attention to
"When I was growing up, my brother always looked out for me."
Bus. Eng: Expressing Complaints/Dissatisfaction
It irritates/frustrates/annoys/bothers/bugs me
It drives me crazy/drives me up the wall
It ticks me off*/pisses me off*
I hate/can't stand/can't tolerate/can't put up with s.t./s.o
It is annoying/irritating/frustrating
I am/feel annoyed/irritated/frustrated/fed-up/pissed off*
I am fed up with/sick and tired of/ sick of/ tired of s.t./s.o
It drives me crazy/drives me up the wall
It ticks me off*/pisses me off*
I hate/can't stand/can't tolerate/can't put up with s.t./s.o
It is annoying/irritating/frustrating
I am/feel annoyed/irritated/frustrated/fed-up/pissed off*
I am fed up with/sick and tired of/ sick of/ tired of s.t./s.o
Destiny's Child- Bug A Boo
"You buggin'what? You buggin'who? You buggin' me!"
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