Varities of English

Cool parody of Beauty and the Beast!

UppInt A: JLo & Conditionals

1) Watch the following 1999 JLo video "If you had my love" and pay attention to the conditionals that she uses...

2) Look up the lyrics and compare your answers: http://www.lyricsmania.com/if_you_had_my_love_lyrics_jennifer_lopez.html

UppInt A: Shopping Addiction

Today we will watch a video that deals with shopping addiction.



1)VOCABULARY: Before you watch, please look up the following words that will come up in the video. Follow the links to the dictionary to find a definition

-The urge to splurge

-For many Americans, shopping is a chore

-The act of shopping is a quick fix

-You get a rush when you buy something

-That’s a red flag that you could have a problem 

2) WATCH: Watch the video and answer the questions below


 1) What are some indicators that you are a shopaholic?
 2) What statistic is provided about the power of advertising?
 3) What makes up the equation of financial trouble
 4) What does this mean: "If you eat enough lobster, it tastes like soap."?
 5) What are the steps to resolving your financial crisis?

IntUpp D: TH pronunciation

This funny and popular commerical for Berlitz language school shows you the difficulty and "life-saving'"  importance of 'TH' pronunication. Enjoy!

 

UppInt A: Conditionals!

EXTRA CONDITIONALS PRACTICE
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

Meaning of the “If clause”	Verb Form in the “If clause”	Verb Form in the “Result Clause”	Examples
0 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.
Mixed Conditional (HYPOTHETICAL PRESENT as a result of HYPOTHETICAL PAST): Untrue in the past/present	Past perfect (PAST) Simple past (PRESENT)	Would + base form Would + be + ING (PRESENT) Would + have + past participle (PAST)	If I had finished all my work, I would be writing to my parents now. If I hadn’t drunk that last beer, I wouldn’t be hungover now. If I spoke Spanish, I would have gotten the job.

My Blackberry Is Not Working!

IntUppD/ UppInt A: Phrasal Verb: CALL (me maybe)

 to call s.o back - to return a phone call, for example because they were not at home or busy when you phoned last time
"He's not here right now. Do you want to call back in an hour?" 

to call s.o up -to call/phone s.o.
"I'll call you up tomorrow and we'll set up a time to meet."

to call in

1-(sick) to phone work/school to tell them you are absent due to sickness.
"Jane just called in sick, so someone has to fill in for her."
 
2- to phone a radio or television show to give your opinion or to ask a question
"Over 2000 viewers called in to the station with complaints."

to call s.t. off - to decide that a planned event will not take place
"The wedding has been called off because the couple broke up."  
  
to call s.t. out -to say something loudly
"She called out my name."


to call s.o out on s.t.-to point out s.o.'s mistake/bad behaviour, to let s.o. know that you know about their bad behaviour and your negative opinion about this behaviour
"I thought I could get away with going to work late, but my boss finally called me out on it. "
"My mother called me out on lying to her."
"Jane's friends called her out on not breaking up with her cheating boyfriend."

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UppInt A: Future Time Clauses Answers

1-Discover the grammar
1.b
2.a
3.b
4.a
5.b
6.b
7.b
8.b
9.b
10.b

3-What's next?
2. They're going to move to a larger apartment as soon as Jeff get a raise.
3. After they move to a larger apartment, they're going to have a baby.
4. Sandy will get a part-time job after they have they have their first child.
5. When their child is two, Sandy will go back to work full-time.
6. Sandy will work full-time while Jeff goes to school./
Jess will go to school while Sandy works full-time.
7. Jeff will find another job when he graduates

4-Editing
Graduation is next month! I need to make some plans now because when exams start, I won't have any free time. What am I going to do when I finish school? My roommate is going to take a vacation before she looks for a job. I can't do that because I need to earn some money soon. I think that after I graduate, I am going to take a word processing class. As soon as I learn word processing, I will look for a job as a bilingual office assistant. It's hard to find full-time jobs, though. Part-time jobs are easier to find. Maybe I'll take a part-time job after I find a good full-time one. Or maybe I'll take a workshop in making decisions before I do anything!