Tuesday, 25 July 2017

LAB - July 25

If you did not finish your presentation, work on it during the class today. Activities #1 and #2 below will be for homework.

For those of you who are done, do the following activities.

1. Read about the difference between Facts and Opinions.

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/CriticalThinking/fact%20or%20opinion.pdf

2. Listen to the lectures and conversations on the following website. You should try to listen once and then read and answer the questions after you finish listening.

http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_listening.htm

3. Click on the Issues in English 2 icon on the Desktop. Click on Languages and on Level 4. Practice for the rest of the class.


Friday, 14 July 2017

Present Perfect HW

Activity 4
1. b    2. b    3. a    4. b    5. b     6. a

Activity 5
2. since
3. for
4. for
5. since
6. for
7. since
8. since

Activity 6
2. have wanted
3. left
4. worked
5. was
6. played
7. gave
8. worked
9. have had
10. Have you ever had
11. I have looked after/have been looking after
      The year is not over yet: for the last year

Activity 7
2. a. So far, we have raised $5,700.
    b. We have already raised $5,700.
3. a. He has not been to Europe yet.
    b. He has never been to Europe.
4. a. They've already interviewed 5 people.
    b. They've interview 5 people so far.

Activity 8
Australia, we have been to New Zealand twice
We've also went  been on safari
Gina and I has have spent
We haven't been to Eastern Europe
But she have has been to a lot of places
She has visit   visited most of ..
she is has lived in four ...
I think she has seen more

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Answers to Grammar HW

Practice 3
3. knows
4. know
5. know
6. wants
7. like
8. has
9. agrees
10. are
11. realizes
12. think

Practice 4
2. Barbara is fluent not only in Chinese but also in Japanese.
3. Paul has neither patience nor sensitivity ...
4. She can both sing and dance.
5. ... talk to either your teacher or your academic counselor  OR talk either to your teacher or your academic counselor
6. Diana is both intelligent and very creative.
7. ...working either tomorrow or next week
8. Michael told neither his mother nor his father
9. ... requires not only balance and skill but also concentration and mental alertness.

Practice 5 - I pointed out the verb tenses and which tense the verbs should be in.
2. walked and (simple past tense)
3. was listening to music and (past progressive tense)
4. to stay, but (infinitive verb)
5. eat dinner and then study (base form of verbs)
6. (Gerund) Walking in the park and attending concerts 
7. to speak, to understand, and to respect the culture (infinitive)
8. get up, eat, and take a shower (simple present verb)
9. fishing and hiking (gerunds)
10. to call or text (infintive); busy and tired  (adjectives); go to bed and sleep (infinitive)
11. You can pay the bill either by cash or by credit card.
12. Cosmopolitan or New Yorker.

Practice 6
1. famous
2. missed
3. running
4. cautiously
5. making
6. sensitive
7. close
8. to get
9. use, by spitting
10. scary; good luck; harmless; tangle; are; other dread diseases; spreading seeds and eating insects; can destroy, gentle



Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Answers to the reading homework

Andrew and Lisa

1. The purpose of this email is to thank the reader for a dinner.
2. surprised, thankful, nervous
3. - possibly neighbors
    - not very good friends, but might be friends
4. Thank you
5. semi-formal
6. i) affair  -   event
    ii) hesitant   -   nervous
    iii) dishes   - meals
    iv) starters   -  appetizers, the meal you eat before the main dish
7. FALSE    He called her three days before the dinner.
8. FALSE
9. No she didn't.
10. Yes.

Roger and Miley

1. The purpose is to apologize for hurting a friend
2. apologetic, understanding
3. reader - friend  
    writer - friend
  = best friends
4. I'm sorry
5. informal
6. i) intention  -  plan
    ii) adversely  - badly
    iii) scenario - situation
    iv) fuming - angry
7. a) They have been friends since childhood.
    b) Friendship is probably more important to him than small fights.\
    c) He is not kiddish like Roger, so he probably understands why Roger reacted that way, knowing his personality.
8. Miley behaved in such a way because he reacted badly to an accident. He gets angry easily.