Wednesday, April 10, 2013

MIDTERM EXAM on Friday, April 12, 2013

Click on the Simple past, present perfect, present perfect continuous sheet above if you were not in class today - ALL OF YOU complete this sheet for practice, this is part of your homework - I forgot to mention it in class.  Study and get a good night's rest - I will give the exam at 9:00 so don't be late.

During the second hour I would like to introduce you to:

-some new modals: 'have to' and 'be able to'
-what the difference is between the active and the passive voice
-new vocabulary

Topics covered on the midterm:
  • Modals: should, can, could, had better
  • Simple past, present perfect, present perfect continuous  - you will have to choose which is the correct one
  • Gerunds that follow verbs quit, consider, finish, stop and talk about, p. 29
            Ex.  I'm considering going to Hawaii.
            I finished working at 6 p.m. today.
  • Know the difference between a gerund and a present participle.  They look the same, but they have different functions!
           A gerund is a NOUN.  A present participle is a VERB.
            I like dancing.   NOUN  - GERUND
           I am dancing.    VERB    - PRESENT PARTICIPLE
  • COUNT NON COUNT NOUNS
  • QUANTIFIERS      (quantity of something)
             COUNT NOUNS: a few, several, some, many
             NON COUNT NOUNS:  a little, some, much, a lot of
             BOTH:  a lot of, some
  • USING EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY AS PRONOUNS - pp. 19-20
Ex.  Do you have some apples?  Yes I have SOME.
       Do you have the red apples?  Yes I have THEM.  (specific - 'the')
       Can you give me a red pen?  Yes I can give you ONE.  (not specific - 'a')
  • VOCABULARY 
  • p. 33  LIKES/DISLIKES
  • p. 62 - AILMENTS 

9 comments:

  1. Dear teacher, I am looking for more practice with gerunds. Please help me! jaja. A can undertand all the topics, but my English needs training about gerunds. Thank you so much

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    2. No problem Khalil. Just remember that gerunds are verbal NOUNS and, as you said this afternoon during our review session, they express IDEAS. On page 29 of your book, we learn that some verbs like to be followed by gerunds. For example:

      He quit smoking.
      She talks about traveling to Cuba a lot.

      This is easier than you think! =)

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  2. Teacher,I mess up more than half of iterative learning.please,
    thank you.-Andy-

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    1. Hey Andy, not sure what you mean. Iterative learning - learning from repetition?

      Tomorrow we will review everything OF COURSE!

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    2. I don't know simple past VS present perfect,still....
      one more time review,please teacher...
      help me..

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    3. np

      Basically

      simple past: specific time in the past, it happened and it's over.
      I ate lunch with my friends yesterday.

      present perfect: happened in the past - not specific time.
      I have eaten lunch with my friends many times.

      present perfect continuous - happened in the past - continues to the present.
      I have been eating lunch for an hour, it's time for me to go to work now!

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  3. Thenk you teacher for your patience. I'm Ayman. I'm studying whit Khalil now. See you tomorrow!

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    1. I am so happy that you are studying together. See you in the morning.

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