2019-04-06 Saturday: 7 Living space

Greg Malivuk
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2019-04-06 Saturday: 7 Living space
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Homework: Units 5-6 test (submit your answers online if you graduate today but you still want to know your score)
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In your group, design and draw a plan for a tiny house. (Up to 20 meters^2)
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Vocabulary: house features
p. 82 part 1 - Which of these things are necessary for your living space, important but not necessary, or unimportant? What other things are very important or necessary?
If you don’t know a word, check a dictionary (NOT a translator).
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Make sure you understand the differences between:
garden/yard
balcony/terrace/porch/(deck)
In the US we usually call the ones in the last picture “row houses”, not “terraced houses”.
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part 2 - What are some advantages and disadvanatages of the first three types of home?
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p. 83 part 4 - Listen to the radio program and complete the sentences. The numbers in the audio are NOT the numbers of the sentences.
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Grammar: comparative and superlative forms
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(Should be) review:
-er and -est for “short” adjectives (1 syllable, 2 with -y or -le)
more/less and most/least for “long” adjectives (2 if not -y or -le, all 3+)
irregular: good/better/best, bad/worse/worst, far/farther/farthest
	(much/more/most, little/less/least)
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BREAK
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as...as
I am *less tall than my dad. - This sounds strange and almost wrong.
-> I am not as tall as my dad.
if it’s the same: I am as tall as my dad.
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“than” and the second “as” are only necessary if you also say the second noun in the sentence
I don’t want this computer because it’s more expensive than the other one.
I don’t want this computer because it’s more expensive.
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repeated comparatives = change over time
Modern homes are getting smaller and smaller.
Houses are getting more and more expensive.
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paired comparatives = two things change together
The colder the climate, the warmer your house needs to be.
The more, the merrier.
The bigger the house, the more expensive it is to heat in the winter.
(This is sometimes called “double comparatives”, but that label also describes *incorrect* grammar like “more better”.)
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p. 83 part 7 - With your partner, rewrite these sentences using the words in parentheses and starting with the words in bold.
1 Houses are less appropriate for local conditions.
2 A cave house isn’t as small as you think.
3 An igloo isn’t as cold inside as you might think.
4 New houses are (getting) more and more expensive every year.
5 My tent is the best in camp.
6 This house is the oldest (one).
7 A house on stilts survives more easily in floods.
8 You can put up a ger more quickly than a brick house.
Extra - complete this sentence: The older I get, the more __________.
	The older I get, the more experience I have.
	The older I get, the more expensive everything is.
	The older I get, the smarter I am.
	The older I get, the earlier I go to bed.
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Separable phrasal verbs can have the object between the verb and the particle:
turn...on: turn on the light / turn the light on
If the object is a pronoun, it must be between the verb and the particle:
turn it on, NOT turn on it
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How can we compare Boston and New York City?

Boston is cleaner than NYC.
Boston is smaller than NYC.
Boston is colder than NYC.
Boston is cheaper than NYC.
Boston is more organized than NYC.
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Vocabulary: cities
p. 84 part 2 - Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 atmosphere
2 public transportation (sometimes called mass transit or mass transportation)
3 financial
4 modern
5 built-up (“up” has a meaning like “fully” or “completely” in this word)
6 skyscrapers
7 residents
8 neighborhoods
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Grammar: ways to talk about the past
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simple past = anything that happened in the past (this still works for everything)
used to = true for a while in the past, but not now
	(If it happened once, we can’t use “used to”. If it’s still true now, we can’t use “used to”.)
would = repeated action in the past
	(If it happened once, no “would”. If it’s not an action, no “would”.)
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nostalgia = a somewhat sad feeling when you remember the past
- “would” is most common when reminiscing about what life used to be like
- “used to” can be used a few times in a story to “set the scene”, but not for every sentence
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p. 85 exercise 11 - Share your memories about these things in your group. Use “used to” or “would” when possible.
1 I was a student in college.
2 I met my best friend. I used to be fat. I used to walk to school.
3 I used to live in another house.
4 I went to Tayrona Park.
5 I would study a lot. (“used to” means now you don’t study)
6 We would go for ice cream.
7 I was 19. My mom cried a lot. I felt sad.
8 I would play hide-and-seek on the playground.
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p. 89 part 1 - What kind of text is this?
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Homework: write a promotional description of where you live now, similar to the one on p. 89. Try to convince people that they would like to live there
ALSO: read p. 99 and do parts 2, 3, 4 on p. 98
(optional: p. 165 grammar practice)