2019-08-16 Core: 6 tiny houses, like/as

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 165 practice 2
2 didn’t use to have (no “would”, because it’s not an action)
3 Did...use to be (no “would”, non-action)
4 used to play / would often play
5 did...use to work (no “would”, because “work” is like “live” - we don’t think of it as a separate action that happens each day)
6 didn’t use to go / wouldn’t go
  (didn’t often use to go / wouldn’t often go)
7 used to tell / would tell
8 used to eat / would eat
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In your group, design a tiny (around 20 square meters) house. It can have up to “1.5 floors” (a bed or something on another level, but not enough space to walk around etc.) Draw a plan of the house.
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BREAK
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Explain your house design to the rest of the class. Do the other groups have similar solutions to space problems?
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https://gizmodo.com/the-tiny-transforming-apartment-that-packs-eight-rooms-5967622 - Creative solutions to make a small apartment work like a much larger one.
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p. 89 part 1 - Look at the website. What type of site is it from? - b
(“Let’s move to Sandgate” - this is directed at people who might want to move there, not tourists.)
variety - Make sure to pronounce the ‘y’ at the end
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part 3a - Which paragraph gives each piece of information?
a 1
b 4
c 3
d 2
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dwell = live in a place (city-dweller = someone who lives in a city)
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Vocabulary: “like” and “as”
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What’s the difference in meaning?
	I cried like a baby. = I cried (sometime recently) in a similar way to how a baby cries.
	I cried as a baby. = I cried when I was a baby.

As prepositions:
like = similar to
as = it is or was this thing

I’m tall like my dad. = We are both tall. My dad is tall, and this is a way that I’m similar to him.
I’m (as) tall as my dad. = We are the same height. My height is my dad’s height.
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We can also use “like” and “such as” to give examples:
There are many nearby burger places, like Five Guys and Wendy’s.
There are many nearby burger places, such as Five Guys and Wendy’s.
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Sometimes “as” can mean “because”:
We canceled the picnic as it was raining.
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part 6 - Complete the sentences with “like” or “as”.
1 As
2 like
3 as
4 like
5 Like
6 like
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Homework: Write a promotional description of your own neighborhood (in your country) similar to the one on p. 89.