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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: p. 84 part 2 - Complete these sentences about New York City. Then write five more sentences with the other words.
- Check your answers with a partner, and check that your partner’s additional sentences are written correctly.
- 1 atmosphere
- 2 public transportation
- 3 financial
- 4 modern
- 5 built-up (= full of buildings; “up” means “completely”, not high)
- 6 skyscrapers
- 7 residents (“residence” sounds the same, but means the place that someone lives)
- 8 neighborhoods
- - In New York, the crime rate is higher than in Boston.
- - There are so many open spaces in New York.
- - New York is more polluted than Boston.
- - New York has run-down stores.
- - In New York, there is much more traffic than in Boston.
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- Modifying comparatives:
- A $105 product is a little/a bit/a little bit/slightly more expensive than a $100 product.
- A $200 product is much/a lot/far/way more expensive than a $100 product.
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- “very” can modify the basic form of the adjective, but not the comparative
- This is very expensive.
- NOT: This is very more expensive than that.
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- What do you think was on Manhattan Island before a city?
- What did the people do?
- Read “Before New York”
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- wilderness = a wild area (not affected by humans)
- slip past = sneak past without being noticed
- troops = soldiers
- stream = small, fast-moving river
- sleep / deep / sheep
- slip / dip / ship
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- https://welikia.org/explore/mannahatta-map/
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- part 5 - Look at the article again and answer these questions in your own words.
- 1 He has a project to visualize what the area used to look like. His project created the top image.
- 2 He wanted to show New Yorkers the natural potential of where they live.
- 3 It reminded him of the nature that used to be there.
- - It’s a visualization of what the area used to look like.
- - It’s a visualization of how the area used to look.
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- Grammar: “would” and “used to” for the past
- used to - something that was true for a while in the past but is not true now
- - don’t use it for things that happened once
- - don’t use it for things that are still true now
- would - an action that was repeated for a while in the past
- - don’t use it for things that happened once
- - don’t use it for non-actions (have, want)
- - don’t use it for actions that were continuous, not repeated (live)
- (very common when people are remembering and describing everyday life in the past)
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- BREAK
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- + (subj + used to + base form) Lara used to be more patient.
- - (subj + didn’t use to + base form) Lara didn’t use to have gray hairs.
- ? y/n Did you use to ride a bike?
- Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
- ? info What did you use to do?
- ? subj Who used to have longer hair?
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- part 9 - Rewrite the sentences with “used to” if possible.
- 1 New York used to be a lot greener than it is now.
- 2 There used to be a lot of forest and natural landscapes.
- 3 Residents didn’t use to live in a large city.
- 4 People used to hunt beavers for their skins.
- 5 - (This only happened once, so we can’t use “used to”.)
- 6 What originally used to be in the area where Fifth Avenue is now? (no “did” because it’s a subject question)
- “in the area where 5th Ave is now” = “there”
- original sentence: What was originally there?
- new sentence: What originally used to be there?
- (adverbs like this go before “used to”)
- Which sentence in part 9 could also be written with “would”?
- - People would hunt beavers for their skins. (This is a past repeated action.)
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- p. 85 part 10 - Complete the text with simple past, “used to”, or “would”. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- 1 moved (happened once -> simple past)
- 2 would stand / used to stand (“and stare” -> use the base form of “stand”)
- 3 were (They are still taller than anything I had seen before that time.)
- 4 were (Probably NYC is still busier than where this person came from in California.)
- 5 ran / would run / used to run
- 6 didn’t use to go / didn’t go / wouldn’t go (“wouldn’t go” suggests refusal)
- 7 didn’t own / didn’t use to own
- 8 would take / took / used to take (“would” is most likely, because the author sounds nostalgic here)
- 9 would have / used to have / had
- 10 would go / used to go / went
- 11 was
- 12 was / used to be
- The Empire State Building used to be taller than every other building in the world.
- (This was true for a while in the past, but now isn’t true any more.)
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- Simple past can be used for all of these sentences. We use “used to” or “would” instead if we want to emphasize that something is different now or to give a feeling of nostalgia or remembrance.
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- p. 85 part 11 - Complete these sentences so they’re true for you, and talk about your answers with your partners.
- 1 Before I studied here, I used to work in an office.
- 2 When I was in elementary school, I would play with dolls with my sister.
- 3 Before I moved here, my family used to help me with money.
- 4 During the first vacation I can remember, I went fishing and camping.
- 5 Whenever I had a test at school, I used to be nervous.
- 6 In my family, on weekends we would go to churth.
- 7 The first time I left home, I was excited.
- 8 As a child, I used to have longer hair.
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- Homework: read p. 87, then do parts 1 and 4 on p. 86
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