2016-05-12 Core: 7 adjuntas, preferences

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 86 parts 1, 4, 5 (about the reading on p. 87)

My full name is Gregory but I go by Greg.
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p. 86 part 1
1 Atlantic Ocean / Caribbean (Sea)
2 islands (the first ‘s’ is silent)
3 city
4 language
part 4
1 The horses are graceful and they parade through the town on holidays.
2 The town square is large and elegant with fountains and stone benches.
3 Lala Echevarria’s home is small and immaculate.
4 Lauro Yepez’s shop is a place where men meet to swap stories and have a drink.
part 5
1 a town that mainly produces coffee
2 polite habits and behaviors
3 water that comes from the tap in your home
4 the most important love in her life
5 islands where their ancestors came from
6 to exchange stories / to tell each other stories
7 the news/information traveled fast among people = many people knew about it quickly
8 an art or activity that not many people can do any more
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I do this activity every day. (as a time expression, two words)
This is an everyday activity. (as an adjective, one word)

This class is three hours. (quantifier + noun = two words)
It is a three-hour class. (compound adjective = one (hyphenated) word)
	(notice there’s no ‘s’ on “hour” in the adjective; English doesn’t have plural adjectives)

I teach twenty three-year-old students. (20 students that are 3 years old)
I teach twenty-three-year-old students. (some students that are 23 years old)
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Wordbuilding: participial adjectives (adjectives from verbs)
An army surrounds the town.
	the surrounding army (active / subject)
	the surrounded town (passive / object)

The teacher bores the students.
	the boring teacher
	the bored students

The water runs.
	the running water
	(no object -> no past participle adjective)

The thief steals the car.
	(“stealing” doesn’t exist as an adjective, although “thieving” is an adjective)
	the stolen car
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p. 88 part 1 - In pairs, make a (short) list of the most important things to consider when you’re looking for a place to live.
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BREAK
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p. 88 part 2 - Listen to the conversation. What six things does the woman mention?
1 to rent
2 an elevator
3 two bedrooms
4 downtown
5 doesn’t need a garage (she has a bike)
6 the age isn’t important
part 3 - Listen again and complete the sentences in the box.
Grammar of “prefer” and “rather”:
“prefer” is a regular verb, “rather” is an adverb that almost always comes after “would”

prefer + infinitive: I prefer to walk or bike.
prefer + gerund: I prefer living here. (gerund means she already has experience with this thing)
		I prefer walking to driving.
prefer + noun: I’d prefer something small. I prefer towns to cities.

prefer A to B (only with gerunds or nouns, not infinitives)

“I prefer” = general preference or opinion
“I’d prefer” = specific choice in a particular situation

would rather + base form: I’d rather rent than buy.

rather A than B

“I’d rather” = specific choice in a particular situation
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I would rather have walked. I would prefer to have walked. - opinion now about a past action
I would have preferred to walk. - opinion in the past about a past action
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p. 88 part 5b - listen and repeat the sentences
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Do you prefer fish to meat? (yes/no question, yes = I prefer fish to meat.)
Do you prefer fish or meat? (option question, answers are “fish” or “meat”)
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part 6 - Ask your partners which options they prefer, and explain your answers with comparatives.
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Homework: p. 165 practice 1 and 2
	look at pictures of tiny houses to get ideas for the project tomorrow