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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
  3. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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  5. p. 81 - In pairs, discuss the questions in part 2 and 3.
  6. What are some advantages of living alone? With roommates?
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  8. p. 82 - Would you live in any of the houses in the pictures? What other types of traditional houses do you know about?
  9. part 1 - In groups of 3, decide which features of a house are necessary (for you), important but not necessary, or unimportant. (Use a dictionary (not a translator) if you need to.) Are there any features not on the list that are necessary for you?
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  11. part 3 - Listen to the answers and match them to the questions in your book.
  12. part 4 - listen again and complete the sentences
  13.  
  14. What is the purpose of a shelter? (check the audio script on p. 177)
  15. “The purpose of a shelter is to protect you from the elements.”
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  17. p. 83 part 5 - Which sentences describe these things?
  18. “getting smaller and smaller” = a process of change
  19. “The colder the climate, the warmer your house needs to be.” = Two things that change together.
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  21. University Fair - Today at 2pm (6 universities have representatives here)
  22. Free Classes - Saturday at 2pm and 3pm
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  24. BREAK
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  26. Comparatives and Superlatives
  27.  
  28. FORM:
  29. short adjectives (one syllable, or two with the second just -y or -le) and one-syllable adverbs (plus “early”) -
  30. cheap - cheaper - cheapest
  31. happy - happier - happiest
  32. big - bigger - biggest (if the base form ends with -CVC and the last syllable has stress)
  33. nice - nicer - nicest / free - freer - freest
  34.  
  35.  
  36. longer adjectives and adverbs -
  37. careful - more/less careful - most/least careful
  38.  
  39. irregular comparatives and superlatives -
  40. good - better - best
  41. well - better - best
  42. bad/badly - worse - worst
  43. far - farther/further - farthest/furthest
  44. ---
  45. Equative “as” (to say something is or isn’t the same) -
  46.  
  47. I am speaking English as well as you are. / I speak English as well as you do.
  48.  
  49. I don’t speak English as well as you. = I speak English worse than you.
  50. (“not as ____ as” = “less ____ than”)
  51. ---
  52. p. 83 part 7 - With a partner, rewrite the sentences with the words in parentheses so they have the same meaning and begin with the words in bold.
  53. 1 Houses are less appropriate for local conditions.
  54. 2 A cave house is not as small as you think.
  55. 3 An igloo is not as cold inside as you might think.
  56. 4 New houses are(/get/become) more and more expensive every year.
  57. 5 My tent is the best in camp.
  58. 6 This house is the oldest.
  59. 7 A house on stilts survives more easily in floods.
  60. 8 You can put up a ger more quickly than a brick house.
  61. You can’t put up a brick house as quickly as a ger.
  62. ---
  63. Big and small differences:
  64. A house is much/a lot/far/way more expensive than a coffee.
  65. A coffee is not nearly as expensive as a house.
  66.  
  67. A cheeseburger is slightly/a little/a bit more expensive than a hamburger.
  68. A hamburger is not quite as expensive as a cheeseburger. = A hamburger is almost as expensive.
  69. ---
  70. I cried as a baby. = I cried when I was a baby.
  71. I cried like a baby. = I recently cried in a way that was similar to how a baby cries.
  72.  
  73. She is dressed as a witch. = She is wearing a costume to be a witch.
  74. She is dressed like a witch. = She’s wearing clothes like a witch wears (maybe all black and flowy, lots of silver jewelry, etc.).
  75.  
  76. She’s not rich like Donald Trump, she’s rich like Bill Gates.
  77. (This is not a comparison with “as”, it’s saying her wealth is similar to Bill Gates, not to Trump.)
  78.  
  79. (This is a reason you should use a dictionary and not a translator, because “like” and “as” might translate to the same word in your language.)
  80. ---
  81. p. 84 - New York City
  82. Have you been to NYC? What did you like about it?
  83. How does it compare to Boston?
  84. NYC is more fashionable than Boston.
  85. NYC is more crowded than Boston.
  86. The MTA is worse than the MBTA.
  87. NYC is dirtier than Boston.
  88. NYC is bigger than Boston.
  89. NYC is more expensive than Boston.
  90. NYC is noisier than Boston.
  91. Downtown NYC is bigger than downtown Boston.
  92. Boston has more green space than NYC.
  93. Boston is greener than NYC.
  94. Boston has as many islands as NYC. (We can compare noun quantities with “as much” and “as many”.)
  95. ---
  96. p. 84 part 2 - Complete these sentences with the words from the box. Are they true of New York?
  97. (finish this at home if you didn’t in class)
  98. ---
  99. Homework: p. 165 practice 1 and p. 84 part 3 (Use the other words from the box to describe places you know.)
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