2015-06-13 Saturday: historical mysteries

Greg Malivuk
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Homework:
	p. 85 parts 9, 10, and 11 for homework
	p. 86 parts 1-5 for homework, with reading on p. 87)
	p. 89: Write 3-4 paragraphs to describe your neighborhood (either here or in your country), using some of the grammar and vocabulary from today.
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p. 85 part 9
1 NYC used to be a lot greener than it is today.
2 There used to be a lot of forest and natural landscapes.
3 The early residents didn’t use to live in a large city.
4 People used to hunt beavers for their skins.
5 (can’t use “used to” because it only happened once)
6 What used to be in the area where Fifth Avenue is now?
⅗ = three-fifths, ⅚ = five-sixths
part 10
1 moved
2 used to stand / would stand
3 were (“they used to be taller” means the buildings are shorter now)
4 were
5 used to run / would run (it was a common action)
6 didn’t use to go / didn’t go / wouldn’t go
7 didn’t use to own / didn’t own
8 would take / used to take
9 used to have / would have (have = eat, which is an action)
10 used to go / would go
11 was
12 was / used to be
p. 85 part 11
1 I used to study in college.
2 I used to play soccer. / I would wake up early.
3 My family planned the trip. (This happened once.)
My family used to want to live in California. / We used to live in...
My family would often talk about the many things to do in Boston.
4 I took a trip to China. (this should be simple past, because it was one vacation and happened once)
5 I would get a good score. / I got a good score.
6 We used to go to have dinner.
7 I went to my uncle’s house. (simple past, because it’s about one time)
8 I used to fall down a lot.
  I wouldn’t clean my room. I wouldn’t eat my vegetables. (“wouldn’t” includes the idea of refusing to do something)
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“would” can mean habits in the past, or future in the past
“wouldn’t” can mean refusal in the past, or future in the past
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p. 86 part 1
1 Atlantic Ocean
2 islands
3 city
4 languages
a couple < few < a few < several < many = a lot
part 2 - c
part 3
a 3rd paragraph
b 2nd paragraph
c 5th paragraph
d 4th paragraph
part 4
1 They are graceful and they parade through the town on holidays.
2 It’s large and elegant with fountains and stone benches.
3 It’s small and immaculate.
4 Men meet there to swap stories and have a drink.
part 5
1 a town where the main industry is coffee
2 polite behavior
3 water that comes from the sink in your house
4 the person she loved most in life
5 islands their ancestors came from
6 share or exchange stories
7 information spread quickly
8 an art that no one today knows how to do
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BREAK (and fire alarm)
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For the other material in this chapter, check the pastebin site (http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk) and look at the documents that say "Core".
These are from my class during the week, which was the same chapter we are working on today. It has the answers to exercises we had to skip.
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Homework: complete the take-home test (you can use your books, and you can also use the notes I made for my Core classes last week)