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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: workbook (handout) p. 53 (all)
- part 1
- 1 are being assembled (present continuous)
- 2 contains (simple present)
- 3 will be bought (“They” = the necklaces) (simple future)
- 4 have been made (present perfect)
- 5 are used (simple present)
- 6 include (simple present)
- 7 has often been associated (present perfect)
- 8 are being substituted (present continuous)
- part 3
- 1 How big? large, tiny (Size)
- 2 How old? antique, old, 19th century (Age)
- 3 How is it made? handmade, mass-produced
- (Shape)
- 4 What color? blue (Color)
- 5 Where from? China, Italy (Origin)
- 6 Material? plastic, wool (Material)
- part 4
- 1 The factory makes mass-produced plastic toys.
- 2 It’s a 19th century silk wall hanging.
- 3 We bought a blue wool rug on sale.
- 4 She usually wears large gold earrings.
- 5 It’s a tiny Italian box.
- 6 We’ve got some old plastic chairs in the garden.
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- (Order of adjectives handout)
- an orange bowl = a bowl that is orange or a bowl for oranges
- same stress on “orange” and “bowl” = “orange” is an adjective (the color)
- stressed like “ORANGE bowl” = it’s a compound noun, with “orange” = the fruit
- GREENhouse = a “house” for plants
- green house = a house that is colored green
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- With your group, design a small pop-up store to go somewhere in Boston.
- Choose where it will go, what it will sell, what it will be called, and what it will look like.
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- Share your idea with the other group.
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- BREAK
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- In your country, how would you sell these things?
- your house
- your car
- your DVD collection
- your antique table
- your World Cup final tickets
- ticket scalping = reselling event tickets (usually for a much higher price)
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- p. 113 part 1 - Why is all of this information useful to put on eBay?
- part 2 - Find each piece of information in the ad for the rug
- part 3a - What information is not necessary to include?
- part 3b - Which information could go in the ad?
- 1 (item condition)
- 3 (item condition)
- 5 (shipping details)
- 2nd paragraph: I’ve had it for about two years. This rug is in used condition. It has some marks but otherwise it is in good condition. I’ve cleaned it regularly. I think that with a professional steam cleaning, it will freshen up really well.
- Local pickup preferred. We are near downtown Boston.
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- p. 112 part 5 - Imagine you are in a store to buy one of these things. Take turns with your partner to have a conversation between a customer and a salesperson in each store.
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- Homework: Write an eBay ad for the thing you tried to sell yesterday. Include all the necessary information from part 1 on p. 113. (You can follow the steps in parts 4 and 5.)
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