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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: Imagine you live in the city you designed. Write a blog post about what you did on the weekend in that city. (Try to use interesting descriptive language like in the book.)
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- p. 44 - Have you ever been surfing? What problems can happen when you’re surfing?
- part 2 - Some of these verbs are incorrect. They should be past continuous or past perfect. Change the ones that need to be changed. (You need to change 6 verbs.)
- 1 (correct)
- 2 (correct)
- 3 (correct) or “had paid”
- 4 had just passed
- 5 (correct)
- 6 had gone by
- 7 hadn’t managed
- 8 were watching
- 9 (correct) (“want” is a stative or non-action verb)
- 10 (correct)
- 11 was setting
- 12 (correct)
- 13 (correct)
- 14 had just gotten up
- 15 (correct)
- 16 (correct)
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- part 3 - add vowels to the bodies of water, and then try to think of an example of each one
- lake - Lake Victoria
- marina - Boston Harbor Marina
- ocean - Pacific Ocean
- pool - Four Seasons Hotel pool
- reservoir - Chestnut Hill Reservoir
- river - Charles River
- sea - Red Sea
- stream - (these are small rivers, so if you don’t live near one, you probably don’t know any by name)
- waterfall - Niagara Falls
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- part 4 - which are the two best activities for each statement (in your opinion)?
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- What are more interesting words you can use instead of these?
- get into the car - jump into the car
- pick up things (quickly, like on your way out the door) - grab things
- holding tightly and strongly - clutching
- raining strongly - pouring
- (raining lightly - drizzling)
- crowded - packed
- run quickly - race
- climb quickly (with hands and feet) - scramble
- walk slowly (without destination) - wander
- (wonder = think about questions in your mind)
- look intently - stare
- hot - boiling
- cold - freezing
- very tired - exhausted
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- p. 40 - telling stories
- exaggerate - to say things “more” than the truth
- “You’ll never believe what happened to me at the bus stop.”
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- p. 38 get = become/arrive/obtain
- (First you aren’t ___, then you get ___, finally you are ___.)
- (First you don’t have ___, then you get ___, finally you have ___.)
- The weather didn’t get better (it stayed the same).
- The weather got worse (it was bad, and then it was terrible).
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- p. 34 - adverbs
- adjective + -ly = adverb: mostly, usually, quickly, finally,
- (noun + -ly = adjective: lovely, friendly, motherly, fatherly, sisterly, brotherly)
- Some are the same as the adjective: fast, hard, hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly, early/late
- Others aren’t related to adjectives: always, never, however, towards, upward
- “The class was loudly.” -> The class was loud. (adjectives describe nouns)
- Everyone was speaking loudly. (adverbs describe verbs)
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- because/when/while/so
- You called and I was eating dinner.
- = When you called, I was eating dinner. / I was eating dinner when you called.
- = While I was eating dinner, you called. / You called while I was eating dinner.
- It was raining and I used an umbrella.
- = It was raining, so I used an umbrella.
- = Because it was raining, I used an umbrella. / I used an umbrella because it was raining.
- I ate dinner when I got home. = First I got home, then I ate dinner.
- What did you do when you broke your arm? = What was your reaction. What did you do after you broke your arm?
- What were you doing when you broke your arm? = What was happening at that time? What was happening before you broke your arm?
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- BREAK
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- TEST
- part 2 - use each conjunction once (because, when, while, so)
- DON’T do 9c or 10 (but yes do 9a and 9b)
- (If you finish before other students and you didn’t do your homework, do your homework from Friday after you give me your test)
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