2015-08-03 Core: 3 review and test

Greg Malivuk
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(This is the Core class.)
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Homework: write a personal blog post about a recent weekend when something unusual happened (If nothing unusual really happened to you recently, imagine that you live in the underwater city you created, and write a blog post from that perspective.) After you write a rough draft, try to change some of the verbs and adjectives to more interesting, figurative words.
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p. 44 part 2 - with a partner, change the verbs in the paragraph to past perfect or past continuous (if it’s necessary--some of them are correct as simple past; don’t change the verbs that are already correct)
1 (correct)
2 (correct)
3 (correct)
4 had just passed
5 (correct)
6 (correct) / had gone by
7 (correct) / hadn’t managed (by the end of the day)
8 were watching
9 (correct)
10 (correct)
11 was setting (sunset takes some time, and it was during this time that 10 happened)
12 (correct)
13 (correct)
14 had just gotten up
15 (correct)
16 (correct)
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p. 44 part 3 - with your same partner, decide what vowels to add to complete the words about bodies of water, then try to think of one or more examples of each
lk - lake - Lake Nasser, Great Salt Lake, Lake Michigan
mrn - marina (area in a city where private boats can “park”)
cn - ocean - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, (Antarctic - sometimes)
pl - pool (swimming pools, but also tide pools and other small natural pools)
rsrvr - reservoir - Chestnut Hill Reservoir (in Boston, for drinking water)
rvr - river - Charles, Nile, Mississippi, Amazon
s - sea - Caribbean, Mediterranean, Red Sea, Black Sea, Dead Sea
strm - stream (small river)
wtrfll - waterfall - Niagara, Slomo (?), Duden, Manavgat (in Turkey)
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p. 44 part 4 - in groups of 3 decide which activities are the best for each of the 4 descriptions, and if you can, think of another activity for each one
Which are necessary to have other people? rafting, sailing, diving, water-skiing
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p. 41 - What is a more interesting or exciting word for each example below?
rain - pour
climb (quickly) - scramble
run - race
take/pick up quickly - grab
hot - boiling
tired - exhausted
walk (with no destination) - wander
full of people - packed
look with concentration - stare
hold tightly - clutch
fall (down) - collapse
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p. 38
What expressions with “get” have these meanings?
enter - get in / get into
return - get back
improve - get better
(opposite) - get worse
escape - get away / get out
approach - get closer to
receive - get
become - get
arrive at / reach - get to
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p. 40
suddenly - something fast and unexpected
= all of a sudden
immediately - very quickly, but maybe not unexpected

All of a sudden, it started to rain. = Suddenly, it started to rain.
I immediately opened my umbrella.

then = that time (in the past or future)
I haven’t been back since then.

then = next
It started to rain and then I opened my umbrella.
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Two years ago, I bought a bicycle. (= 2013, “ago” = “before now”)
Two years before/earlier, my old bike had been stolen. (= 2011, “before” = “before [another time]”)

In two years, I will buy a car. (= 2017)
Two years after/later, I will buy a house. (= 2019)
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BREAK
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TEST (you do not need to do parts 9c or 10)
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If you finish early and you did not do the homework during the weekend, do Friday’s homework now.
If you finish early and you did the homework, write a paragraph about a body of water (river, stream, lake, sea, etc.) that is important to you now or that was important while you were growing up.
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After checking the test, discuss the questions in the Communicative Activity with your partner.