2016-08-15 Core: 8 review and test

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: write a news report about a topic (real or fake) of your choice. Make sure it answers the 6 questions (“5 W’s and an H”) and uses cautious language where appropriate.
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p. 104 part 1 - Read the article about the Mariana Trench and make passive reporting verbs from the words in italics.
1 It is said to be
2 is thought to be
3 it is already known
4 the Mariana Trench was formed (this is passive, but not a passive reporting verb)
5 are reported to have spent
6 It is hoped that his movie will shed
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part 3 - complete the statements with “no”
1 where, that
2 of, of
3 in, but
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Review handout part 2 - Rewrite the sentences with passive reporting verbs
1 It was presumed that the company would make some redundancies following the restructuring.
2 The minister is expected to announce the new budget tomorrow.
3 It has been alleged that the athlete has been taking drugs.
4 It was announced that the company faced significant losses last year.
5 Applicants were advised to apply before April 28.
6 It is thought that someone probably hacked…
7 The supermarket is expected to announce its first fall in profits in 20 years.
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part 4 - Rewrite the sentence using expressions with “no”
1 I had no difficulty finding the new office.
2 It’s no good trying to set up a business without careful research.
3 She has no hope of completing her dissertation before the deadline.
4 We have no intention of meeting the client until our marketing strategy is finished.
5 Even if you don’t like social media, there’s no doubt that a lot of people use it.
6 We wanted a website designer, but there was no suggestion that we were going to ask Jim to do the job.
7 There is no alternative but to come up with some new ideas. / We have no alternative…
8 No matter how much you like social media, meeting a friend for coffee is more fun!
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book p. 104 part 5 - Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1 post
2 writes
3 rocket
4 box
5 game
6 win-win
part 7 - Rewrite the sentences with more cautious language (to make them less certain).
1 It seems that James Cameron has… / James Cameron seems to have an obsession…
2 Arguably the most difficult thing was… / The most difficult thing was arguably…
3 He is reported to have tweeted: “Hitting bottom never felt so good.”
4 People who (usually) undertake such missions tend to be scientists, not film directors.
5 In the future, these missions will likely be manned rather than unmanned.
  ...missions are likely to be...
6 The Mariana Trench is estimated to be 7 miles deep.
  It is estimated that the Mariana Trench is 7 miles deep.
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BREAK
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http://imgur.com/gallery/mD8TF - US maps of dialect differences (for example, different words for “sub sandwich” or “soda” in different parts of the country)
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TEST
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Compound nouns: two (or more) nouns combined together to make a single thing

Sometimes they are written together, sometimes they are written separately:
water fountain = a type of fountain for water
air-conditioner = a “conditioner” for the air
motorboat = a boat that has a motor
boat motor = the motor for a boat

The head noun goes last (this is the noun that tells us what the thing is).
English learner = a learner of English (i.e. a person who is learning English)
learner English = English that is spoken by learners
language classroom = the classroom where people study a language
classroom language = the language (vocabulary) used in a classroom
(classroom = the room where a class happens)

Compound nouns have stronger stress (and higher intonation) on the first word, and it falls for each word after that.
Adjectives with nouns have (approximately) the same stress on both words.
An (^)English (v)teacher is a teacher who teaches the English language)
An (-)English (-)teacher is a teacher from England.

Also remember that the relationship between the two words of a compound can be different for different compounds:
olive oil, peanut oil, palm oil, coconut oil = oil made from these things
baby oil, gun oil, motor oil = oil used for these things