2016-08-29 Core: 10 review and test

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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NO SCHOOL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5
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Homework: Write about an initiation ceremony or ritual that you know about. (It can be one of the examples on p. 127 part 8, and make sure you include the information in the second set of bullet points.)
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p. 128 part 1 - change the adjectives into their adverb (or adverb phrase) form to complete the sentences 1-6 in the interview, and then rewrite the italic sentences (a-d) to include tag questions
1 in a concerted way (remember, many past participial adjectives don’t have -ly adverbs)
2 fast
3 hard
4 hardly
5 incredibly
6 in a friendly way
a Your main purpose was to protect the reef, wasn’t it?
b You got the help of the government, didn’t you?
c That has changed, hasn’t it? / That has changed, has it?
d You can relax now, can’t you?
supposed to - don’t pronounce the ‘e’ in ‘ed’
supposedly - yes pronounce the ‘e’
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part 3 - Complete the collocations, and then tell your partner if they are true about you
1 close-knit
2 second-generation
3 extended family
4 do my best
5 lend a helping hand
6 cultural heritage
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Handout part 4 - animal verbs - Complete the sentence with the correct animal verb (possibly including a preposition) - except for 1 and 3, they are all on p. 121
1 (swans around)
2 wolfed down
3 (beavered away - ?)
4 duck out of
5 horsed around / were horsing around
6 parroted
7 hounding
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handout part 5 - expressions with “free” (p. 122)
1 Yes, please feel free.
2 People hardly ever get off scot-free.
3 It’s just a free-for-all with everyone…
4 I know there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch.
5 They pretty much gave me free rein.
6 He is a free spirit.

Let’s take a rain check. = Let’s try to do this at a later time instead.
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p. 128 part 5 - Choose the correct response to show interest in these conversations.
1 e / f
2 b
3 f
4 d
5 a
6 c / f
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handout part 2 - add tag questions
1 doesn’t she
2 haven’t we
3 aren’t I / am I not
4 would you
5 was it
6 shall we
7 weren’t they
8 won’t they
9 have they
10 okay / would you
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BREAK
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handout part 3 - use the adverbial form of the adjectives in brackets
1 Ants are remarkably strong and can lift many times their own body weight. (remarkable)
2 Male birds carefully build nests to attract females. (careful)
3 The news about her mother’s illness hit her hard. (hard)
  The news about her mother’s illness hardly hit her. (This means it had almost no effect.)
4 The wages were so bad the people could scarcely afford to buy food. (scarce)
5 This hospital has been designed and built in an organized way. (organised) (the ‘z’ is American English)
6 If their nests are damaged, ants can repair them surprisingly quickly. (surprising)
7 She reluctantly met them in a bar for a drink after work. (reluctant)
8 At night, ants fearlessly walk the forest floor, looking for food and building materials. (fearless)
9 The meal was barely edible. It was cold and it tasted disgusting. (bare)
10 Bees can sometimes dance in a complicated way to ‘tell’ other bees about sources of food. (complicated)
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TEST