Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Language work - 'ing' forms
Language work - 'ing' forms
Read the information about -ing forms and infinitives:
the -ing form
We can use the -ing form of the verb:
as a noun:
I love swimming.
Swimming is very good for your health.
You can get fit by swimming regularly.
after a preposition:
By having a blast.
I’ve always been interested in learning languages.
after some verbs
We enjoy cooking and going to the cinema.
Common verbs followed by an -ing object are:
admit, like, hate, start, avoid, suggest, enjoy, dislike, begin, finish
After verbs like see, watch, hear, smell etc.
I heard someone playing the piano.
I can smell something burning.
the infinitive
We use the infinitive (‘to __’)
after certain verbs, particularly verbs of thinking and feeling: choose, decide, expect, forget, hate, hope, intend, learn, like, love, mean, plan, prefer, remember, want, would like, would love
I’m hoping to find out the secret of his success
I’d like to learn more about the history of his companies.
… and verbs of saying:
agree, promise, refuse
He promised not to tell anyone.
She agreed to do the extra work for a small fee.
after certain adjectives.
We use ‘to ___’ after many adjectives including:
disappointed, glad, sad, happy, anxious, pleased, surprised, proud, unhappy, able, unable, due, eager, keen, likely, unlikely, ready
We were happy to come to the end of our journey.
Unfortunately I was unable to work for over a week.
We often use the to-infinitive after these adjectives to give opinions:
difficult, easy, possible, impossible, hard, right, wrong, kind, nice, clever, silly
It’s easy to play the piano, but it’s very difficult to play well.
He spoke so quickly it was impossible to understand him.
© British Council
Read the information about -ing forms and infinitives:
the -ing form
We can use the -ing form of the verb:
as a noun:
I love swimming.
Swimming is very good for your health.
You can get fit by swimming regularly.
after a preposition:
By having a blast.
I’ve always been interested in learning languages.
after some verbs
We enjoy cooking and going to the cinema.
Common verbs followed by an -ing object are:
admit, like, hate, start, avoid, suggest, enjoy, dislike, begin, finish
After verbs like see, watch, hear, smell etc.
I heard someone playing the piano.
I can smell something burning.
the infinitive
We use the infinitive (‘to __’)
after certain verbs, particularly verbs of thinking and feeling: choose, decide, expect, forget, hate, hope, intend, learn, like, love, mean, plan, prefer, remember, want, would like, would love
I’m hoping to find out the secret of his success
I’d like to learn more about the history of his companies.
… and verbs of saying:
agree, promise, refuse
He promised not to tell anyone.
She agreed to do the extra work for a small fee.
after certain adjectives.
We use ‘to ___’ after many adjectives including:
disappointed, glad, sad, happy, anxious, pleased, surprised, proud, unhappy, able, unable, due, eager, keen, likely, unlikely, ready
We were happy to come to the end of our journey.
Unfortunately I was unable to work for over a week.
We often use the to-infinitive after these adjectives to give opinions:
difficult, easy, possible, impossible, hard, right, wrong, kind, nice, clever, silly
It’s easy to play the piano, but it’s very difficult to play well.
He spoke so quickly it was impossible to understand him.
© British Council
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
An Okie is a resident or native of Oklahoma
An Okie is a resident or native of Oklahoma. Like most terms that disparage specific groups, it was applied by the dominant cultural group.[1] It is derived from the name of the state, similar to Texan or Tex for someone from Texas, or Arkie or Arkansawyer for a native of Arkansas.
In the 1930s in California, the term (often used in contempt) came to refer to very poor migrants from Oklahoma (and nearby states). TheDust Bowl, and the "Okie" migration of the 1930s brought in over a million newly displaced people; many headed to the farm labor jobs advertised in California's Central Valley.
Dunbar-Ortiz (1996) argues that 'Okie' denotes much more than being from Oklahoma. By 1950, four million individuals, or one quarter of all persons born in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, or Missouri, lived outside the region, primarily in the West.
Source: Wikipedia
Preparation for Work
Key
Vocabulary Words
Hire, How
long, Opportunities, Skills, Bilingual, responsible, Hours, Resume, Qualify,
Computer Skills
Preparation
for Work
B: Hi I’m Sarah Thompson, we spoke on the phone.
A: Hi Sarah, I’m Bill Stevenson, have a seat. I just have a few
questions.
A: Tell me, are you working now?
B: Yes, I am working at Molly Maid in San Clemente.
A: How long have you worked there?
B: I have worked there for two years.
A: Why are you looking for a new job?
B: Well, I am hoping to get better opportunities for myself
and for my family.
A: Tell me about your skills...
B: I am bilingual, I speak Spanish and English. I have also
taken computer classes.
A: Why should I hire you for this Job?
B: I am very responsible. I always come to work on time.
A: Would you like to ask me anything about the job?
B: I would like to know what my hours would be?
A: Your hours would be nine to five, five days a week, Monday
through Friday.
B: Would you like my resume?
A: Thank you, we will be contacting you soon if you qualify
for this position
Friday, January 23, 2015
Homonyms
Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
2. a word that is both a homophone and a homograph, that is, exactly the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “to ornament metal.”.
3.(loosely) a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear “to carry; support” and bear “animal” or lead “to conduct” and lead “metal;” a homograph.
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WORD LIST:
HOMONYMS
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
ad/add
affect/effect
ail/ale
aisle/I'll
ant/aunt
ate/eight
be/bee
beach/beech
beat/beet
bald/bawled
bare/bear
base/bass
billed/build
blew/blue
by/bye/buy
cell/sell
cent/scent/sent
chili/chilly
close/clothes
days/daze
dear/deer
do/dew/due
die/dye
died/dyed
doe/dough
earn/urn
ewe/yew/you
facts/fax
fare/fair
fairy/ferry
feat/feet
fir/fur
flea/flee
flew/flu/flue
flour/flower
for/fore/four
forth/fourth
foul/fowl
groan/grown
guessed/guest
gym/Jim
hair/hare
hairy/Harry
hall/haul
halve/have
he'd/heed
heal/heel
hear/here
heard/herd
hi/high
him/hymn
hour/our
idle/idol
in/inn
it's/its
knead/need
know/no
knows/nose
lay/lei
lead/led
leak/leek
lends/lens
lessen/lesson
lie/lye
links/lynx
loan/lone
lochs/locks/lox
made/maid
mail/male
main/mane
maize/maze
mall/maul
manner/manor
massed/mast
meat/meet
missed/mist
moan/mown
moose/mousse
morning/mourning
muscle/mussel
navel/naval
none/nun
not/knot
oar/or/ore
oh/owe
one/won
overdo/overdue
pail/pale
pane/pain
pair/pare/pear
passed/past
pause/paws
pea/pee
peace/piece
peak/peek
pedal/peddle
pi/pie
plane/plain
pole/poll
pray/prey
presence/presents
pride/pryed
prince/prints
profit/prophet
pros/prose
quarts/quartz
racket/racquet
rain/reign ©2001-2008 abcteach.com
raise/rays/raze
rap/wrap
read/red
read/reed
real/reel
recede/reseed
review/revue
roe/row
right/rite/write
ring/wring
road/rode/rowed
roam/Rome
role/roll
root/route
rote/wrote
rough/ruff
rye/wry
sachet/sashay
sacks/sax
sail/sale
scene/seen
sea/see
seam/seem
sear/seer
serf/surf
sew/so
shoe/shoo
sic/sick
sighs/size
Sioux/sue
slay/sleigh
soar/sore
sole/soul
some/sum
son/sun
sonny/sunny
soot/suit
stair/stare
stake/steak
straight/strait
suite/sweet
tea/tee
team/teem
tense/tents
tern/turn
their/there/they're
threw/through
throne/thrown
tic/tick
to/too/two
toad/told
toe/tow
toon/tune
urn/earn
vain/vein
vary/very
verses/versus
vial/vile
vice/vise
wade/weighed
wail/whale
waist/waste
waive/wave
walk/wok
war/wore
ware/wear/where
we/wee
we'd/weed
we're/were
weak/week
whine/wine
whoa/woe
wood/would
yoke/yolk
you're/your
you'll/yule
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