Adjective order

Some useful links about the order of adjectives, some have interactive exercises:

- http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
- http://mbonillo.xavierre.com/httpdocs/gramatica/adjorder.html
- http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-order.htm

Answers

The answers for the reading comprehension exercise set as homework from page 25 (4C) of the workbook are the following:
1. a
2. 2) However, 3) instead of, 4) despite, 5) Nevertheless, 6) since.
3. 1) a, 2) b. 3) c, 4) b, 5) a.
4. 2) as, 3) even though, 4) whereas, 5) instead of, 6) apart from.

Manners!

Check out these four ladies discussing manners around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMnIsj5yM0

TAKE THAT!

Have a look at this document and study the meaning of the expressions with TAKE and the different uses of the -ing form.

TAKE & -ing

1.  1. He got depressed because he was taking notice of people who criticised him.

The plane was taking off when the engine broke down.

2. 2.   Despite taking advice from his parents, he got into deep trouble.

Apart from taking back what he said, he apologized to her parents too.

3.  3.  He spent years taking advantage of her.

She imagined her wedding taking place in St. Paul’s cathedral.

I saw him taking good care of his grandma.

4.    4. Children taking their mother for granted usually find it difficult to manage on their own.

Teenagers taking up smoking are bound to die sooner.

5.   5. Taking sides in family arguments is risky.

Taking down the old building was a mistake.

6.   6.  She avoids taking too many risks in life.

I love taking my time in the morning.

She  doesn’t mind taking charge of the company.

7.   7.  There’s no point in taking life too seriously.

It’s a waste of time taking responsibility for the things you shouldn’t.

It’s worth taking part in drama activities to improve your fluency in English.

It’s no use taking the mickey out of her because she will get you back sooner or later.

8.       8. The cooking…

9.      9.  The book is highly entertaining.

Once you finished, I'd like you to do some research on the meaning of the following idiomatic expressions and  then write up a sentence or a story showing you are able to use them correctly.
TAKE A BACK SEAT
TAKE FOR A RIDE
TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
TAKE HEART
TAKE THE BISCUIT/ CAKE
TAKE THE PLUNGE

Remember to revise the meaning(s) and main uses of the prepositions that TAKE takes to form PHRASALs: aback, after, apart, away, back, down, for, in, off, on, out, to, up.

Personality

Check out this SlideShare Presentation to widen the range of adjectives to describe people's personality.

Personality

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Lesson 22nd September 2010

Thank you for the interesting suggestions during the lesson!
Here are the links we looked at and I would appreciate your comments, of course!

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV0YbYECU7A (Julia Roberts-Oscar)
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8867000/8867923.stm (This is about another phone box, but when I tried to search for exactly the same article as we viewed in class, the BBC search engine produced lots of other related news about the rescuing of old red BT phone boxes which have been turned into village library all over the UK!) I hope you find it interesting. There's an interesting word for it too: bookcrossing.
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ This is the main site and I strongly recommend you to browse through it. 
4. We looked at the 6minutesEnglish about OAPs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/09/100916_6min_ageing_population_page.shtml
5. a chapter of The Flatmates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDBa9prgxxE
6. and the explanation of the word "manky" in the section on vocabulary about keeping your English up to date: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1453_uptodate3/page12.shtml. This audio belongs to the series 3, but feel free to listen to any other word in the other of the 6 series created so far. Perhaps you could select one that you found particularly interesting and tell us about it in our next class!

Just a reminder about the homework(HW) set for Monday's lesson: Workbook (WB) p.25.
See you on Monday and have a nice weekend!

Greetings

Dear students,
I am very pleased to meet you and wish you all the very best in this last year of your English studies. This blog is intended to help you out in case you wish to revise the extra bits and bobs we have done in each lesson. I will also include some extra links for reinforcement and/or extension options.
See you soon!