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L4 passive homework

Passive: present and past simple on Prezi

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/passive-voice-simplepresent1.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

L4 used to

1. He/ live / Tufnell Park.

He used to live in Tufnell Park.

2. There/ be/ two shops.

There were two shops in 1960.

There used to be two shops

3. He/ not have / washing machine

He didn’t have a washing machine when he was young.

He didn’t use to have washing machine.

4. He/ travel / by bus

He travelled by bus. He used to travel by bus.

5. Tony Blair / live/ in Islington

TB lived in Islington TB used to live in Islington

6. People / not watch/ many American films

People didn’t watch….. People didn’t use to watch…

Tony Blair used to live in Islington

State = he lived in London but now he doesn’t

Finished action in the past

He used to travel by bus.

Repeated action = he travelled by bus repeatedly in the past

Finished action in the past

I lived in Plymouth when I was 10 years old. (when)

I used to live in Plymouth (don’t need to know when)

Subject (I, he) + USED TO + infinitive (go)

Subject + didn’t + USE TO + infinitive

Did + subject + USE TO + infinitive …?

Practice:

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/exercise1.swf

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/exercise2.swf

L4 futures

Going to: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtofuture/menu.php

Will: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willfuture/menu.php

Present continuous: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentformsforfuture/menu.php

Futures

What’s the difference?

1. Oh, it’s cold. I’ll shut the window

Ø decision at moment of speaking

2. I think Chelsea will beat Arsenal.

Ø Opinion, prediction

3. I’m going to have lunch with my friend on Tuesday.

Ø Plan, intention

4. I’m having lunch with my brother tomorrow;

I’ve booked the table.

Ø Arrangement

5. I might visit Oxford on Saturday.

Ø Not sure, 50/50

Isaac Mizrahi on Fashion: Self-study video

Watch this video for listening and vocabulary.

See here for subtitles: Isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion

L9: Self-study video: Bill Gates on Malaria and Education

In this video, Bill Gates discusses malaria and education.
You only need to watch the first part of the video - stop at 8m10s.
Summarize in 200 words. Use the subtitles if you need them!

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/bill_gates_unplugged.html

Shorter practice> read and listen to this article on the BBC:
BBC Article

L4: 29.08

VERBS + INFINITIVE	VERBS + -ING	VERBS + OBJECT + INFINITIVE
afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, care, choose, dare, decide, deserve, expect, forget, happen, help, hope, learn, manage, offer, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, threaten, want, wish	admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, delay, deny, dislike, enjoy, face, fancy, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, can´t help, imagine, keep, look forward to, mind, miss, practise, put off, resist, risk, can´t stand, suggest, understand	advise, allow, ask, cause, encourage, expect, forbid, force, get, hate, help, invite, leave, like, love, mean, need, order, permit, persuade, prefer, recommend, remind, teach, tell, want, warn, wish
Examples: Thelma´s boss refuses to give her a pay rise. I´ve arranged to see the doctor on Tuesday.	Examples: Andrew admitted cheating in the exam. Elena has given up smoking	Examples: Dennis persuaded me to go on holiday with him. Can you ask the taxi driver to wait?
VERBS + INFINITIVE or -ING
advise, allow, can´t bear, begin, continue, forbid, forget, go, hate, intend, like, love, prefer, remember, start, stop, try* *These verbs change meaning
Examples: I was on my way home when it started to rain = I was on my way home when it started raining

Adapted from: http://www.fiestaesl.com/tableverbpatterns.html

extra homework: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode30/languagepoint.shtml