Advanced Grammar II

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This is going to be our distance learning room. I hope everybody can participate and keep track of the lessons and activities every week.


Using this blog will be relevant in the learning of grammar during this quarter. Enjoy it!


First, I present some websites with information and practices about quantifiers and determiners. Check them out  and complete the exercises if possible. Write comments at the end of each lesson.


Some - Any
Many Much Little Few  Game
All, Whole, Both
each, every, all
No, none, not any
Something Somebody


Mixed Practice




I hope you had some fun, all of you are smart students, the whole group will use blogs for each lesson. There a few things that can search by yourself. Keep in mind that learning demands a lot of efforts.
Any comments?


Relative Clauses


Video


1. What is a relative clause
2. Participle
3. Prepositions
4. Quiz




Pronouns and substitution or leaving out words


Reflexive Pronouns
One and Ones
Leaving out words




ADVERBS GAME GO THERE!
All to know about adverbs

WHAT'S THIS FOR?

 

 

WHAT ARE THESE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCUSSION:

 

1. What are the technological tools that you use everyday?

 

 

2. Which invention do you think is the most important nowadays?

 

 

3. What are some everyday objects that you use everyday (

technology)

 

 

4. Make a list of words related to technology and computers.

 

 

 

 

 

The use of infinitives and gerunds.

 

Check this information out for a better understanding of the lesson Click here!

RATE YOUR COMPUTERS USAGE

Use: Often, sometimes, hardly ever, never.

Send or receive e-mails

For paying bills

To play games

To find information on the web

For doing school assignments

To learn languages

For writing letters

To check the weather

To read the news

For downloading music

Now is time for the assignment. Post a comment about the video (summary of what you understood)




 

PROJECT

                                              

                                                       

 It has been an awesome time sharing different ideas, contents, exercises and activities. I hope you have improved your skills.

                               

Your project is going to be very easy: you have hand in a CD with the evidence that you made all the assigments by yourself. In order to do it, you have to use Camstudio and a microphone or speaker to record your own voice.

If you have any question, you can write them in the comments and I will be willing to answer to those qustions. It is going to be interesting and fun, enjoy it!

Module #4 Phrasal verbs

   A funny way to start a lesson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolR6fMke3U

What comes to your mind when you hear...

Break down?
 
Come across?


Give up?



Phrasal verbs

Phrasal Phrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition. Study them as you come across them, rather than trying to memorize many at once. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning.

1. We often use out/off/up with verbs of movement: for example

The bus was full. We couldn´t get on
She got into the car and drove off
*Usually the second word gives an special meaning to the verb. for example
Look out. There is a car coming! (= be careful)

2. Sometimes a phrasal verb is followed by a preposition: for example

Why did you run away from me?
I am looking forward to my vacation?

3. Sometimes a phrasal verb has an object. Usually there are two positions for the object. So you can say:
                                                                                 object

I turned of the light                or            I turned the light off
                      object 




This following website will help you to clarify doubts. Check it out

Let´s try this practices online. Take a look
Use Camstudio during the exercises.

Workshop. Now you are ready to role play. Creaty a short conversation (could be funny) using phrasal verbs

Module #3 Prepositions

Prepositions can be used to show where something is located.

Look at this picture and provide answers to these questions: Where are the books? where is the TV?
Where is the picture?


IN
We use in for an enclosed space
For example:
The dog is in the garden.
She is in a taxi.
Put it in the box.

ON 
We use on for a surface 
For example:
The cat sat on the chair.
The dish is on the table.
 We also use on for position of streets
For example:
I used to live on Portland Street.

AT

We use at for an specific point  

For example:
Someone is at the door.
They are waiting at the bus stop.
I used to live at 51 Portland Street.


Look at these examples for a deeper understanding of the use of prepositions of place Check this.  prep
After that try to create examples using the expessions on that website


Now you are ready practice by yourself. Complete the Quiz 
Use Camstudio during the exercises

Extra activity: GAME

Extra explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLX9UqIo_kw

Module #2 Word order

LET´S START PLAYING!

Hangman

This lesson will help you to understand the english word order regarding to verb+object 

The verb and the object of the verb usually go together. We do not usually put other words between them:

Look at the following examples and notice how the verb and  the object go together each time:

She cleans the house every weekend  (not She cleans every weekend the house)

Do you speak english fluently? (not Do you speak fluently English?)

PLACE AND TIME

Usually the verb and the place (where?) go together
Ex. Go home, live in a city, walk to work

If the verb has and object, the place comes after the verb+object
Take somebody home, meet a friend int he street

Time (when, how often, how long) usually goes after the place
Tom walks to work every morning
                     place           time

In the following link you will find more examples of the English word order. Extra!

Exercises
Is the word order right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.  

1. Everybody enjoyed the party very much.         ____________________________________ 
2. Tom walks every morning to work                   ____________________________________ 
3. Jim does not like very much soccer                  ____________________________________ 
4. I ate quickly my dinner and I went out             ____________________________________ 
5. Did you go late to bed last night?                     ____________________________________ 

Scramble these sentences in the right order.

1. (the party / very much / everybody enjoyed)   ____________________________________
2. (we won / easily / the game)                            ____________________________________
3. (quietly / the door / I closed)                           ____________________________________
4. (again / please do not ask / that question)       _____________________________________

Assignment: 

• Learning English is a funny task. Here you will find games, riddles and jokes that will help you to acquire more vocabulary. Have fun! 

WORD ORDER CLASS #2

Some adverbs go with the verb in the middle of a sentence:

      Tom always drives to work
      We were feeling very tired. And we were also hungry.

      Your car has probably been stolen

Study these rules for the position of adverbs in the middle of the sentence. They are only general rules, so there are exceptions.

      If the verb is one word (fell) the adverb usually goes before the verb:
                        I almost fell as I was going down the stairs.
    
      But adverbs go after    am/are/is/was/were

You are never on time!

     If the verb is two or more words (can remember) the adverb goes after the first verb

I can never remember his name

We use all and both in these positions:

                       We all felt sick after the meal.
                       My parents are both teachers.

Sometime we use is/will/did instead of repeating part of the sentence

He always says that he won´t be late, but he always is.

Let´s practice! 

What do you have to know

Let´s start discussing the syllabus


In this seccion you will find an introductory lesson about the use of the technology that we are going to use.
You must know how to surf into my blog, english-for.blogspot.com and you need to know how to use camstudio (the software that I will provide)

What is blogger?
What do you need to start?
How to make tutorials?
How to make comments?

Let´s check the first lesson!