Class 11.11.14

In this class we studied sections of pages 68 - 71 & WB p.34 Ex 3

Grammar:

Mixed contitionals 

Vocabulary:

Surveillance collocations

Reading:

'We'll be watching you'

Speaking: 
Tracking and tags - surveillance dis/advantages.

Review:

Mixed conditionals
Expressions with 'get'.

Homework:

WB p.34 Ex 1, 2 + 3

Mixed conditionals explained.

Mixed conditionals are called 'mixed' because they use two different conditionals.

Compare these sentences from SB p.68, 5c

1a If the kidnapper hadn’t licked that envelope, (Past = 3rd conditional) he wouldn’t be in prison now. (Present = 2nd conditional)

1b If the kidnapper hadn’t licked that envelope, (Past = 3rd conditional) he wouldn’t have gone to prison. (Past = 3rd conditional)

2a If they weren’t such good actors, (Present = 2nd conditional) most of them would probably have been found out much earlier. (Past = 3rd conditional)

2b If they hadn’t been such good actors, (Past = 3rd conditional) most of them would probably have been found out much earlier. (Past = 3rd conditional)

The mixed conditonals are 2nd + 3rd, of course.

Writing correction code

Writing correction code © BBC | British Council 2007

WW = Wrong word           As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT = Wrong time              As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF = Wrong form             As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing snow.
WO = Wrong order           As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP =  Spelling                    As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P = Punctuation                 As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X = Extra word                 As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M =  Missing word            As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R = Register                      As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? = Not clear                     As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! = Silly mistake!               As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW = Try re-writing         Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.

Writing Tips: How to use 'recommend'

Here's an explanation from the BBC website Learning English, which I hope will clarify the use of recommend. We don’t use the subjunctive very much in contemporary English unless we wish to sound very formal. With verbs likesuggest, recommend, insist and adjectives like important,essential, imperative, crucial, vital, we often use should +infinitive instead of the subjunctive or we can use the normal tense form. The reporting verbs and adjectives above are normally followed by a that-clause in which that itself is often omitted. In your example, Olly, ‘It’s important that the lesson be funny’ sounds too formal. We would normally say: ‘It’s important that the lesson should be funny.’ Compare also the following: The doctor recommended (that) he should give up smoking.  The doctor recommended (that) he give up smoking. (More formal) The doctor recommended (that) he gives up smoking. (Less formal)

Class 4.11.14

In this class we studied sections of pages 66 - 69 & WB p.34 Ex 4

Grammar:

Contitionals 0 - 3rd.

Listening: 

Forensic investigation.

Vocabulary:

Crime

Listening CD2 - 18

Reading:

For H/W 'It's a hard life.'

Speaking: 

Important decisions

Special talents

Review:

Adverbials 

Homework:

Reading p.69

Questions p.66 1c

Vocabulary 7B:

Vocabulary 7B: Listening CD2 18

To outwit = To trick. 
(Not) to have a lot to go on = (Not) to have much evidence. 
To kidnap = To capture a person, usually in order to demand money. 
A seal /si:l/ = A way to close something. 
To lick = To touch something with your tongue. 
To be easier said than done = To be difficult to do. 
DNA = Our genetic code. 
To slide through = To cross very carefully. 
To come in handy = To be useful. 
A burglar = A thief who steals from your home. 
To get away with something = Not to get caught. 
Providing + subj + infinitive = On condition that. 
To trace /treis/ = to find. 

Class 30.10.14

In this class we studied WB p.71

Vocabulary:

Formal complaints

Writing:

Letters of complaint.

Reading:
a letter of complaint

Speaking: 
Holiday disasters.

Complaining

Review:

Adverbials board game, 'Grab a word.'

Homework:
A formal letter of complaint. 120-140 words. See WB p.71 Ex 8

Write double space for corrections. No hand-writing, please. Print, and bring it to class.