There will be no class on Wednesday, May 1, because I will working on the Level 4 Writing and Speaking tests. We will have an important test on Thursday. Come on time! The test will last the whole class.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Present Perfect and Simple Past: Questions for Your Classmates
1. Have you ever won more than $10? name:
_______________
When
did you win the money? _____________ How much did you win? ____
How did you spend it? __________________________
2. Have you ever gone on a cruise? name: _______________
When did you go on a cruise? _____________
How big was the ship?
Would you recommend the line (=company) to other people? Why? Why not?
3. Have you ever taken music lessons? name:
_______________
When?
_____________ What instrument did you play? ___________
Do you still play? ___
4. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? name:
_______________
When
did you get a speeding ticket? _____________ How fast were you going? (=driving) ___ miles per hour (not kilometers)
How much was the fine? (罚款单, multa, штраф, غرامة )
How much did you have to pay?)
kilometers miles
per
hour per hour kph mph60 → 37 120 → 75
70 → 43 140 → 87
80 → 49 150 → 93
90 → 55 160 → 99
100 → 62 170 → 106
110 → 68 180 → 112
5. Have you ever lived in another country besides
(= not including, 除了…之外, excepto,
исключа́яباستثناء,) here or your
native country? name: _______________
When
did you live in another country? _____________ What did you like most about the country?
What did you do for a living when you lived there?
6. Have you ever met a famous person? name:
_______________
When
did you meet a famous person? _____________ Who was it?
What was s/he like?
Example: nice, quiet, shy, unfriendly. S/he looked older/younger/prettier than in his/her pictures.
7. Have you ever been in an accident? name:
_______________
When
were you in an accident? _____________ Did anyone get hurt? ___
Whose fault was it? (错, ¿Quién fue el culpable?, вина́, خطأ، غلطة،)
8. Have you ever gone back to your native country? name: _______________
When did you go back to your native country? _____________
Were things different than when you lived there? If so, how?
Do you like it better here or there now?
Transportation Review
Student A: Transportation Review
1. I am a person walking down the street. You want
to know where the Muni station is.
What do you ask me? Answer: Excuse
me, where is the Muni station?
2. I am a bus driver. You want to know if I go to Market and Third Street. What do you ask me?
Answer: Excuse me, do you go to Market and Third Street?
3. I am a person on the street. You want to go to Fisherman’s Wharf. /worf/ Ask me where you catch the bus. Answer: Excuse me, where do I catch the bus to go to Fisherman’s Wharf?
5. I am a person on the street. You want to go to Stonestown. /'stonz taʊn/ Ask me how you can get there. Answer: Excuse me, how can I get to Stonestown?
7. I am a BART employee. You need to go to Daly City. Ask me which train you should take.
Answer: Excuse me, I need to go to Daly City. Which train should I take? (or Which train should I take to go to Daly City?)
9. I am a person in the BART station. Ask me how much the fare is to go to Twelfth Street in Oakland. Answer: Excuse me, how much is the fare to go to Twelfth Street in Oakland?
Student B: Transportation Review
2. I am your friend. Ask me where you can buy a
Fast Pass. Answer: Excuse me, where can I buy a Fast Pass?4. I am a bus driver. You want to know if I stop at Market and Van Ness. What do you ask me?
Answer: Excuse me, do you stop at Market and Van Ness?
6. I work at the front desk in a hotel. You are a hotel guest. Ask me if public transportation goes to the airport. Answer: Excuse me, does public transportation go to the airport?
8. I am a BART station agent. You are a tourist. Ask me how to get to Berkeley on BART.
Answer: Excuse me, how do I get to Berkeley on BART?
10. I am a person walking down the street. You are new to San Francisco. Ask me how far it is to Union Square. Answer: Excuse me, how far is it to Union Square?
Level 4 Tests for Level 4 Certificate: Ramon Garcia, Jie Hua Yu, Hui Hang
Ramon Garcia (Writing)
Go to Room 418 at 10:00 on Monday. Tell Mr. Quintana that you are in Mr. Trego's Level 5.
Jie Hua Yu (Listening)
Hui Huang (Listening)
Go to Room 418 at 10:00 on Tuesday. Tell Mr. Quintana that you are in Mr. Trego's Level 5.
All Other Students:
For the Level 4 Writing test, go to Room 418 at 10:00 on Monday. Tell Mr. Quintana that you are in Mr. Trego's Level 5.
For the Level 4 Listening test, go to Room 418 at 10:00 on Tuesday. Tell Mr. Quintana that you are in Mr. Trego's Level 5.
For the Reading or Speaking test, you must speak to me immediately on Monday.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Stative and Continuous Verbs, Ex. 1 & 2
2. promise
3. sounds
4. is seeing
5. does mean
6. has
7. is
8. am tasting
9. Are you having
10. thinks
11. see
12. am having
13. am thinking
14. are you being
15. have
16. understands/understood
17. wants
18. looks
19. Do you want me
20. think
21. tastes
22. believe
Present Perfect or Simple Past? Linda uses index cards to help her remember new vocabulary.
2 went
3 went
4 has enjoyed
5 handed out
6 was
7 has turned in
8 have had
For or Since?
1. For
2. Since
3. for
4. for
5. since (=since two years ago. For example, it's 2013 now, two years ago would be 2011=since 2011)
Emergency Vocabulary Test Practice
1. Band-Aid
2. unconscious
3. cast
4. ambulance
5. crutches
6. IV
7. intersection
8. stretcher
9. windshield
10. pale
11. concussion
12. swollen
Listening Links (not working?)
Some students have told me that some of the links to the listening exercises aren't working. This might be because too many students have listening during the month. There is a limit. After that, you have to pay (!) or wait until the beginning of the month. This is why I tell you not to share the links with your friends outside class (especially in China, 1.3 billion people!).
Nonetheless, if a link isn't working, copy it and send it to me so I can check what's happening.
Nonetheless, if a link isn't working, copy it and send it to me so I can check what's happening.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Stative Verbs: Verbs that don't usually use -ING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p9M7FhSYcH4
There's a little mistake at the beginning:
"I have been working" is NOT future perfect continuous tense; it is PRESENT perfect continuous tense.
There's a little mistake at the beginning:
"I have been working" is NOT future perfect continuous tense; it is PRESENT perfect continuous tense.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Present, Simple Past, Past Participle, Part D
February 22, 2010 06:29 AM PST
5-PastParticiplesPtD
he hears he heard he has heard
he holds he held he has held
he holds he held he has held
he lays (=he puts) he laid he has laid
he pays he paid he has paid
he pays he paid he has paid
he lies (=to recline) he lay he has lain
he loses he lost he has lost
he makes he made he has made
he means /mi:nz/ he meant /mεnt/ he has meant /mεnt/
he runs he ran he has run
he says /sεz/ he said /sεd/ he has said /sεd/
he sees he saw he has seen
he sells he sold he has sold
he tells he told he has told
he loses he lost he has lost
he makes he made he has made
he means /mi:nz/ he meant /mεnt/ he has meant /mεnt/
he runs he ran he has run
he says /sεz/ he said /sεd/ he has said /sεd/
he sees he saw he has seen
he sells he sold he has sold
he tells he told he has told
he shoots he shot he has shot
he shows he showed he has shown or he has showed
it sinks it sank it has sunk
he sits he sat he has sat
he shows he showed he has shown or he has showed
it sinks it sank it has sunk
he sits he sat he has sat
he stands he stood he has stood
he understands he understood he has understood
he understands he understood he has understood
he takes he took he has taken
he shakes he shook he has shaken
he shakes he shook he has shaken
he tears he tore he has torn
he wears he wore he has worn
he wears he wore he has worn
he goes he went he has gone
he wins he won he has won
he winds he wound he has wound
he wins he won he has won
he winds he wound he has wound
Speaking Practice: and neither _______ I/mine.
Roland doesn’t like it when students come
late, and neither do I.
He wouldn’t like to work Sundays, and neither would I.
Roland isn’t here on Sunday, and neither am I.
Tell me you are the same. Use and neither _____ I.
1. He doesn’t come here every day, and neither _________.
2. He isn’t taking any credit classes this semester,
3. He didn’t do well on his last test, in a morgue
4. He didn’t come to class yesterday,
5. She wouldn’t like to work in a morgue (停尸室，太平间, depósito m de cadáveres)
6. She didn’t feel very well last weekend,
7. She can’t explain complicated problems to her doctor in English,
8. She hasn’t had a mammogram1 within the last six months2,
1乳房 X射线照片, mamografía 2 in the time between 6 months ago and now
9. Her family doesn’t have a history of heart disease, ____________
He wouldn’t like to work Sundays, and neither would I.
Roland isn’t here on Sunday, and neither am I.
Tell me you are the same. Use and neither _____ I.
1. He doesn’t come here every day, and neither _________.
2. He isn’t taking any credit classes this semester,
3. He didn’t do well on his last test, in a morgue
4. He didn’t come to class yesterday,
5. She wouldn’t like to work in a morgue (停尸室，太平间, depósito m de cadáveres)
6. She didn’t feel very well last weekend,
7. She can’t explain complicated problems to her doctor in English,
8. She hasn’t had a mammogram1 within the last six months2,
1乳房 X射线照片, mamografía 2 in the time between 6 months ago and now
9. Her family doesn’t have a history of heart disease, ____________
Friday, April 19, 2013
Present Perfect or Simple Past? Chu Yuen
1. Chu Yuen studied English for two years in China. Now she's a student at CCSF.
2. She has studied English here for four years, and she enjoys taking classes here.
3. She has been in this level for three semesters because she has to work every day, and she doesn't have (the) time to do (her) homework.
4. She says that she doesn't speak English well because she works with Chinese people all the time.
Simple Present or Present Continuous?
2 going/coming
3 are having
4 picks
5 is visiting
6 are ... shopping
7 am standing
8 am trying
9 wear
10 am looking / am shopping
11 have / carry
Present Perfect or Simple Past: Michael has worked at Shoes & Things since November, 20XX.
Ask six different students. For question #1 and #4, the student must answer 'yes'.
Present Perfect or Simple Past? Read about Juanita.
2. She has studied English for 1-1/2 years at our school. She likes the classes here.
3. She studied English for two years in Mexico.
4. Her school in Mexico offered English and French.
Present Perfect or Simple Present
a. has studied
b. since
c. Her
d. didn't offer
e. took
f. has studied
g. for
h. studied
I. years/semesters?
j. offered
Present Continous or Simple Present?
Spelling rules to remember:
1. Double the final consonant after consonant + vowel + consonant CVC
or CC + vowel + consonant CCVC.
m o p
C V C Right: mopping Wrong:
CCVC Right: shutting Wrong:
2. Don't double the final consonant after two vowels with the same sound (VVC):
e a t Right: eating Wrong:
VVC
3. When a word ends has a final 'e', drop the 'e' and add 'ing'
make Right: making Wrong:
leave Right: leaving Wrong:
1. gets
2. is playing
3. are sleeping
4. is mopping
5. opens
6. are eating
7. drink
8. are you leaving
For Test on Tuesday, April 23!!!
b. ambulance
c. bite
d. Band-Aid / bandage
e. unconscious
f. cast
g. stretchers
h. windshield
I. IV
j. crutches
k. swollen
l. pale
m. concussion
True or False? A man was on vacation in France...
1. false (He was on vacation.)
2. false (His wife had to translate for him.)
3. true (light-headed = dizzy)
4. true (He had a little shortness of breath.)
5. false (He didn't have a history of heart disease in his family.)
6. false (He wasn't taking any medications at that time.)
2. The pain is sharp.
3. No, it doesn't radiate down my arm.
4. Yes, I have been feeling light-headed.
5. Yes, I have had a little shortness of breath.
6. No, I don't have a history of heart disease in my family.
7. I'm not currently taking any medications.
8. So far today, I have eaten some eggs, a bread roll, and coffee.
9. I am 55.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Accident Vocabulary with Listening Link
Listening Link:
level5b doc. 5-4110404-1
a bumped
b shocked
c cut
d stabbed
e performed
f hit
g fell
h slipped fell
i stepped
j trip
k sprained
l splinter
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Health Questionnaire
Ask your partner and
don’t show your paper! Circle his answers.
1. Are or were your parents over 80 years
old? yes no
3. How many years of education do you have?
____
5. Are you easy-going*, or do you get mad
easily? is easy-going / gets mad
easily
*脾氣隨和, acomodadizo, de trato fácil, relajado, спокойный, مرتاح
6. Listen: servings: 部份, porciónes, порция, خدمة تقديم الطعام
سيرفر، خادم انترنت
7. What is your blood pressure? 血壓, presión arterial, кровяно́е давле́ние, ضغط الدم
Example: 140/90 = one forty over
ninety ____ /____
8. Listen: avoid: 避免, evitar, избегать, يتجنب
9. What is your cholesterol level*? ____
*膽固醇, nivel de colesterol, уровень холестерина, نسبة الكولسترول في الدم
10. Listen:
checkup:
进 行 体 检, chequeo,
reconocimiento general, осмотр, فحص
طبي عام
11. Do you have one to two drinks (of wine, beer,
etc.) a day? yes no
Ask
your partner: “Do you think these statements are
true or false?” Circle his opinion.
13. T F If your parents live over 80, you are more
likely* to live over 80.
*可能, probable, вероятный, مرجّح
15. T F People who get angry often usually live
longer than other people.
17. T F People with more education live longer.
19. T F Normal blood pressure is 140 over 90.
Ask
your partner and don’t show your paper! Circle his answers.
2. How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
____
4. How much fat* do you eat? *肥肉, 油脂, grasa, دهن ، دسم
very
little a moderate amount a lot
5. Listen:
easy-going:
* *脾氣隨和, acomodadizo, de trato fácil, relajado, спокойный, مرتاح
6. How many servings* of vegetables do you eat
a day? ____
*部份, porciónes, порция, خدمة
تقديم الطعام سيرفر، خادم انترنت
7. Listen: blood pressure: 血壓, presión arterial,
кровяное давление, ضغط الدم
8. Do you avoid* exercise? For example, do you
take the elevator instead of walking up the stairs? *避免, evitar, избегать, يتجنب yes
no
9. Listen: cholesterol level: 膽固醇, nivel de colesterol, уровень холестерина,
نسبة
الكولسترول في الدم
10. How often do you get a check-up* at your
doctor’s office? __________
* 进 行 体 检, chequeo, reconocimiento general, осмотр, فحص طبي عام
12. How many speeding tickets* have you gotten
(in your whole life)? ____
*a ticket for driving too fast, 超速罚单, multa por exceso de
velocidad, штраф за превыше́ние ско́рости, مخالفة سرعة
Ask your partner:
“Do you think these statements are true or false?” Circle her opinion.
13. likely: 可能, probable,
вероятный, مرجّح
14. T F A cholesterol level above 200 is dangerous.
16. T F Most Americans eat five servings of
vegetables a day.
18. T F Running is better exercise than walking.
20. T F In general, people who get lots of speeding
tickets don’t live as long as other people.
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