Past Continuous/Simple Past: Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test.

Fill in the blanks with words from the list below. Pay attention to the tense.

ask         hand out     cheat          come      give            step out

finish     look            sit down     take        write          forget

try          leave         

     Yesterday Mr. Trego gave a test.  After he handed out the test, he sat down at his desk and looked around the classroom to see what was happening.  Most students were busy.  They were writing answers on their papers.  But others were looking into the air with a confused look on their faces.  They  were trying to figure out the answers.  Mr. Trego needed to get something from his office, so he stepped out of the classroom for a moment. When he came back in, two students were cheating.  One woman was asking her friend for the answers.  Mr. Trego took away their papers and wrote "0%" at the top. Several students finished the test very early, and they left a half hour before the class finished.

Before I came to the U.S., I used to be...

Before I came to the U.S., I use to used to be healthy, and I didn’t used use to get sick very often. Here, I catch colds all the time. Last year, I have had six colds! Maybe it's because of the cool weather here. (=Maybe the reason I had six colds last year IS because of the cool weather here.)

Speaking: Comparative Review A view of the Golden Gate Bridge is more beautiful than...

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1. a view (景色,vista, вид) of the wall next door

a view of the Golden Gate Bridge (beautiful)
2. mathematics algebra (代数 алгебра) (hard)
3. Safeway Costco (expensive)
4. Mr. Trego you (short)
5. soccer football (American)
6. a Muni ticket a lottery ticket (cheap)
7. Canada Mexico (cold in the winter)
8. giving a present giving a gift certificate (thoughtful 体贴的，为他人考虑的, considerado)
9. cotton wool (羊毛 , lana, шерсть) (cool)
10. New York Miami (warm in December)
11. Mr. Trego’s English your English (good)
12. smoking not getting enough sleep (bad)
13. potato chips bread (salty)
14. San Francisco Los Angeles (big)

 

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Speaking: Comparative Review New York is farther from San Francisco than...

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 15. L.A. or New York (far from San Francisco)
16. France Haiti (rich)
17. The Nile River The Amazon River (long)
18. Old Navy Nordstrom (high-priced)
19. the city the countryside (peaceful 平安的，平静的, tranquilo)
20. a car a motorcycle (easy to park)
21. a university professor a high school teacher (educated)
22. an avocado a banana (sweet)
23. a slice of pizza a slice of bread (fattening)
24. aluminum (铝, aluminio) steel (钢铁, acero) (heavy)
25. plastic metal (strong)
26. getting a speeding ticket robbing a bank (serious)
27. dinner at a nice restaurant a ballgame (romantic 浪漫的)
28. adding numbers in your head using a calculator (quick)

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Two-Part Verbs for Test #2 on Tuesday

Verbs 10-21 on your two-part verb list will be on Quiz #2 on Tuesday. "Look up" will not be on the test; we have already studied it. Here are the verbs:

10.   getˬup: get out of bed, rise. I got up at 5:20 this morning.

11.   goˬon: continue. After this stopover, this plane goes on to L.A.

12.   growˬup: live in a place when you are young. I grew up in Idaho. 长大, criarse, провел детство

13.   growˬup: change from a child to an adult. Look at you! In the last year, you’ve completely grown up! You’ve become a young man!

14.   help sb out: help. Please help out the teacher with the chairs. Please help the teacher out with the chairs. Please help him out with the chairs.

15.   lookst up: search for information (in a dictionary, a phone book, an encyclopedia, on the Internet). Look the new words up in the dictionary. Look up the new words in the dictionary. Look them up in the dictionary. 查, buscar, посмотреть

16.   pick sb up: go somewhere to meet someone. I’m going to pick up my friend at the airport. I’m going to pick my friend up at the airport. I’m going to pick her up at the airport. 接, recoger/ir a buscar, забира́ть, подбира́ть

17.   put st back: return s.t. to where it was. I told you not to touch anything! Now put back that toy. Now put that toy back. Now put it back. 放 回, poner otra vez en su sitio, класть, положи́ть на ме́сто

18.   take st off: remove. Take off your pants. Take your pants off. Take them off.

19.   talk st over: discuss. Let’s talk over this issue (那件事, tema/asunto, вопро́с). Let’s talk this issue over. Let’s talk it over. 仔 细 商 讨, hablar/consultar/discutir, обговаривать

20.   throw st away: put in the garbage, discard. Could you throw away your gum? Could you throw your gum away? Could you throw it away? 扔, tirar/botar, выбрасывать

21.   turn st down: refuse, reject. He turned down their job offer because the pay wasn’t high enough. He turned their job offer down because the pay wasn’t high enough. He turned it down because… 拒 绝 , rachazar, отклонять

 

Reminder: Retake Quiz #1 on Monday

If you failed the quiz on two-part verbs, you must take it again on Monday. Here are the verbs for the test on Monday:

1.       call something (st)  off: cancel.  We had to call off the meeting. We had to call the meeting off. We had to call it off.  取 消, cancelar/anular, отменять

2.       call someone (sb) up: phone someone.  I called up my brother. I called my brother up. I called him up.

3.       drop sb off: take someone somewhere. I dropped off my daughter at school on my way to work. I dropped my daughter off at school on my way to work. I dropped her off on my way to work.  将... 送 到, dejar, высаживать

4.       drop st off:  deliver; bring and leave.  Doug came by, and he dropped off this package. He came by, and he dropped this package off. He came by, and he dropped it off.

5.       figure st out: solve, finally understand.  After I thought about it for awhile, I figured out the riddle (谜语, acertijo, загадка). After I thought about it for awhile, I figured the riddle out. After I thought about it for awhile, I figured it out.  领会, 理解, encontrar la respuesta/solución, понимать 

6.       fill st out: complete. I filled out the forms. I filled the forms out. I filled them out.

7.       find st out: learn for the first time, to uncover some information. I just found out his dirty little secret. I just found his dirty little secret out. I just found it out.  查 明, descubrir, узнавать

8.       getˬback: return.  I just got back from vacation.

9.       getˬby: have just enough to manage or survive. She barely makes enough money to get by.  过 得 去, 应付,  arreglárselas, apañárselas, обходиться

Speaking: Irregular Simple Past Negative, Verbs Starting with "S"

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Verbs starting with s

1. You said it too quickly. No, I …

2. You saw them yesterday. No, I …

3. They sold it to their neighbors. No, they …

4. You sent him a get-well card. No, I …

5. You set the table. No, I …

6. She shot him twice in the leg. No, she …

7. He shut all the doors. No, he …

8. She sang at the wedding. No, she …

9. You sat in the armchair. No, I …

10. You slept until 10:00 yesterday. No, I …

11. You spoke about it in class yesterday. No, I …

12. You spent a lot of money. No, I …

13. The disease spread throughout the country. No, the disease …

14. You stood up and left. No, I …up and leave.

15. He stole the money out of my backpack. No, he …

16. You stuck a note in his mailbox. No, I …

17. She swam all afternoon. No, she …