Thursday, June 30, 2016

Unit 1 July 4th-8th Extra materials


July 5th, 2016

Unit 1-Family

Families and Auxiliary verbs
Choosing a partner use the questions in the link to have a conversation on families.
Discussion Questions

Family Tree Create

Exercises Auxiliary

Choose the correct auxiliary verb

Auxiliaries in negative sentences

Auxiliaries in questions

Unit 1 Text: Auxiliary

July 7th, 2016





Wednesday, June 29, 2016

June 29th, 2016

June 29th, 2016

  • Legally Blonde


    Gerunds/ Infinitives & Both

    Gerunds

    Verbs Followed by Gerunds
    avoid
    can’t help
    complete
    discuss
    dislike
    don’t mind
    enjoy
    finish
    keep
    miss
    practice
    quit
    recommend
    understand

    Verbs Followed by Infinitives
    agree
    ask
    choose
    decide
    fail
    happen
    hope
    know how
    learn
    prepare
    promise
    volunteer
    wait
    want
    wish

    Verbs Followed by Both
    begin
    can’t stand
    continue
    expect
    forget
    go
    hate
    like
    love
    plan
    prefer
    remember
    start
    stop
    try


    Gerunds
    What do you always avoid doing until the last minute?
    What are some things you enjoy doing every day? How about every week?
    Is there anything you have quit recently?
    What do you miss most about your childhood?
    What do you often discuss with your friends when you hang out with them?
    What is something you are thinking of doing next year?

    Infinitives
    What is something you plan to do soon?
    What is something you started to do, but didn’t finish?
    Talk about a recent big decision you made. What did you decide?
    Is there anything specific you would like to learn?
    What are some of you hopes for the future?
    Talk about some difficult choices you have made recently.
    What do you want to do this coming break?

    Gerunds or Infinitives
    What is something you love doing, but don’t have enough time for?
    Is there anything you have begun recently?
    What type of personality traits do you hate?
    What do you like to do on the weekend?
    What is something you can’t stand doing?
    Remembering to do things is sometimes hard. What is something you have a hard time remembering?
    What is something crazy you would like to try?



  • Gerund or Infinitive
  • Unit 12
  • Infinitives and Gerunds
  • Verb patterns
  • Gerunds and infinitives
  • Gerunds & Infinitives

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Homework for Wednesday June 29th

Please write a paragraph using this template as a guide:

Transitional Words/ Phrases

Paragraph Writing Assignment

Please write a paragraph on the topic
"What are three of your favorite movies? Why" 
using the following link: Paragraph Thank you and have a good evening

There are several movies I enjoy watching. I will discuss these movies in this paragraph.

First/ To begin with/ Firstly, _________________. (explanation)____________________________________. 

Second/ Next/ Secondly, ____________________. (explanation)_________________________________. 

Finally/ Lastly/Thirdly,_____________________. (explanation)________________________________.

All in all/ In conclusion/ To conclude,________________________________________.

June 28th, 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016