Thursday, April 21, 2011

Begin a packet on comparatives and superlatives for handout in class (14 students)


Grammar and Expressions


What! / How! / Why!


The weather today is rainy and overcast.


Incorrect: I only do online shopping
Correct: I only shop online


Which department do you like to visit when you are shopping




When women see something on sale, and many women gather around that sale stall, and they all fight over the products, and...
Teacher, is there an expression which describes the following situation?
I think women go crazy over bargains


(singular) A woman
(plural) Women
Be sure the noun (women / men) is plural when speaking in general.


Incorrect:A/S After Service
Correct: Service center


Incorrect: I question to him...
Correct: I asked him...
(noun) a question / (verb) to ask
The verb (ask) is the verb which accompanies the noun (a question)


Incorrect: It's tired to me / It's tired...
Correct: It's tiring! = it makes me feel tired


Discount coupons


I like to comparison shop = compare items, select one over the other and then make a purchase


Habitual past (used to) = something you did habitually in the past, but no longer do it - use habitual past (used to) in this case, not the expression (once upon a time) (Once upon a time) is a way of beginning a Fairy Tale story in written prose.


Correct: I used to buy low quality items, but not anymore. 
Incorrect: Once upon a time I bought low quality...


Q: Which part of the label do you read?
A: I read the part which tells me about the...




Incorrect: I don't like to touch other people.
Correct: I don't like to come into contact with other people.
touch (active)
come into contact (passive)











o·ver·cast

  [adj. oh-ver-kast, -kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; v. oh-ver-kast,-kahst, oh-ver-kast, -kahst; n. oh-ver-kast, -kahst]  Show IPAadjective, verb, -cast, -cast·ing, noun
–adjective
1.
overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
2.
Meteorology (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered byclouds.
3.
dark; gloomy.
4.
Sewing sewn by overcasting.



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