SESSION 1:
Before continuing, we must recap and go over the importance of phrasal verbs...
Phrasal verbs are important because they are very common in informal English, and unless you are familiar with their meanings, understanding informal language will be difficult. In addition, if you learn to use phrasal verbs correctly you will sound natural in casual conversation (I used two first or real conditional by the way...)
Remember:
they are multiword verbs (v+prep; v+adv; v+ adv+ prep)
they can be transitive or intransitive (put up with bad behavior, pass out)
the meaning of the sum of the words is often quite different from the meaning of the words used separately
they often have more than one meaning. Example: pass out can mean to fall asleep, but it can also mean to distribute:
I passed out in front of the TV (intransitive)
I passed out the car keys to the mechanic (transitive)
you'd better not use them in formal situations
Please remove your belongings from the lockers BUT not take out
So today we will revise the use of phrasal verbs and expressions used in conditionals.
1. Go to page 90 and do exercise 1:
First, try to fill in the gaps in exercise 1 with a non-phrasal verb
Then use the prompts
Check your answers in the book review on page 89
2. Discuss the meaning of each verb if you are in class (exercise 2 on page 90). If not, try to guess its meaning and check in a dictionary.
3. Use the verbs to fill in different sentences in exercise 3 page 90.
Here you have some other phrasal verbs related to Health:
4. Use these verbs for writing sentences that are true for YOU.
SESSION 2:
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
As we saw yesterday, the words that compose a phrasal verb stop having their initial meaning, they have been culturally transformed to mean something else. In other words, phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions, they have been idiomatized.
These are some common idioms related to Health:
1. Once that you have learnt their meaning, use each expression in one sentence (sentences should reflect you understand the meaning. Sentences like She is as fit as a fiddle would NOT say you do. Include something like ...she is as fit as a fiddle, she can do 40 pushups in a row)
2. Guess the idiom. In class, we will divide the group in two and make it a competition
How many did you guess correctly? .........
The key to understanding idioms is never to look at them or read them in a literal sense—the words just won't make sense together. Instead, you need to learn them IN CONTEXT so you can understand their true meaning. Lists are useful but not to learn new vocabulary, so please DO NOT MAKE LISTS OF WORDS, they are useless. Another suggestion is to learn them by grouping into themes, for example, in a dialogue.
3. Write the idioms in the video in your notebook and put them in context. Use them in a sentence.
4. Write a dialogue between two people where you can fit in two idioms. Decide the topic: weather, health, etc. Make sure that they fit naturally.
SESSION 3:
As every Thursday we will work on our Cambridge test skills. It's the turn of...
... listening!
1. Watch this interview between former British Prime Minister David Cameron and David Letterman, American television host of the famous program Late Show and answer the quiz below:
QUIZ:
When was the Magna Carta signed?
Where was it signed?
What is its meaning?
What was its purpose?
Who wrote Rule Britannia?
There are several interesting idiomatic expressions in the interview, guess their meaning and write a sentence that contains them:
a. I'll go for it ...............................................................................................................
b. I reckon ...................................................................................................................
Here are some extra ones, guess their meaning from context:
c. a falling-out : Jenna and Paul had a falling-out and now they're not speaking to each other"
e. find somebody out: "You found me out! I admit telling her about your secret, sorry"
f. a bright spot :"The songs are a bright spot in a dreary movie"
g. crack through: "After four years in the firm, she finally cracked through the glass ceiling and was promoted"
h. on an even keel: "The new manager succeeded in putting the business on an even keel"
SESSION 4:
WE WERE LIARS
1. READ CHAPTERS 31-35 FROM WE WERE LIARS 2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHAPTERS 31-35 THE GUIDE.
Comments