Thursday Sept 6th

More or less, the importance is to know

Go over the list of adjectives below and come up with the antonym (opposite)


Adjective
alive
ancient
attractive
backward
bad
beautiful
big
blunt
boring
bright
broad
clean
closed
clumsy
cold
cool
cruel
dangerous
dark
dead
deep
difficult
dirty
dry
dull
early
easy
fake
fancy
fast
fat (people)
fresh
gentle
good
guilty
happy
hard
heavy
high
hot
ill
innocent
kind
late
left
light
long
loose
loud
low
mad
modern
noisy
outgoing
plain
poor
real
rough
safe
shallow
shiny
strange
strong
stupid
thick
wide
wrong
young

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Micro-Presentation

This is the first in a series of presentations that will allow you to put to use a lot of the gramatical points learned in our courses.

The subject for today is The Health Benefit of Drinking Wine

Duration of the presentation should be between 8-10 minutes and 3-5 minutes for Q&A session

Make sure to structure your presentation well (introduction, argument, anticipate counter arguments, provide examples and have a strong conclusion) and envision an audience with very little knowledge about the subject whom you wish to convince to integrate wine into their diet.

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/8-health-benefits-of-drinking-wine

http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20410287_2,00.html




Comparatives and Superlatives
Listen to the following song by Alanis Morissette and find all of the comparatives and superlatives adjectives used in the lyrics. Notice that there are also a few regular adjectives missing for extra bonus points.





"Everything"

I can be an asshole of the _________ kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I can be the  _________  baby and you've never met anyone
Who is  _________  I am sometimes

I am the  _________  woman you've ever met.
I am the  _________  soul with whom you've connected.
I have the  _________  heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
Who's  _________  I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my  _________  and you love my _________
You dig everything of which I'm _________
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I'm terrified and _________
And you've never met anyone as,
_________ I am sometimes.

You see everything, you see every part
You see all my _________  and you love my _________
You dig everything of which I'm _________
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

What I resist, persists, and speaks  _________  than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go

I'm the  _________  woman that you've ever known
I'm the  _________  woman that you've ever known
I'm the  _________  woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone
Who is  _________  I am sometimes

You see everything (you see everything), you see every part (you see every part )
You see all my light (you see all my light) and you love my dark (and you love my dark )
You dig everything (you dig everything) of which I'm ashamed (of which I'm ashamed)
There's not anything (there's not anything) to which you can't relate (to which you can't relate)
And you're still here

(You see everything, you see every part)
And you're still here
(You see all my light and you love my dark)
And you're still here
(You dig everything of which I'm ashamed)
(There's not anything to which you can't relate)
And you're still here...




Exercises

Q1 - It's better ____ I thought.



Q2 - Brazil is _____ England.



Q3 - She is _____ in the class



Q4 - I'm not as successful ___ she is.



Q5 - It was ______ expensive restaurant I've ever been to.



Q6 - I'd like some ____ information.


Q7 - It's ____ art collection in Europe.



Q8 - It was ____ than I was expecting.


Q9 - This is the ______ kitchen I've ever seen.


Q10 - Which is ____ of the two?


Q11 - She finished ____ than everyone else.


Q12 - The underground is ____ buses.



Q13 - The plane would be _____ than the coach.


Q14 - It was ____ test I have ever done.


Q15 - There were ____ people at the game than expected.


Q16 - The _____ difficult thing was communication.




1. What was the rarest article you read this year?
2. Which is bigger NY or Paris? Explain
3. What is the hardest thing for you to do? The activity that requires most of your energy (mental or physical)

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Time Prepositions: In, At, On

In, At, On + Time or Date
When is your birthday? Mine is ON October 12. When do you eat lunch? I usually eat it AT noon. When does the school year begin in your country? In mine it begins IN September.
Do you know which preposition to use before times, days, months and years? Here is a reminder.
Don't forget to use...
in + month or yearIn March, In 2003
on + date (with the year or without it) or day of the weekOn April 2, On March 3, 1999, On Saturday
at + clock time, midnight, noonAt 3:30 p.m., At 4:01, At noon
Remember also...
in + seasonIn the summer, In the winter
in + morning, afternoon, eveningIn the morning, In the evening
at + night- At night
Questions and Answers
Write your answers in the boxes and check them by clicking on the arrows below.
1. Let's meet  6:30.

2. The play is  Saturday  noon.
3. I was born  November 3, 1970.
4. Beverly went to Los Angeles  January.
5. Bill arrived in New York  February 7.
6. I love to see the flowers  the spring.
7. The movie starts  7:30  the evening.
8. We go to bed  11:00  night.
9. Her birthday is  October  the fall.
10. I saw a witch  midnight  Saturday  October 31 1998.


1. The course begins  7 January and ends  10 March.

2. I went to bed  midnight.

3. We arrived  5 o’ clock  the morning.

4. Mozart was born in Salzburg  1756.

5. Are you doing anything special  the weekend?

6. Hurry up! We have to go  five minutes.

7. I met Ann  Tuesday.

8. He has lived in India  two years.

9. I’ll phone you  Tuesday morning  about 10.

10. Tom’s grandmother died in 1987  the age of 81.

11. Jack’s brother is out of work  the moment.

12. The price of electricity is going up  October.

13. I haven’t seen him  Christmas.

14.  Sunday afternoons I usually get up late.

15. There are usually a lot of parties  New Years Eve.