UNIT 3

UNIT 3

Making unusual requests / asking for favors; (direct requests):

GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ADVANCED/unit4/page4.htm

                                                http://www.slideshare.net/tcher_joe/unit-3-l4-ni3

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkc5z7gAYUU&feature=related

Indirect Requests:

LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/145_gramchallenge36/

formal and informal requests:

PRACTICE:  http://www.pgic.com.au/call/InterActivites/InterM1U3requests.htm

WATCH, (internal business emails): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvD1W3mbUE

taking and receiving messages, (tell/ask):

GRAMMAR: http://free-english-study.com/speaking/indirect-requests.html

                      http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/indirect_requests.html

accepting and declining requests:

REQUESTS WITH MODALS, IF CLAUSES, AND GERUNDS, indirect requests (p.17):

1. WOULD ... ?  ► IF + SIMPLE PAST

 Would it be all right if I used your laptop?

2. WOULD YOU MIND ... ?  ► IF + SIMPLE PAST

 Would you mind if I borrowed your laptop?

3. WOULD YOU MIND ... ?  ► IF + GERUND

 Would you mind letting me borrow your laptop?

4.  DO YOU MIND IF ... ?  ► PRESENT TENSE

 Do you mind if I use your laptop?

5. IS IT OK IF ... ?  ► PRESENT TENSE

 Is it OK if I use your laptop?

CONDITIONAL VERBS OVERVIEW:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/conditionsum.html

INDIRECT REQUESTS, (questions in reported speech):

ONLINE PRACTICE QUIZ 2 (Units 3 & 4)

UNIT 3 PRACTICE QUIZ:        
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=3&stage=1


UNIT 4 PRACTICE QUIZ:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=4&stage=1

PRACTICE QUIZZES (Units 1 & 2)

PRACTICE QUIZ UNIT 1:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=1&stage=1

PRACTICE QUIZ UNIT 2:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=2&stage=1

UNIT 1

UNIT 1: What do you think about her? / What's he like?

Describing personality types and personal qualities

RELATIVE CLAUSES DESCRIBING PERSONALITIES TYPES AND QUALITIES:

GRAMMAR & QUIZ: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-2.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-relative-pronouns.php

BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY:
http://jobmob.co.il/blog/positive-personality-adjectives/
http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/adjectives.htm

some psychological models using adjectives of personality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Personality_Factors
http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/personality%20traits.htm 

WATCH:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTG0kRuXWbQ
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2187
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijV_XvdQqo0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-uMkkkx1ec

PRACTICE:
http://www.esltower.com/VOCABQUIZ/Describing%20personality/Describing%20personality.html
http://www.esl-lab.com/person1.htm

DESCRIBING PAST RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
WATCH: http://vimeo.com/8076064

WATCH, (In response to if the male to female ratio in Alaska was really 20:1):
http://www.alaskannomad.com/askanmtf.htm

EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES:

LIKES, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page2.shtml

DISLIKES, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page3.shtml

READ about Groucho Marx´s likes and dislikes:
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/17/what-groucho-ate/

When you have NO STRONG FEELINGS, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page4.shtml

AGREEING and DISAGREEING:GRAMMAR: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-agreement-disagreement.php

PRACTICE AGREEING:
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii137/esl-test.php

and DISAGREEING:
PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii138/esl-test.php

COMPLAINING: 
GRAMMAR: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-complaininig.php
PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii068/esl-test.php

RELATIVE PRONOUNS as SUBJECTS and OBJECTS:
GRAMMAR:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-relative-pronouns.php
http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/relative_clause_3.htm

clauses with it + 
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclause6.html

adverbial clauses with when
http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/adverb_clauses.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm