BORROW -v- LEND

UNIT 6 - 2012

UNIT 6
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS:  
READ: http://www.englishtown.com/community/channels/article.aspx?articleName=109-complain
http://osdir.com/ml/education.english.belajar-english/2007-08/msg00003.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2554639/how_to_make_a_complaint_guide_for_esl.html?cat=7;bcsi-ac-88d5739678ba0628=1DC107F800000002vuhrityp/RMrxMdyaE7k6k7d+VSKBAAAAgAAALgJEQCEAwAAAAAAAKqDAgA=


REPAIRS: (GENERAL & ELECTRONICS): 
EVERYTHING: http://www.issbc.org/janis-esl/subtopichouseprobs.html
VOCAB: http://www.elcivics.com/esl/repairmen-1.html
AUTO: http://www.dailyesl.com/auto-mechanic.htm
LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/night/nightrd1.htm
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYTiOMLc1s
CROSSWORD: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crosswords/home.shtml

DESCRIBING EVERYDAY PROBLEMS:  
LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/home/homerd1.htm
READ: http://englishwilleasy.com/english-through-pictures/people-english-through-pictures/household-problems-and-repairs/

EXPLAINING SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE:  
http://www.esl-lab.com/complain/complainrd1.htm


DESCRIBING PROBLEMS, (Past Participles as ADJs): 
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passive4.html
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm
 EXTRA: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv191.shtml


DESCRIBING PROBLEMS, (w/ keep + gerund, need + gerund, and need + passive infinitive):
 GRAMMAR: http://www.slideshare.net/c.meza/u6-interchange-3
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic7223.html
http://www.slideshare.net/studentsandteachers/plan-of-book-3

UNIT 5 - 2012

UNIT 5
DESCRIBING CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS / COMPARING COUNTRIES:

READ: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/if-it-were-my-home-comparing-your-country-to-othe
http://www.aneki.com/comparison.php
http://www.economist.com/content/all_parities_china
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/06/the_expat_explorer_survey_to_which_country_should_you_emigrate.html

INTERACTIVE: http://www.countryreports.org/data-tables/index.htm

ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE EMOTIONS:
LISTS: http://www.ehow.com/list_5806188_list-descriptive-adjectives-describing-emotions.html

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/grammar/adjectives/list-of-adjectives-to-describe-tone-feelings-emotions.html


CULTURE SHOCK:
LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2006_10_mon.shtml
WATCH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lk44
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15002723
http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/amish_country.htm
HOME
LISTEN:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2011/10/111024_ee_home_page.shtml

TOURISM AND TRAVEL ABROAD:
READ: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/south-america/chile
http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-Overseas-by-Oneself
http://www.hotelsbycity.net/help/tips/traveling/
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/why-americans-dont-travel-overseas/


MOVING ABROAD:
READ: http://www.overseasdigest.com/moving-abroad-advice.htm
http://www.expatforum.com/britain/expats-brits-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-return-to-unsafe-costly-uk-study-suggests.html
http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?articleID=428
http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/good_advice_when_moving_abroad

expressing emotions; 
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14372195

giving advice: 

NOUN PHRASES CONTAINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
GRAMMAR: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/phrfunc.html
PRACTICE: http://elprofeonofre.com/documents/NI_E1%20Noun%20Phrases%20Containing%20Relative%20Clauses.pdf

expectations: the custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to, (not) acceptable to
READ: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622084

QUIZ 2 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 3 & 4

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

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

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

UNIT 4 - 2012

UNIT 4
THE MEDIA / NEWS STORIES / EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS: 
http://www.bbc.com/


NARRATING A STORY / DESCRIBING PAST EVENTS, (past continuous-v- simple past):
GRAMMAR: http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc19.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/tiemposverbales/unit12.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/PastSvsPastC.htm
http://www.rsg.rothenburg.de/schulleben/projekte/intel/tenses/simplepast_progressive.htm

SIMPLE PAST  VS. PAST PERFECT: 
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/menu.php
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc22.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

MIXED TENSES: 
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/james-cook

UNIT 3 - 2012

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):