Lesson 19th November 2008

Correct the mistake:

1. From our researches we can see something of interesting. From our research we can see something of interest.

2. There is a library where students can buy their books.
There is a bookshop where students can buy their books.

3. I like very much English.
I like English very much.

4. Computer is essential for good university.
The computer is essential for a good university.

5. Some respondents said me accommodations were too much expensive.
Some respondents told me accommodation was too expensive.

Grammar

Articles: a / an, the, no article
Use a/an with singular countable nouns
-the first time you mention a thing/person
-when you say what something is
-when you say what somebody does
-in exclamations whit What….!
-in expression like: a week, a kilo

Use the
-when we talk about something we’ve already mentioned
-when there’s only one of something
-when it’s clear what you’re referring to
-with places in a town, e. g. cinema the theatre
-with superlatives

Don’t use the
-When you are speaking in general(with plural and uncountable nouns)
-With some nouns(e. g. home, work, school, church) after at /to/from
-Before meals, days and months
-Before next/last + days, week, etc..

EXERCISE PAGE 139 NUMBER 5B a (student’s book)

Evidence the correct answer

1. Did you lock door/the door when you left a house/the house?
2. My brother is married to Russian/a Russian. She’s lawyer/a lawyer.
3. We go to theatre/the theatre about once a month/the month.
4. What beautiful/a beautiful day! Let’s have breakfast on a terrace/the terrace.
5. I love classical music/the classical music and Italian food/the Italian food.
6. Who is a girl/the girl by a window/the window?
7. I leave home/the home at 8.00 and get to work/the work at 9.00.
8. Men/The men aren’t normally as sensitive as women/the women.
9. We usually have dinner/the dinner at 8.00 and go to bed/the bed at about 11.30.
10. She has a lovely face/the lovely face and attractive eyes/attractive eyes.

EXERCISE PAGE 16 NUMBER 4a (workbook)

PRONUNCIATION numbers
Evidence and say the correct numbers
· $23.99 twenty-three dollars ninety-nine/twenty-three point nine nine dollars
· 4 ¼ four and a quarter/a fourth
· 849 eight hundred forty and nine/eight hundred and forty-nine
· 1,500 one thousand five hundred/one thousand and five hundred
· 6.73 six point seven three/six point seventy-three
· 0.5 oh five/nought point five
· 2½ two halves/two and a half


EXERCISE PAGE 18 NUMBER 2 (workbook)

Evidence the words you would normally stress in each sentence
1.How long has he been teaching here?
2.She’s been learning Arabic for five years.
3.He’s been working as a tourist guide since he left here.
4.They’ve been travelling around Europe for two months.
5.We’ve been waiting for your phone call
6.What has she been doing since she moved to Peru?
7.I’ve been cleaning the house all morning.