Assignments - Tuesday 07/05/16

Grammar

Read "The People's Conductor" on pages 38-39 of FoG4.
Complete the vocabulary/comprehension questions on pages 39-40.
Review the grammar presentation/chart on pages 40-42.
Do all the exercises (1-11) on pages 43 to 51 of FoG4.

Vocabulary
Study the words in the chart on page 25 of WoR2.
Then complete all the vocabulary exercises on pages 25 to 27.

Reading

Read "People on the Move: Moving Young" on pages 30-31 of WoR2.
Then answer the vocabulary/comprehension questions.

White Collar - Discussion Questions

1.       Where did Kate’s bottle take Neal and Mozzie?

2.       What did Kate’s letter say?

3.       Why does Peter say “no” to coffee at Neal’s house?

4.       How does Neal persuade him to drink coffee?

5.       Was the new case a museum heist or a residential robbery?

6.       What was the name of the painter?

7.       What was the name of the painting?

8.       What does Neal say to Peter when the car in front of them suddenly stops?

9.       How does Peter know that Neal didn’t steal the painting?

10.   What does Neal tell Peter when Peter asks him what he was doing at Grand Central Station?

11.   Where did Neal get that idea?

12.   What did Reagan say about “trust”?

13.   Was the painting insured?

14.   Who does the house belong to?

15.   How much did Neal say the painting was worth?

16.   Does the girl have a photo of the painting?

17.   What does the girl usually do on Tuesdays?

18.   What did the “monster” do to the girl?

19.   What did the girl do to the girl?

20.   What was the relationship between the girl and Gary?

21.   What did the girl’s grandmother leave her?

22.   What does Gary do immediately after Peter talks to him?

23.   What does Neal suggest doing?

24.   Peter tells Neal that he cannot threaten Gary and what else?

25.   How did Gary pay the thief?

26.   What does Peter mean when he says, “I’m calling this a gray area”?

27.   Who was the check made out to?

28.   The FBI has been watching the thief and his “muscle” for how long?

29.   What has the thief been doing during this time?

30.   Why has he been visiting different high end museums?

31.   Where has the FBI arranged for the exchange to happen?

32.   How much is the thief asking for the painting?

33.   Has Neal ever met a woman who didn’t want to be with him?

34.   When did that happen?

35.   Why was the girl not interested in Neal?

36.   What does Neal do with Kate’s letter? Why?

37.   What does Kate’s letter really say?

38.   What’s Neal’s fake name?

39.   What does the thief say about “butterflies”?

40.   What’s the thief’s girlfriend’s name?

41.   Where is she from?

42.   When did she arrive?

43.   Why did the thief pull his gun?

44.   Why did the FBI arrest Neal and the girl from the gallery?

45.   Why does El tell Peter he should encourage a relationship between Neal and the pretty girl?

46.   When was the painting reported stolen from the museum?

47.   How did the girl’s grandmother steal the painting?

48.   Why does the girl show Neal her locket?

49.   What does Peter do while Neal goes to the hotel?

50.   How does Neal pay for his drink?

51.   What does Peter think when Neal shows him the two girls across the street?

52.   What does Neal convince Peter to do?

53.   Where do they all go?

54.   What does the girl do that makes Neal and Peter convinced that the painting is there?

55.   Why is Peter so nervous when his phone rings?

56.   Is Peter honest with his wife over the phone?

57.   What does Neal do in the room?

58.   Where does he find the painting?

59.   What does the inscription behind the painting say?

60.   What are the girls doing when the thief/boyfriend goes to the hotel room?

61.   What does the thief discover behind the mirror later?

62.   Does Peter know that Neal took the painting?

63.   What words does Peter use to describe “lying” when he is talking to El?

64.   How did the thief find Neal?

65.   How does Peter feel about Neal’s confession?

66.   What does Neal paint?

67.   What does Mozzie say to Neal about the painting?

68.   Why does Mozzie preheat the oven?

69.   What does Neal write on the back of the painting?

70.   Does the museum curator know that the painting is fake when he examines it?

71.   Why can’t he do anything about getting the fake painting?

72.   Who does the original painting go to?

73.   Why did Neal and Mozzie go back to Grand Central Station?

74.   What happens with Kate?

FoG4 - ANSWERS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2ydFBRaENHZ1lZZnM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yczNWM3lOWngxa1k/view?usp=sharing

Assignments - Thursday 06/30/16

Grammar
Do exercise 2 on page 31 of FoG4.
Do exercise 3 on page 32 of FoG4.
Do exercises 5 & 6 on pages 33 to 35 of FoG4.

Vocabulary
Review the vocabulary on pages 15 to 20 of WoR2.
There will be a vocabulary quiz.

Reading
Read the poem on pages 22 and 23 of WoR2.
Answer the comprehension questions on page 23 of WoR2.

FoG4 - ANSWERS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yVkNRRHJuRzQ2Ylk/view?usp=sharing

Assignments - Wednesday 06/29/16

Reading:
Read "It's OK to Be Different" on pages 15-16 of WoR2.
Then do the vocabulary and comprehension exercises on pages 17 to 20.

Grammar:
1) Practice working on irregular verbs and on the present perfect tense.
http://www.esl-lounge.com/reference/grammar-reference-most-common-irregular-verb-list.php
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html

2) Complete the listening exercise on page 22 of FoG4.

3) Simple Past / Past Progressive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yVldfTEJEOGthVm8/view?usp=sharing

Irregular Verbs

To see a COMPLETE LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS, click here:
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html


To see THE MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS, click here:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/reference/grammar-reference-most-common-irregular-verb-list.php


Test yourselves here:
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

Assignments - Tuesday 06/28/16

Grammar:
Review present perfect:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html

Vocabulary:
Review all the vocabulary you've learned from WoR2 and F0G4.

Present Perfect

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html

Assignments - Monday 06/27/16

Grammar:

Review the non-action verbs (posted on the blog).
Complete all the review exercises of Unit 1 on page 12 of FoG4 (link available on blog).

Writing:

Do exercise 7 - part A - on page 11 of FoG4, and bring it to class.

Vocabulary:

Do the vocabulary exercises on pages 12-13 of WoR2 (handout).

Non-Action Verbs

emotions
admire
adore
appreciate
care
detest
dislike
doubt
envy
fear
hate
like
love
miss
regret
respect
trust
mental states
agree
assume
believe
consider
disagree
disbelieve
estimate
expect
feel (believe)
find (believe)
forget
guess
hesitate
hope
imagine
know
mean
mind
presume
realize
recognize
remember
see (understand)
suppose
suspect
think (believe)
understand
wonder
wants & preferences
desire
hope
need
prefer
want
wish
senses & perception
feel
hear
notice
observe
perceive
see
smell
sound
taste
appearance & value
appear
be
cost
equal
look (seem)
matter
represent
resemble
seem
signify
weigh

Assignments - Thursday 06/23/16

Grammar

Do exercises 1, 2, and 3 from pages 6 and 7 of FoG4.

Listening & Speaking

Look at the following questions...
We will watch the pilot on Thursday in class.

White Collar - Season 1 - Episode 1 - Questions

1. What is Neal wearing when he walks through the prison hallways?
2. Why does Neal buy a yellow jacket?
3. Why does Agent ask, “How many of you went to Harvard?”?
4. Why are US Marshals requesting Agent Burke’s help?
5. Why do the marshals and Burke agree that Neal’s escape is “unusual”?
6. How long did Agent Burke chase Neal before he arrested him?
7. How much head start does Neal have?
8. Where did Neal get his guard uniform?
9. Whose credit card did Neal use to buy the uniform?
10. What kind of credit card did Neal use?
11. What kind of car did Neal use to escape?
12. What does Peter Burke find inside the book in Neal’s prison cell?
13. Why is Neal shaving his beard important to the story?
14. How often did Kate visit Neal before she disappeared?
15. Where does Peter find Neal?
16. How long did it take Neal to escape prison?
17. How much time will Neal get for escaping prison?
18. Neal offers to tell Peter what he finds on his coat in exchange for what?
19. Why are the Canadians upset about Peter finding the security fibers for the Canadian hundred dollar bills? 
20. Why does Peter call the criminal he is chasing “the Dutchman”?
21. What does Neal offer to do in exchange for getting out?
22. What does Neal say about the new GPS tracking anklets?
23. Why does Peter stay up on that particular night?
24. What is Neal wearing on his ankle when he gets out in Peter’s custody?
25. What will happen if Neal runs again?
26. What is the condition of making Neal a permanent FBI consultant?
27. How far can Neil go from the Motel he is supposed to stay in?
28. Where does Neal go right after Peter leaves him at the motel?
29. How do Neal and June meet?
30. Why does Neal ask June if she lives nearby?
31. Why does Peter think he has the wrong address?
32. What is Peter’s reaction to Neal new living arrangements?
33. Neal says he helps out in addition to the $700 rent he pays.  What are his responsibilities?
34. What does June’s granddaughter do?
35. Why does Peter think the book is not rare?
36. Why was Tony Field killed?
37. Does the FBI have a policy against hiring homosexuals?
38. Why are the books valuable?
39. Where did Tony Fields go before he left for Spain?
40. How many times did Fields visit that place?
41. What does he do each time?
42. Why did Fields go through the trouble of making a nice forgery?
43. Why did Fields put the forgery at the National Archives?
44. When Elizabeth calls Peter, what does she lie about?
45. What happens to the dinner El cooked for Peter?
46. Why does Peter suddenly stop the car in the middle of the street?
47. Where is Mozzie waiting for Neal in the dark?
48. Why does Peter go through his wife’s things?
49. Why does Jones call Peter at home?
50. Why did Neal go to Peter’s house?
51. How did Neal find out who the Dutchman is?
52. Where do Peter and Neal go on the way to the office?
53. Why is the church closed to the public?
54. Why does Neal “lie” to the priest?
55. Why does Neal ask Peter if he thinks Diana is attractive?
56. Why does Peter go through his wife’s visa bill?
57. What was the bottle a symbol of for Neal and Kate?
58. How much time does Neal have to help catch Curtis Hagen?
59. What happens if they lose Curtis Hagen?
60. What did Mozzie find about Kate?
61. Is Mozzie a smoker?
62. Why is he smoking?
63. What’s hidden in the filter?
64. Why doesn’t Peter go to the warehouse and arrest Hagen?
65. What does Neal do to help Peter?
66. What does Peter think when he gets the phone call in the middle of the night about Neal?
67. How does Neal get in the warehouse?
68. What does he explain he’s doing with the camera?
69. What does Peter Burke say to his agents when they get to the warehouse?
70. What do they find in Hagen’s office?
71. How does Peter surprise El?
72. What does Peter show El when they’re on Neal’s roof?
73. Does Neal show Kate’s picture to Peter? Explain.
74. What do you think will happen next?

Suddenly Love - Chris de Burgh

https://youtu.be/AZRt7iIqRR8

Suddenly love
Comes in and finds me on open ground
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
There's no turning back
And a journey has just begun

Suddenly love
Breaks down the doors, there is singing inside
And all of the light that's in your eyes
Shining here tonight

Has woken the man in me
And the woman in you
The woman in you

All night, heads on the pillow
And eyes that are never shut
All night, rain on the window
But inside, we have so much

Suddenly love
Takes me away where I've never been
Shows me a world I have never seen
I could only dream

That I ever would find myself
With a lover like you
A lover like you

All night, heads on the pillow
And eyes that are never shut
All night, body to body
And trembling to every touch

Oh, suddenly love
Takes me away where I've never been
It shows me a world I have never seen
And I just want to be
Alone in your mystery

Love me over and over
And over and over again

Assignments - Wednesday 06/22/16

Reading:
Read page "What's in a Name" on page 2 of FOG4, and complete the exercises on page 3.

Grammar:
Study the grammar presentation and grammar notes on pages 4 and 5.

Vocabulary:
Know how to use the following words:
- ingredient
- to utter
- humiliation
- to diminish
- hilarious

Listening:

Stress & Syllables

https://youtu.be/2xMGeNQ9lBI

https://youtu.be/08qBN29mIBs

Assignments - Tuesday 06/21/16

1. Syllabus

Read the syllabus posted on the blog.
You will have a quiz on Tuesday, and you must be able to answer the following questions:

 - What is the class website address?
 - What is the professor's name?
 - What should a student do if the homework assignment is too difficult for him/her?
 - What is the name of the grammar book used in this class?
 - What is the name of the reading book used in this class?

2. Vocabulary

Read "My Early Memories" by Colin L. Powell again, and make sure you know the meaning of the following words and expressions:

to scold
keen
to lack drive
kinship
catastrophe
amiable

Colin L. Powell

http://www.biography.com/people/colin-powell-9445708