Learning about language

Discovering useful words and expressions1. Fill in the table below. ambitionabsencesuitablebeneficialannoyed/annoying

Noun Adjectiveambitiousabsentsuitabilitybenefitannoyance

encouragementpsychologicalnoisyfirmclumsy

NounAdjectiveclumsinessfirmnessnoisepsychologyencouraging

Answer key for Exercise 2:1. lap 2. annoyed3. dictation 4. entry5. microscope 6. outgoing7. fellow 8. conduct

Answer key for Exercise 3:in many ways, sit around, made fun of, adapt to, out of breath, All in all, cutting out, In other words

Sample dialogue:S1: All in all Xie Lis confidence has grown. In other words she is more outgoing.S2: In many ways she is becoming more active and happier.S3: Shes not so often out of breath after training. She has adopted to it well.Exercise 4:

Grammar to+,, for sb. to do sth.

1. To finish this report took him a week. My job is to help the poor person.2. To see is to believe. What I would suggest is to put off the meeting.!

3. I decided to ask for my money back. 4. 1) to: allow, order, force, permit, tell, want, wish, forbid, advise, persuade, warnto

: He didnt allow us to smoke in his house.2) tomake, have, let;see, watch, observe, hear, listen to, noticeto: He made a face and made everybody laugh. ,

,,2(let, have)toto: He was seen to go upstairs. :

5. Do you have anything to say on the question?: , ,

He is looking for a room to live in. There is nothing to worry about.6. I stayed there to see what would happen. We were very excited to hear the news.

1. It is good to help others. 2. It is my ambition to make sure that the disabled people in our neighborhood have access to all public buildings.

3. My ambition is to work in the computer industry when I grow up. Identify its function.(subject)(subject)(predicative)

4. I dont have time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. 5. I am the only student in my class to have a pet snake. 6. A big company has decided to buy it from me. 7. My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am. (attribute)(attribute)(object)(object)

8. I have had to work hard to live a normal life. 9. Some days I am too tired to get out of bed. 10. We must call on local government to give financial assistance to disabled people. (adverbial)(adverbial)(object complement)

afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, care, choose, claim, come, consent, dare, decide, demand, deserve, determine, elect, endeavorThe following verbs are normally followed by the infinitive.Remember!

expect, fail, get, guarantee, hate, help, hesitate hope, hurry, intend, learn, long, manage, mean, need, offer, plan, prepare, pretend, promise refuse, say, seem, tend, threaten, want, wish

The following verbs are normally followed by V-ing. avoid, consider, delay, deny, dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, forgive, finish, imagine, keep, mind, miss, pardon, prevent, resist, suggest, understand, cant helpRemember them!

The following verbs are normally followed by V-ing or the infinitive. love, like, hate, prefer, dislike, begin, continue, intend, attempt, propose, want, need, remember, forget, regret, try, deserve, start

V-ing,,,, V-ing, 1) I like to go with you. !

I like reading. He promised to help her. We love watching VCD. VCD

2) remember, forget, regretV-ing, ,, I remember meeting him in the street. I remember to write a letter to my parents.

3) stop + V-ing, stop + Stop smoking, please. Let's stop to have a rest.

4) mean to do mean doing I meant to catch up with the early bus. This means wasting a lot of money.

5) try to do try doing You should try to overcome your shortcomings. Try working out the physics problem in another way.

Practice I 1. She said she___ her uncle very much and hoped ____him. A. missed, to hear from B. missed, to hear C. misses, hearing from D. misses, hearingA

2. ______a living, she had to work from morning till night. A. To make B. made C. Making D. To have made3. Mrs Brown regretted____ his son. A. beated B. beating C. beat D. beatenAB

4. I often hear him ___about the great writer. A. to talk B. talk C. speaking D. to tell5. Missing the last bus means___ home. A. to walk B. walking C. walked D. walkBB

6. Paul doesn't have to be made____ . He always works hard. A. study B. to study C. studied D. studying7. It was unbelievable that the fans waited outside the gym for three hours just ____ a look at the sports starts. A. had B. having C. to have D. haveBC

8. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him __. A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not9. --I didn't hear you come in last night. --That's good. We tried ___ noisy. A. not to B. to be not C. to be D. not to beAD

10. --I hear that you and Francis will spend your vacation in Nepal next spring. --Yes, we are planning _____. A. to B. to be C. it D. to do itA

11. He is quick to ____ himself to new environment. A. adopt B. adore C. adapt D. adept adapt oneself to

12. Your performance in the driving test didnt reach the required standard-____, you failed. A. in the end B. after all C. in other words D. at the same time

II. 1. More and more people do not like watching TV; the programs seem ____________ (get) worse all the time.2. The poem is said __________________ (translate) into many languages in the past decade.3. The flu is believed ___________ (cause) by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.to be gettingto have been translatedto be caused

4. The crowd cheered wildly at the sight of Liu Xiang, who was reported _____________ (break) the world record in the 110-meter hurdle race.5. You are said ___________________ (write) a new novel these years. Have you finished it?to have been writingto have broken

1. ___________ is to lengthen life. ()2. She is easy _______________. ()3. When I called him, he happened ________________. (, )III. , To save timeto get along withto be taking a bath

4. The book is said ___________ ____________________________. ()5. The experience makes us realize that much of the world remains ____________. ()6. The teacher asked us ______________. ()into several languagesto be explorednot to be so noisyto have been translated

7. The news reporter hurried to the airport, ________________________ _______. ()8. I dont think it possible ___________ _______________________. (100) only to be told the film star had left to remember 100 English words at a time

9. Students are not allowed _________________. ()10. _________________________, call (920) 746-3789. ((920) 746-3789)To find out more informationto smoke and drink

HomeworkGo over words and expressions.Go over the grammar.Finish Ex 1 on Page 49.