Unit 9 Test

Hello Everyone! The time has come to write your Unit 9 Tests :)

Please complete the test tonight, Wed, July 27th, 2011 and have them sent and shared with me by tomorrow, thurs, July 28th by noon at the latest.

I will be correcting them and sending them back to you as I receive them.

There is NO unit 9 essay due this week because we won't have time.

To access the Unit 9 test, please click on the link below. Don't forget to share your test with me, Erin Carrasco (erin.carrasco@canada-english.com).

Thank you and Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1I2ev21c_XjcxTwp8zTHteS6-DPkopLAESI1oR_FG7WQ/edit?hl=en_GB

Despite/ In spite of vs. Although/ Even though

To better understand these expressions, click on the following link:

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

Link between Preservatives and Hyperactivity

To read article on hyperactivity in children and preservatives in food, press on the link below:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1659835,00.html

The 3 Conditionals:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Stx5sKoki5AHJzNzMnJPKTnKMB82X6KFtK0Dr92Df5g/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CKnshdwI

Click on this link for an explanation and examples of the 1st Conditional

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond.htm

...and this link for the 2nd Conditional:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm

follow this link if you want to do exercises for the second conditional:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm

...and this link for the 3rd Conditional

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

1st, 2nd and 3rd Conditionals: Tues, July 19th

Check out these links for further explanations, examples and exercises on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm

UNIT 8 TEST: Thurs July 14th

Open the link to get to the test. Make a copy to complete it and don't forget to share it with me :)

Erin Carrasco: erin.carrasco@canada-english.com

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fe6bjGUhvdGBeh288tN1qWIyj7pq0p-Y_nD7oDD2cQk/edit?hl=en_GB

This Test is to be submitted to me no later than Friday July 15th at 12pm.

If I have not received your test by then you will get a 0 for a mark, unless you have made previous arrangements with me.

As I will be correcting the test tomorrow (Friday) in-class, those students who have not shared their test with me and show up to class will be asked to leave to complete their test.

Thank you and GOOD LUCK!!

Tuesday July 12th:

Hi Everyone :)

Homework tonight: Work on your unit 8 essays and share them with me. The more you can get done ahead of time and corrected the better!

If you are new to the class, you should be reviewing the unit: especially grammar and vocabulary.

Due Dates:IMPORTANT!!

Unit 8 essays are due on Thursday, July 14th any time during the day. Every day you submit your essay late, I will deduct 5% from your mark.

If you are new to the class (meaning you joined the class this week) you are NOT EXPECTED to write the unit 8 essay.

If you do not submit your unit 8 essay before the weekend is over, I will not accept it and you will get 0 as a mark.

TEST: I will be giving students the take-home exam on unit 8 on Thursday, July 14th. It is due on Friday, July 15th.

I will post the link that allows you to open the test and complete it on this blog, under a post I will create on Thursday entitled UNIT 8 TEST.

Any questions? Ask me :) I am here to help! See you tomorrow :D

Monday, July 11th: Prepositions By and With:

For the various uses and meanings of the prepositions BY and WITH, follow this link :)

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1ayQSZAxDC9g8d5yjz4sJ6ep-FVcbyeXLwSTHq-Ym680/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CJGlw4gG

Friday July 8th: Verb Causatives- Have/ Get

Hi Everyone!

For notes taken in class explaining the verb causatives Have and Get, follow this link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1DJTC8VUUlR_SBGmastJ2Q4uqgjFR0GO5gsaN0oQ935Q/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CN-ngbgE

HOMEWORK: Grammar: Causatives Have/Get, exercise #2.

ALSO share your unit 8 essays with me :) I will send them back with corrections.

AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Thurs, July 7th: Past Perfect

For further explanation of the Past Perfect, check out this link :)

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pastpf.htm

Homework Tonight: Write your Unit 8 Essay introductions:

UNIT 8 ESSAY: Due on Thursday, July 14th

Wed July 6th: Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS: Follow the Link

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

Tues July 5th

Hello Everyone!

Homework tonight: Find synonyms for the words on your vocabulary list, starting from 'robber' down to 'kidnap'

Also, FINISH YOUR UNIT 7 ESSAYS TONIGHT!! (unless, of course, you are a new student in the class.)

Tomorrow we will be working on the Past Simple and Past Continuous so if you have time, take a look at the notes for Grammar 8-2 tonight.

See you tomorrow!! :)

Present, Past and Future Tenses in English

Check this link out for all the different Present Tenses in English and examples for each one:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13588971/Present-Tense

Check out the link below for all the different Future Tenses in English and examples for each one:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13588962/Future-Tense

Monday July 4th-

Present Perfect VS. Simple Past:

Follow the link to get an explanation, examples and exercises for these 2 verb tenses :)

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm

FORMULA FOR PRESENT PERFECT:

Subject + have/has+ Past Participle + Object

Homework: Grammar 8-1, Ex.#3