TUESDAY OCTOBER 20TH

GRAMMAR POINT:

A - Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these and those

We use this, these, that and those with nouns to show proximity

We use this and these for people or things near us:

We have lived in this house for twenty years.
Have you read all of these books?

… and that and those for people or things that are not near us:

Who lives in that house?
Who are those people?

Demonstratives	Singular	Plural	Near	Far
This		-		-
That		-	-
These	-			-
Those	-		-

Exercise: write / tell me 5 sentences using them


B. Asking politely someone something

Use the following forms when asking:

May I please?

Do you mind if or Will you mind if?

Is it OK if or Will it be OK if?

Does it bother you if or Will it bother you if?


Look at the following list of requests and build a sentences using the forms shown above

1. Smoke   

                           

2. Listen to Music

3. Cook tonight

4. Do the dishes

5. Help me on this project

6. Turn up the music

7. Buy a new purse

8. Go out tonight

9. Go to sleep early

10. Watch the game tonight

C. Prepositions with Adjectives

Good at

• What have you been told you are good at?

happy with  (about)

• Are you happy about your weekend?

interested in

• Are you interested in moving to another country within the next 3 years?

Nervous about

• Do you usually get nervous about presenting in front of a big group of people?

worried about

• Are you worried about the economic crisis in France?

surprised by (at)

• Are you surprised by the growth experienced by RC these last 3 years?

upset about (by)

• Do you usually get upset by things that do not work as you expected?

fed up with

pleased with (by)

Scared of (by)

bored with (by)

frightened of (by)

annoyed at (with, by)

bad at

satisfied with (by)

embarrassed by (about)

concerned about (by)

angry about (at) something

angry with (at) someone

****AFTER prepositions we use a noun, a pronoun or verb+ing

D. ORAL COMPREHENSION :