Monday, May 16, 2016

FINAL EXAM - PART 2


 PART TWO: WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 7:30PM TO 8PM
(after 8pm we will have a potluck party)
This part of the exam will have questions related to grammar.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Study... FINAL EXAM - part one - MONDAY 05/16/16

Reading:
More True Stories:
Read "The Surgeon" (page 71) and "The Mermaid Balloon" (page 79).

Writing:
More True Stories:
Practice writing a letter (page 81).
Practice writing a paragraph about someone you admire (page 89).

Listening:
You will watch a film ONLY ONCE (Friends).

Speaking:
You will get 10 questions, and you can choose three (3) questions to answer.
Your answer MUST be a complete sentence.
example: Where did Rachel go?
You must answer: "She went to the hospital."
Saying "hospital" or "the hospital" is not enough.



Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Assignments - Wednesday 05/11/16

Complete the exercises on the handout (comparative & superlative adjectives).

More True Stories
Review units 13,14,15, and 16.

I WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONDAY -- FINAL EXAM DAY!

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Adjectives - COMPARATIVE


ADJECTIVES -  COMPARATIVE + THAN

SHORT ADJECTIVES – MOST ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVE + -ER
OLD - OLDER

ADJECTIVE ENDS IN   –E

ADJECTIVE + - R
NICE - NICER
ADJECTIVE ENDS IN
1 VOWEL + CONSONANT

DOUBLE THE CONSONANT + -ER
BIG - BIGGER

ADJECTIVE ENDS IN –Y

-Y + -IER
EASY - EASIER

LONG ADJECTIVES
MORE + ADJECTIVE
MORE INTERESTING / MORE EXCITING

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

GOOD – BETTER
BAD – WORSE
FAR – FURTHER/FARTHER

Friday, May 6, 2016

Assignments - Monday 05/09/16

Basic English Grammar:
Preview Comparative & Superlative Adjectives.

More True Stories:
Review Units 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Assignments - Wednesday 05/04/16

Basic English Grammar:
Study and do all the exercises on pages 431 to 441.

White Collar

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?

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

THE FINAL EXAM WILL HAVE TWO PARTS:

PART ONE: MONDAY, MAY 16, 7PM TO 9:30PM
This part of the exam will have questions related to reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

PART TWO: WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 7:30PM TO 8PM (after 8pm we will have a potluck party)
This part of the exam will have questions related to grammar.