TOEFL Workshop

TOEFL Workshop
Fridays 1pm-2pm
LRC - room 240

Assignments - Monday 03/14/16

Basic English Grammar:

Study the charts and do all the exercises on pages 125 to 137.
Review SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE and PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE.

More True Stories:
Unit 12 - Finders Keepers?

Order of Adjectives

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs (http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html)

1.  A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.
separable verbs: (talk * into)
inseparable verbs: (run into +)
object can be in both positions: (look * up +)

Example:
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = meet
He ran away when he was 15. run + away = leave home

2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb cannot be followed by an object.

Example:
He suddenly showed up. "show up" cannot take an object

3. Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be followed by an object.

Example:
I made up the story. "story" is the object of "make up"

4. Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, separable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a * between the verb and the preposition / adverb.

Example:
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.

5. Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. The object is placed after the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, inseparable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a + after the preposition / adverb.

Example:
I ran into an old friend yesterday.
They are looking into the problem.

6. Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, such phrasal verbs are marked with both * and + .

Example:
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.

7. WARNING! Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

Example:
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book. correct
I looked up it in the phone book. incorrect

https://peracollege.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/the-50-most-common-phrasal-verbs-b-t-stoakley.pdf


http://online-english-lessons.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/50-common-English-phrasal-verbs.pdf

Assignments - Wednesday 03/09/16

Basic English Grammar:
Study the charts and do all the exercises on pages 110 to 124.

Non-Progressive Verbs

Common non-progressive verbs

Here is a list of some common verbs which are not often used in progressive forms.

believe, doubt, feel, imagine, know, dislike, love, hate, prefer, realize, recognize, remember, see, suppose, think, understand, want, wish, appear, hear, look, see, seem, smell, sound, taste, agree, deny, astonish, disagree, impress, mean, please, promise, satisfy, surprise, belong, concern, consist, depend, fit, involve, lack, matter, need, owe, own, possess, weigh, ...

Notes

Feel does not have a progressive form when it means ‘have an opinion’.

• I feel you are making a mistake. (NOT I am feeling you are making a mistake.)

See does not have a progressive form when it means ‘understand’.

• I see what you mean. (NOT I am seeing what you mean.)

Look does not have a progressive form when it means ‘seem’.

• She looks like she is rich. (NOT She is looking like she is rich.)

Weigh does not have a progressive form when it means ‘have weight’.

• He weighs 70 kilos. (NOT He is weighing 70 kilos.)

Assignments - Monday 03/07/16

Basic English Grammar:
Do the exercises 57 to 60 on pages 91 to 94.
Then review the charts and do all the exercises on pages 96 to 109.

More True Stories:
Unit 11 - pages 42 to 45.