Friday, March 20, 2015

Such or so?

Such is a determiner; so is an adverb. They often have the same meaning of ‘very’ or ‘to this degree’:

Those are such good chocolates.
Those chocolates are so good.

We use such + noun phrase     and     so + adjective or adverb phrase:
She is such a great cook.
Not: She is so great cook.

That was so unpleasant. (so + adjective)
Not: That was such unpleasant.

Why do you drive so fast? (so + adverb)
Not: Why do you drive such fast?

Compare
so + adjective
such + noun phrase
You’re so kind.
He’s such a kind person
It was so hot we couldn’t work.
November was such a cold month.
So but not such can also be used in front of much, many, little, few to add emphasis:
So much food was wasted every day.
Not: Such much food was wasted …

In those days there were so few doctors in our area.
Not: … there were such few doctors 

Typical errors
  • We use such, not so, before a noun, even if there is an adjective before the noun:
They’re such snobs! They won’t speak to anyone else in the village.
Not: They’re so snobs …

Those are such cool shoes. Where did you get them?
Not: Those are so cool shoes.

  • We use such, not so, before a noun phrase with the indefinite articlea/an:
This is such a wonderful kitchen!
Not: This is a so wonderful kitchen!

  • We use so, not such, before adjectives:
Thank you. You’re so kind.
Not: You’re such kind.

  • We use so, not such, before adverbs:
She always dresses so elegantly.
Not: She always dresses such elegantly.

              from English Grammar Today

ASSIGNMENT 13

Due date: March 27



So, such, such a, so many, so much

Write and complete the sentences by hand in your notebook.



1. I've been to Paris ______________ times!   (so many / so much)
 
2. He got really drunk at the party last night and behaved like ___________ idiot!   (such/such an
)

3. They used to have _________ fun together; now all they do is argue.   (so many / so much)

4. This test is _________ harder than the last one.  (such / so much)

5. The bar was really packed last night. There were _________ people there! / so much)

6. The guitar player was _________ good!  (so / such a)

7. _________ students have a problem with this exercise. / much)

8. This movie was _________ worse than he told me it would be.  (so / much)

9. I can't believe you lived there for _________ years. / so much)

10. That is _________ idea!  (so good / such a good)

ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS






1. Practice book Unit 4
2. Test on Conditionals: March 17: Write a Chain story in First, Second and Third Conditional.
3. Assignment 13
4. Group Project: March 27

Friday, March 13, 2015

ASSIGNMENT 12

Due date March 20



According to your number of list you are going to answer one of the following questions and present it orally for one minute.

1.      What would you have done if you had been the president of USA during the Second World War?
2.     What would you have done if you had found a gold coins treasure chest?
3.     What would you have done in your last holiday if time, money etc had been no limit? How could that have changed your life?
4.     How would your life have been different if you had been born a girl/ boy?
5.     How would your country be different if someone different had won the last presidential election?
6.     If you could change one thing about your body or personality, what would it be?
7.      What would you do if you knew that the world was going to be hit by a comet and destroyed in one week?
8.     How would you have done if you had met the president Rafael Correa?
9.     What things could make you emigrate?
10.  What would you do if you saw a UFO?
11.   If you could change three things about the world today, what would you change?
12.   How would you have designed your school differently?
13.   What object would you choose to be buried with (if practical things like size weren’t important)?
14.   If your house was on fire and you could only take one object, which would it be?
15.   Would you have signed the "Protocolo of Rio de Janeiro" in 1998 if you had been the president of Ecuador?
16.   Would you have invested in the moon landings, or would you have saved the money for things down here on earth? What might you have spent it on, and what would the results have been?
17.   What would you have done if you had known that the advice a doctor had given someone was wrong?
18.  How would your life have been different if you had been born in another country?
19.   How would the world be different if nuclear weapons had never been invented?
20.  If you could know the exact time and date of your death, would you want to?
21.   If you could have any super power – for example, the ability to fly, or to be very strong, or to become invisible – which super power would you choose? Why? What would you do with this power?
22.  If you could go back in time and kill Hitler, would you?
23.  If someone offered you $1,000,000 to take naked pictures of you and put them on the Internet, would you do it?
24.  If you could save one hundred monkeys by killing one person, would you do it?
25.  If you had a time machine and could travel to three times in history, which times would you want to visit, and why?
26.  If you had $50000 and you had to spend it within 24 hours, what would you do?
27.  If you could buy anything in the world (but just one thing), what would it be?
28.  If you could choose which three objects to take with you to a desert island, what would you take?
29. What would you do if you were in New York?
30. What would you have done if you had been born into a famous family?
31. What would you have done if you had won the lottery?
32. What would you do if you could met your great-great-grandparents?
33. What would you have done if you had had time this week?
34. Would you have murdered Julius Caesar to save the Roman Republic, or let him become Emperor?
35. What would you have done if you had met the people who worked on the first atomic bomb?
36. What would you have done if you had found a dinosour egg?
37. What would you have done if you could choose how to spend the last day of your life?
38. What would you do if you had a new drug that you knew was important and safe but could not get permission to test it on humans?
39. What would you do if you If you could decide how to spend the profits from the national lottery?
40. What would you do if you didn’t have enough money to take the bus home?

ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS

For the week: March 16 to 20

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1. Homework: Review the chain story in First, Second and Third conditional (in the notebook)
2. Present the Webquest: Conclusion activity on March 17
3. Test on Conditionals: March 17
4. Blog: Assignment 12 March 20. Oral test: Present the oral answer, not reading,
5. Group Project: March 27

Project Rubric

Content:             2 points 
Speaking:           2 points 
Creativity:           2 points 
Organization:     2 points 
Material:             2 points 

Total:                 10 points

Friday, March 6, 2015

ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS

Assignments and tests for the week: March 9 to 13

1. Blog: Assignment 11
2. Click on here: Webquest
3. Group Project: March 27
4. Brochure first draft: March 13