News reading

Life Expectancy

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/31/bc-life-expectancy-stats.html

Cell phone charges
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/27/bc-rogersroaming.html

Article Grammar Exercises--Dec. 21, 2012

Link for several exercises on articles
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/artikel.htm

Unit 10 - Modals of past possibility

Exercise links
Link for past possibility
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-modals-of-possibility-and-probability-for-past-situations1.htm

Link for past and present or future possibility
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/modals/possibility.html

Link for all modals
http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-five

Mixed Modals
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability-exercise-1.html



Modal Explanation and Link - past
http://www.profesorrich.com/modal-verbs-3-deduction-speculation-criticism-in-the-past

Articles-Grammar Notes

Here is a link for article grammar--I have included many nouns and examples.  This is a good reference article to file away on your computer.
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/131AQXobFnNw14xebjElh5hdyNKDrejQVUXRJTNAi9Tg/edit

Unit 9 - Conditional Exercises links

Links
http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/upper-intermediate/first-second-and-third-conditionals

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/upper-intermediate/third-conditional


http://www.e-grammar.org/if-clauses/

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/conditional-exercises.html

Prepositions - Good Site

Purdue Writing Lab - Prepositions

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/1/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/02/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/03/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/04/

Reading and Listening Site for practice

website
http://esl-bits.net/listening/NEWindex.htm

You can combine practice reading and listening with this site.  There are many listenings with the transcripts to choose from.  There are various levels and times.

October 30-Unit 5-Present Perfect Activities and Notes with time diagrams links

Link to good notes with diagrams on Present Perfect
http://mita.blog.unair.ac.id/files/2012/07/present-perfect.pdf

Links to practice speaking present perfect
http://www.eslflow.com/presentperfecttenselessonplans.html


http://www.canada-esl.com/lessonsmain/haveyouever.pdf
On the link pages above, scroll down to the list that says:  Have you ever...

http://www.college-englishmag.com/COLLEGE-ENGLISHMAG.COM/Danger_files/interview-danger.pdf

Good Verb Chart
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf

Subject-Verb Agreement-Unit 3

Exercise
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1_mdOGGxHrvv-qlN8y1QjTdaJJ0eIHm1EMyGgeRcszX8/edit

Listening Exercises with transcripts

Website
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-advanced.php

Fun Idiom Quiz Oct. 12, 2012

Fun Idioms
http://www.manythings.org/c/r.cgi/slang

Your teacher will open the site and do as a class.

Infinitive and Gerund Quiz

Quiz
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1mmanE1RDbMFsyy24KX1R9miUdS4LLztrCU8a1BK03-k/edit

Practice Exercises for Infinitives and Gerunds

Practice for Infinitives and Gerunds

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/gerund_infinitiv.htm

 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund

good one

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerinf1.htm

forget, remember, stop

http://www.fiestaesl.com/gerinf4_different_meaning_remember_stop_try.html

Verb Lists: Infinitives and Gerunds

Verb Lists:  Infinitives and Gerunds
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

New Link for Clinton Initiative

Clinton Initiative
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1SWaEZYEG0USBez80DHAOSH3oa98zGV1mdCG6UD6JkqI/edit

Modals of Past Probability Exercises

Link
http://www.eslstudyguide.com/section/writinggrammar/practice/IntroductiontoPastModals.html

In the News 10-2: World Wonders threatened

Document Link
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1qExXqmcFnBXrTBRLvHjfpXQosEdPgTRUKcHlvQhbYGE/edit

Unit 10 Ted Talk: Bjorn Lomborg

Ted Talk
Exercise
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1nGTbrsGbR8SK7y3IWdaddQgKQ5QC6tOdJiEwfb5-Se8/edit

Answers
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1_FB1oHGth1h5Cy72aqUW08p5-vluvX8MIGh5vrZ0JJI/edit

Unit 10 - The Clinton Global Initiative--Reading/Speaking Group Work

The Clinton Global Initiative - Reading/Speaking
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1-hT08XjaUgE-m1mzLxLsE5q-Q8KLY8u2xTyv1pQ3_Bw/edit

Unit 10 - The History of Greenpeace - Listening Exercise

The History of Greenpeace https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1mY_r3RI_IF5BTlF_m2096jfg8LDXHlAudBReD_SWlU4/edit

Reported or Indirect Speech chart

chart
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm#Tense

Introduction to Adjective Clauses

Grammar Notes
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1SgILnY-mNmfmsw0kv1HH3zeaBrCcnynSqamRBGimYo8/edit

Exercises
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11rddL7ziU43NKjG50W4rkFbsGi6r8txr7xY4syvo278/edit

Modal exercises

exercise
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

Quantifier Review Exercise + Reading

Exercise
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1k3xMww8Hr_yJYIwTArrDO6lRwvS9ccdTZ1AI3zww5rk/edit?pli=1

Pre-reading-Holiday Spending sized up
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/14Tu9FSFfRbvrsdaGgkrZqBQMoRBfdi0nb2AhEOKbrg0/edit

Reading-Holiday Spending Sized Up
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1NMS6WD8JELxbveeF8R6g5haqtHj_4fsVu7e_CzrYUhU/edit

Quantifiers--Important Notes to Remember

Quantifiers -- Important Notes to remember

1.  Add “of” to the quantifier when there is a determiner before the noun—determiners are:

A, an, the;   this, that, these, those;  my, his, her, your, their, our.

I ate some of the cookies.

He ate all of my cookies.

I ate a few of those cookies.

Many of the cookies were eaten.  Much of the cake was eaten.

Also add “of” to the quantifier with an object pronoun (after the verb)

Him, her, us, them, me, it

Did you eat all of the cake?  No, I only ate some of it.

2. Differences between ‘a few’ and ‘few’ (for countable nouns) and ‘a little’ and ‘little’(for uncountable nouns)

A few, few:

I have a few copies. (some)

I have few copies. (not very many—lack of copies)

A little, little:

I have a little money. (some)

I have little money. (not very much—lack of money)

3. Quite (adverb) and quantifiers

When ‘quite’ is before a small quantifier, it changes the meaning to the opposite!!!  (a few, a bit)

However; it does not change the meaning with a large quantifier.

There are a few people at party.  (not many, a small number of)

There are quite a few people. (a lot, many)—opposite idea

There is a bit of food left.  (a little food left, not much food)

There is quite a bit of food left.  (a lot of food—much food)—opposite idea

Quite does not change the meaning of quantifiers for large amounts—it stresses or emphasizes  that there is a large amount—similar to using ‘very’.

There are quite a lot of students at the party.  (There are very many students at the party.)

Carlos Slim has quite a lot of money.  (He has very much money.)

4.  ‘So’ and ‘too’ with quantifiers.

Quantifiers - quiz supplement link

Quizzes
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quantifiers2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quant_gap2.htm

Reported Speech Notes and Exercises--External Website

Notes and Exercises

To do the practice exercises do not click on the PDF files.  You will have to click on the links at the end of each grammar note section and copy and paste the exercises into a google document or a word document.  You can then type your answers in.

Reported Speech Quiz--External Link

Quiz

Discursive Essay

You are going to write a discursive essay that will be due on Monday Feb. 20th.

Here are some links that will explain what a discursive essay is:

http://custom-writing.org/blog/writing-tips/free-essay-writing-tips/228.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_5107873_write-discursive-essay.html

http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/exams/discursiveessays.pdf

Carbon Footprint for that cheeseburger you just ate.

http://www.openthefuture.com/cheeseburger_CF.html

Quick Participle Grammar Notes

Participles - Present and Past – Verbs Ending in “ing” and “ed”

• Present participles end in “ING” (interesting)
• Past participles end in “ED” (interested)


Uses:

1. When present participles (ing) are used like adjectives or adverbs, they are ACTIVE in meaning:
 Modern art is interesting.
 Pour boiling water onto the pasta.
 She sat in the corner crying.

2. When past participles (ed) are usled like adjectives or adverbs, they are passive in meaning.
 I am interested in modern art.
 Look at that broken doll.
 He sat in his chair, filled with sadness at his mother’s funeral.

3. Participles used after a noun act like a relative clause.
I met a woman riding a donkey. (=who was riding …)
The car stolen in the night was later found. (=that was stolen…)

4. Participles used as adverbs can also describe:

• Two actions happening at the same time -- She sat by the fire reading a book.

• Two actions that happen one after another – Opening his case, he took out a gun.

Note: If it is important to show that the first action is completed before the second action begins, we use the perfect participle – (having had, having finished)
Having finished lunch, we set off on our journey.
Having had a shower, she got dressed.

• Two actions that happen BECAUSE of another.—Being tired, he went to bed early last night.

5. Many verbs are followed by “ing” forms:
I spent the holiday reading.
Don’t waste time thinking about the past.
Let’s go swimming.
He keeps asking me to go out on a date.

Relative Clause exercise

Here is a practice exercise for relative clauses.

Vancouver Island

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19ithS7k46MoVb1DGCvvbohuSzFlw9qM0abzlGDyiP-k/edit?hl=en_US

Online Vocabulary Game with a bonus

Here is a site where you can practice vocabulary words AND also donate free rice to people in need.

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1376

News Articles for Reading Practice

Here are two websites for reading the news. Try to read a small article every night. For more practice, write a short summary of the article or how you feel about it. This is a good practice for Journal writing.

Simple English News:

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=6&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.simpleenglishnews.com/

Easy English Times:

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=7&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.easyenglishtimes.com/

Five Easy Apps for Learning English

Check out the website below for Apps for learning English.

http://esl.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=6&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&st=11&zu=http%3A//www.simpleenglishnews.com/