February 28, 2013

BASIC II. GRAMMAR BANK 6.A. PAGE 137

TASK A
1. I think they'll lose the match
2. Will the meeting be loong?
3. She won't get the job
4. Will you see him...?
5. It'll be impossible to park
6. You won't like that book
7. I think she'll love...
8. There won't be a lot ...
9. You will find...
10. Everything will be ok...

TASK B
1. will be
2. will like
3. will snow
4. will get
5. will pass

February 22, 2013

ADVANCED I, READING PAGE 57

1. She used to stop what she was doing and help him. Now she doesn't pay him any attention.

2. Because she was writing a book about exotic animal trainers, she spent a lot of time watching them training animals.
It occurred to her that she could use the same techniques to 'train' her husband.
That you reward good behaviour and ignore bad behaviour.

3. Teaching someone a new behaviour by rewarding each small step they take.
She began to praise him every time he did something she wanted him to do, like put the dirty washing in the hamper, etc.

4. He wanted to srop birds landing on him.
He trained them to land somewhere else.
She stopped him from getting in her way in the kitchen when she was cooking by giving him a job to do.

5. She learnt a technique called LRS which means not responding at all when someone does something wrong, if you don't respond the behaviour will disappear.
When her husband was looking for his keys she just said nothing and carried on with what she was doing.

6. They start to use the same technique on their trainer.
Her husband used the LRS technique, he ignored her when she was complaining about her braces

ADVANCED I. MODAL VERBS

TASK 1

3.B
4. HAVE BEEN
5. BE
6.GO
7.BE GOING
8.HAVE STOLEN
9.HAVE BEEN
10.BE FOLLOWING


TASK 3

3. We should have reserved a table
4.They should change the notice
5. She should slow down
6. You should have come with me
7. The driver in front shouldn't have stopped without warming
8.I should have looked where I was going

February 18, 2013

ADVANCED I. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

GRAMMAR BANK PAGE 139

4.A. a
1. would have bought
2.had gone
3.would lend
4.found
5.hadn't driven/hadn't been driving
6. lived
7.wouldn't have
8.would have heard
9.had known
10.were
 
4.A.b
1.he wouldn't have been late for the interview
2.she wouldn't sleep badly at night
3.we would have reached the top of the mountain
4.she had had enough money
5.there wasn't so much traffic
6.he would get the job

HANDOUT

TASK 1

3.would take
4. refused
5. wouldn't get
6. closed down
7. pressed
8. would be
9. didn't come
10. borrowed
11.walked
12. would understand

TASK 2

2. spoke...clearly...would understand him
3.wasn't so expensive, I'd buy it
4. If we could afford it, we'd go out more often
5. If it wasn't raining, we could have lunch in the garden
6. If I didn't have to work tomorrow evening, I'd be able to meet you

TASK 3

2. hadn't stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn't have happened
3. If I had known that George had to get up eraly, I'd have woken him up
4. If Jim hadn't lent me the money, I wouldn't have been able to buy the car.
5. If Margaret hadn't been wearing a seat belt, she'd have been injured.
6. If you had had some breakfast, you wouldn't have been hungry
7. If I had had some money on me, I would have got a taxi