reported speech

Here are the links that I want you to check. Read the theory and do the exercises! it´s very well explained!

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/absolutenglish-972/notes/grammar/reportedspeech.htm

http://bachiller.sabuco.com/ingles/eloy/1bach/reported.pdf

See you all tomorrow!

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Here is what we did last week in class...

TYPES OF PENALTIES: FINE, IMPRISONMENT, DEATH, COMMUNITY WORK

1. Drunken driving
2. First degree murder
3. Prostitution
4. Possession of marijuana
5. Possession of hard drugs
6. Selling hard drugs
7. Rape
8. Theft
9. Aggravated assault
10. Assassination
11. Kidnapping
12. Manslaughter
13. Disorderly conduct
14. Vandalism
15. Acts of terrorism resulting in death

extra help

Here is a suggestion from one of your classmates: it´s a link to the online english courses at the UB. Check it out! hope you find it useful!

http://campusvirtual.ub.edu/course/category.php?id=682&perpage=20&page=0

Did you have a nice and scary halloween weekend??? hehe

Ok, here you have some useful links on the use of SO / SUCH ... THAT. The second link is more extense and better explained, but I´ve also posted the first one since it is in spanish and it might help you to understand the main concepts a little bit better. Hope it helps!

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/so-such.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuch.html

NATIONAL STEREOTYPES

Hi again! next week, we´ll be dealing with stereotypes, so I would like you to read this text I´ve found and tell me whether you agree or disagree with these stereotypes!

National stereotypesThere are a variety of common national stereotypes about the inhabitants of various nations, held by inhabitants of other nations. Such stereotypes are usually prejudicial and often ill-informed, and often overlap with ethnic or racial stereotypes. However, some stereotypes may be positive (e.g. Australians are good at sports), although this does not make them acceptable.Examples of common national sterotypes include:

Asians are all experts in martial arts and good at math.

Australians wear weatherbeaten hats with dangling corks, and are good at sports.

English tolerate eccentric people, drink tea, and are football enthusiasts. They also have bad teeth, talk posh and think they are the better of you.

French people never bathe, smoke heavily, always wear a beret, eat frogs' legs, are rude, and are rather weak and cowardly.

Germans and Austrians are Nazis who consume huge amounts of beer, sausages, cabbage and behave like machines. They have no sense of humor.

Japanese are workaholics and are of short stature; Japanese tourists spend their entire trip taking pictures of things. They copy and try to fit the western cultures.

Spaniards are people who always have bull races.

Swedish have all blonde hair and Swedish girls are good looking.

Russians drink vodka and are Communists.

Americans are fat, ignorant, war-mongering and/or boorish, don't know about other countries and talk with stupid accents.

Irish are drunk and/or fiery-tempered redheads and have a large amount of children.

Chinese Do not respect laws. Talk loud regardless where they are.

Indians smell like curry and either own restaurants or convenience stores, drive taxicabs or are employed in the IT sector or work in the Gas stations. Are also good talkers.

Italian men are chauvinists, hot-blooded and/or over-emotional, and live an indulgent lifestyle. Often they are fashionable and elegant looking and drive sport cars.

Brazilian women are sexy and Brazilian men are great soccer players.

Africans are hard workers.

Mexicans are dirty, drink too much tequila, work for little money, are illegal immigrants, and take naps. Sex maniac also.

COMPOSITION

HELLOO!!! Here you have the correction symbols and their meanings. Remember that you are supposed to rewrite the composition in a different piece of paper (and you have to rewrite the whole composition, not only the mistakes). And of course, get in touch with me if you have any question.

-W.O.= Word Order (the order of the words is not correct)

-SPE.= Spelling (there´s a mistake in the spelling of the words)

-VOC.= Vocabulary (the word is incorrect)

-EXP.= Expression (wrong expression, that´s not how you say that in English)

-AGR.= Agreement (there isn´t agreement in the number or the gender) (ej. el sujeto está en singular y el artículo en plural)

-V. TENSE= The tense is incorrect (for example, you use the present but you should use a past)

-V*= Incorrect Verb (the verb is not the approppriate)

-?= I don´t understand (no sé lo que quieres decir así que no puedo ayudar)

PRES. PERFECT vs. PRES. PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Here we are again! this is a very good link that deals with the present perfect and the present perfect continuous. Read the explanations and do the exercises. WE WON´T CORRECT THEM IN CLASS, BUT THEY ARE PART OF YOUR HOMEWORK!

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

comparisons

This is a very helpful link in case you have problems when making comparisons

http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/comparisons/

SO vs. NEITHER

Hello everybody! this is a link to help you reviewing the use of SO and NEITHER. Go through the grammar explanation and do the quizzes!

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/soneithertut.php#have

Last Tuesday´s homework

Hello everybody! Here is the exercise on indirect questions (question formation photocopy, page 160, exercise b)

1. Could you tell me where the toilets are?

2. Do you know why Sarah didn´t come to the wedding?

3. Do you know if that tall woman over there is Claire´s mother?

4. Do you remember what Molly´s husband does?

5. Do you have any idea where I can get a taxi after midnight?

6. Do you remember if Claire´s sister got married here?

7. Do you think they will be happy?

8. Do you know where they put our coats?

Last Tuesday´s homework

And here is a web page I want you to check in order to clarify last week´s homework. I think it is very well explained so you should have no problem in understanding it! on the upper right corner there´s a quiz I suggest you to complete in order to make sure you´ve fully understood it

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag.htm#