we first warmed up about how to express surprise in English and here is what we said about it:
Warm up: "My cat has 6 legs!" - How to express surprise!
- I can't believe you - It's impossible! = It can't be! - You must be lying - You must be teasing us! - You must be kidding us! - You must be joking! - You must be pulling our legs! - I can't believe my ears - It's so strange! -> How strange it is! -> You can't imagine how strange it is!
Then we corrected your exercise for today about surprise. Here is the correction:
I/ 1) - She was so pleased! - How pleased she was! - You can't imagine how pleased she was!
2) - How terrible the strom was! - You can't imagine how terrible the strom was!
3) - How hypocritical he is! - You can't imagine how hypocritical he is!
4) - How ridiculous he looked! - You can't imagine how ridiculous he looked!
5) - The village is so quiet - How quiet the village is! - You can't imagine how quiet the village is!
Then, I gave you some pieces of advice to help you correct your written expressions (grammar, and vocabulary tips). Here is what you wrote:
Grammaire: Verbes d'état: Be/ think / look /seem ... Au présent: une seule option = Présent Simple. ex: He looks stupid.
Grammaire: Have -> I don't have(outil de négattion) a cat -- I have a dog
Grammaire / Structure: WANT ... TO + V I want to go to the US next year but I don't to go alone. I want Giuly to go to the US with me.
Remember : le deuxième sujet, celui sur lequel on exerce une pression est entre WANT et TO, il est coincé dans l'étau WANT... TO
Vocabulaire: Attention au verbe "look" qui ne veut pas dire la même chose en fonction des post-positions que l'on peut lui adjoindre:
look > paraître look at > regarder look like > ressembler ...
make fun of -> laugh at / tease/ kid/ ... take (one's) revenge - I took my revenge cut (one's) hair - He cut his hair
Finally, you were given a correction for the written expression exercises. Thanks to Aya, Charlène, and Juliette for their good jobs. You can download the correction here:
HW: prepare 3 to 5 sentences expressing surprise about the text that we are studying + Complete exercise #2 of your worksheet. You can download this worksheet here again:
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Hello, yes I am sick but tomorrow I will go to school if I am good =). Good night<br />
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English Prof
12/15/2009 18:16
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Alright! Thanks for replying...<br />
If you want to relax when you're sick... I suggest you to watch the post "Prep and Landing" in "For Fun" section of the blog... but not too long... because you need to rest :)<br />
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Take care,<br />
M. Hattais.<br />
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Ferreira Alexandre
12/15/2009 17:43
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Warm up: My cat has 6 legs!<br />
- I can't believe you<br />
- It's impossible! = I can't be!<br />
- You must be lying/ you must be teasing us!<br />
/ you must be kidding us!<br />
/ you must be joking us!<br />
/ you must be pulling our legs!<br />
- I can't believe my ears<br />
- It's so strange! > How strange it is!<br />
> You can't imagine how strange<br />
it is!<br />
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Exercise:<br />
I/ 1) - She was so pleased!<br />
- How pleased she was!<br />
- You can't imagine how pleased she was!<br />
2) - How terrible the strom was!<br />
- You can't imagine how terrible the strom was!<br />
3) - How hypocritical he is!<br />
- You can't imagine how hypocritical he is!<br />
4) - How ridiculous he looked!<br />
- You can't imagine how ridiculous he looked!<br />
5) - The village is so quiet<br />
- How quiet the village is!<br />
- You can't imagine how quiet the village is!<br />
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Grammaire: Verbes d'état: Be/think/look/seem ...<br />
Présent: une seule option : Présent Simple.<br />
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Vocabulaire: look > paraître<br />
look at > regarder<br />
look like > ressembler<br />
verbe à l'infinitif (TO)<br />
make fun of > laugh at/ tease/ kid/ ...<br />
take (one's) revenge - I took my revenge<br />
cut (one's) hair - He cut his hair<br />
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Grammaire: Have > I don't have (outil de négattion) a cat<br />
I have a dog<br />
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Grammaire/ structure: WANT ... TO + V<br />
I want to go to the US next year<br />
I want Giuly to go to the US with me<br />
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E
English Prof
12/15/2009 17:58
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Thanks for the lesson Alexandre. How come you were not in class today? ... are you on sick leave? Hope I will see you tomorrow !<br />
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Take care,<br />
M. Hattais.<br />
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