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Revision 8 correcting mistakes question tags conditionals prepositions the passive vioce riddles. Mgr. Dagmar Svoreňová, 2009. Correct one mistake in each sentence. 1. Why you learning English? ..........................................................................
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Revision 8correcting mistakesquestion tagsconditionalsprepositionsthe passive vioceriddles Mgr. Dagmar Svoreňová, 2009
Correct one mistake in each sentence 1. Why you learning English? .......................................................................... 2. When you started learning English? .......................................................................... 3. How often you have English classes? .......................................................................... 4. Once a month he goes on bus to Oxford. .......................................................................... 5. He is one of the most happy men I know. ..........................................................................
Question tagsWe use a question tag when we want someoneto confirm what we say They were very angry, weren´tthey? positive sentence negative tag They don´t like us, dothey? negative sentence positive tag Some examples: It was a good film, wasn´t it? You haven´t got a car, have you? Ann will be here soon, won´t she? + - - +
Question tagComplete the sentences • Ann is on holiday, ......................................? • You weren´t listening, ................................? • Sue doesn´t like onions, ............................? • Jack has applied for the job, .....................? • You can type, .............................................?
Question tagComplete the sentences 6. People aren´t stupid, ........................................? 7. It isn´t their own culture, ...................................? 8. We live in a global village, ...............................? 9. Cultures have always changed, ..........................................................................?
Conditionals • If I .................(have) £ 2 million, I would go round the world. • If I...................(know) the answer, I will tell you. • If I were a princess, I .....................................(live) in a palace. 4. If the lion is hungry, he ..............................(eat) me.
Conditionals 5. It will be cheaper, if we ...............................(go) on Friday. 6. If I had a lot of money, I ...............................(buy) a big house. 7. If I .....................................(not/ feel) better, I ´ll go to the doctor´s. 8. If I ....................................(not/ eat) cakes and ice-cream , I´d lose weight.
Prepositions: in, on, at, to, ago, since, for • I go ..........St Barnabas school. • I live ......... a flat with my mum. • Sugar cane was grown in India thousands of years ............... 4. We give each other presents............Christmas.
Prepositions: in, on, at, to, ago, since, for 5. I ´ve lived in this house ...................six years. 6. They got married ...................12 March. 7. Columbus discovered America................1492. 8. I haven´t watch TV .....................Sunday night.
Turn these sentences into the passive voice(to be + past participle) • They make Rolls Royce cars in England. ....................................................................... 2. They grow rice in China. ....................................................................... 3. Bell invented the telephone in 1876. ....................................................................... 4. Thieves stole two pictures last night. ....................................................................... 5. They have sold the picture for £ 3,000. ................................................................................ 6. The factory will produce 10,000 cars next year. .................................................................................
Reflexive pronouns When the subject and the object of the sentence are the same, we must use a reflexive pronoun for the object. Example: I cut myself on some broken glass. I- myself we- ourselves You- yourself you- yourselves He- himself they- themselves She- herself It- itself
Use reflexive pronouns • I´m not going to do it for you. You can do it ......................................... 2. He didn´t hurt ........................................when he fell down the stairs. • I´ll pay for ................................................ 4. Some people are very selfish. They only think of ............................................................ 5. My sister hurt ........................................when she was playing tennis.
Riddles • I have cities but no houses, and forests but no trees. I have rivers without water, and no ships but many seas. What am I ? • I am full of holes, but I can hold water. What am I? • I can speak all the languages of the world. What am I? • When I am clean I am black. When I am dirty, I am white. What am I? • If you throw a green shoe into the Red Sea , what does it become? • What belongs only to you, but is used most often by others? (a pam, a npogse, an oche/ a diora, a doarblackb, etw, royu mena)