Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Hello students,

1. Write, practice, and record Voicemail #4. I made some changes to the paper I gave you in class.  Click this link:  Voicemail #4

 Listen to Davida’s audio that explains how to do Voicemail #4 and will help you with pronunciation.  Click this link:  Voicemail 4 Explanation

We got ready for studying Unit 5 by doing a grammar practice test.  There are different rules for making negative sentences and questions.  With the BE verb, you use the word “not” or a contraction with “not” and the BE verb, like “isn’t” to make negative sentences.  With the BE verb, you change the word order and use “is” or “are” to ask a question.

Examples:

With other verbs, like HAVE, you use contractions “don’t” and “doesn’t” to make negative sentences.  Use question words “do” and “does” to ask questions.

Examples:

We practiced this in the computer lab and in the classroom.  We will practice this more in class next week, and Davida will give you more papers to read and practice.  Units 4 and 5 in the book and pages 245 and 246 in the book also have more grammar information.

Here is the audio link again:  https://eltngl.com/sites/englishinaction3/student

We finished all of the Famous People Presentations except for Brigitte and Ali.  Click this link to look at the photos and read:  Famous People Presentations

We took a quiz on the BE verb:  questions, word order, and negative sentences.  Davida will return your quizzes on Monday.

We learned two songs:  “Hello, Goodbye” by the Beatles and “We Are the Champions” by Queen.  Next week we will learn “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift, who is Safa’s famous person. 

Click this link:  “Hello, Goodbye”

Click this link:  “We Are the Champions”

Click this link:  “Blank Space”

See you later, alligator!