Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Week 8

Homework for Wednesday, November 16th:

• Textbook, page 152
  • A – read the restaurant review
  • B – write a review of a restaurant you know well
    • include:
      • name of restaurant
      • date of review
      • how many stars
      • 8-10 sentences – describe your experience there and the food
• Textbook, page 247 (Unit 8)
  • Study the “Past of be”:
    • affirmative, negative, yes/no questions, short answers
• Study the 3 pronunciations of “-ed”:
  • Please watch the video a few times and take notes
  • CLICK HERE -ed pronunciation video

Homework for Friday, November 18th:

• Past Tense
  • Review -ed pronunciation with these sites
    • https://7esl.com/pronunciation-of-ed/
      video
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsd0eFgU0m8
      jeo labs game–good practice
      https://jeopardylabs.com/play/past-tense-jeopardy-27

Plan for Next Term:

• Think about your skills and your plans. Do you think you need another term in Level 2? Or are you ready to move up to Level 3?
• Look at the Winter 2023 schedule of English classes. Click here. Choose the class you want.

• Thursday class will only be private meetings one by one with the teacher. We will talk about your plan for next term, and we will talk about how you are doing in class. Only come to the Zoom at your scheduled time.

Homework for Monday, November 21st:

1. Writing
   • Write a paragraph in Google docs and share it with Fidelia.
   • Write 8-10 sentences in the past tense about what you did yesterday (the day before writing).
   • Use paragraph format.
2. In a private voice memo (in WhatsApp, or text message), please read the sentences and send them to Fidelia. Practice the sentences before you record them. Think about how to pronounce the past tense (-ed) words.
   1. When they moved to Alaska, they rented a truck and carried their stuff across the country.
   2. She created a new google doc, typed her homework and checked her spelling.
   3. Have you ever lived in another state?
   4. Yesterday, he waited in traffic, so he arrived late, but he worked quickly, so his day ended early.
   5. Who painted your house?
3. Online Grammar Practice:
   • Making questions
     Past Tense – Irregular Verbs – 1
     Past Tense – Irregular Verbs – 2
     Past Tense – Negative
     Past Tense – Questions
     Past Tense – “Wh” Questions
4. Reading
   • Click here to read this article and do the activities that follow.
5. Parts of Speech
   • Watch this video showing SUBJECTS, VERBS and OBJECTS.
   • Label the underlined words below, with these parts of speech:
     • subject (S)
     • verb (V)
     • object (O)
     • adjective (ADJ)
     • adverb (ADV)
     • prepositional phrase (PP)

       • 1. Mason  drives  his  new  red  car  too  fast  on the freeway.

       • 2. Sam  is   a   good    chef   at the restaurant.

       • 3. They   walked      slowly    on the trail.

       • 4. He    gave   her    a     gift  for her birthday.

       • 3. She  really   loves    her    children.