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Week 2 (April 7 to 10, 2025) homework

Note:  Please try to finish the homework before the next class.  You don’t need to send it to me because we usually talk about the answers in class.  Also, when you finish the homework & prepare for class, it helps me decide if you will be ready for the expectations of Level 4 or not.
Homework from Monday, April 7, 2025:

1. Ways to say “Good-bye” — Watch the video again and practice the phrases from the handout I gave you in class. Also, listen for these different phrases when you hear or talk to people at work.

2.  Listening & dictation about class expectations <– Click here for the audio.  Listen to the audio with different class expectations.  Write the sentences in your notebook, then decide if it is true or false for our class.  Example #1:  The school gives books to the students. — FALSE.  We’ll check your dictation and the answers to the exercise in class on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

3.  Practice with should & shouldn’t <– Click here for the handout from class.  Choose 5 questions to answer with should or shouldn’t. Write the question and answer the question in your notebook.  Example: I often get lost.  What should I do? — You should use GPS in your car. We’ll talk about your ideas and check your writing in class on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

  • should reference.pdf <– Click here for a reference chart with examples for should & shouldn’t.

4.  Writing about your group bar graphs.  Write a few sentences about the bar graphs that you created in groups.  Use quantifiers.  Example:  Most of the students have been here more than two to five years.  A few of the students like blue.  Write these sentences on another paper, skip lines and use blue or black pen. If you can, please give these to me in class on on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Homework from Wednesday, April 9, 2025:

1.  Workbook page 14, Exercises A & B — Complete the exercises in the workbook, or, for extra writing practice, copy the exercises into your notebook.  We’ll talk about the answers in class tomorrow, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

2.  Grammar handout:  Yes/No questions with Do/Does <– Click here for the handout from class.  Complete the questions and answers.  We’ll talk about the answers in class tomorrow, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

3.  **Optional** video and audio practice:

  1. Can and Should: English Grammar – Modal Verbs  <– This is the video we watched in class. It’s on YouTube, so maybe you need to SKIP ADS.  To watch it with no ads, click here (you need your myPCC username & password.)
  2. My First Job <– Click here and listen to the people talk about their first part-time job. You can read along with the script. There is a quiz tab and a vocabulary tab next to the script tab. Note:  You can also download this audio and listen off-line on your phone or device.  Click on the three dots next to the audio player —  download audio image — and click on Download.
Homework from Thursday, April 10, 2025:

1.  Yes/No question dictation <– Click here for the video (and SKIP ADS). Listen and write each question and write a short answer in your notebook. The answers to the questions are in the video.  To check your questions, click –> HERE.

2.  Grammar practice with should & shouldn’t.  Complete the handouts I gave you in class (links below).  You can complete the exercises on the handout, or, for extra writing practice, copy the exercises into your notebook.

3.  Talking about money & work <– Click here for the handout from class. These are exercises related to the Love & Money video, but it is not necessary to watch the video to do the exercises.  We’ll talk about the answers in class on Monday, April 14, 2025.

4.  Optional videos: