Grammar Homework #1: Craft Supplies

Please bring the following craft supplies to class with you next week (November 14th):

#1: One ruler (15 or 30 cm is OK)

#2: 100 white business cards

#3: 100 pink (or some other color) business cards

#4: One small pair of scissors
(or a craft knife/box cutter plus a cutting mat, but this might be more difficult to carry)

 

 

 

 

A box cutter

A cutting mat

Grammar Homework #2: Story

Please go to this Canadian website to read story number 3.

This is VERY Important! Be sure to finish story #1 before class.  We will use this story to practice English grammar.

Statements, questions and negatives

statements	NP	VP
陳述句	i	like durian
	my brother	can speak Japanese

Questions	v	NP	VP
疑問句	do	you	like durian?
	can	your brother	speak Japanese?

Negatives	NP	v not	VP
否定句	i	do NOT (DON'T)	like durian
	my brother	can't	speak Japanese

Grammar in Use CD-ROM

Don't forget to install and use the Grammar in Use CD-ROM. There will be a test on the exercises. You must do them!

Our first test will be based on this section, so be sure to study it:

Content Words & Function Words 實字和虛字

Many words are about things.

If we can see, smell, touch and do these things, we use content words .
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs are content words.
N, VB, ADJ and ADV are important words, so we make them easy to hear.
N, VB, ADJ and ADV are LONG (Loooooong), LOUD (LOUD) and HEAVY (heavy).