Saturday, 16 January 2016

Answers to UoE transformations

1 During my holiday I had a lot of interesting experiences
2 You ought to have locked the door before you left
3 "Is there any chance of Pete changing his mind?" Rob asked.
4 Have you got used to his teaching style yet?
5 None of us felt like doing any work because it was such a sunny day,
6 Besides being unable to sing, Barbara couldn't dance either.
7 Dinner will be served as soon as we arrive at the hotel.

New vocabulary from class and REVIEW language

Week 14/01/2016
In spite of = despite
Emerge FROM, link TO, descend FROM, relate TO
To run after something = To chase something
A predator chases its prey
The damaging effects of the hurricane
Harmful (objects)           Destructive (people)
To respond well to something
To be attracted TO something
To help them hunt animals
To assist them with hunting animals
To come across something = To encounter/find something
For sale (it can be bought)
To convert something INTO something else
OVER the years
Critic
Plot


Phrases for review and tips

I’d only recommend it for…
My main criticism is…
To sum up…
The plot is very ______ with_____
It has since been adapted into a feature length movie
Using adverbs before adjectives. “An immensely successful musical”
Immensely, enormously, incredibly, wonderfully, brilliantly – POSITIVE
Horribly, dreadfully, awfully - NEGATIVE
It was written in 1987 by the immensely/incredibly talented Mr Humphris.

A book is PUBLISHED. A film is RELEASED.