Unit 1

Relationships

Unit 1 English for Success IV Prof. Eddy

Collocations

Complete these questions using these prepositions.

about on in for

to at

Sloppy Sarah

Neat Nelly

Comparing Habits

• iron
• mop
• pick up
• polish

• change
• clean
• dust
• fold

• rinse
• scrub
• do
• vacuum

Example: Sloppy Sarah changes the bed sheets every other month. Neat Nelly changes her bed sheets every morning.

Dishes Kitchen sink Bed sheets Bookshelves Kitchen floor Garbage The laundry Clothes The toilet The window blinds

Sloppy Sarah

Neat Nelly

every other month never only when her mother asks it only on major holidays on Saturdays almost never occasionally

after every meal twice a week frequently Tuesdays and Thursdays often once a month almost daily whenever it was dirty

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Instructions

• Think about a memorable experience in your life.
• In a piece of paper, write at least 5 sentences to describe an important event.
• Probably, you will use simple past, so monitor your grammar production. E.g. I graduated in 2019.
• Be ready to share this important experience orally.

Creative Writing

When the final sound of the base form of a regular simple past verb, regular past participle, or participial adjective, is a …

• a vowel sound or a voiced consonant, except for “d,” the - (e)d suffix is pronounced [d]; the 11 voiced English consonant phonemes that occur as final sounds of base words are /b, g, l, m, n, ŋ, r, v, z, ð, dʒ/:

• “t” or “d,” the - (e)d suffix is pronounced [Id]

• non-voiced consonant, except for “t” (/t/), the - (e)d suffix is pronounced [t]; the other seven non-voiced English consonant phonemes are /f, k, p, s, ʃ, tʃ, θ/:

[d]

[t]

[Id]

Chain story

Instructions: Use the verb in past tense to continue the story.

1. Play John played the trumpet when he was a boy.
2. Need He really needed to take lessons.
3. Wash He washed his trumpet every day.
4. Kiss One day he kissed his girlfriend Sue.
5. Laugh She laughed and told him she wasn't a trumpet.