PREPOSITIONS • Can be one of the hardest issues for a non native speaker – may

bear no parallelism with their mother tongue.

• Different types (check Unit 12 Prepositions FCE Language Practice):

time, position, motion, …

• Key points:

Verbs of motion need prep. indicating movement:

- across, along, around, down, into, out of, past, to, towards, up.

Some prepositions have more than one word:

- according to, on behalf of, by means of, instead of, as soon as.

There are many fixed phrases containing prepositions:

- in charge of, by mistake, on purpose, out of order.

There are prepositions that will always follow or precede a certain word (verb, adjective, noun): DEPENDENT PREPOSITIONS.

- VERBS: accuse of, depend on, insist on, deal with, worry about

- ADJECTIVES: famous for, interested in, good at…

- NOUNS: in order, in doubt, need for, on strike, result of…

PHRASAL VERBS • Formed by a VERB + PARTICLE

• The meaning of the verb can be predictable or not.

- go up, go down, bring back…

- put up with, look forward to…

• All the tense/person inflections affect the verb and never the particle.

- switching on, switches on, switched on

• When they have an object, sometimes it can fall in the middle.

-Take off the jacket. // Take the jacket off.

BUT!!! : Take IT off.

• HOW CAN I LEARN THEM?

Try to use them as much as you can.

Arrange them: Same vb + different prepositions

Common preposition + different vbs.

*Check the handouts for unit 2 and practise them.

PREPOSITION

ADVERBIAL

Describe these photos:

•Where were they taken?

•What’s happening?

•Who’s in the photo?

•Which job would be more tiring?

• Would you like to have a job connected to food?

Jamie Oliver Everyday green chopped salad.

1.Say all the ingredients Jamie uses in the preparation of this recipe.

1.1. Vegetables and main ingredients

1.2. Dressing (what he uses to season it)

1.3. Other possible ingredients that he mentions.

2. Mark the kitchen instruments he uses:

A chopping board

A wooden spoon

A measuring cup

A baking tray

A strainer/ colander

A frying pan

A microwave

A bowl

An oven

A saucepan

A stirrer

A pressure cooker

http://www.jamieoliver.com/about/jamie-oliver-videos/ministry-of-food-green-salad

3. Mark the adjectives he uses:

RIPE / INCREDIBLE / CHUNKY / UNSAVOURY/ INDIFFERENT / CARED / CREAMY /

UNUSUAL / SLOPPY/ SOFT/ TERRIFIC/ LOVELY / DELICIOUS / SWEET / UNHEALTHY

4. What do you think “a pinch” is?

What kind of spoon is he using?

5. Can you cook well? Any recipes that you master?

Write a recipe that you or someone you know can cook very well.

Remember to use links to sequence the actions:

FIRST, ....

THEN, ...

NEXT, ....

LATER, ...

Shortly after that, .... FINALLY, ....

You can use these actions: