Monday, October 26, 2015

Announcements

Agenda

• Idiom• Progress reports• Hand papers back• (Work on presentations)• Unit 18• Job charting practice (homework)

Idiom

(To) Go cold turkey• Sound weird? Well, you’re right, it does, how can

anyone literally go cold turkey? A person can’t transform into the bird we all love to eat for celebrations such as Christmas and Thanksgiving.

• The origins of this English idiom are strange and to go cold turkey means to suddenly quit or stop addictive or dangerous behavior such as smoking or drinking alcohol.

Idiom- to go cold turkey• This English idiom is said to have originated in the late 20th century

and suggests that a person who suddenly quits something addictive—such as drugs or alcohol—suffers from side effects that look like a cold, uncooked turkey. This includes pale (very white) skin and goosebumps (little small bumps on the skin when we’re cold or sick).

• “Shall I get your mom a glass of wine?”• “No, she’s stopped drinking?”• “Really, why?”• “I don’t know. A few months ago, she just announced one day she’s

quitting drinking.”• “She just quit cold turkey?”• “Yes, just like that!”

• 1. He quit drinking cold turkey.• 2. Carol tried to quit drinking diet Coke cold

turkey, but she failed after 10 days and is now drinking just as much as before.

Friends

• What did Chandler give up cold-turkey?• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpy6pzfY

PrU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjNKGn7Jh0

Progress reports

• While I call students up one by one, you will have time to work on your presentations.

Unit 18- Adverbs

• What do adverbs do?• They can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs as

well as entire sentences.• Adverbs usually end in –ly. • Common sentence adverbs include: actually, basically,

definitely, maybe…• If they are sentence adverbs, they come before or after

the sentence.• If they are just simple adverbs, they can modify verbs,

adjectives or other adverbs.

Examples

• Basically, the story is about aliens. (Here, the basic description of the movie is that it is about aliens. It is expressing an opinion about an entire sentence).

• She runs quickly. (Here, quickly is describing how she runs)

With sentence adverbs…

• If the adverb comes first or last in a sentence, separate the adverb from the rest of the sentence with a comma.

• If the sentence adverb is anywhere else, it usually follows a be verb and before other verbs.

Ex: I’m clearly mad at you for being late to class. • If be follows a modal verb, the adverb comes after the modal.• She will be in town this weekend. Which adverb can you add

to this sentence and where would you add it?• She will probably be in town this week. • She will likely be in town this week.

Focus adverbs

• These adverbs don’t have an –ly at the end. They include: even, just, only and almost.

• These adverbs add focus to the word that comes after it.

• Even the teacher hates grammar rules. • I just heard the news.• Notice how I say these sentences…

Changing the position of focus adverbs

• Only you can prevent forest fires. What is the meaning of this sentence?

• You can only prevent forest fires. What is the meaning of this sentence?

Changing the position of focus adverbs

• Only you can prevent forest fires. What is the meaning of this sentence?

• You can only prevent forest fires. What is the meaning of this sentence?

• Changing the position of the focus adverb often changes the meaning of the sentence.

Negative adverbs

• Hardly• In no way• Little • Neither• Never• Not only…

Negative adverbs• In sentences or clauses beginning with negative adverbs, put the

verb or the auxiliary verb (be, do, has) before the subject to emphasize the negative meaning.

• Only in California do we have five major league baseball teams.

• Does the following sentence include a negative adverb? • The best coffee is produced only in Guatemala. • The best coffee is produced only in Guatemala.

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Negative adverbs

• If the verb is in the simple present or simple past, (*except for be), use do, does, or did after an initial negative adverb.

• Never do I make mathematical mistakes.• Little did I know that he was the man of my

dreams. • Rarely do men stay home to take care of the

children.

Negative adverbs

• Not only combines with but also. • Not only does the student speak very loudly in

the morning, but she also talks a lot!