martes, 8 de noviembre de 2011

Jackson's trial: Verdict

Conrad Murray is led out of the Los Angeles Superior Court in handcuffs after being remanded in custody as a jury of 12 finds him guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ru7_VGYiQ

lunes, 24 de octubre de 2011

positions of adverbs

Hello fifth semester students here you are the exercises I need you to do for next class.

 Adverb of Manner

(e.g.: slowly, carefully, awfully)
These adverbs are put behind the direct object (or behind the verb if there's no direct object).
subject
verb(s)
direct object
adverb
He
drove
the car
carefully.
He
drove

carefully.
Adverbs of Manner
Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.
1.    She speaks. (slowly) → 
2.    They sang. (wonderfully) → 
3.    He treated her. (respectfully) → 
4.    John speaks English. (well) → 
5.    The dog barks. (loudly) → 
6.    My sister plays the piano. (awfully) → 
7.    She met him. (secretly) → 
8.    The children laughed. (happily) → 
9.    She hurt her leg. (badly) → 
10. They sneaked out of the house (quietly).  
11.             Adverbs of Time
12. (e.g.: recently, now, then, yesterday)
13. Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence.
subject
verb(s)
indirect object
direct object
time
I
will tell
you
the story
tomorrow.
14. If you don't want to put emphasis on the time, you can also put the adverb of time at the beginning of the sentence.
time
subject
verb(s)
indirect object
direct object
Tomorrow
I
will tell
you
the story.
Adverbs of Time
Arrange the words to make sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the sentence.
1.    haven't / recently / seen / I / him - 
2.    I'll / you / see / soon - 
3.    afterwards / met / at the pub / him / we - 
4.    help / immediately / I / need - 
5.    was / arrogant / he / then / very - 
6.    ? / now / are / where / you - 
7.    ? / to go / where / you / do / want / today - 
8.    ? / do / yesterday / did / you / what - 
9.    as soon as possible / you / him / the truth / tell / should - 
10. hasn't won / lately / my team - 
11.             Adverbs of Place
12. (e.g.: here, there, behind, above)
13. Like adverbs of manner, these adverbs are put behind the direct object or the verb.
subject
verb(s)
direct object
adverb
I
didn't see
him
here.
He
stayed

behind.
Adverbs of Place
Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italic print) in correctly (behind the verb or object).
1.    is / over there / the cinema - 
2.    inside / go / let's - 
3.    the kitchen / downstairs / is - 
4.    playing / the kids / are / outside - 
5.    she / not / been / here / has - 
6.    the bathroom / is / upstairs - 
7.    were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you - 
8.    we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't - 
9.    ? / there / a post office / nearby / is - 
10. must / we / walk / back home - 
11.             Adverbs of Frequency
12. (e.g.: always, never, seldom, usually)
13. Adverbs of frequency are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'. Is there an auxiliary verb, however, adverbs of frequency are put before 'be'.
subject
auxiliary/be
adverb
main verb
object, place or time
I

often
go swimming
in the evenings.
He
doesn't
always
play
tennis.
We
are
usually

here in summer.
I
have
never
been
abroad.

Adverbs of Frequency
Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.
1.    I have been to London. (often) → 
2.    Have you been to Boston? (ever) → 
3.    He plays golf on Sundays. (sometimes) → 
4.    The weather is bad in November. (always) → 
5.    It rains in California. (never) → 
6.    We have fish for dinner. (seldom) → 
7.    She will see him. (rarely) → 
8.    Peter doesn't get up before seven. (usually) → 
9.    They do not play tennis on Sundays. (always) →