2.  Prepare for your 1st test by studying Charts 10-1, 10-2, 10-3 & 10-4 and Exercises 1-8 on pages 276-282 in the textbook (plus the handouts and computer quizzes).  If you were absent from class on Tuesday and didn't get the study guide, please click here to download it.

3..  Watch a series of 3 videos (each is about 10 minutes long) that were put on youtube.com by an ESL teacher named Jennifer.  They are very helpful for understanding the passive voice!

Here are the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xTreaklNr8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHpA2KAUc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLcqw0xNpmI

1.  Study the examples and watch a short video on the future passive "will be + past participle" at http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G5%20Future%20Passive.html

2.  Write 10 predictions  in the passive voice (sentences using will be and am/is/are going to be + past participle) about future discoveries or changes that you think will be made.  Write your predictions on a separate piece of lined notebook paper to give to Diane.  Write 5 sentence using will be + past participle (e.g., Personal flying machines will be invented to replace cars.) and 5 sentences using am/is/are/going to be + past participle (e.g., A cure for cancer is going to be discovered by the year 2020.)

3.  Go back through all the sentences in Exercises 1-8 on pages 277-82 and make sure you have completed and checked them with the answer key in the back of the book.

Homework due Thursday 9/10:
1.  Write present perfect tense passive voice sentences about changes that have been made in your communities on the handout Has the Air Conditioning Been Fixed Yet?  If you were absent from class and didn't get the handouts, please click on the link to download and print it out.

2.  Learn more about the affirmative forms of the present perfect tense in the passive voice by reading information and study the negative and question forms by watching a 3-minute video at:  http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G12%20Present%20Perfect%20Passive.html

3. Study the information and take the quiz on the affirmative, negative, & question forms of the present perfect tense in the passive voice at

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/space/spacepresperfpasstut.html

4. Optional Workbook Practice:  Practice 5 - 11 on pages 195-199

For homework due Tuesday 9/8:
1.  Focus on the simple present and simple past tense in the passive voice by completing this handout (click here if you were absent and didn't get it in class)..

2.  Review the affirmative forms of the simple present tense in the passive voice by reading information and study the negative and question forms by watching a 3-minute video at:  http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G3%20Present%20Passive.html

3. Study the information and take the quiz on the affirmative, negative, & question forms of the simple present tense in the passive voice at http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/beer/beersimprespasstut.html

4.  Review the forms of the simple past tense in the passive voice by reading information and watching a short video at:  http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G4%20Past%20Passive.html

5.  Study the information and take the quiz on the affirmative, negative, & question forms of the simple past tense in the passive voice at http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/grandma/grandmathiefpastpasstut.html

6.  In the textbook, finish Exercises 2-6 on pages 278-80.  You only need to do sentences that use simple present & simple past verb tenses.  We'll do the perfect and future sentences later.

7.  On a separate piece of paper, write a paragraph of 8-10 sentences about a popular product (food, clothing, machine, etc.).  Include at least 3 sentences in the simple present tense passive voice, and at least 3 sentences in the simple past tense passive voice.  Click here for an example.

8.  Optional Workbook Practice:  Practice 1 page 193; Practice 2 pp. 193-4, Practice 4 pp. 194-5

1.  Finish the first page of the "Sentence Order & Verb Tenses in the Active Voice" chart.  Write at least one sentence for each tense.  Remember,  you probably won't have a word in each column in the chart and that's okay.  Some verb tenses don't have auxiliary verbs and some have only one.  You don't always need to have adverbs or two objects.  Also, there isn't any room in the chart for adjectives nor all adverb types. 

2.  Write 8-10 active voice sentences that explain what people grow, manufacture, produce, export, and/or build in states/countries you are familiar with.  For example:
 
Subject Verb Dir. Obj.  other information
Farmers grow raspberries in Oregon.
Manufacturers make raspberry jam  in Oregon.
Oregon companies export raspberry jam to other states.
Farmers grow macadamia nuts in Hawaii.
Miners mine copper in Arizona.
Beer makers produce many kinds of beer in Germany.
etc.
You'll use these sentences in class on Thursday, so please come prepared!
 

In class on Thursday, 8/27, we will:

1. Review and write sentences with transitive & intransitive verbs and direct & indirect objects.
Click here for the Word document explanation only.  This is the same paper Diane handed out in class on Tuesday 8/25.

2. Review present, past, and future verb tenses (simple, progressive/continuous, & perfect)

For homework due Tuesday 9/1, students will:

1. Do the first 3 quizzes at http://www.quia.com/pages/esl040.html (or click on the 3 links below to get to the quizzes from here):
 

GE pp. 36-7 Indirect Object Position - Practice identifying correct word order in sentences with direct and indirect objects.

Transitive or Intransitive Verbs? - Decide if a sentence contains a transitive (has an object) or intransitive (has no direct or indirect object) verb.

Finding Direct Objects and Indirect Objects Find the direct objects in sentences 1-10 and the indirect objects in sentences 11-20.

2.  Watch a short video of a teacher review verb tenses in the active voice and do the Cloze & Matching Exercises there:  http://international.ouc.bc.ca/chalkntalk/verbstory/
Note:  If you can't see the video, you might need the Quicktime video player plugin on your computer.  It's free!  Download it from this webpage:  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/   Just click the "Free Download" button in the middle left of that page (don't give them your email address).
 

3.  Study example sentences of verb tenses at the bottom of http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html and then do as many of the Verb Tense Exercises 1-28 as you need to feel comfortable with these tenses.

4.  Have some fun trying the verb tense review games at: 
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrink/UVSC030TenseReview/tic_tac/tic_tac.htm
or http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrink/UVSC030TenseReview/bazillionaire/bazillionaire.htm

5.  Optional Workbook Practice:  Practice 3 page 194; Practice 9 p. 198
 

For homework due Thursday 8/27, students will:

1.  Buy the textbook "Fundamentals of English Grammar"
 

2.  Click on the link below to watch a 4-minute video of a teacher explaining what direct &indirect objects are at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKQRkW41LzY

3.  Review the information on the handout about transitive and intransitive verbs.  Check your understanding by doing the quiz questions when you Click Here for the web-based explanation with exercises.
 

4.  If you want more information, watch a 10-minute video of a teacher explaining what direct & indirect objects and object complements are at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaCrM_QUrF4

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Click here to watch a 4-minute movie that shows how to walk from your classroom in Ocotillo Hall to Diane's office in Estrella Hall.