Year 9 English Crew: 2014

miércoles, 4 de junio de 2014

Vocabulary to Describe a Dramatic Event

Words to convey how terrible something is:

To describe something

•Shocking

•Distressing

•Horrifying

•Appalling

•Sickening

•Devestating

•Heartbreaking

To describe feelings

•To be shocked

•To be distressed

•To be horrified

•To be appalled

•To be sickened

•To be devestated

•To be heartbroken

Negative words to describe a person

Evil

•Monstrous

•Ruthless (no mercy)

•Depraved (morally bad)

Crazy

•Deranged

•Deluded (incorrect judgment)

•Insane

Adverbs for Emphasis (Very)

•Highly dangerous

•Extremely upsetting

•Completely crazy

•Totally deluded

•Extraordinarily heartbreaking

martes, 27 de mayo de 2014

Reported Speech

Direct speech

Present simple
She said, "It's cold."

Present continuous
She said, "I'm teaching English online."

Present perfect simple
She said, "I've been on the web since 1999."

Present perfect continuous
She said, "I've been teaching English for seven years."

Past simple
She said, "I taught online yesterday."

Past continuous
She said, "I was teaching earlier."

Indirect speech

Past simple
She said it was cold.

Past continuous
She said she was teaching English online.

Past perfect simple
She said she had been on the web since 1999.

Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching English for seven years.

Past perfect
She said she had taught online yesterday.

Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching earlier.

Direct speech

will
She said, "I'll teach English online tomorrow."

can
She said, "I can teach English online."

must
She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online."

shall
She said, "What shall we learn today?"

may
She said, "May I open a new browser?"

Indirect speech

would
She said she would teach English online tomorrow.

could
She said she could teach English online.

had to
She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.

should
She asked what we should learn today.

might
She asked if she might open a new browser.

Reporting Verbs

•Accused of + gerund

•Admitted to + gerund

•Apologised for + gerund

•Denied + gerund

•Explained that/how + infinitive

The police officer accused him of drink driving.

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Passive Voice

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

(In the active voice, the sentence would be, “Someone stole my bike”.)

SUBJECT + FORM OF BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

My bike was stolen

Tense	Active
Simple Present	Once a week, Tom cleans the house.
Present Continuous	Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.
Simple Past	Sam repaired the car.
Past Continuous	The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.
Present Perfect	Many tourists have visited that castle.
Present Perfect Continuous	Recently, John has been doing the work.
Past Perfect	George had repaired many cars before he received his mechanic's license.
Past Perfect Continuous	Chef Jones had been preparing the restaurant's fantastic dinners for two years before he moved to Paris.