ASSIGNMENT 1 LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS

Assignment 1: Language related tasks

Tim Lerner

1. Model sentence: You shouldn’t have told her!

Analysis of Meaning: We are using modal verb ‘should’ to give advice or to express something that is necessary/unnecessary.

Context: Two friends Bob and John are talking about the last night’s dinner at Bob’s house.

His mother made her favourite dish, a vegetarian lasagne. When asked how it was, John told her that it was a bit too dry and overdone. “You shouldn’t have told her! It made my mom really sad.” – said, Bob. Checking Meaning: Ask students if John told Bob’s mother that lasagne was good. (Yes) Was this a nice thing to say? (No) Show examples of giving advice: “You should stop smoking” “You shouldn’t drive too fast” Form: Modal verb ‘should’ is used to offer advice and express something that is necessary or unnecessary.

Phonology: I would need to help students with the stress on “shouldn’t” and “told” as these carry the meaning of the sentence.

2. Model sentence: “I’ll have finished the project by Friday.”

Analysis of Meaning: Future Present Perfect is used to express the action which has started sometime in the past, it is still going on now, and it will end at some point in future. We do not know when the action started but we DO know when it will end.

Context: I started writing my homework last Friday at 8pm. I am still working on it because it is long, and I will finish it by Tuesday morning at 8am.

Checking Meaning: Did I start writing my homework last Friday? (Yes) Am I still writing my homework? (Yes) Will I finish my homework on Tuesday at 8? (Yes) Will I finish my homework on Monday? (No)

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Started my homework

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Finishing my homework

NOW Form: I will have

finished

will + have + past participle

the project by Friday.

Phonology: To help students with to stress will have and proper pronunciation of finished(d) 3. Model sentence: “John ran out of money.”

Analysis of Meaning: We are using a phrasal verb construction to indicate that John has spent all his money and that he no longer has any.

Context: Two friends go out for a dinner together. One of them spends all his money to pay for food and drinks. He does not have money to pay for taxi to go home.

Checking Meaning: Did John walk/rush out of a restaurant? (No) Did John pay for the dinner? (Yes) Does John has any money? (No) Ask students if John can pay for a taxi home? (No) Form: Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions which consist of a verb+preposition.

Their individual parts have one meaning but put together they form another meaning – different from their individual parts. The verb “run” means to move fast while “out” is opposite of in. The phrase ‘run out’ means that you have no more of something.

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Phonology: I would need to help students stress ‘ran’ and ‘money’. Also, I would have them pronounce ran out as one word ranout.

4. Model sentence: “I had my car repaired.”

Analysis of Meaning: In this example we are using the causative to show the proper grammatical structure when we want to show when a person or a thing causes another thing or person to do something. This particular causative is in a passive form.

Context: I think I will have my windows fixed.

I think I will have Rob fix my windows.

In the first example we are not naming a person who will do the fixing (passive form) while in the second example we do, Rob. (active form) Checking Meaning: Did I fix the car myself? (No) Did I have someone else fix my car for me? (Yes) Do we know who fixed my car? (No) Form: Causatives can be either in passive or active voice: The active: Subject My teacher

Causative verb had

Agent Action verb me redo

Object my assignment.

The passive: Subject

Causative verb

Object

Action verb

I had my hair cut.

Notice that in the passive form there is no agent!

Phonology: I would have to point them out to pronunciation of car and repaired; only one ‘r’ should be pronounced thereby linking the target words into one – careparied – with an emphasis on a bit longer ‘r’.

5. Model sentence: “I don’t mind working late.”

Analysis of Meaning: We are using Present Simple + Verbal (Gerund) to express a habit or a

Assignment 1: Language related tasks

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generalisation. In this case the speaker is saying that he often works late and that it is not a problem for him.

Context: I work at the bank. My work hours are 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. However, my boss asked me to stay longer on Tuesday and on Friday. I worked till 7 in the evening, which was all right with me. I do not have a problem with that.

Checking Meaning: Did I work after 5 o’clock on Tuesday and Friday? (Yes) Do I have a problem with that? (No) If my boss asks me again to work late will I do it? (Yes) Form: I don’t mind working late. verb

+

gerund

Gerund is a verb used as a noun. Verb+ing=gerund.

Phonology: I would point the students to stress don’t and to the fact that often in colloquial speech ‘t’ is often lost.