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GRUNDKURS WS 07/08
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Unit 1 "Present Perfect & Past Tense" [#1 - #7b]: October 16/23, 2007
#1a)
Ungerer: PAST TENSE versus PRESENT PERFECT (A)
#1b)
Ungerer: PAST TENSE versus PRESENT PERFECT (B)
#2) SINCE ["Swan,
Practical English usage"]
#3) Two cartoons: "lately",
"never": PRESENT PERFECT versus PAST
TENSE:
#3a)
"lately" with PRESENT PERFECT, German "in jüngster Zeit"
#3b)
"never" with PAST TENSE
#3c) cartoon: "since
when"
#4) Joke:
[cf. Kursmaterialien, Englisch, Band
11, unit 1, p. 6, sentence 2]: "When
I called in at the office to talk to Sue this
morning ..."
#5) "BBC" [cf.
Kursmaterialien, Englisch, Band 11, unit 1, p. 7, sentence 2]: a) http://news.bbc.co.uk
b) www.bbc.co.uk/radio
#6) Tonguetwisters [cf.
"Kursmaterialien, Englisch, Band 11, unit 1, p. 6, sentence 8: "dismissed"]
#7a) Bulbous
Bouffant, The
Vestibules 7b)
X
sound: bulbous bouffant.mp3
Unit 2 "Simple vs Progressive Aspect" [#8a,b,c,d - #9c]
#8a) Progressive Aspect ["Swan, Practical English
Usage"]
#8b) Chapters 181 - 185, "ASPEKT" [Ungerer, Grammatik
des heutigen Englisch], see below:
#8b1) 181 - 183: Aspektunterschied etc.
#8b2) 184: Verben mit statischer Bedeutung
#8b3) Verben mit
dynamischen und statischen
Bedeutungen
#8c) Aspect: always, constantly,
continually, forever, perpetually etc. plus
three cartoons: A) B)
C)
#8d) Aspekt,
"gestärkte Kategorie", Leisi + Mair, Das heutige Englisch
#9a) "Novel Writing", Monty Python 9b)
X
sound: Humour1(track15).mp3
#9c) cartoon:
"running commentary"
Unit 3 "Expressing Future Time" [#10 - #12b]
#10) Ways of expressing future
time
#11a) Three cartoons: "will future" vs "going
to future": a)
"will future"
(1), b)
"will future" (2), c) "going to future"
#11b) Cartoon: "ing-future"
#12a) The Driving
Instructor, Bob
Newhart 12b)
X
sound: The Driving Instructor.mp3
>>> "EXTRA SERVICE": practice test (1) [WS 2002/2003] [OLD STUFF, but still a good exercise.]
Unit 4 "Modal Verbs" [#13 - #18b]
#13) Modal Verbs,
sources: Ungerer, English G, Lamprecht, Swan, Hewings
#14) need, "grammar
point", ALD, seventh edition 2005
#15) Eight cartoons: "modals" #15a) "mustn't
(1)" #15b)
"mustn't (2)" #15c)
"dare"
#15d) "may" #15e)
"need"(1) #15f)
"need"(2) #15g)
"will" #15h)
"won't"
#16) dare, "grammar
point", ALD, seventh edition 2005
#17) Porsche (a joke!) p. 19, 8: James is
said to have a Porsche and a villa
in Mallorca.
#18a)
Tom Lehrer, Lobachevsky p.
18, 4: I have not been able to submit my course work yet as I have to complete
my bibliography list.
#18b) X
sound: Lobachevsky(Tom Lehrer).mp3
[click
here for more
Tom Lehrer ]
>>>"EXTRA SERVICE": practice test (2) [WS 2002/2003] [OLD
STUFF, but still a good exercise.]
Only for the time being: MODAL VERBS, translation (key)
Unit 5 "Conditional Sentences" [#19a - #22c]
#19a)
"BALLOON SENTENCES": How to bluff you way in conditional clauses
#19b) If
...............: 9 funny
sentences
#20a) The Day
Nothing Happened (conditional clauses, Monty-Python-style)
#20b) X
sound: The Day Nothing Happened(Monty Python).mp3
#21) Two cartoons
featuring conditional clauses: #21a)
#21b)
#22a)
Elephant joke(s): p. 22,
C 5: "Where
would you go if you wanted to buy an elephant?"
#22b)
More elephant jokes! #22c) Still more
elephant jokes!
>>> "EXTRA SERVICE": practice test (3) ["W.E.P. SPECIAL", WS 2002/2003] [OLD STUFF, but give it a try if you feel like it.]
Only for the time being: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (key)
Unit 6 "The Passive Voice" [#23a - #23]
#22a)
"Pub Grub" (="Buy British"):
p. 24, FIRST THINGS FIRST: The
restaurant in Grub(!) Street was closed
by the public health department .... - When I got to my fovourite restaurant, I
found it was closed.
22b) X
sound: Buy British.mp3
#22c) "Pub Grub":
cartoon
#23)
Bill Bryson:
p. 26, C 3: "Bill
Bryson's latest book is selling very well."
>>>"EXTRA SERVICE": practice test (4) [WS 2003/2004] [OLD STUFF, but still a good exercise.]
Only for the time being: PASIVE VOICE (key)
Unit 7 "Reported Speech" [#24 - #26]
#24) REPORTED SPEECH: cartoon
#25) Three "EXAM JOKES": a) joke #29 b) joke #50 c) joke #156
#26) X sound: Argument Sketch.mp3 text: Argument Sketch
NEW!: Reported Speech, the "Basics" 1 Reported Speech, the "Basics" 2
NEW!: Only for the time being: REPORTED SPEECH (key)
TIPS FOR THE TEST TIPS FOR THE TEST TIPS FOR THE TEST TIPS FOR THE TEST:
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SOME SELECTED PREVIOUS
GRUNDKURS TESTS:
For the solution(s) you'll have to be present IN
PERSON on February 5, 2008 FROM 5 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. in KH 2.016
TWENTY-FIVE
MEMBERS OF BOTH COURSES WERE PRESENT AND WERE "PRESENTED" WITH THE
KEY"!!!!!!!
GRAMMAR,
PART FOUR: Syntax
(1) Syntax (2)
GRAMMAR, PART FIVE: Spot
the mistakes (1) Spot the mistakes
(2) Spot the mistakes
(3) Spot the mistakes (4)
GRAMMAR, PART SIX: Translation
I'LL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008! W.E.P.
Wishing you all the best for your further academic career, W.E.P.
X sound: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.mp3 text: Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
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