Assignment 2: Language Related Tasks
Assignment 2: Language related tasks.
Lexis 1
We can put off sleeping for a limilted period.
Meaning
To decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later date or time *
Concept questions:
Do we want to do this now? No
Will we delay this until a later time? Yes
Will we complete it at some point in the future? Yes
Other examples:
A businessman who puts off a meeting or an important decision, students who put off doing their assignments, an engaged couple who puts off their wedding.
Extension:
An engaged couple may put off their wedding if they don’t have enough money saved up to pay for it. Students may put off doing their homework until it’s almost too late.
Form
Put off (verb+ adverb) is a transitive phrasal verb.
Put off is normally followed by an object. In the example above the object is sleeping (verb+ing form, acting as a noun)
Put off is also separable, i.e. you can separate the verb part from the adverb. However, if you change the direct object to a pronoun, i.e., it, it then becomes inseparable (see examples below)
We can put it off for a limited period. √
We can put off it for a limited period. X
Pronunciation
We can put off sleeping for a limited period /pʊt_ɒf/
There is one syllable in each part of the verb phrase. The main stress is placed on the first syllable.
The underscore represents a link between the two words i.e., there is no interruption of airflow between them.
Appropriacy
Put off is fairly neutral in appropriacy. There are other more formal words which may be used such as, delay or postpone. These may be used in such contexts as a letter regarding a change in schedule of a dental appointment.
Anticipated problems or solutions:
1. Problem: Ss may confuse the meaning of to put off , i.e. delay, postpone), with another meaning such as to discourage. Ss will therefore be confused with the concept of the whole sentence.
Solution: Use the CQs
Lexis 1
We can put off sleeping for a limilted period.
Meaning
To decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later date or time *
Concept questions:
Do we want to do this now? No
Will we delay this until a later time? Yes
Will we complete it at some point in the future? Yes
Other examples:
A businessman who puts off a meeting or an important decision, students who put off doing their assignments, an engaged couple who puts off their wedding.
Extension:
An engaged couple may put off their wedding if they don’t have enough money saved up to pay for it. Students may put off doing their homework until it’s almost too late.
Form
Put off (verb+ adverb) is a transitive phrasal verb.
Put off is normally followed by an object. In the example above the object is sleeping (verb+ing form, acting as a noun)
Put off is also separable, i.e. you can separate the verb part from the adverb. However, if you change the direct object to a pronoun, i.e., it, it then becomes inseparable (see examples below)
We can put it off for a limited period. √
We can put off it for a limited period. X
Pronunciation
We can put off sleeping for a limited period /pʊt_ɒf/
There is one syllable in each part of the verb phrase. The main stress is placed on the first syllable.
The underscore represents a link between the two words i.e., there is no interruption of airflow between them.
Appropriacy
Put off is fairly neutral in appropriacy. There are other more formal words which may be used such as, delay or postpone. These may be used in such contexts as a letter regarding a change in schedule of a dental appointment.
Anticipated problems or solutions:
1. Problem: Ss may confuse the meaning of to put off , i.e. delay, postpone), with another meaning such as to discourage. Ss will therefore be confused with the concept of the whole sentence.
Solution: Use the CQs