CELTA, LANGUAGE SKILLS
ASSIGNMENT TWO: LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS
1) I'M MOVING OUT OF MY APARTMENT.
Look at the sentence and then tick the statements which have the same form and meaning as the part which is underlined.
She's having her hair cut at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Abdullah's working in Qatar at the moment
We're picking him up from the airport at 11pm.
Josie's always worrying about something.
Tick the statements/ concept questions which apply to the part of the sentence underlined in (1)
It's talking about the future. CCQ: It is talking about the past, present or future? Future.
It's talking about now. CCQ: It is talking about the past, present or future? Present
It's an arrangement. CCQ: It is an arrangement? Yes
It happens regularly CCQ: Does it happen regularly? No
Tick the summary of phonological features that is true for sentence (1).
Stress on the first syllable of "moving, contraction of "I am" to "I'm"
Stress on "I" and the first and second syllables of 'moving'
No problems.
Tick the analysis of form which matches the structure in sentence (1)
Subject + am/is/are + present continuous
Subject + verb + ing
Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing
REFERENCES
Encarta.msn.com
http;//dictionary.reference.com
Practical English Usage, p189, Michael Swan, Oxford 3rd Edition, 2005
2) HE FEELS ANNOYED WITH JOE FOR BEING SO LATE.
a. Tick the statements of meaning/ concept questions which apply to the part of the sentence underlined in (2)
He was very angry CCQ: Was he angry? Yes A little or very? Very
He was a little angry CCQ: Was he angry? Yes A little or very? A little
It happened in the past CCQ: Are we talking about the past, present or future? Past
Something made him angry CCQ; Did something make him angry? Yes
It happened a number of times. CCQ: Did it happen once or a number of times? A number
b. Tick the summary of phonological features for the item of vocabulary (2)
Stress on the second syllable, the pronunciation of the /j/ sound, 'ed' pronounced /d/
1) I'M MOVING OUT OF MY APARTMENT.
Look at the sentence and then tick the statements which have the same form and meaning as the part which is underlined.
She's having her hair cut at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Abdullah's working in Qatar at the moment
We're picking him up from the airport at 11pm.
Josie's always worrying about something.
Tick the statements/ concept questions which apply to the part of the sentence underlined in (1)
It's talking about the future. CCQ: It is talking about the past, present or future? Future.
It's talking about now. CCQ: It is talking about the past, present or future? Present
It's an arrangement. CCQ: It is an arrangement? Yes
It happens regularly CCQ: Does it happen regularly? No
Tick the summary of phonological features that is true for sentence (1).
Stress on the first syllable of "moving, contraction of "I am" to "I'm"
Stress on "I" and the first and second syllables of 'moving'
No problems.
Tick the analysis of form which matches the structure in sentence (1)
Subject + am/is/are + present continuous
Subject + verb + ing
Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing
REFERENCES
Encarta.msn.com
http;//dictionary.reference.com
Practical English Usage, p189, Michael Swan, Oxford 3rd Edition, 2005
2) HE FEELS ANNOYED WITH JOE FOR BEING SO LATE.
a. Tick the statements of meaning/ concept questions which apply to the part of the sentence underlined in (2)
He was very angry CCQ: Was he angry? Yes A little or very? Very
He was a little angry CCQ: Was he angry? Yes A little or very? A little
It happened in the past CCQ: Are we talking about the past, present or future? Past
Something made him angry CCQ; Did something make him angry? Yes
It happened a number of times. CCQ: Did it happen once or a number of times? A number
b. Tick the summary of phonological features for the item of vocabulary (2)
Stress on the second syllable, the pronunciation of the /j/ sound, 'ed' pronounced /d/
References: SUCCESS AT FIRST CERTIFICATE, OXFORD UNVERSITY PRESS, PAGE 165 CUTTING EDGE, ELEMENTARY, SARAH CUNNINGHAM & PETER MOOR WITH FRANCES EALES, 2001, PAGE 149 PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE, MICHAEL SWAN, OXFORD, THIRD EDITION, PAGE 276 WWW.EDUFIND.COM WWW.ANTIMOON.COM