Homework Answers - Worksheet (unit 10)

Vocabulary

1a
2 bluntly 3 con 4 cheat on 5 exaggerate 6 excuse 7 a fib 8 forgery 9 get away with 10 gossip 11 hoax 12 home truths 13 oath 14 perjury 15 rumours 16 spread 17 taken in 18 tales 19 testify 20 white

1b
2 exaggerating 3 oath/perjury 4 con/bogus 5 tales 6 got away with it 7 white lie 8 gossiping 9 bluntly / home truths 10 rumours 11 hoaxes 12 cheating 13 excuse 14 fibs 15 taken in

Patterns to notice

2
b asa long as you need
c as long as you want
d as much apsta as you want
e as often as we could
f as fast as he could
g as much as you can
h as many chocolates as you want
i as much work as she could
j as often as I can
k as long as we wanted/needed
l as fast as you want/like
m as soon as we can
n as much money as you want
o as often as I can
p as soon as they could

Grammar: noun phrases
3
2 the 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 the 7 the 8 the 9 a 10 a 11 A 12 0 13 a 14 The 15 the 16 the 17 the 18 a 19 the 20 0 21 the 22 0 23 0 24 a 25 the 26 the

Moment of Truth

What are your thoughts on these quotes regarding relationships and trust? Do you agree? Why or why not?

http://www.about-personal-growth.com/trust-quotes.html

http://www.about-personal-growth.com/relationship-quotes.html

http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/lessons/index.pl?noframes;read=917

Conversation questions on TV:
Are you going to watch TV tonight?
If so, what will you watch?
What did you watch on TV yesterday?
What is one of your favorite TV shows?
Why do you like it?
When is it on?
Does you father like it, too?
Do you like ___? (Insert the name of a TV show.)
Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?
Do you think TV is educational?
Do you think that there is too much violence on TV?
Do you think that TV is a good thing?
If you could design a new television show to boost ratings, what kind of show would it be?
How often do you watch TV.
What are the advantages of watching TV?
What are the disadvantages of watching TV?
What do you usually watch on TV?
What kind of TV programs do you usually watch?
What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?
What TV commercials do you like? Which ones do you hate?
What TV commercials do you like? Why?
What's your favorite commercial?
What is the purpose of advertising a product?
Do you think there are subliminal messages?
When you drive or walk, do you get distracted by advertisements on buses or billboards?
When you go food shopping, do you buy foods you've seen in TV commercials?
Do you like the _____ advertisements? If not, why? (You can substitute any company's name.)
Do you think it's right to see naked women in TV commercials selling beauty products?
What types of TV program are there?
Which type do you like best?
When do you usually watch TV?
Do you think that TV makes people lazy?
Do you think too much time is spent watching TV?
Does TV make a person passive? Does TV take away a person's ability to think for himself or herself?
Do you think that TV prevents people from communicating?
What do you think of TV shows that are designed to "discover new talent?"
If you couldn't watch TV at home but had to stay there, what would you do?
Could you live without TV for a week?

Paradise vs. heaven

Essentially, these are the same.


Main Entry: heav·en
Pronunciation: \ˈhe-vən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English heofon; akin to Old High German himil heaven
Date: before 12th century
1 : the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome : firmament —usually used in plural
2 a often capitalized : the dwelling place of the Deity and the blessed dead b : a spiritual state of everlasting communion with God
3 capitalized : god 1
4 : a place or condition of utmost happiness
5 Christian Science : a state of thought in which sin is absent and the harmony of divine Mind is manifest
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heaven

Main Entry: par·a·dise
Pronunciation: \ˈper-ə-ˌdīs, -ˌdīz, ˈpa-rə-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English paradis, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin paradisus, from Greek paradeisos, literally, enclosed park, of Iranian origin; akin to Avestan pairi-daēza- enclosure; akin to Greek peri around and to Greek teichos wall — more at peri-, dough
Date: 12th century
1 a : eden 2 b : an intermediate place or state where the souls of the righteous await resurrection and the final judgment c : heaven
2 : a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight

— par·a·dis·ial \ˌper-ə-ˈdi-sē-əl, -zē-, ˌpa-rə-\ also par·a·dis·i·cal \-si-kəl, -zi-\ adjective
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paradise
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For discussions on this, check out the following links below. Please note that a lot of discussion around these terms leads to religious references.
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic37819.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19784728/Whats-the-Difference-Between-Paradise-and-Heaven

http://www.gotquestions.org/paradise.html

http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b7210.html