Units 1 - 4 Review

For vocabulary practice, click here:
http://quizlet.com/12630198/units-1-4-level-4-flash-cards/

For practice with Yet / Already / Just, check out this link:
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.presper.i.htm

For practice with real conditional sentences, click here:
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/if-then1.html

For practice with count and non count nouns, click here:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/count1.htm

For practice with quantifiers, click here:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g41-quantifiers-gap-fill.php

For practice with will, may, might, and could, click here:
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal1.htm

Day 1 - Going it alone

Hey guys, for some extra practice with unit 13 vocabulary, check out this link:
http://quizlet.com/13336793/unit-13-flash-cards/

Study hard! Try to use these words in your every day speech!

>Jonathan

Final Review

Hi guys, I'm posting some extra practice for some of the grammar we've studied over the past month. If you have any questions, please let me know. 

Study hard! I don't want to see you again next month!

For extra practice with relative clauses, click here.

For extra practice with anything, something, nothing, and everything, click here.

For extra practice with phrasal verbs, click here.

For extra practice with made, let, and allowed, click here.

For extra practice with unreal conditional, click here

For extra practice with however, although, despite, and in spite of, click here

For extra practice with tag questions, click here

For extra practice with active and passive voice, click here

For extra practice with past perfect and past perfect continuous, click here

Hey Guys,


For tomorrow's test, here are some resources you might find useful:

Here's your weekly vocabulary review on quizlet.com:
http://quizlet.com/12863464/units-13-16-flash-cards/

To practice unreal conditional statements, check out this link:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm


To practice active / passive constructions, check out these links:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/passive_sentences1.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm


To practice tag questions, check out this link:
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/tags01.html

To practice However, although, In spite of, and despite, check out this link:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-although.php
http://www.esltower.com/GRAMMARQUIZ/GRAMMAR/contrasting%20conjunctions/contrasting%20conjunctions.html

Hey guys, I've put together a list of materials for you to use to study for tomorrow's test and the midterm that will follow it.

To review the vocabulary for units 9-12, click here, or on the following link.
http://quizlet.com/12779978/units-9-12-vocabulary-flash-cards/

To review simple future and future perfect tenses, click here or on the following link:
http://testyourenglish.org/test-59

To get more practice with narrative past tenses (reported / indirect speech), click here or follow the link below:
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/tm-reported1.html
or
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_reported1.htm

Good luck!

Review for Level 4, Units 5-8 Test

Hey guys, I put the next set up of vocabulary flashcards on my Quizlet site. 
Study study study!

In case you can't click that link for some crazy reason, you can find it at http://www.quizlet.com/J_Berk
In addition, for more grammar practice, here are some links to some external sites:

For more practice with asking polite questions, check out:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modal_quiz.htm
(the answer to the first question is "shall", which is a word we rarely use in American English.

For more practice with present perfect continuous tense, check out:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect-continuous_quiz.htm

For more practice with expressions of purpose (so that, in order to, in case), check out:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/infinitive3d.html

For more practice with past perfect tense, check out:
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html

OK guys, I'll see you tomorrow! Contact me if you have any problems.

Vocabulary Boot Camp Week 1

Vocabulary Boot Camp Week 1

1. avert

(verb) turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of
"We did everything we could to avert the disaster, but it was not enough."

2. aspire

(verb) to hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation
"Tomaš aspires to become an actor when he grows up."

3. coerce

(verb) compel by unethical means, force
"Max was coerced into making a donation to the Senator's campaign fund."

4. drastic

(adjective) extreme, severe
"The doctor had to take drastic measures to save the patient's life."

5. erratic

(adjective) irregular, unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes
"The man's erratic behavior made everybody on the flight nervous."

6. fortify

(verb)strengthen, reinforce
"The government intended to fortify the levees surrounding New Orleans."

7. impose

(verb) establish or apply by authority; force something on someone; selfishly bother
"The government imposes taxes on the poor to pay for social programs for the rich."

8. overt

(adjective) open and observable; not secret or concealed
"The politician's disregard for the law was quite overt."

9. urban

(adjective) related to or located in the city
"People from urban areas have very different political views from people in rural areas."

Phrasal verbs

1. Bring about - cause

2. Call off - cancel

3. Get through - finish

4. Kick out (of) – Force (someone) to leave

5. Take up (something) – begin a new activity

Idioms

1. like a fish out of water -

2. to feel like a million -

3. to break bread -

4. like a bat out of hell -

5. out like a light -