Define the Vocab
Give Part of Speech and Definition: Vibrant
Adjective - something that is bright, colorful, and full of excitement
Which sentence is passive?
A. The wall was falling down.
B. My surgery was completed.
C. Jake has been exhausted all week.
D. A Ferrari has broken down on the highway.
Ask yourself, who is doing the action?
B. My surgery was completed (by a doctor)
Shut in
Shut out
Shut up
Shut down
Shut off
Shut in -> confide inside
Shut out -> exclude from a group (rude)
Shut up -> be quiet (rude)
Shut down -> close permanently/stop a machine
Shut off -> stop a power/flow
______ is what I need to do.
A. Looking for a job
B. To look for a job
C. Look for a job
D. Looked for a job
A. looking for a job
Think about someone you admire. How would you describe them? Which of their traits (that you do not have) inspires you the most?
Was it your parent?
Give Part of Speech and Definition: Flawed
Adjective - something that is imperfect and has inherent problems
Active -> Passive (same tense):
Lara broke my phone!
My phone was broken (by Lara).
Take after
Take over
Take off
Take up
Take down
Take after -> copy a family member
Take over -> assume control
Take off -> lose clothing OR airplane OR success
Take up -> start a hobby
Take down -> remove OR write info OR defeat someone
What is a polite thing to say when you are interacting with someone for the first time?
(It is) Nice to meet you!
(Departure: (It was) Nice meeting you.)
What are some ways that AI is changing how people invest or spend their money?
RAM is expensive...
Investments in AI...
Consult AI for advice...
Give Part of Speech and Definition: Hassle
Noun - a situation where an action is unnecessarily difficult or inconvenient due to the circumstances
Name at least two reasons why we would use the passive voice.
We don't know who did it.
We don't want to say who did it.
The actor is implied (we know without saying).
Emphasize/put focus on the action.
Run into
Run over
Run out
Run away
Run through
Run into -> meet unexpectedly
Run over -> hit with a vehicle
Run out -> to have no more left
Run away -> escape
Run through -> review/rehearse
If people had grown up without the internet, they ___ more face-to-face communication today.
A) would rely
B) will rely
C) would have relied
D) are relying
A)
Is it better to learn about the world (and practice English) by reading factual information about the world we live in, or do fictional stories have more value? Why?
Please read a book, or something!
Give Part of Speech and Definition: Baffle
Verb - to completely confuse a person with something that is inexplicable
Active -> Passive (same tense):
Adrian will be teaching the class on Monday.
The class will be taught by Adrian on Monday.
Look after
Look over
Look up to
Look forward to
Look into
Look after -> take care of
Look over -> review (quickly)
Look up to -> admire someone
Look forward to -> be excited for a future event
Look into -> investigate (thoroughly)
Explain the similarities and differences between "overwhelmed" and "overwhelming." Give an example sentence that uses each.
Both are Adjectives!
Overwhelmed -> an emotion that a human feels; too much pressure/work/emotion
Overwhelming -> describes a item/person that causes another person to feel ^
Tell me about an expectation or plan you had in in the past that didn't go how you expected. What did you think was going to happen? What decisions did you make to change your life direction?
Future in the past?
Decisions, Decisions...
Give Part of Speech and Definition: Mogul
Active -> Passive (same tense):
They might cancel the meeting.
The meeting might be canceled (by "them").
make up
make out
make do
make over
make for
make up -> Parts of a whole OR Repair a relationship OR Invent a false story OR Substitute in place of OR Decide in your head
make out -> kiss repeatedly / succeed
make do -> to manage with limited resources
make over -> transform
make for -> head towards (an exit)
Explain the difference between the two sentences:
I stopped to take a break.
I stopped taking a break.
stopped to take - end activity and break
stopped taking - break is over; back to work
Explain what factors, in the modern digital landscape, are significantly contributing to the overwhelmingly agreed upon feeling that society is gravitating more towards the worlds as portrayed in famous dystopian novels like I Am Legend, iRobot, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Brave New World.
Something something, surveillance state.