IEC: March 31st Class

Next class, April 6th: PREPARATIION FOR THE MID-TERM WRITTEN EXAM.
CONTINUE WORKING ON ORAL PRESENTATIONS (1 hour)
Day Class Only, please, bring the 'sicknesses crossword puzzle' to class. Night Class, I will bring them for you.

HOMEWORK for April 6th: : Workbook, Unit 4 (all of it, pages 21, 22, 23). Page 23 is related to listening; use the CD that comes with the textbook.


Don't forget important dates:

Mid-term written exam , April13th, 2 hours
Mid-term oral exam (your "Personal Experience" presentations in front of the whole class) April 20th.


The highlights of today's (March 31st) class: unit 4

Expressions: allergy, to be allergic to, to have an allergic reaction to, symptoms of an allergy; sicknesses (backache, cold, earache, headache, rash, sore thorat, stomachache, etc.)

Examples: I am allergic to peanuts. .
My mother is allergic to cats. She has a violent allergic reaction to cats.
Some symptoms of an allergy to pollen include red itchy eyes, sore throat and sneezing.
A doctor may ask youL: Do you have any allergies? / Are you allergic to anything? / Any allergies?

grammar: Adjectives ending in -ed ajdectives vs. adj. ending in -ing.

"I am boring," I hear my students say all the time. What you want to say ( I believe!) is: "I am bored." You don't like the class, your teacher puts you to sleep; in this situation, the teacher and her class are BORING, you are BORED.
The rule:
use adjectives ending in -ed to describe how A PERSON feels ( e.g. I was embarassed because I couldn't remember her name.)
use adjectives ending in -ing to describe what ( a situation, an event) or who makes a person feel a certain way. (e.g. It was so embarassing not to be able to remember her name; My teacher is boring.)
Other examples:

You see a snake. The snake is terrifying. You're terrified. Seeing the snake is terrifying.
You get different information about the same event. The information is confusing. You're confused.
etc.
If you want to practice, click on the following links:
http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/passive3a.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/dg-eding.html
http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/unit33_grammar_exs.htm