Take!

1. He takes a very keen __interest________ in music and often goes to concerts.

2. Don't say anything negative about her hair; she's very sensitive and might take ___offence_______ at your remarks.

3. I was walking along a country road in the rain when a driver took ___pity_______ on me and stopped to give me a lift.

4. If a team loses, it's normally the manager who takes the __blame________ for the defeat and not the players.

5. Our neighbour has agreed to take __care________ of the dogs while we're on holiday.

6. The doctor told her to stop smoking, but she didn't take any __________ of him. She still smokes 30 a day.

7. Although she really wanted to study archaeology, she took her parents' ___advice_______ and went to law school.

8. Jamie likes making fun of other people but he can't take a __joke________ himself. he gets so angry.

9. It took a lot of ___courage_______ to ride his motorbike again after the accident.

10. She was taking a big ___risk_______ when she changed career, but fortunately everything went well and she really likes her new job.


B. Phrasal Verbs with Take. Complete each of the sentences with the appropriate article.

11. She takes ___after_______ her father; they're both as disorganized as each other.

12. I'd love to take __up________ golf, but it's such an expensive sport.

13. We haven't really taken __to________ the new boss; he's a little too formal for us.

14. Our phonetics teacher, Mrs. Hill, is going to have a baby so Mr. Bennett is taking __on________ until she comes back.

15. They've taken ____over______ another receptionist at work; Alison couldn't manage on her own.

16. I had to stop going to yoga classes; they were taking __off________ too much of my time.

Microwave oven

Perhaps the most (0) useful (use) and convenient of all domestic appliances is the microwave oven. You do not need to be a (1) _skilled_________ (skill) cook or a (2) __technological________ (technology) genius to operate one, and you can produce extremely (3) ___tasty_______ (taste) meals at the touch of a button. Many of us would now feel rather (4) ___helpless_______ (help) and unable to cope without one. The man we have to thank for this modern cooking miracle is (5) ___inventor_______ (invent), Percy LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945.

Ten years (6) ___later_______ (late) the first domestic microwave made its (7) ___appearance_______ (appear). This rather bulky contraption needed an (8) ___electrician_______ (electric) and a plumber to install it. and was the same size as a fridge. At over $1,000 in 1955, it was not immediately (9) ___succesful_______ (success). Not until 1967, when the countertop model became (10) ___widely_______ (wide) available, did sales start to improve.

Idioms

Idiom: Is an expresion or phrase that has a figurative meaning, apart from the literal meaning

There are approximately 25.000

It may cause an afirmation because of a negation of a negation. When there are more tan two negations within the same phrase or sentence... it becomes a multiple negation.

It´s a phrase or sentence that has lose it´s meaning idea or meaning, in chile, two examples could be "la dura?", wich it means that something is real or incredible and "se vá para el patio de los callados" that means that someone has died.

both are ways to say the truth actually, but eusphemism is the nice or lovely way to say the truth, in the other hand, dysphemism is the cold or cruel truth.


Define the following:

a. no biggie: do not worry about...

b. nosebleed seat: the last seats of somewhere.

c. arse end of nowhere/bum fuck nowhere: to be lost somewhere, nobody knows what you are looking for

d. bum chum: the boyfriend of a boy

e. bum wrap :an unfair punishment or scolding.

f. built like a brick shithouse : A girl or man who´s has a very worked body

g. fuck all :Absolutely nothing at all

h. fuck it: another way of saying nevermind or can't be bothered

i. fuck knows: The true usage of the phrase is to claim that you simply 'do not know', however

j. fuck someone over: To destroy or ruin something or somebody

k. fuck this: Used as an expression, usually for losing interest

l. fuck with: to do something with another person which might be considered, if not by you yourself, then by another person such as a girl/boyfriend, of an intimate nature


m. fucking hell: somehing to say when you get kicked in the nuts; a general exclamation of surprise

n. fucked up: Being extremely intoxicated on drugs or alcohol.

o. elbow room: barely enough(or not enough)room

p. five-finger discount: To steal something. When you steal, you grab the item with your hand - five fingers

q. five will get you ten: I strongly believe

r. same difference: The contraction for "Same thing; no difference"

s. scared shitless: it's when you scare someone to such an extent

t. crash and burn: To really screw up one's life by making bad choices often accompanied by substance abuse.

u. cover one's ass (CYA): Cover your ass - a way of saying "I'm going to do just enough CYA so that when something goes wrong I can blame someone else down the line" Another example of society going into a slow death spiral.

v. cut the mustard: "Get it up." By extension, perform any challenging act.

w. cut the cheese: To fart. Have you ever noticed a smell at the dinner table, thought someone had farted, and then saw someone cutting a new cheese?

x. pink slip: getting laid off from work

y. piece of ass: A hot woman dressed in a sexy manner.

z. get you ass in gear: This means to hurry the fuck up, and start moving your ass instead of sittin on it. Often told to lazy slackers sitting around on their fat asses smokin bowls and updating their face book accounts.

Questions...

Part I

How are you feeling today?

Where did you start your journey?

Do you need a carrier bag?

The room has got a balcony.

What were we practising yesterday?

The goverment´s plans are for education.

Did you take all the antibiotics?

Did you pack this suitcase?

What time is breakfast served?

You have to answer number six.

Are you looking for something in particular?

What did the finance ministyer say about tax cuts?

Part II...

Corrected sentences

1. How to pronounce b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s?

How do you pronounce b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s?

2. Can you writing customer on the board, please? Can you write custimer on the board, please ?

3. What's English word for this? What's the English word for this ?

4. Which page we are on? wich page are we on ?

5. Have anybody got a spare pen?

6. Can you say again that, please? Can you say that again, please ?

7. What are tonight's homework? Whar's is the tonight's homework?

8. How you spell, journey? How do you spell, journey?

9. What means, colleague? What it's means,colleague ?

1. Look up the following words (in bold) on an on-line dictionary.
2. Answer the questions below.
a. enjoy is a verb.
b. enjoyment is... a noun
c. enjoyable is... an adverb
d. train is... a noun
e. trainee is... somebody who´s training
f. trainer is... adjective
g. training is... verb
3. Complete the sentences below with the words (in bold) above.
i. Where did Jenny train to be a ski instructor?
ii. My father gets a lot of _______enjoyment___________ from his garden?
iii. I really _______enjoy_________ spending time on my own.
iv. How much football ____training____________ do you do every day?
v. The course was really ________enjoyable________ . I recommend it.
vi. Patricia's only a _____trainee__________ chef, but her cooking is fantastic!
vii. Our ____trainer_________ wants us to finish our project this week.

Grammar Slammar

uncountable nouns: Soup
Adjective: little
Preposition: a
Adverb: Never
Infinitive form of a verb: notice
ING form of a verb: Getting
an auxiliary verb: have
a modal auxiliary verb: can´t
a definite article: the

Grammar Slammar