EL002 Pre-sessional Programme 2010 Grammar and Vocabulary Development Session 1 Language review Writing feedback

PLEASE BRING ME A COPY OF YOUR PERIOD 1 TIMED WRITING IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO USE IT FOR ERROR ANALYSIS / SYLLABUS- PLANNING PURPOSES

LANGUAGE ISSUES ARISING FROM YOUR MINI- SURVEY SUMMARIES

SUCH Which use(s) of SUCH is/are incorrect? 1.Fadia is such a good student that she deserves an award. 2.We get such bad weather in England. 3.Colchester is a good place to live in such as its quiet atmosphere encourages us to focus on our studies. 4.British food, such as fish and chips, is incredibly unhealthy. 5.There are several handsome men in this class. Such as Mohammed, Muhammed, and Mohammad.

SUCH Which use(s) of SUCH is/are incorrect? 1.Fadia is such a good student that she deserves an award. 2.We get such bad weather in England. 3.Colchester is a good place to live in such as its quiet atmosphere encourages us to focus on our studies. 4.British food, such as fish and chips, is incredibly unhealthy. 5.There are several handsome men in this class. Such as Mohammed, Muhammed, and Mohammad.

THAT Which use(s) of THAT is/are incorrect? 1.It is a good idea to review the notes that you made in the first period of the pre-sessional programme. 2.The iPad, that is Apple’s latest new must-have gadget, was launched in the UK last Friday. 3.Colchester is a good place to live in that its quiet atmosphere encourages us to focus on our studies. 4.Abdullah believes that you can never own too many pairs of sunglasses. 5.Reham says, that she would rather shop in Tesco than in Louis Vuitton.

THAT Which use(s) of THAT is/are incorrect? 1.It is a good idea to review the notes that you made in the first period of the pre-sessional programme. 2.The iPad, that is Apple’s latest new must-have gadget, was launched in the UK last Friday. 3.Colchester is a good place to live in that its quiet atmosphere encourages us to focus on our studies. 4.Abdullah believes that you can never own too many pairs of sunglasses. 5.Reham says, that she would rather shop in Tesco than in Louis Vuitton.

NOUN PHRASES Which option do you prefer? Which do you like least and why? 1.The majority of the students that were questioned... 2.The majority of students questioned... 3.The majority of questioned students...

NOUN PHRASES Which option do you prefer? Which do you like least and why? 1.The majority of the students that were questioned... 2.The majority of students questioned... 3.The majority of questioned students... 

VERBS What do the following verbs have in common? abstain die sleep fall

VERBS What do the following verbs have in common? abstain die sleep fall They’re all INTRANSITIVE verbs, which means that they cannot “take” an object. Look at what happens when you try to add an object or make the verb passive: -The mouse died the cat. -I slept myself for 8 hours. -I was fallen in the street. -I was abstained from the election.

IN vs INTO Which of these sentences would make more sense if you changed IN to INTO? 1.A man walked in a bank wearing a mask and shouted “put your hands up! This is a robbery!” 2.Students can be divided in two categories: good and bad. 3.I opened the window and a beautiful butterfly flew in my room. 4.All students living in North Tower are entitled to receive £500 in compensation for the noise pollution they have had to suffer throughout the year.

IN vs INTO Which of these sentences would make more sense if you changed IN to INTO? 1.A man walked INTO a bank wearing a mask and shouted “put your hands up! This is a robbery!” 2.Students can be divided INTO two categories: good and bad. 3.I opened the window and a beautiful butterfly flew INTO my room. 4.All students living in North Tower are entitled to receive £500 in compensation for the noise pollution they have had to suffer throughout the year.

TIME? Which of the following combinations is not possible in English? 1.all time 2.all the time 3.at all time 4.at all times

TIME? Which of the following combinations is not possible in English? 1.all time 2.all the time 3.at all time 4.at all times 1.In the world of football, Pele is one of the all-time greats. 2.Mark thinks about football all the time. 3.at all time 4.Mark thinks about football at all times.

WORD FORM Can you guess the missing words? In each set of sentences you need three different forms of the same word. 1.I hope that what you learn on the pre-sessional helps you in your future __________. 2.What Adel enjoys most is __________. 3.Maha conducted a __________ to find out the most common female name in the class. 4.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after they __________. 5.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after __________. 6.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after their __________.

WORD FORM The missing words are related to STUDY and GRADUATE. Does that help? 1.I hope that what you learn on the pre-sessional helps you in your future __________. 2.What Adel enjoys most is __________. 3.Maha conducted a __________ to find out the most common female name in the class. 4.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after they __________. 5.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after __________. 6.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after their __________.

WORD FORM The answers: 1.I hope that what you learn on the pre-sessional helps you in your future __________. 2.What Adel enjoys most is __________. 3.Maha conducted a __________ to find out the most common female name in the class. 4.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after they __________. 5.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after __________. 6.Few members of the group have decided what they will do after their __________. studies studying study graduate graduating graduation

PUNCTUATION Which sentence needs a comma? Where? 1.The results show that one member of the group is a very slow walker. 2.As the results show one member of the group is a very slow walker.

PUNCTUATION Which sentence needs a comma? Where? 1.The results show that one member of the group is a very slow walker. 2.As the results show, one member of the group is a very slow walker.

One of these sentences is wrong, but which one? 1.Regarding spelling, Khaled is easily the best student in the class. 2.With regards to spelling, Khaled is easily the best student in the class. 3.Regarding to spelling, Khaled is easily the best student in the class. And how would you complete the following sentence? The evidence to support Maha’s claim about life on other planets is ______.

CLEARCONCLUSIVEINCONCLUSIVE

CLEARCONCLUSIVEINCONCLUSIVE by no means not entirely not quite fairly reasonably extremely absolutely completely perfectly crystal quite by no means hardly fairly absolutely fairly rather somewhat largely

OPINION VIEW POINT OF VIEW ATTITUDE

VERB-NOUN COLLOCATION 1.Which noun DOES NOT collocate with TAKE? 2.Which noun DOES NOT collocate with AIR? 3.Which noun collocates with VOICE and ENTERTAIN? 4.Which noun collocates with ADOPT? ADJECTIVE-NOUN COLLOCATION 1.expert ______________ 2.professional ______________ 3.legal, medical, psychological ______________ 4.high and low ______________ 5.minority and majority ______________ 6.critical ______________ 7.positive and negative ______________ 8.The words INFORMED, ILL-INFORMED, and UNINFORMED all collocate with VIEW, but what’s the difference between these three adjectives?

VERB-NOUN COLLOCATION 1.Which noun DOES NOT collocate with TAKE? 2.Which noun DOES NOT collocate with AIR? 3.Which noun collocates with VOICE and ENTERTAIN? 4.Which noun collocates with ADOPT? ADJECTIVE-NOUN COLLOCATION 1.expert ______________ 2.professional ______________ 3.legal, medical, psychological ______________ 4.high and low ______________ 5.minority and majority ______________ 6.critical ______________ 7.positive and negative ______________ 8.The words INFORMED, ILL-INFORMED, and UNINFORMED all collocate with VIEW, but what’s the difference between these three adjectives? opinion attitude opinion attitude opinion point of view opinion attitude view / attitude uninformed = no information, ill-informed = bad information

SPELL THE WORDS THAT MARK DICTATES

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NOW LOOK AT YOUR OWN WRITING AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND / CORRECT ANY MISTAKES