Thursday, October 18, 2012

Blog Writing 10.2 (due Friday)

Listen to the conversation (exercise 6, p. 168). Answer the questions using noun clauses.

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  1. 2. Expectation is that people will laugh.
    3.If you don't laugh they think you're....drug?? (I heard something like that, but I'm not sure how to spell it)
    4.His problem is that he doesn't get a point.
    5. He feels that he is stupid.
    6. The problem was that girls made lipstick prints on the mirror.
    7.The principal decided to show them how they were used to cleaning that mirror.
    8.The principal wanted to show them that they used water from the toilet to clean the mirror!

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    1. All good sentences. Nice work.

      3. They'll think you're a DRAG. Like your dragging everybody down.

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  2. A The Where the incident happened is in Highschool
    B
    2 The expextation is that people will laugh.
    3 People will think you are drag if you don't laugh.
    4 The problem is that he don't get the point.
    5 He feel that he is stupid.
    6 The problem was that girl left lip prints on the mirror.
    7 The principal decided to show how they used to cleaning the mirror.
    8 The principal want to show the girl that they used water form toilet to clean the mirror.

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    1. good noun clauses, but bad subject/verb agreement (SVA) in #4 and #5. So please correct them.

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  3. 1. what bothers him about jokes is that they are too programmed
    2.The expectation is that people will laugh.
    3.What people think is that he is drag.
    4.His problem is that he can't get the point.
    5.what he feels is that he is stupid.
    6.The problem was that the girls press the lipstick against the mirror.
    7.What she did is that show them how they clean the mirror.
    8.What the principal want to show the girls is that they clean the mirror from the toilet water.

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  4. 2.- According to Greg, laughed is expected when someone tells a joke whether is funny or not.
    3.- Greg says that everybody thinks you are a drag if you don't laugh.
    4.- Greg's basic problem is that he doesn't understand the jokes.
    5.- He feels stupid when that happens.
    6.- The problem was that the girls would put on the lipstick in the bathroom and to make sure it was on right, they would print their lips on the mirror.
    7.- The principal decided that something had to be done, so she showed them how the toilet was cleaned.
    8.- The principal wanted to show the girls that the mirror was being cleaned everyday with water from the toilet.

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