Wednesday, March 11

5.C. Job Swap

- Verbs and adjectives + prepositions (p. 75)
to talk to a friend about something
to be good at Arts and bad at Maths
to write emails to a friend
to apply for a job
to be interested in fashion
to be worried about global warming


- Vocabulary: Work (p. 76, p. 152)
Think about the differences between the following expressions...
part-time/ full time job
temporary / permanent job
employee / employer / self-employed
qualifications / working experience
resign / retire

- Grammar: gerunds and infinitives (p. 77, p. 138)
Use -ing:
. after preposition: I'm good at remembering names.
. as subject of a sentence: Sunbathing in my favourite activity.
. after verbs which express likes and dislikes (like, love, enjoy, hate, don't mind)

Use infinitive to:
. after adjectives: My flat is easy to find.
. to express a reason or purpose: Mary's saving money to buy a flat.
. after some verbs: He tried to be early.

Use infinitive (without to):
. after modal verbs and auxiliary verbs: He must be at the library.
. after make & let: Let me come with you.

- Listening: "Jessica in The Pretenders" (p. 79)