Lesson 95 Full of mistakes

The Boss: Where’s Sandra, Bob? I want her.

Bob: Do you want to speak to her, sir?

The Boss: Yes, I do. I want her to come to my office. Tell her to come at once.

Sandra: Did you want to see me, sir?

The Boss: Ah, yes, Sandra. How do you spell ‘intelligent’? Can you tell me?

Sandra: I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T.

The Boss: That’s right. You’ve typed it with only one ‘L’.

This letter’s full of mistakes. I want you to type it again.

Sandra: Yes, I’ll do that. I’m sorry about that.

The Boss: And here’s a little present for you.

Sandra: What is it?

The Boss: It’s a dictionary. I hope it will help you.

New words:

Notes on the text:

1. want somebody: I want my lawyer.

2. speak to somebody: She is speaking to you.

3. want somebody to do something: They want me to learn English.

4. tell somebody to do something: My father tell me to go to school.

Lesson 96 I want you/him/her/them to …

Tell him/her/them to …

Exercises

A. Rewrite these sentences.

Example:

Please repair it. (you)

I want you to repair it.

B. Write questions and answers.

Example:

Type it again!

What do you want me to do? I want you to type it again.

1. Carry it! (she)

2. Listen to the radio! (my father)

3. Move it! (they)

4. Finish it! (I)

5. Correct the mistake! (we)

6. Describe the text! (our students)

C. Rewrite these sentences as in the example.

Example:

Don’t type it again! (he/her)

He is telling her not to type it again. He doesn’t want her to type it again.

1. Don’t hurt yourself! (she/him)

2. Don’t slip! (she/you)

3. Don’t fall! (we/him)

4. Don’t miss it! (they/us)

5. Don’t break it! (he/my son)

6. Don’t drive it! (my friend/her)

Lesson107 It’s too small

Assistant: Do you like this dress, madam?

Lady: I like the colour very much. It’s a lovely dress, but it’s too small for me.

Assistant: What about this one? It’s a lovely dress. It’s very smart.

Short skirts are in fashion now. Would you like to try it?

Lady: All right.

Lady: I’m afraid this green dress is too small for me as well.

It’s smaller than the blue one.

Lady: I don’t like the colour either.

It doesn’t suit me at all. I think the blue dress is prettier.

Lady: Could you show me another blue dress?

I want a dress like that one, but it must be my size.

Assistant: I’m afraid I haven’t got a larger dress. This is the largest dress in the shop.

New words

Notes on the text

1. would like to do = want to do

2. show sb sth

3. not ….. at all

4. can à could

5. Looking at the number of syllables (a, e, i, o, u) in the adjective, we can make Comparativeand Superlative of adjectives as following:

Lesson 108 How do they compare?

Notes: hot à hot+t+er – hotter, the hottest; big à big+g+er – bigger, the biggest

Exercises

A. complete these sentences

Example

It is warm today, but it was …… yesterday

It is warm today, but it was warmer yesterday.

1. It is cool today, but it was ….. yesterday.

2. It is wet today, but it was …… the day before yesterday.

3. He is late again today, but he was …. yesterday.

4. The test is easy, but that one is…..

5. This bookcase is large, but that one is…..

B. Write new sentences

Example

I’m very young.

I’m younger than you are

I’m the youngest in the class.

C. Write new sentences

These policemen are tall.

But those policemen are taller.

They are the tallest policemen in the world.

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