Help with an Application Task for a CELTA course

K@t — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:00:05 GMT

Hello all,

I am applying to take a CELTA course and they gave me an application task to do before I can enter the program. I am having some difficulty with some parts and was wondering if some one would be willing to help me. I use msn messanger under hpainter24@hotmail.com feel free to add me and then we can go over the questions. I'm going to try posting some of the questions here.

1. Which is the âodd one outâ in each group, and why?

e.g.	a.	I had my hair cut last night.
	b.	I had seen the film before.
	c.	I had my car repaired at the garage.

Sentence b, because sentences a and c refer to actions that someone else did for the speaker. They are in the past tense. Sentence b refers to an action which the speaker did himself/herself and is in the past perfect tense.

A:	i.	The babyâs bottle.
	ii.	The nationâs struggle.
	iii.	The teacherâs ill.
	iv.	The nurseâs pay.
	v.	The governmentâs defeat.

Sentence ____

B:	i.	The woman was robbed by a stranger.
	ii.	The actor was interviewed by a journalist.
	iii.	The tree was hit by lightning.
	iv.	The trains passed by a river.

Sentence ____

C:	i.	She must have lost the address.
	ii.	Alan must have been here too.
	iii.	That must have been awful.
	iv.	The thieves must have gone in through the window.
	v.	I must have something to drink.

Sentence ____

D:	i.	Iâm not used to the noise yet.
	ii.	They used to work in a circus.
	iii.	Didnât there use to be a shop there?
	iv.	I never used to smoke.
	v.	It didnât use to be so dirty.

Sentence ___

2. Can you think of any exceptions to the following ârulesâ?

	âRuleâ	Exception
e.g.	âwillâ is used to express predictions without evidence.	âThatâll be John at the door.â This isnât a prediction without evidence. The statement is based on the fact that John always arrives at this time/he is expected.
A:	âtheâ is not used with the names of people.
B:	The past simple form of the verb is used to describe finished events or states.
C:	âsomeâ is used in statements; âanyâ in negatives and questions.
D:	âcanâ (modal verb) is used to express ability.

3. Identify any incorrect sentences in this list, supply the corrected version and explain the error.

	Sentence	Correction	Explanation
e.g.	What did you say was your name?	What did you say your name was?	The problem is one of word order. One question is embedded in another and the mistake is in giving them both the word order of a question. The second part âyour name wasâ isnât actually a direct question.
A:	Iâve been to China last year.
B:	He doesnât work as hard as she does.
C:	I would of liked to have seen that.
D:	If youâll wash up, Iâll do the ironing.
E:	I regret to have damaged your book.
F:	How long are you knowing Nathan?

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Help with an Application Task for a CELTA course