2011-2012 KazGASA English Auezova G.T.

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering

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Subject: English DGHT

Credits 2 Academic year: 2011-2012

Practical lesson 17 2- term Intermediate

Grammar: Gerund and infinitive. “The right job for you”.

Assistant professor Auezova Gulnara Toleukhanovna

Discuss the following questions about job in the group.

1. What would you prefer to work by yourself or to work as a part of a team?

2. Do you think that it’s important to be creative?

3. Can you manage large amounts of money?

4. What profession would suit your personality?

5. What is your opinion about the job swapping? Is it easy to your mind? Why?

Read the extract “Job swaps” and add your opinion.

Job swaps

The purpose of job swapping or shadowing activities is to learn actively from a colleague, business

partner or customer about their job. This will raise awareness of exactly what colleagues do each day,

and encourage better communications between departments. It will not be practical for a complete job

swap to take place at all times so it is likely that the day would be a combination of job swapping and job

shadowing. The job swaps can take place within an organization or with a customer or supplier.

The personal and business benefits can include:

• Improves internal communications

• Improves team working

• Encourages ‘out of the box’ thinking

• Helps clarify career development

• Develops coaching and mentoring skills.

Before listening to the text (5.14-5.17) [1] try to give translations or definitions of the following words and word combinations.

To be nervous, to be exhausted, to change image, to have hair cut, to interview someone in front of a camera, challenge, to make a stupid mistake, to lose confidence, increase salaries, to give the verdict.

Do the test about the listening text.

1. According to Sally and Adam’s opinion, it was going to be … to teach Jessica to be a reporter in a month.

1. impossible

2. successful

3. pleasure

2. Political reporters need to be …

a) kind

b) shy

c) hard and aggressive

3. She spent the first week learning…

a) how to change image

b) watching political interviews on TV and reading political sections of newspapers.

c) how to be aggressive

4 . She spent the second week learning …

1. how to interview people in front of a camera

2. how to visit the Prime Minister

3. how not to lose the confidence

5. What a stupid mistake did she make, while interviewing the politician of the Conservative Party?

a) She lost her confidence

b) She didn’t say “sorry”

c) She said “ Labour Party” instead of the “Conservative Party”

6. What did she ask about of the Education Minister?

a) about increasing teachers’ salaries

b) about immediate plans

c) about spending money on education

7. What was the judges’ verdict about reporters’ professionalism?

a) She was a real reporter.

b) They were pretending as journalists.

c) None of them were professional reporters.

8. She is much happier working as a… .

a) librarian

b) reporter

c) politician

Verbs that are normally followed by the gerund form:-

acknowledge | admit | adore | anticipate | appreciate | avoid | celebrate | confess | contemplate

delay | deny | describe | detest | discuss | dislike | dread | endure | enjoy

fancy | finish | imagine | involve | keep | justify | mention | mind | miss | omit |

quit | recall | recommend | regret | report | resent | resume | risk | suggest | tolerate | understand

For example:

•I adore reading your books.

•They anticipated winning the election.

•I detest going to discos.

•We postponed making any decision in the meeting.

•I quit smoking.

•Do you recall seeing someone like that?

Verbs which are normally followed by the infinitive form:-

afford | agree | appear | arrange | ask | attempt | care | choose | claim | come | consent

dare | decide | demand | deserve | determine | elect | endeavour | expect | fail | get | guarentee

hate | help | hesitate | hope | hurry | incline | intend | learn | long | manage | mean | need

offer | plan | prepare | pretend | promise | refuse | resolve | say | seem | tend | threaten | want | wish

For example:

•I can't afford to go to the pub.

•He agreed to practice more.

•You should learn to express yourself.

•They managed to fix the problem.

Verbs which can be followed by the gerund or infinitive form:-

Some verbs can be followed by the gerund or infinitive.

With no change in meaning

begin | continue | hate | like | love | neglect | prefer | start | try

For example:-

•He began to learn English when he was eight.

•He began learning English when he was eight.

•I hate to leave.

•I hate leaving.

!Note - We often use the gerund when we speak about things in general, and the infinitive for particular situations.

With a change in meaning

forget | remember | stop

For example:

•I forgot to feed the cat. (The cat is hungry - he has not been fed)

•I forgot feeding the cat. (The cat is ok - I fed him and then forgot about it)

Complete with the gerund or infinitive.

Smoking is banned in all public places. (smoke)

1. It is very expensive a flat in the centre. (rent)

2. Are you afraid of ? (fly)

3. I called the restaurant_____ a table tonight. (book)

4. Be careful a noise when you come home tonight. (not make)

5. She’s worried about _____ the exam. (fail)

6. Everybody went on _____until after midnight. (dance)

7. _____ an only child is a bit boring. (be)

8. It’s easy ____ the way if you look at the map. (find)

OFFICE HOURS

1. Write down a formal letter and CV

2. Give example with gerund and infinitive

3. Dialogue “Job swapping”

GLOSSARY

English	Russian	Kazakh
to be exhausted	сильно уставать
to lose confidence	терять самоуверенность
reporter	журналист	журналист
increase salaries	повысить зарплату
to book	забронировать
to be banned	запретить

LITERATURE:

1. “New English File” by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. Student’s Book. Oxford University Press,

2007.

4. Audio Disc of “New English File” for Elementary level.

5. “Essential Grammar in Use” by R.Murphy. Second Edition. Cambridge, 2007.

7. Internet resources. www.learningenglish.com