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Hi teachers,Could you correct this dialogue please?Kate: Let's go that island, the one with the trees on it. We can have our picnic there. It isn't too far and when we go back, Robert can row, can't he?Robert: Of course I can Kate.Thanks in advance

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Kate: Let's go to that island, the one with the trees on it. We can have our picnic there. It isn't too far, and when we come back, Robert can row, can't he?

Robert: Of course I can, Kate.

CJ

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi CalifJim,

Thank you for the reply and corrections.

I forgot to write 'to'. Sorry.

By the way, What is the difference between 'come back' and 'go back'?

Don't they mean 'return'?

TS

PD. I guess I finally found, of course looking at your suggestions, the right directions:

Fill in the blans with the appropriate synonyms from the glossary corresponding to the given numbers.

Do I need a comma anywhere in these directions?

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi CalifJim,

Thinking SpainBy the way, What is the difference between 'come back' and 'go back'?

I did some research about the differences and I understand, if I'm not mistaken, that the choice depends on the location of the speaker.

Are these right?

Come back: from there to here.

Go back: from here to there.

Let's see if I really understood it?

Situation: They are already on the island. One of the characters says, ' Perhaphs it's time to go back.'

Am I right?

TS

Vipul11 · Answer

yes you are absolutely right
Jim : please COME BACK. I am missing you very badly.

Kate :no, I won't GO BACK to you.

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi vipul11,

Thank you for your reply and the example.

TS

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking SpainFill in the blanks with the appropriate synonyms from the glossary corresponding to the given numbers.
Do I need a comma anywhere in these directions?

No comma needed. I think we can do better, though. The blanks are to be filled with numbers, not synonyms, so maybe this would be clearer:

Fill in the blanks with the numbers corresponding to the appropriate synonyms from the glossary.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking SpainAre these right?
Come back: from there to here.
Go back: from here to there.

Exactly.

Thinking SpainLet's see if I really understood it?
Situation: They are already on the island. One of the characters says, ' Perhaps it's time to go back.'

Right.

By the way, it's pretty easy to drill your students on this concept by having them start at one end of the classroom and move to the other back and forth. You stand at one or the other location and have them "go" and "come back" or "come" and "go back". Once they get that, you can use a staircase and illustrate "go up" and "come back down", "come up" and "go back down". Similarly, with a doorway, "go in" and "come back out", "come in" and "go back out". What fun.

CJ

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi CalifJim,

Thank you for your reply.

It really is a good idea. I'll do it for sure.

By the way, my students are adults,

TS

Tenacious Learner · Answer

CalifJimI think we can do better, though. The blanks are to be filled with numbers, not synonyms, so maybe this would be clearer:

No, no

the blanks are to be filled with synonyms, with word, not with numbers. It's my mistake I haven't explained myself properly.

This is the exercise my teacher:

1.- At this moment. 2.- A big quantity of. 3.- In reality. 4.- Simply and just. 5.- A small quantity.

(1) _____ Robert is taking his wallet out of his jacket pocket. How much money is there in Robert’s wallet? There isn’t (2) ___________ money, (3) __________ there's (4) _________ (5) ___________ money.

So this is the result after they have filled in the exercise:

(1) Now Robert is taking his wallet out of his jacket pocket. How much money is there in Robert’s wallet? There isn’t (2) a lot of money. (3) In fact there's (4) only (5) a little money.

These are the last directions I figured out: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate synonyms from the glossary according to / corresponding to the given numbers

Thank you

TS

CalifJim · Answer

Thinking SpainNo, no the blanks are to be filled with synonyms

Oh, OK. Never mind. (Ignore my last suggestion for a change.)

You already have your method lined up and ready to go, so go ahead and continue with that, but I'd just like to say that I would do it as shown below.

__________________________

Rewrite the sentence below, replacing the bracketed words with the appropriate synonyms from the glossary.

[At this moment] Robert is taking his wallet out of his jacket pocket. How much money is there in Robert’s wallet? There isn’t [a big quantity of] money. [In reality] there's [just] [a small quanity of] money.

The students write this answer:

Now Robert is taking his wallet out of his jacket pocket. How much money is there in Robert’s wallet? There isn’t a lot of money. In fact there's only a little money.

CJ

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