Writing 1
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 411.
Word study
(i) Find all the words in the text which have a negative meaning, e.g. ‘inferior'.
(ii) Use a dictionary to find the corresponding adjective or noun for the following words:
| NOUN | ADJECTIVE | NOUN | ADJECTIVE |
| strength | strong | tenderness | |
| inferior | passivity | ||
| emotion | fear | ||
| anger | neurotic |
1. Stating conditions
| Unless I do what she wants, she'll leave me. |
Look at the examples of excuses in the text. Try to think of two more on the same pattern:
‘If I……………………………., he/she will/won't…………………………….'
‘Unless I………………………., he/she will/won't…………………………….'
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Complete the summary of the text Assertiveness Training:
The authors are trying to present a new technique called ….. which is designed to help people who …. inferior. These sorts of people find it difficult to …. They also tend to …. The sort of things they say as an excuse are: ‘If……….'
III. COPING WITH MOODS
| <== previous lecture | | | next lecture ==> |
| Which of the prefixes above commonly precede the following words? | | | How do you cope with the following moods? |