Navigate Grammar slide 149 ex. 2, slide 150 ex-es 1, 2, 3

slide 149, ex. 2

It’s a good time be an office worker.

Technology has made the biggest change. Communication is easier and work is more interesting. In the past, people would spend ages to work doing boring jobs; these days computers can do these same jobs quickly and easily. Attitudes to men and women at work have changed a lot over the last fifty years, too. “In the 1960s, my boss was a woman who was the same age as me,” says David Harper. “When we went to meetings together, people would be surprised that she was the boss, not me. I used to tell people how good she was.”

Offices have become more pleasant places to work in. Companies used to have strict rules about clothes and behavior in the office, but these days things are more easy-going. relationships are more equal now. People would speak to their manager very formally, but now conversations can be more relaxed, and offices themselves are nicer places to work in. “The office where I worked was small and it used to smell really bad,” one of my friends told me. “Every morning I used to open the window as wide as I could, but it never helped!”

Perhaps not everything is better, though. These days, people often stay at work late and take their work home with them. It wasn’t always like that. “When I worked in an office, we would start work at 9.00 and we would go home at 5.30,” said my uncle. “The manager would (used to) tell us all to go home at 5.30 and we didn’t think about work until the next day!”

slide 150, ex. 1

  1. When was James Sidis born? In 1898.
  2. Who claimed he was the most intelligent person who ever lived? His sister.
  3. What was his IQ? Between 250 and 300.
  4. When he was just twelve which university accepted him? Harvard University.
  5. What happened to him in 1919? He was arrested.
  6. How long did he spend in jail? Eighteen months.
  7. When did William James Sidis die? In 1944.

ex. 2

1. How do you feel before you do a big climb?

Could you tell me how you feel before you do a big climb?

2. When were you last truly scared?

Would you tell me when you were last truly scared?

3. What did you want to be when you were growing up?

I’d like to know, what you wanted to be when you were growing up?

4. Is there anyone famous you’d like to meet?

Could you tell me if there is anyone famous you would like to meet?

5. How would you like to be remembered?

I’d like to know, how you like to be remembered?

ex. 3

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e