591 Listening Results

I have marked the mid-term exam from my group (Serial 1-20). If you want your result, then please email me with your name and number.

Touchstone material checklist

Touchstone 019 Course syllabus

Prepared by Jeremy Wysakowski-Walters

Unit	Grammar point	In book Writing	Further Writing
1A	Greetings		Myself Descriptive paragraph of yourself
1B	Verb be, statements of fact
1C	What questions/Answer It is	Complete an application
2A	Verb be in all forms, singular/plural and 3rdetc Questions with be		Dialogue Question and answer conversation about your house
2B	This/these, plural nouns
2C	Questions with where/ possessives	Questions about locations
3A	Be in statements, possessive adjectives		My friend Descriptive writing about a 3rd person
3B	Yes/no questions and short answers; negatives
3C	Information Questions with Be	Questions about people
4A	Simple Present Statements		Interview Write a dialogue where you interview your favourite star (Football player/actor etc)
4B	Yes/No questions and short answers
4C		Write an email about your week
5A	Simple present: Information questions		Complaint An email to a hotel complaining about something
5B	Frequency Adverbs, like/dislike
5C		A message to a website
6A	There's/There are; quantifiers; Adjectives before nouns		Invitation An email organising a sporting event: inviting friends
6B	Telling the time; Let's …
6C
6D		Writing an ad for a noticeboard
7A	Present continuous – Statements		Instructions Write an email explaining how to do something
7B	Present Continuous – Questions
7C
7D	Imperatives	Write and article giving advice
8A	Like to, Want to, Need to, Have to		Excuse Write an email explaining why you can't be in class: what you must do
8B	How much, questions; this, these, that, those
8C
8D		Write a shopping recommendation
9A	Can/Can't		Recommendation Write an email to a friend telling them about your recent holiday and recommending they go there
9B
9C
9D		Tourism Web page entry
10A	Simple Past Statements (Regular)		Childhood memory Describe a good or bad event from your childhood. Why do you remember it.
10B	Simple Past  Yes/No Questions and short answers Time expressions
10C
10D		Writing a journal
11A	Simple past of Be; Yes/No Questions; Short answer
11B	Simple past information questions
11C
11D		Write a funny story
12A	Countable and uncountable nouns; articles much, many, a lot of		Evening out Describe your perfect evening out. Where do you go, with who, what do you do.
12B	Would like, some and any
12C
12D		Write a restaurant review

Section 601 - Medicine 1 - Terminal Illness

Here are the words from page 94:

Words	In-Class Definition
Terminal illness	An illness which leads to death
Breaking bad news	Give/tell bad news
Warning Shot	Something that prepares the person
Diagram	A picture/drawing showing something
Point of view/perspective	How you think about it

Section 597 - Touchstone -Use of Verbs

Use of verbs

1. When there are two verbs we use "to"
2. When we talk about an activity we use the gerund. (verb + ing)
3. When we use modal verbs we don't use "to"

Section 601 - Medicine 1 - Psychiatry

Here are the words from Page 86:

Words	In-Class Definition
Psychology	Understanding how we think
Psyche	Mind
Psychiatry	Study of mental illness
Depression	Clinically
Split-personality	Two people/psyche
Alzheimer's disease	Loose memory
Psychosis/mania	Has mental problems
Elicit	Get information (not take)
Refer	Send for test/treatment
Deny	Reject/negotiate
Reluctant	Doesn't want to do/say
Interrupt	Stop/break up
Comprehensive	Complete
Onset	Start of problem
Duration	Amount of time
Coincide	Happens at the same time
Suicide	Kill yourself
Hedonistic	Only wants fun
Anhedonistic	Does not think deserves fun
Persecute	Attack a group
Obsession	Can't stop thinking of things
Anxiety	Stress/panic
Eating disorder	Problem eating

019 Mid-Term 1 Course Coverage

The following units will be included in the first Mid-Term exam:

TOUCHSTONE- BOOK-1

Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

TOUCHSTONE- (Work Book-1)

Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

Medicine-    BOOK-1

Units: 2,3,4,5,6,7.

Open Forum   BOOK-1

Units: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.

Irregular verbs list

Here is a link to a good verbs list:

Irregular verbs

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