CELTA Language Related Assignment, item 1

I was going to phone you yesterday, but I forgot.

1. Generative Context
I ran some errand for my parents on occasions. A few days ago my father asked me if I could give him a ride
to his doctor on Monday. And I said Ok.
I’ve been fighting a cold and yesterday and today have been very sick. So I took an afternoon off from work
today, to get some extra rest. I went home and got side tracked when my wife was talking to me, and totally
forgot about my father’s appointment. I was very tired, so I fell asleep for few hours, around 6pm my father
called and then I realized I hadn’t called him.
2. Meaning

It is used when we are talking about something which was in the future at that time,
which had not yet happened. I intended to do something, but didn’t do it.(English
grammar in use by Raymond Murphy)

3. Form

Subject + was/were+ going to + bare infinitive

4. Phonemic transcription, including marking the stressed syllables and notes on

pronunciation.

/ aɪ wəz ˈgʌnə fəʊn jʊː ˈjes.tə.deɪ , bʌt aɪ fə.ˈgɒt/

5. Concept checking questions (with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines,
diagrams, pictures, etc (please continue overleaf if necessary)

1. Did I want to call him? Yes, you did.

2. Did I remember to call him? No, you did not.
CELTA Language Related Assignment, item 2

She must have gone home by now.

1. Generative Context
I usually give my wife a ride back home from her office. She finishes work around 6pm
every day and waits for me for ten or fifteen minutes and then she goes home. Well
today I got busy and I couldn’t get off work at my usual time, which is usually at 5:30.
So I could not be at her office at the usual time. It is 7:00 pm right now and she is not
at her office.

2. Meaning
We use must + have + past participle to express certainty about the past
(practical English usage by Michael Swan, third edition Oxford University Press)
She never misses her appointment unless she doesn’t feel well.
She missed her appointment today, so we say ‘She must have been ill’.

3. Form

Subject + must + have + past participle

4. Phonemic transcription, including marking the stressed syllables and notes on

pronunciation.

/ ʃiː məstəv gɒn həʊm baɪ naʊ/

Particular attention needs to be paid to the weak form of "must" and "have". Also the linkage
between “must" and "have" must be considered.
The main stress goes on "Must " and "gone"

5. Concept checking questions (with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines,
diagrams, pictures, etc (please continue overleaf if necessary)

1. Is she at work right now? No, she is not.

2. Did I give her a ride back home? No, you did not.
3. Is she at home now? Yes, she is.
or
4. Has she gone home? Yes, she has.

CELTA Language Related Assignment, item 3

Open the window, will you?

I wonder if you’d mind opening the window.

1. Generative Context
It was very hot day, and I was doing some work on my brother’s lap-tap in his room. I
couldn’t continue my work, because it was too stuffy there. So I asked him to open the
window.
I was at the meeting with my boss in his office. It got very hot so I asked my boss
politely to open the window

2. Meaning
“Imperatives, will you?” is used to invite people politely to do things.

“I wonder if you’d mind+ verb+ ing” is used to make request and also questions,
suggestions and statements less direct and so more polite by using verb form that
suggest ‘distance’ from the immediate present reality.
(practical English usage by Michael Swan, third edition Oxford University Press)

3. Form

Imperative + object + will you? (question tag)

I wonder + if + you would mind + present participle + …….

4. Phonemic transcription, including marking the stressed syllables and notes on

pronunciation.

/ ˈəʊ.pən ðə ˈwɪn.dəʊ wɪl jv /

/ aɪ ˈwʌn.dər ɪf juːd maɪnd ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ ðə ˈwɪn.dəʊ/
Tag question: When we change the intonation we alter the meaning of tag question.
when the intonation is rising, the sentence is ‘asking’; and when it is falling, the
sentence is ‘telling’
5. Concept checking questions (with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines,
diagrams, pictures, etc (please continue overleaf if necessary)

1. ‘Open the window, will you?’ Am I speaking to a friend? Yes, you are.

2. ‘I wonder if you’d mind opening the window.’

Am I being very polite, asking a stranger? Yes, you are.

CELTA Language Related Assignment, item 4

She’s phoned 3 times today.

She phoned 3 times today.

1. Generative Context
My friend keeps calling me every hour, because I promised him to get him a ticket for
his favorite show. He is very excited and has been calling me all day. It is 11 am and I
have got three calls from him up to now.

I got the ticket for my friend, just like I promised him. And as soon as he got the ticket
he stopped calling me. I know he is not going to call me again today, since he got the
ticket, at least not today.

2. Meaning

1. He called me 3 times today and she might call again. Today is not finished yet.
2. He called me 3 times today and she is not going to call me anymore. Today is
ended.

3. Form

1. Subject + have /has + past participle + ………

2. Subject + past simple of the verb + adverb of time

4. Phonemic transcription, including marking the stressed syllables and notes on

pronunciation.
/ ʃiːz fəʊnd θriː taɪmz təˈdeɪ/

/ ʃiː fəʊnd θriː taɪmz təˈdeɪ/

5. Concept checking questions (with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines,
diagrams, pictures, etc (please continue overleaf if necessary)
She’s phoned tree times today

1. Is she going to call me more? Maybe that is possible.

She phoned 3mtimes today.

2. Is she going to call me more? No, I do not think so.
CELTA Language Related Assignment, item 5

A stranger

A foreigner

1. Generative Context
Last night when I was walking home I saw some people that I did not Know. Somehow I
didn’t feel good about their presence, the feeling was odd and I was not very
comfortable about it.
Last week I went to the Bazaar and there were some people from another country. I did
not know them, and I didn’t feel that was anything wrong. Perhaps because I know they
are foreigners either working or visiting here.

2. Meaning

1. A person that you do not know, maybe from you country.

2. A person that you do not know, but you have little information about that person.
He or she is from another country, perhaps they are tourist or work here.

3. Form
Noun Stranger
Adjective Strange
Adverb Strangely
Noun Foreigner

4. Phonemic transcription, including marking the stressed syllables and notes on

pronunciation.

/ ˈstreɪndʒə(r) /
/ ˈfɒrənə(r) /

5. Concept checking questions (with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines,
diagrams, pictures, etc (please continue overleaf if necessary)

1. Do you know him? No, we don’t.

2. Is he from another country? Maybe, but not necessary.

1. Do you know him? No, we don’t

2. Is he from another country? Yes. he is