Keep on Winning - Blank Captions

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Weight Loss Flip-Flops - Blank Captions

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Walking the Dog - Blank Captions

Grammar Points:

Advice or suggestion for something in the past using SHOULD +  HAVE + Past Participle.  Present simple and present perfect continuous.

Vocabulary and Phrases: stinks, yuk, dog sitter, seems like, without. 

Caption: Dexter: “Yuk.  It stinks in here”

“I hired a dog sitter and it seems like the dog’s been sitting at home [...]

January 2010 Blank Captions Cartoon Worksheet

Grammar Points:

Use of present perfect continuous for an activity that is repeated which started in the past and continues up to today. In this case, the activity is repeated with some sort of regularity, but not necessarily at exact intervals.

Vocabulary and Phrases: phrasal verb “luck out”, fortune, wishing well.

Caption: Dexter: “I wish for a small fortune”

“I’ve been wishing here for years and never lucked out.” [...]

December 2009 Blank Caption Cartoon Worksheet

Grammar Points:

1. Making wishes in the present using

{I wish + verb in past tense} eg. I wish you were here, I wish I knew that before, I wish I had more time.

2. Use of will for on the spot “spontaneous” decisions, intentions or predictions. In the cartoon, Pierre makes a prediction, saying to Dexter that “he will have one”.

Vocabulary and Phases: Low-rider, flames, “voila” borrowed from French meaning “Here you are” or “There you go”.

Caption: Dexter: “I wish I had a low-rider with flames on the side.”

Pierre: “You will have one. Voila!” [...]

November 2009 Worksheet

Grammar Points: Making suggestions with use of “it’s time” + past simple and “let’s” + bare infinitive. While used to express a relatively short amount of time (as opposed to a subordinating conjunction).

Vocabulary and Phases: Take a break, work, alley, homeless person, worn out clothing, push cart, for a little while.

Caption: Homeless Person 1: “It’s time we took a break.”

Homeless Person 2: “You’re right, let’s go work for a little while.” [...]

September 2009 Worksheet 1

September 2009 Cartoon Worksheet 1

Grammar Tags: So, many, plural countable nouns.

Word Tags: Pierre, fans, canvas, easel, painting, berret, paint brush.

Caption: “I have so many fans it’s unbelievable. I just don’t know what to do with them.” [...]