Payment Plans

Tuition (1) fees (FEE) are payable in advance in full at the time (2) _____________ (BILL). (3) _____________ (STUDY) may pay by cash, cheque, (4) _____________ (MONETARY) order or credit card (Master Card or Visa). Foreign students must pay in (5) _____________ (BRITAIN) currency.

(6) _____________ (PAY) may be made by telephone for credit card (7) _____________ (HOLD). Payment may also be by mail. However, the College is not (8) _____________ (RESPONSE) for lost or (9) _____________ (DELAY) mail.

Students who do not pay in full in advance (10) _____________ (AUTOMATICAL) choose the (11) _____________ (DEFER) payment plan of two equal (12) _____________ (INSTALL). The initial payment is due (13) _____________ (APPROXIMATE) two weeks prior to the beginning of each term. The balance is due four weeks after the (14) _____________ (BEGIN) of the term.

6. Grammar Focus

A . Direct and Indirect Objects

Introduction Example: Henry gave Claire some flowers. Here the verb give has two objects. Claire is the indirect object, the person receiving something. Some flowers is the direct object, the thing that someone gives. Example: Henry gave some flowers to Claire. Here give has a direct object (some flowers) and a phrase with to. To comes before Claire, the person receiving something. Here are some more examples of the two structures. Indirect Direct Direct Phrase Object Object Object With To/For Emma gave Rachel a CD. Emma gave the CD to Rachel. I’ll send my cousin a postcard. I’ll send a postcard to my cousin. We bought the child a cake. We bought a cake for the child. To or for? We give something to someone, and we buy something for someone. We can use to with these verbs: bring, feed, give, hand, lend, offer, owe, pass, pay, post, promise, read, sell, send, show, take, teach, tell, throw, write. Example: Vicky paid the money to the cashier. OR Vicky paid the cashier the money. Let me read this news item to you. OR Let me read you this news item. We showed the photos to David. OR We showed David the photos. We can use for with these verbs: book, bring, build, buy, choose, cook, fetch, find, get, leave, make, order, pick, reserve, save. Example: They found a spare ticket for me. OR They found me a spare ticket. I’ve saved a seat for you. OR I’ve saved you a seat. Melanie is making a cake for David. OR Melanie is making David a cake. Give + pronoun Sometimes there is a pronoun and a noun after a verb such as give. The pronoun usually comes before the noun. Example: Henry bought some flowers. Henry is very fond of Claire. He gave her some flowers. He gave them to Claire. We use her because Claire is mentioned We use them because the flowers earlier. Her comes before some flowers. Them comes before Claire.

B. Give + pronoun

Look at the Christmas presents and write sentences about them. Put one of these words at the end of each sentence: necklace, scarf, sweater, tennis racket, watch. The first one has been done for you.

1. To Mike from Harriet

Harriet gave Mike a watch .

Harriet gave a watch to Mike .

2. To Melanie from David

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3. To Trevor from Laura

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4. To Matthew from Emma

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5. To Claire from Henry

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C. Indirect object or ‘to’?

Write the information in one sentence. Put the underlined part at the end of the sentence. Sometimes you need ‘to’.

• Daniel lent something to Vicky. It was his calculator.

Daniel lent Vicky his calculator .

• Mark sent a message. It was to his boss.

Mark sent a message to his boss .

1. Emma sold her bike. Her sister bought it.

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2. Tom told the joke. He told all his friends.

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3. Melanie gave some help. She helped her neighbour.

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4. Ilona wrote to her teacher. She wrote a letter.

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D. ‘To’ or ‘for’?

Mark’s boss at Zedco is Mr. Atkins. He is telling people to do things. Put in ‘to’ or ‘for’.

• Give these papers to my secretary.

• Could you make some coffee for us?

1. Book a flight _________ me, could you?

2. Can you post this cheque ________ the hotel?

3. Don’t show these plans __________ anyone.

4. Leave a message __________ my secretary.

5. Fetch the file __________ me, could you?

6. Write a memo __________ all managers.

E. Give + pronoun

Complete each answer using the words in brackets. Sometimes you need to use ‘to’ or ‘for’.

• Matthew: Why is everyone laughing? (a funny story / us)

Vicky: Daniel told us a funny story.

• Trevor: There’s some fish left over, (it / the cat)

Laura: I’ll feed it to the cat.

1. Mark: What are you doing with those bottles? (them / the bottle bank)