practice sheet 18.a. bicycle have 1. you have bicycle? do you have a bike?

Practice sheet 18.A

BicycleHAVE

1. YOU HAVE BICYCLE?Do you have a bike?

BOAT

“Do you have a boat?”

vs

“Have you been boating before?”

2. YOU BOAT BEFORE?Have you been on a boat before?

The sign “BUILD” can mean either the process of building something, or in context it can mean “a building.”

BUILD “YOUR OWN” can be signed as “yourself”

3. YOU WANT BUILD (your)-SELF HOUSE?Do you want to build your own house?

Classifiers are signs that can represent general classes of signs. For example a “3-handshape” can be used to indicate vehicles and the movement of vehicles.

4. CAR CL:3/CL:3-("crash") HOW-MANY TIME YOU?How many times have you been in a car wreck?

LEAVE/departNOW-NIGHT = tonightPLAY “Y”-version = PARTY“WH” Facial expression

5. TONIGHT GO-TO PARTY, TIME YOU LEAVE?What time are you leaving to go to the party tonight?

NEWADDRESS/LIFE/LIVELIVE/life (initialized) EASYFIND/pickup

6. YOU THINK FIND NEW ADDRESS EASY? Do you think finding new addresses is easy?

FLY and AIRPLANE use the same handshape, palm orientation, and location. The difference is in the movement. AIRPLANE uses a double movement. This is an example of a “noun/verb pair.”

7. YOU AIRPLANE BEFORE?Have you ever been on an airplane before?vs “YOU FLY BEFORE?”= “Have you ever flown?”

ENJOY / APPRECIATE

8. YOU ENJOY THIS CLASS?Do you enjoy this class?

RIDE ONRIDE INGET IN

9. HORSE, YOU RIDE-ON BEFORE?Have you ever ridden a horse before?

HELICOPTERWISH / HUNGRY

“your own/yourself”

10. WISH HAVE (your)-SELF HELICOPTER?Do you wish you had your own helicopter?

Practice sheet 18.B

MOTORCYCLE

1. YOU HAVE MOTORCYCLE?Do you have a motorcycle?

PRACTICE

2. WHY YOU PRACTICE SIGN?Why do you practice signing?

LEAVE

3. TIME YOU LEAVE THIS CLASS?What time will you leave this class?

ROCKET

4. HOW YOU SIGN "R-O-C-K-E-T"?How do you sign "rocket?“

SEARCH / “look for,” “seek”

5. YOU SEARCH-FOR WORK?Are you looking for work?

SUBWAY

6. YOUR CITY HAVE SUBWAY?Is there a subway in your city?

TICKET

7. last-YEAR HOW-MANY TICKET YOU?How many tickets did you get last year?

TRAIN

TRAVEL / trip / tour

8. TRAVEL-(around) TRAIN, YOU LIKE?Do you like to travel by train?

LOST / “lose something”

9. YOU BEFORE LOSE YOUR ASL BOOK?Have you ever lost your ASL book?

TRUCKThree ways to deal with this concept:1. Spell it out.2. Show a big steering wheel3. Use an “initialized sign” [Warning: don’t use this on an “ASL” test.]

10. YOU PREFER CAR (bodyshift-"or") TRUCK.Do you prefer cars or trucks?

…review

CL:3-[park-car, row of cars, accident, garage]

ENJOY

FIND-[discover, pick-up]

FUN

GET-ON/IN

LEAVE-[depart] LEAVE-[leave-behind, abandon]

LOST-[lose]

PRACTICE-[training]

SEARCH-[look for, examine]

TRAVEL-[trip]