Practice sheet 16.A Note to teachers: Install Gallaudet Truetype Font (fingerspelling font). Available from Lifeprint. Why? Some of the slides use Gallaudet True Type and if you don’t have it installed the text will be oversized.

Note: With the time we have, it is not a good use of time for me to teach you “every” sign variation. For example: 1. BEFORE-(prior) [base hand palm back] vs 2. BEFORE-(prior) [base hand palm forward]

I’ll show you a good standard version that will work well in most regions with most adult native Deaf signers. Expect variation. If your next teacher or Deaf friend does it differently just add that version to your brain and move on.

For this semester I recommend you do it my way (at least until the final exam) because I have one advantage over your previous teacher or Deaf friend: I am the one who is giving you the grade. :) I love you all.

NOON vs 12:30 vs 3 o’clock

wait come not-come teacher what if

wa it

1/2-HOUR 2-hours 8:30 a.m. 15 Min 5 Min (variation)

YES NO MAYBE TRUE / SURE

1.SUPPOSE TEACHER NOT COME, WAIT 1/2-HOUR YOU? Would you wait a half- hour if the teacher doesn't come?

BEFORE-(past, was, previously) BEFORE-(prior to)

AFTER (“from then on”) AFTER (finished) BEFORE-(prior to)

DIET Jared Fogle previous/ before after

WH ER E

1. BEFORE (in the past, previously) 2. BEFORE (prior to) (version)

2. BEFORE CLASS WHERE YOU? Where were you before class?

AF TE R

3. YESTERDAY, SCHOOL FINISH, AFTER-(FROM THEN ON) WHAT-DO YOU? What did you do after school yesterday?

APPOINTMENT (assignment, reservation)

DOCTOR (versions) PAST TOMORROW next-WEEK HAVE

4. DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, YOU HAVE? Do you have a doctor's appointment?

BE ST

goo d

Bett er

like Spring Summer Fall

5. WHICH YOU LIKE BEST, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL? Which do you like best, spring, summer, or fall?

We rarely sign “DO” in ASL. Often we just raise our eyebrows. Example: “DO YOU TEACH ASL?” Or we lower our eyebrows: “What (are you/we) doing?” is signed as “what-DO?”

who

teach er

6. WHO YOU THINK BETTER TEACHER, WOMAN, (bodyshift-"or") MAN? Who do you think makes a better teacher, a woman or a man?

END WEEK WEEKEND

7. PAST WEEKEND what-DO YOU? What did you do last weekend?

FEW / SEVERAL

8. SHOE YOU HAVE HOW MANY? (How many pairs of shoes do you have?)

CAR FIRST COLOR

9. CAR, YOUR FIRST, COLOR? What was the color of your first car?

CHILD FAMILY LAST WHO

10. WHO LAST CHILD YOUR FAMILY? Who was the last child in your family? Review…

1/2-HOUR

AFTER

APPOINTMENT

BEFORE

BEST

BETTER

DO-["do-do"]

END

FEW-[several]

FIRST

Practice sheet 16.B

LAST

11. TODAY, YOUR LAST CLASS WHAT? What is your last class today?

LATE (tends to be one firm slap) Vs not-yet (Not-yet uses the tongue)

12. LATE CLASS ALWAYS YOU? Are you always late to class?

MIDDLE-[center] Version 1 Version 2

MIDDLE-[center] NorCal Center on Deafness, Inc Roseville Road, Suite 112 North Highlands, CA (916)

13. YOU KNOW WHERE DEAF CENTER? Do you know where the center for the deaf is?

MIDNIGHT

14. PAST SATURDAY YOU GO-TO-BED, BEFORE MIDNIGHT? Did you go to bed before midnight last Saturday?

MOST

15. WHO COOK MOST YOUR FAMILY? Who does most of the cooking in your family?

NEXT

after,

before now before something

from then on]

16. CLASS YOU NEXT? What class do you have next?

NOT-YET-[late]

LATE-[not-yet, LATER]

17. YOU NOT-YET CHANGE HEARING AID BATTERY YOU? Haven't you changed your hearing-aid battery yet?

OFTEN-[frequently]

18. LIBRARY, YOU GO OFTEN? Do you go to the library often?

SOON

19. YOU GRADUATE SOON YOU? Will you be graduating soon?

RECENT

SEE-[look-at, watch, let's- see]

20. YOU RECENT what-DO? (What did you do recently?) Review…

MIDDLE-[center]

MIDNIGHT

MOST

NEXT-[after, before, from then on]

NOT-YET-[late]

OFTEN-[frequently]

RECENT

SEE-[look-at, watch, let's- see]

SOON