Daily routines: activity

Source: http://youronlinenglishclass.com.pt/?cat=28

Present simple: more things

Source: http://youronlinenglishclass.com.pt/?p=1548

Video: Times

Source: www.youtube.com

Present simple: more exercises

Present simple - negations - long forms - Exercise 1

Complete the sentences like in the example. Use the long form of the auxiliary.

Example: Jane ___________ a book. (not/to read)

Answer: Jane (does not read) a book.

1) Tom  stamps. (not/to collect)

2) You  songs in the bathroom. (not/to sing)

3) Julie  in the garden. (not/to work)

4) I  at home. (not/to sit)

5) Tina and Kate  the windows. (not/to open)

6) Adam  French. (not/to speak)

7) His sister  lemonade. (not/to like)

8) We  to music. (not/to listen)

9) My father  the car every Saturday. (not/to clean)

10) Johnny and Danny  in the lake. (not/to swim) More exercises: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_negation_long.htm

Learning vocabulary

Hi there!

Here you have a link for learning heaps of new words.

http://justcrosswords.com

Loads of crosswords with many different topics.

Cheers!

Dan

Listening exercises: telling time and small talk

Telling time:

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/clocks-watches-1.htm

Small talk:

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/introductions-smalltalk-1.htm

Likes and dislikes: more exercises

Source: http://youronlinenglishclass.com.pt

Video: Jobs

Likes, dislikes and preferences

Here you have some info and exercises about likes and dislikes. Hope you like it!

Source: http://youronlinenglishclass.com.pt/?p=1498

Video: Personal information

Source: http://hotenglishmagazine.com

Video: Claudia's likes and dislikes

Source: http://www.madridteacher.com/lessons/activities/claudias-likes.htm

Voiced and unvoiced consonant sounds

English Phonetics: Voiced and unvoiced consonant sounds

Many consonant sounds come in pairs. For example, P and B are produced in the same place in the mouth with the tongue in the same position. The only difference is that P is an unvoiced sound (no vibration of the vocal cords) while B is a voiced sound (vocal cords vibrate). Put your hand on your throat as you say the pairs below to feel the difference.

Note that the first pair of consonants in the table (p, b) is produced at the front of the mouth. Each pair shifts further back with the last pair (k, g) being produced at the back of the mouth.

The following consonant sounds are represented using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The words in parentheses represent phonetic transcriptions.

Click on a the examples below to hear these consonant sounds. Pay special attention to the letters in bold.

IPA	Examples		IPA	Examples
unvoiced			voiced
p	please (pliz)		b	book (bk)
f	five (faIv)		v	vanilla (vnIl)
	thirty (ti)			they (eI)
t	ten (tn)		d	dish (dI)
s	sir (s)		z	zero (z)
	she (i)			genre (nr)
	cheers (s)			jump (mp)
k	king (kIŋ)		g	good (gd)

Mike's routine

This is Mike's routine; listening, multiple choice and transcription:

http://www.elllo.org/english/0351/388-Mike-Routine.htm

Pronunciation tips

Here you will find some tips to improve your pronunciation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Maybe the introduction is not very useful, but each single video of each sound can help you to have some practice and learn the sound in isolation with some examples.

Thanks Pedro for the link!

See you next week.

Dan

Listening + reading exercises: British Council

Hi guys,

This is the exercise we couldn't finish today:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-my-dad.htm

And if you want to try more exercises, you can go here:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-short.htm

Best regards,

Dan

Present simple: when to use it

Simple Present

FORM

[VERB] + s/es in third person

Examples:

• You speak English.
• Do you speak English?
• You do not speak English.

USE 1 Repeated Actions

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

Examples:

• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis?
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.
• When does the train usually leave?
• She always forgets her purse.
• He never forgets his wallet.
• Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.
• Does the Sun circle the Earth?

USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

Examples:

• Cats like milk.
• Birds do not like milk.
• Do pigs like milk?
• California is in America.
• California is not in the United Kingdom.
• Windows are made of glass.
• Windows are not made of wood.
• New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue.

USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.

Examples:

• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
• When do we board the plane?
• The party starts at 8 o'clock.
• When does class begin tomorrow?

USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.

Examples:

• I am here now.
• She is not here now.
• He needs help right now.
• He does not need help now.
• He has his passport in his hand.
• Do you have your passport with you?

ADVERB PLACEMENT

The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.

Examples:

• You only speak English.
• Do you only speak English?

ACTIVE / PASSIVE

Examples:

• Once a week, Tom cleans the car. Active
• Once a week, the car is cleaned by Tom. Passive

Source: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

Listening exercises: elllo.org

Here you will find lots of listening exercises:

http://www.elllo.org/

Natural Reader: pronunciation tool

Natural Reader: This software may help you with your pronunciation. Have a try. You have a free version.

http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm

Writing: Tips for basic students.

- Try to be simple when writing.

- Use what you learn in the lessons.

- Be careful with verb tenses.

- Double-check new expressions/phrases.

- Be tidy and clean. Organise your ideas in paragraphs and use punctuation correctly.

- Check everything you need in the dictionary. That is its purpose.

- Check spelling.

Writing daily routines: some feedback for you

Common mistakes

 

Wrong	Right
Every days	Every day
Always I have breakfast…	I always have breakfast…
I have lunch to my house…	I have lunch at home…
I have a dinner…	I have dinner…
I go to bed 12…	I go to bed at 12…
The Saturday I do the shopping.	On Saturday I do the shopping.
I go home in car.	I go home by car.
When finish the class, come back home and I have dinner while watch television.	When I finish the class, I come back home and I have dinner while I watch television.
i get up at 7 am when i work.	I get up at 7 am when I work.
I have a breakfast.	I have breakfast.
I usually get up a seven o’clock.	I usually get up at seven o’clock
o´clock	o’clock
english	English
tuesday	Tuesday

Song: Lazing on a Sunday afternoon

Lazing on a Sunday afternoon

by Queen

 

I go out to work on Monday morning

Tuesday I go off to honeymoon

I'll be back again before it's time for sunny-down,

I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon

Bicycling on every Wednesday evening

Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo

I come from London town, I'm just an ordinary guy,

Fridays I go painting in the Louvre

I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night

(There he goes again)

I'll be lazing on a Sunday

        lazing on a Sunday

lazing on a Sunday Afternoon.