Numbers
Numbers in English Dates We need the ordinal numbers in English because dates are spoken with ordinals. April 25: April the twenty-fifth OR the twenty-fifth of April Remember the the! Here is a date for your diary: May 19. It’s my birthday. When is your birthday. Notice, when we write we do not write the […]
WHAT DID HE SAY?
WHAT DID HE SAY? John said: When we write we can use speech marks “…” When we speak we don’t: John said he went to the supermarket. John said he had already eaten. John said he was watching a film. John said he would call me later. Note: We do not need that in […]
AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
I think cold weather is better than hot weather Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Use these phrases Adding a reason Now try these talking points: Asking for elaboration
Pronunciation of verb lists…with examples
Most verbs in English are regular: Infinitive: walk I walk to work every day Past Simple: walked I walked on the beach yesterday Participle: walked I have walked 3 miles already today We always say -ed in the shortest way possible. Walked is one syllable. Sometimes -ed sounds like -t: Washed, missed. Words that end […]
THING THING
In English we don’t say soup of chicken. We say chicken soup. We take the second noun- chicken- and put it in front of the first noun- soup. Look at these images and make noun-noun phrases: Notice that we don’t say cars park. The first noun is always singular because it works like an adjective. […]
MUST AND HAVE TO
Look at the images. Say what you must and mustn’t do. Wear a cap keep your ticket wear a uniform use your mirrors Run indicate arrive on time show your ID Be quiet take a shower pass a test raise your hand Talk leave bags unattended smoke keep your distance What is the difference? You have to […]
What I could do…
MODALS +infinitive Modals are a class of auxiliary verb. Auxiliary= help. It is not the main verb. It is a verb that helps the main verb. He swims nada He can swim puede nadar or sabe nadar Notice: Examples: CAN, COULD, SHOULD, OUGHT TO, WILL, WOULD, MIGHT, MAY, MUST I couldn’t swim when I was […]
Have You Ordered Yet
Have you ordered yet? Past Perfect Form Walked is the past participle. Learn the past participles of irregular verbs. Here are some we will use today: Eaten Come Gone Been Key words: Already I have already eaten Ya Just He has just come in Acaba de Not yet We haven’t ordered yet No… todavía Since […]
B1 Need to
MUST AND HAVE TO Say what you must and mustn’t do: At the airport At the swimming pool In a library At school in England In a carpark Driving Wear a cap keep your ticket wear a uniform use your mirrors Run indicate arrive on time show your ID Be quiet take a shower pass […]
B2 I like eating. I want to eat
STOP DOING THAT! He stopped eating cakes He stopped to eat cakes What’s the difference? -ing is an activity. Swimming, running, skiing and painting are all activities. You can put them at the beginning of a sentence. Swimming is good for you. Eating cakes is bad for you. -to has an implication of future, something […]