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Friday, 10 November 2017

Verb Patterns


The following is  a series of exercises to encourage you to start think about how to use verbs in a sentence. The different types of verbs that exist and that to use them you need to know what their pattern is. 

John smiled.  

We had been playing football.

She looked happy

She gave back the money

Click on the link  Verb Pattern

Monday, 23 October 2017

Nouns



A /an

Click here  and do exercise 1, 2 10, 33


 












Countable uncountable  -  Here is a video to look at 





Exercise 1 






 







Plurals



Exercise 1 



















There is /are


 Exercise 1

Exercise 2 describing a classroom






 

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Review of Basic Tenses Part I



The basic tenses are the ones which help us move around the above three time periods using simple sentences.

I spent most of yesterday doing my homework.

She doesn't usually go to that library to study.

I will never pass my driving test !!

While we were eating our pizza the maths teacher came in.

I haven't found my phone yet.





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Would you be able to fill in the following table for any particular verb? Have a go. The following chart has some helpfull links. 

Tenses Chart

Describing people


Parts of the body

Exercise 1


Exercise 2 parts of the face


Exercise 3 parts fo the body





Verbs be or have ?


Exercise 1 Choose the correct verb 1

Exercise 2 Choose the correct verb 2

Exercise 3 Do the exercise and  write  the names in your notebook

The Letter S

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The letter above is important when you start learning English. Here is a summary of the basic things to remember. (Look out for the links which lead to further explanations)

Plurals

The cars are going very fast     cars  the s means plural 


More about plurals


's - three to learn




  • Contraction of "is"

Susan's an English teacher         's means "contraction of is"     Susan is an English teacher.



  • Contraction of "has"


Susan's got a new bag.           's means "contraction of has"   Susan has got a new bag.


More about contractions


  • Possessive


Susan's bag is black         's   means possessive "the bag of Susan"

More about possessives

Wednesday, 13 September 2017