Basic English Lessons
ENGLISH LEVEL A2
viernes, 3 de mayo de 2013
sábado, 27 de abril de 2013
TENSES 2: Past simple and Past continuous
First, study this table:
Now, let's do some exercises!!
1. Past simple
2. Past Continuous
3. Past simple vs Past continuous 1
4. Past simple vs Past continuous 2
5. Past simple vs Past continuous 3
6. Listening: Tell me about yourself
7. Irregular verbs 1
8. Irregular verbs 2
9. Irregular verbs 3
10. Song: Jelous Guy (John Lennon)
Now, let's do some exercises!!
1. Past simple
2. Past Continuous
3. Past simple vs Past continuous 1
4. Past simple vs Past continuous 2
5. Past simple vs Past continuous 3
6. Listening: Tell me about yourself
7. Irregular verbs 1
8. Irregular verbs 2
9. Irregular verbs 3
10. Song: Jelous Guy (John Lennon)
domingo, 17 de marzo de 2013
TENSES 1: Present simple and Present continuous
Some interesting videos you can watch about Present simple and continuous tense:
- Present Simple
- Present Continuous
- Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 1
- Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 2
- Some exercises: PS1 - PS2 - PC1 - PC2
sábado, 16 de marzo de 2013
SAY, TELL, TALK and SPEAK
Some of you had some problems with the verbs SAY, TELL, TALK and SPEAK . I hope this notes and this short video can help you to understand them.
SAY / TELL / TALK / SPEAK
1) Now, listen what I’m going to say:
2) I’m going to tell you what to do
next:
3) I’m talking about four verbs which are
often confused.
1) You should learn to speak better English.
SAY a word, a
name, a sentence
SAY that…
SAY something
to somebody
He
SAID, ‘………………..’
|
TELL somebody
that…
TELL somebody
to do something…
TELL the truth,
lies, a story, the time, fortunes …
TELL somebody
how to do something
|
TALK to
somebody
TALK about
something
|
SPEAK to
somebody
SPEAK well/badly
SPEAK French /
Japanese…
|
sábado, 9 de marzo de 2013
Cardinal numbers
Digits (units)
0 - zero
1 – one
2 – two
3 – three
4 – four
5 – five
6 – six
7 – seven
8 – eight
9 – nine
|
Numbers (10+)
10 – ten
11 – eleven
12 – twelve
13 – thirteen
14 – fourteen
15 – fifteen
16 – sixteen
17 – seventeen
18 – eighteen
19 – nineteen
|
Tens (20+)
20 – twenty
30 – thirty
40 – forty
50 – fifty
60 – sixty
70 – seventy
80 – eighty
90 – ninety
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Composed numbers
ex : 21= 20+1 = twenty-one
22 – twenty-two
23 – twenty-three
24 – twenty-three
......
Hundreds
100 – a hundred
– one hundred
200 – two
hundred
300 – three
hundred
.
|
Remember!
Put a hayphen (-) between tens and units
ex : 39 =30 + 9 thirty-nine
Write “and”
between hundreds and tens/units
ex : 206 =200 + 6
two hundred and six
|
Thousands and more...
1,000 – a thousand
- one thousand
2,000 – two thousand
10,000 – ten thousand
11,000 – eleven thousand 12,000 – twelve thousand
100,000 – a hundred
thousand
1,000,000 – one million...
|
-British/American differences and fractional numbers.
-Some interesting notes about cardinal numbers (downloadable document)
viernes, 8 de marzo de 2013
How to write the date in English
There are several different ways to write the date in English. There are some differences between British and American English. Have a look at this :
British: Day-Month-Year | American: Month-Day-Year | |
---|---|---|
a. | the Fourteenth of March, 2011 | March the Fourteenth, 2011 |
b. | 14th March 2011 | March 14th, 2011 |
c. | 14 March 2011 | March 14, 2011 |
d. | 14/3/2011 | 3/14/2011 |
e. | 14/3/11 | 3/14/11 |
f. | 14/03/11 | 03/14/11 |
sábado, 2 de marzo de 2013
Welcome to my A2 class!!
“When one teaches, two learn.” (Robert A. Heinlein)
I am delighted to have all of you in my English classThings to keep in mind for this class:
- Relax and have fun.
- Don't be afraid of making a mistake.
- We are all here to learn together.
- Practise a little everyday.
- In order to improve your English, you need to spent some time outside the classroom listening and reading .
- The internet and podcasts are an excellent source of information in English.
- Don't be afraid of technology.
- Blogs and other social media tools we use in class are excellent tools that will help you accelerate your learning process.
- Ask lots of questions during and after class.
- This blog will help you with lots of links and explanations.
Thursday 16:00 - 19:00
Days: 7th March - 14th March - 21st March - 11th April-
18th April - 25th April - 2nd May
1st Day - 7th March 2013
- Diagnostic test
- Introductions
- Greetings and farewells
- Classroom language
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