If somebody asks you something like the samples below... What will you have achieved by the time you reach forty? How many books will you have read by Christmas? How many English class assignments will I have given you by the end of the term ? 🙁 ...they are using the future perfect and we'd… Continue reading Future perfect simple
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Another way to learn irregular verbs
One way to learn irregular verbs is to divide them into groups. According to some grammar books, irrregular English verbs DO seem to have some type of regularity. Here are some tips along with a couple of activities. CLASS 1 In this group, verbs remain nearly the same and change final -d for -t. For…… Continue reading Another way to learn irregular verbs
Irregular verbs in past simple
Feel like pulling your hair out with English irregular verbs? Well, for God’s sake don’t pull them out with irregular verbs it may be painful! (That was a translation from Spanish. You should pull them out due to/because of irregular verbs). Maybe the best way to deal with them is to learn them by heart…… Continue reading Irregular verbs in past simple
Present simple for routine and days of the week
What do you do during the weekdays and the weekend? Here’s a slide with some examples of positive and negative statements using the present simple. You have two different links. The first is for the grammar and the second is to do an activity. Click for grammar Activity Sentence completion
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Pre-intermediate A1/A2: Present simple for routine and days of the week
What do you do during the weekdays and the weekend? Here’s a slide with some examples of positive and negative statements using the present simple. You have two different links. The first is for the grammar and the second is to do an activity. Click for grammar Activity Sentence completion
To be or not to be contracted? This is the question
Concerning contracting ‘be’ with ‘not’ there are two forms available where generally one form is preferred over the other depending on whether the word that comes before is a noun or a pronoun. For the purpose of an A1 level, this slide is only going to show how both forms are possible. Click for slide
Present simple ‘be’ in negative sentences
This one (and many to come) is for my very, very special bunch of students from 2 which I already miss very much because I’m stuck in the house with my leg up in bandage. First click on the presentation and after on the activity. Click for slides Click for grammar activity
The present simple of ‘be’ positive statements
For the very first English lesson, here's a video on the present simple of the verb 'be'. After you can click on the activity to check what you know. Click for activity
Intermediate B1 Word formation: adjectives with letter ‘y’