A2 English in the Morning – Starts 25/5/26

Lesson 6

In our fifth lesson we looked at ’12A What are you going to do?’

For vocbulary we spoke about geography. For grammar we looked at how to use going to to talk about future plans.

Here is a simple video which shows how to use going to to talk about future plans:

For homework I asked you to read the information for 12A on page 160 and complete the exercises for 12A on page 161. You then need to complete the exercises for 12A on page 170. You should also complete the exercises for Unit 12A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can complete exercise 4 on page 117. Send your writing to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 5

Hello again.

In our fifth lesson we looked at ’11B I bet you’ve never been to the opera’.

For vocabulary we spoke about music.

For grammar we looked at the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple.

Here is a short video that looks at the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple:

Here is a a more detailed video that looks at the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple:

For homework you need to complete the exercises for ‘3 LISTENING’ on page 113. Next, you should read the information for 11B on page 158 and complete the exercises for 11B on page 159. After that, complete exercise 4d on page 113. Finally, you can do all of the exercises for Unit 11B in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 4

Welcome back to the blog.

In our third lesson we looked at ’11A I’ve heard she’s a good actor’.

For grammar we looked at the Present Perfect tense, and for vocabulary we looked at Irregular Past Participles.

Here is a detailed video that explains Present Perfect and Past Participles:

For homework you should do the Listening exercises on page 111. Next, you need to read the informtion for 11A on page 158 and complete the exercises for 11A on page 159. You also need to do the Vocabulary Focus exercises for 11A on page 170. Finally, you should complete Unit 11A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can complete exercise 4 on page 107. Send your writing to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 3

Hello again.

In our third lesson we looked at ’10B What’s the most beautiful language in the world?’.

For grammar we spoke about Superlative adjectives. For vocabulary we spoke about languages and high numbers.

Here is a detailed video which explains superlative adjectives:

Here is a video to help you learn how to say large numbers:

For homework you need to complete the Reading evercise on page 104. Next, you need to read the information for 10B on page 156 and complete the exercises for 10B on page 157. After that, you should do the exercises for 10B on page 169. Finally, you should complete the exercises for unit 10B in the Digital Workbook (or on the photocopies that I gave you).

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 2

In our second lesson we looked at ’10A They’re more comforatable than earbuds’.

For vocabulary we spoke about music, earbuds and headphones. We also looked at some common I.T. collocations.

For grammar we looked at comparative adjectives.

Here is an excellent video which gives a detailed explanation of comparative adjectives:

For homework I asked you to read the information for 10A on page 156 and then complete all of the grammar exercises for 10A on page 157. Finally, you should complete unit 10A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can complete exercise 4 on page 97. Send your writing to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!

This blog is intended to help you get the most out of this course. After each lesson I will update it with a brief outline of what we cover in each lesson, as well as inform you of the homework that has been set. In future blogs I may also include links to videos or other web-pages to read to help your learning.

As I mentioned to you all in our lesson, THIS IS A CONTINUATION COURSE. Some of the students have already completed several courses with me. I recommend that ALL NEW STUDENTS SHOULD SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE BLOG FROM THE PREVIOUS COURSE. THIS WILL LET YOU SEE THE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY COVERED.

The textbook we will be using for most of this course is Cambridge English EMPOWER Elementary A2 Combo B with Digital Pack . You can buy the book from Ferdosi International Bookshop, Odengatan 21, Stockholm.

These books have a code that will let you use the supporting website for the textbook. The code is on the inside cover of your textbook (You need to carefully scratch the grey material to see the code underneath). You will need then need to scan the QR code OR go to http://www.cambridgeone.org to register your textbook. Before you can register your textbook you will need to create an account. CLICK HERE to see instructions for how to create an account.

*PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT need to Join a Class, that is only for online courses. However, I recommend you use the ‘Self Study’ section. Please have a look at all of this website, it is very helpful. The ‘Getting Help’ section might be useful if you have any problems.

We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. It was very nice to meet you all. We have students from a variety of different countries and cultures.

We then did an exercise to work on the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet. Next, we did a quick revision of vowels and consonants, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

After that we looked at ‘9B Everyone’s dancing in the streets’.

For grammar we spoke about the difference between present continuous and present simple. For vocabulary we looked at different types of clothes.

Here is a detailed video that looks at the difference betweeen Present Simple and Present Continuous:

For homework I asked you to complete the Listening exercises for 3a, 3c and 3d on page 93. Next, you need to do the grammar reading for 9B on page 154 and do the exercises for 9B on page 155. You also need to do the exercises for 9B on page 168. Finally, you should complete all of Unit 9B in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 6

Hello again.

In our sixth lesson we looked at ‘9A We aren’t buying anything’.

For vocabulary we spoke about shopping, and for homework you will read about money and prices. For grammar we spoke about the present continuous.

Here is a short video that explains the present continuous tense:

For homework I asked you to complete the Listening and Grammar exercises on page 91. Next, you need to read the information for 9A on page 154 and do the exercises for 9A on page 155. You also need to do the exercises for 9A on page 169. Finally, you should complete Unit 9A in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 5

Our course finishes next week. Please click here if you would like to registed for the final A2 course that starts on 25/5/26. It is important that you register as soon as possible. You can email me if you have any problems.

In our fifth lesson we looked at ‘8B How easy is it to get fit?’.

For grammar we spoke about have to and don’t have to. For vocabulary we looked at exercise, parts of the body and appearance.

Here is a video that explains the structures and uses of have to:

For homework I asked you to complete the Vocabulary exercises for 8B on page 168. You also need to read the information for 8B on page 152, and then do the exercises for 8B on page 153. Finally, you need to complete the exercises for Unit 8B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some writing homework, you can email me (steven.brown@follkuniversitetet.se) your work for exercise 4 on page 87.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 4

In our fourth lesson we looked at “8A They can do things most people can’t”.

For vocbulary we spoke about sport and exercise. For grammar we spoke about how we can talk about ability using can/can’t and could/couldn’t.

Here is a video explaining how we use can/can’t to talk about ability in the present (and the same rules apply to use could/couldn’t to talk about ability in the past:

For homework I asked you to complete the Vocabulary exercises for 8A on page 167. After that, you need to read the grammar information for 8A on page 152, and then do the exercises for 8A on page 153. Finally, you should complete the exercises for unit 8A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can complete exercise 4 on page 77. Send your writing to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 3

In our third lesson we looked at ‘7B I love going on the metro’.

For vocabulary we spoke about transport adjectives. For grammar we looked at how to use love/like/don’t mind/hate + (verb)+ing).

Click here to learn some simple transport vocabulary.

Click here for more exercises on simple transport vocabulary.

Here is a video that explains love/like/don’t mind/hate + (verb)+ing):

For homework I asked you to read the information for 7B on page 150 and then do the exercises for 7B on page 151. You also need to complete the exercises for Unit 7B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can write a paragraph or two about how you and your family travel around your home city. Send your writing to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 2

In our second lesson we looked at Chapter 7A from the textbook. For Vocabulary, we spoke about travel and transport. For Grammar, we spoke about using the Past Simple tense for negative sentences and questions.

Here are some videos that you may find useful. The first is a very short video that explains the sentence structure for the Past Simple for negative sentences and questions:

Here is another simple video that gives examples for ‘Wh-‘ questions (who, what, where, when, why, how) in the Past Simple:

For homework I asked you to do the Listening exercises on page 71. You should then do the vocabulary exercises for 7A on page 167. You also need to read the grammar information for 7A on page 150, and then do the exercises for 7A on page 151. Finally, you need to do the exercises for Unit 7A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can write a paragraph or two about your last holiday. Send your writing directly in an email to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!

We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. It was very nice to meet you all. We have students from a variety of different countries and cultures.

We then did an exercise to work on the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet. Next, we did a quick revision of vowels and consonants, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

After that, we did some revision of the Unit 5 Grammar and Vocabulary. This included the Possessive ‘s, and Possessive Pronouns. If you had difficulty with this, you can find some videos in the blog for lesson 4 from the previous course to help you.

For homework, I asked you to complete the Grammar and Vocabulary exercises from the Unit 6 photocopy that I gave you in class. If you had difficulty with these, you can find some videos in the blog for lesson 5 and 6 from the previous course to help you.

Finally, don’t forget to practise pronouncing the alphabet. Here is a video showing how to pronounce thealphabet in British English:

Thta’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 6

Our current course finishes on Wednesday. You can click here if you would like to register for the next course that starts on 27/4/26.

Welcome back to the blog.

In our sixth lesson we looked at Chapter 6B from the textbook. We spoke about using the Past Simple tense for positive sentences. We also looked at the Past Simple form for irregular verbs.

Here is a short video explaining how Past Simple is used:

Click here for a list of some of the most commonly used irregular verbs.

Click here for a much longer list that includes many higher-level English irregular verbs (in all their forms).

Here is a useful video that teaches you the rules for the correct pronunciation of words that end in ‘-ed’:

For homework, you should read the information for 6B on page 148 and then do the grammar exercises for 6B on page 149. You should also do the Vocabulary exercises for 6B on page 165. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 6B in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 5

Our current course finishes next week. You can click here if you would like to register for the next course that starts on 27/4/26.

In our fifth lesson we looked at Chapter 6A from the textbook.

For vocabulary we spoke about various relatives in a family. For grammar we looked at the verb ’be’ in its Past Simple form (was/were). For homework you will llk at the correct way to talk about years and dates.

Here is a short video that explains the Past Simple form of the verb ’be’:

For homework, you need to do the exercises for 2 LISTENING on page 61. After that, you should do the reading for 6A on page 148, and then complete the grammar exercises for 6A on page 149. You also need to complete the exercises for 6A ‘Years and Dates’ on page 165. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 6A in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can compete exercise 4 on page 57. Send your writing to me (steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se) and I will check your work.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 4

Our current course finishes next week. You can click here if you would like to register for the next course that starts on 27/4/26.

In our fourth lesson we looked at Chapter 5B. For vocabulary we spoke about furniture. For grammar we spoke about Possessive Pronouns and the Possessive ‘s.

Here is a short video explaining how we use Possessive Pronouns:

Here is a video explaining Possessive ‘s :

For homework you need to read the information for 5B on page 146 and do the exercises for 5B on page 147. You should also complete exercise 3f on page 53. Finally, you need to do the exercises for Unit 5B in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 3

In our third lesson we looked at Chapter 5A in the textbook. For vocabulary, we spoke about different places in a city. For grammar, we spoke about how to use ‘there is/there are’ to say that something exists in a place.

Here is a video that discussing the use of ‘there is/there are’:

For homework, I asked you to read the information for 5A on page 146. This explains how to use ‘there is/there are’. You then need to do the exercises for 5A on page 147.

Next, you should complete all of the exercises for 5A on page 164.

Finally, need to do the exercises for Unit 5A from the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can write about your favourite places in your town or city. Send your writing to me (steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se) and I will check your work.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 2

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the course blog!

In our third lesson we looked at Chapter 4B in the textbook.

For vocabulary, we spoke about food, and different ways to cook food.

For grammar, we looked at the use of quantifiers: much, many, a lot (of).

Here is an excellent video that explains these quantifiers:

For grammar homework you need to read the information for 4B on page 144 and then do the exercises for 4B on page 145. You should then complete exercise 4d on page 43. You can also complete the ‘3 LISTENING’ exercises on page 43.

For vocabulary homework you need to complete all of the exercises for 4B on page 166.

Finally, you also need to do all of the exercises for Unit 4B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can do exercise 4 on page 47. Send your writing to me (steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se) and I will check your work.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!

This course is a continuation course. If you are a new student, I recommend that you scroll down to the bottom of this page to see what has already been studied in the previous course.

We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. It was very nice to meet you all. We have students from a variety of different countries and cultures.

The textbook we will be using is Cambridge English EMPOWER Second Edition Elementary A2 Combo A with Digital Pack .

The easiest and quickest place to buy the book is from Ferdosi Bookshop, Odengatan 21, Stockholm.

After our introductions we had a quick revision of the alphabet, vowels and consonants. After that we had a quick revision of nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Next, we looked at ‘ 4A Try some interesting food’ in the textbook.

For vocabulary we spoke about food. Click here for a link to a website that has lots of useful vocabulary for food.

For grammar we spoke about countable and uncountable nouns. For homework you will read about how to use ‘a/an’, ‘some’, and ‘any’.

Here is a video that explains the difference between countable nouns and uncountable nouns:

Here is an excellent video that explains when to use ‘a’ and when to use ‘an’ (and also when to use ‘the’):

Here is a video which explains when to use ‘some’ and when to use ‘any’:

For homework you need to complete the exercises for ‘4 LISTENING’ and ‘5 GRAMMAR’ on page 41. You also need to read the information for 4A on page 144 and then do the grammar exercises for 4A on page 145. You should then do the vocabulary exercises for 4A on page 166. Finally, you need to do the exercises for Unit 4A in the Digital Workbook (or in the black and white section at the back of the book).

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 7

Hello again.

Wednesday will be the final lesson for this course. Please click here if you would like to register to continue in the next course that starts next Monday.

In our seventh lesson we completed the Unit 1 Review and Extension exercises for Vocabulary and Grammar on page 18.

For homework I asked you to complete the exercises for ‘3 Wordpower: from’ on page 19. You can also complete Unit 1C and Unit 1D in the textbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 6

Welcome back to the course blog.

In our sixth lesson we looked at Chapter 3B in the textbook. For vocabulary we spoke about technology. For grammar we looked at ‘have got‘.

Here is a video that looks at the differences between ‘have’ and ‘have got’:

Here is a video with some basic vocabulary for technology:

For homework, I asked you to do the grammar reading for 3B on page 142 and then do the grammar exercises for 3B on page 143. You also need to do the exercises for Unit 3B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can do exercise 4 on page 37. Send your work in an email to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 5

In our fifth lesson we looked at Chapter 3A in the textbook. For grammar, we spoke about Adverbs of Frequency and their position in a sentence (or question). For vocabulary, we spoke about Time Expressions.

Here is a video that explains the different adverbs of frequency, and where to place them in a sentence:

For homework I asked you to read the information for 3A on page 142 and then do the exercises for 3A on page 143 of the textbook. Next, you need to do exercise 4e on page 31. You then need to do the Vocabulary exercises for 3A on page 163. Finally, you should do the exercises for 3A in the Digital Workbook.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 4

Welcome back to the course blog.

In our fourth lesson we looked at Chapter 2B: ‘Do you worry about exams?’

For vocabulary, we spoke about studying, and time.

For grammar, we spoke about Present Simple Tense for questions and short answers.

Here is a simple video explaining how to correctly tell the time:

Here is a video explaining how to use the Present Simple to ask questions:

For some extra pronunciation practice, you can see the British Phonemic Alphabet on page 129.

Here is a video that explains how to pronounce all of the sounds in British English:

For homework, you need to complete all of the exercises for Vocabulary Focus 2B on page 164. Next, you need to read the information for 2B on page 140 and then do the grammar exercises for 2B on page 141 of the textbook. Finally, I asked you to do the exercises for Unit 2B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can send me an email with some Present Simple sentences (positive and negative) about you, your family, and your friends. You can also ask me some questions using Presnt Simple about me, and my family.

That’s all for today.

Steve

Lesson 3

Hello again.

In our third lesson we looked at Chapter 2A: ‘She loves her job.’

For vocabulary, we spoke about jobs.

For grammar, we looked at the Present Simple Tense (positive & negative). Here is an excellent video that explains how to form the Present Simple Tense correctly:

Here is a video that explains how to pronounce the final ‘s’ at the end of words:

For homework, I asked you to read the information for 2A on page 140 and then do the grammar exercises for 2A on page 141 of the textbook. You also need to complete the exercises for 2A on page 163. Finally, I asked you to complete the exercises for Unit 2A in the Digital Workbook.

Below are some extra videos that you may find interesting if you wish to do a bit of extra study.

Here is a short video with some examples of asking for and giving information:

Here is a short video explaining when we use capital letters:

Here is a short video about punctuation. (PLEASE NOTE: The ‘full stop‘ is British English. A full stop is called a ‘period‘ in American English.):

That’s all for today. I’ll see you in our next lesson.

Steve

Lesson 2

Welcome back to the blog.

In our second lesson we looked at ‘1B She’s a lovely person.’ For grammar we looked at how to use the verb ‘be’ for questions and short answers. For vocabulary we spoke about personality adjectives.

Here is a video about using the verb ’be’ to make questions:

And here is a video that also looks at using the verb ’be’ to ask questions and give short answers:

For your homework, you should practise your pronunciation of the alphabet. You also need to read the Grammar information for 1B on page 138 and then do the exercises for 1B on page 139.

You also need to do the Vocabulary exercises for 1B on page 163.

Finally, you should complete Unit 1B in the Digital Workbook.

If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can write me an email and tell me about your friends and family. Send your work to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today!

Steve

Lesson 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!

We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. It was very nice to meet you all. We have students from a variety of different countries and cultures.

The textbook we will be using is Cambridge English EMPOWER Second Edition Elementary A2 Combo A with Digital Pack .

The easiest and quickest place to buy the book is from Ferdosi Bookshop, Odengatan 21, Stockholm.

After our introductions we had a quick revision of the alphabet, vowels and consonants. After that we had a quick revision of nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Next, we started to look at the first chapter of the textbook: “1A – I’m from France.” For vocabulary we spoke about countries and nationalities.

Here is a long video with examples and practice exercises for the verb ‘be’ in positive and negative form:

For your homework, you should practise your pronunciation of the alphabet. You also need to read the Grammar information for 1A on page 138 and then do the exercises for 1A on page 139.

Next, you should complete the Vocabulary exercises for 1A on page 162.

Finally, you should complete Unit 1A in the Digital Workbook (OR you can do them in the black and white section at the back of the textbook on page 4).

That’s all for today!

Steve

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