Lesson 8
Hello everyone.
In our eighth lesson we looked at ’11B She can pull a plane’ in the textbook. For vocabulary we discussed abilities. For grammar we spoke about how to use ‘can’ to talk about ability.
Here is a short video that explains the use of can and can’t when talking about ability:
For homework you should complete the exercises for ‘5 Grammar’ on page 91. After that, you need to read the information for 11B on page 134 and then complete the exercises for 11B on page 135. The you should complete the exercises for 11B on page 155. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 11B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can send me an email about some interesting things that you can do, and things that you can’t do.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 7
Hello everybody.
In our seventh lesson we looked at ’11A She went around the Earth’. For vocabulary we discussed life events. For grammar homework you will read about object pronouns.
Here is a short video that explains object pronouns:
Here is a longer video that explains and compares subject pronouns and object pronouns:
For homework you should complete the exexercises for ‘3 LISTENING AND GRAMMAR’ on page 89, and the read the information for 11A on page 132 and do the exercises for 11A on page 133. You also need to do the exercises for 11A on page 154. Finally, you need to complete Unit 11A in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 6
Welcome back to the blog.
In our sixth lesson we looked at ’10B Are you working’.
For vocabulary we spoke about how to use place phrases with prepositions. For grammar we looked at the Present Continuous tense for negative sentences and questions.
Here is a short video which explains Present Simple for negative sentences:
Here is a short video which explains Present Simple for questions:
For homework you need to read the information for 10B on page 132 and do the exercises for 10B on page 133. Then you should do the exercises for 10B on page 147. Finally, you need to complete Unit 10B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some etra writing homework, you can send me an email telling me what you and your family are doing at the actual moment you are writing. (You will need to use the Present Countinuous tense).
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 5
Hello again.
In our fifth lesson we looked at ’10A I’m sitting in my flat’.
For vocabulary we spoke about the home. For grammar we looked at the Present Continuous tense for positive sentences.
Here is a short video which explains Present Simple for positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions:
For homework you need to read the information for 10A on page 130 and do the exercises for 10A on page 131. Then you should do the exercises for Unit 10A in the Digital Workbook. You also need to complete the exercises for 10A on page 153.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 4
In our fourth lesson we looked at ‘9B How did you get there?’
For vocabulary we spoke about the seasons and weather. For grammar we looked at the Past Simple tense for questions.
And here is a simple video explaining how to ask Past Simple questions:
Here is a video that looks at all forms of Past Simple:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 9B on page 130. After that you should do all of the exercises for 9B on page 131. You should also do the exercises for 9B on page 152. Finally, you should complete Unit 9B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can follow the instructions for exercise 5 on page 75 and send me an email about your best holiday. Send your work to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 3
Hello everyone.
In our third lesson we looked at ‘9A I didn’t stay in a hotel.’
For vocabulary we spoke about transport. For grammar we looked at the Past Simple tense for negative sentences.
Here is a simple video showing how to make Past Simple negative sentences:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 9A on page 130. After that you should do all of the exercises for 9A on page 131. You also need to complete the exercises for 9A on page 151. Finally, you should complete Unit 9A in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 1
Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!
This blog will help you get the most out of this course. After each lesson I will update it with brief details of what we cover in each lesson, as well as tell you what homework has been given. In future blogs I may also include links to videos or other web pages to read to help your learning.
If you are a new student, I recommend that you read the blogs below from the previous course to see what material has already been covered.
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 course textbook is called Cambridge English EMPOWER A1 Second Edition Starter Student’s Book with Digital Pack (Published by Cambridge University Press).
You can buy the book online, or you can buy it at 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’ on this website. That is only for Internet Courses. However, I recommend you use the ‘Self Study’ section. Please have a look at this website, it is very helpful.
After our introducions we reviewed the alphabet and pronunciation of the letters, and discussed vowels and consonants.
We then looked at the Unit 7 Review exercises on page 62. If you found that difficult, I recommend that you look at the blogs for Lesson 6 and Lesson 7 from the previous course.
For homework, I asked you to complete the Unit 8 Review exercises on page 70. If you find these exercises difficult, I recommend that you look at the blog for Lesson 8 from the previous course.
You should also practise pronouncing the letters of the alphabet using the table that we made in class.
Here is a video that will help you pronounce the letters of the alphabet:
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you all on Thursday!
Steve
Lesson 9
Welcome back to the final blog entry for this course.
In our ninth lesson we worked through the exercises for the Unit 3 Review on page 30. If you found this difficult, you should read the Grammar Focus information for Unit 3A and 3B at the back of the book. You can also look at the blog entries for Unit 3A and Unit 3B from the previous course.
For homework I asked you to work through all of the the exercises for the Unit 5 Review on page 46. If you find this difficult, you should read the Grammar Focus information for Unit 5A and 5B at the back of the book. You can also look at the blog entries for lesson 2 (Unit 5A) and lesson 3 (Unit 5B) from this course.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 8
Welcome back.
We have 2 more lessons in this course. Please click here if you would like to register to continue in the next course that starts on 18/11/25.
In our eigth lesson we looked at ‘8A I was on tour with my band’.
For vocabulary we spoke about past time expressions. For grammar we looked at the Past Simple tense for the verb be.
Here is a video that looks at the verb be in the Past Simple tense:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 8A on page 128 and then do all of the exercises for 8A on page 129. You should also do the exercises for 8A on page 149.
Finally, you need to complete Unit 8A in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do extra study, you should complete 7C (pages 60 and 61). If you would like me to check your writing, you can send your work for exercise 6c on page 61.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 7
We have 3 more lessons in this course. Please click here if you would like to register to continue in the next course that starts on 18/11/25.
In our seventh lesson we looked at ‘7B It’s Greg’s T-shirt.’
For vocabulary we spoke about clothes and colours.
For grammar we spoke about the possessive ‘s.
Here is a video that explains the possessive s, and tests your knowledge:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 7B on page 126 and then do the exercises for Unit 7B on page 127. You also need complete the exercises for 7B on page 148. Finally, you shuld complete Unit 7B in the Digital workbook.
If you would like to do extra homework, I recommend completeing Unit 7C on pages 60 and 61. You can send an email to me with your writing for exercise 6c on page 61.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 6
Hello again.
We have 4 more lessons in this course. Please click here if you would like to register to continue in the next course that starts on 18/11/25.
In our sixth lesson we looked at ‘7A How much are these books?’
For vocabulary we spoke about common objects, and prices.
For grammar we spoke about the words ‘this, that, these and those’.
Here is a short video that explains how to use ‘this, that, these and those’ correctly:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 7A on page 126 and then do the exercises for 7A on page 127. You should also look at Vovabulary Focus 7A on page 147. Finally, you need complete Unit 7A in the Digital Workbook.
If you wish to do extra writing homework, you can email me your work for exercise 6c on page 53.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 5
Welcome back to the blog.
In our fifth lesson we looked at ‘6B I wake up at 4:00’.
For vocabulary we spoke about daily routines. For grammar we looked at the Present Simple tense for questions for the third person (he, she & it).
And here is a video that explains the Present Simple for questions:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 6B on page 124 and do the exercises for 6B on page 125. You also need to do the Listening exercise on page 51. Finally, you need to do the exercises for Unit 6B in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 4
Welcome back to the blog.
In our fourth lesson we looked at ‘6A I don’t work at night’.
For vocabulary we spoke about jobs. For grammar we spoke about the Present Simple tense for negative sentences and questions for the third person (he, she & it).
Here is a long video that gives an overview of Present Simple (I, You, We, They, He, She, It):
Here is a video that explains the Present Simple for negative sentences:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 6A on page 124 and then do the exercises on page 125. Next, you need to do the exercises for 6A on page 145. Finally, you can complete Unit 6A in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can use Present Simple verbs to tell me what your famiy does and doesn’t do.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 3
Welcome back to the blog.
In our third lesson we looked at’Unit 5B – Is there a hostel in your town?’.
For vocabulary we spoke about hotels and hostels. For grammar we spoke about using ‘there is‘ and ‘there are’ in their negative form and to ask questions.
Here’s a video that looks at ‘there is/there are’ for positive and negative sentences:
Here’s a video that looks at ‘there is/there are’ for questions:
For homework you need to read all of the information for 5B on page 120 and then do the exercises on page 121. After that, you need to do the exercises for the 5B on page 138. Finally, you should do all of Unit 5A in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 2
Welcome back to the blog.
In our second lesson we looked at ‘Unit 5A – There are lots of old houses.’
For grammar we spoke about how we can use the words ‘there is‘ and ‘there are’ to explain that a thing or things exists. I also explained to you how we use ‘a few’ and ‘a lot’. For vocabulary we spoke about common places in a town.
Here is a link to a very short, basic video explaining how to use ‘there is’ and ‘there are’:
Here is a video explaining the grammar for all forms of ‘There is/There are’:
We also spoke about ‘a few’ (= not many), and ‘lots of’ (= many/much). Here is a video explaining how to use these terms (and ‘ little’):
If you have some trouble pronouncing the final ‘s’ at the end of words, here is a table that shows the rules, and a video which explains it in more detail:
For homework you need to read the section for 5A on page 122, and do the exercises for 5A on page 123. You also need to do the exercsies for 5A on page 144. I also asked you to complete the exercises for ‘4 LISTENING’ on page 41. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 5A in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can send me an email and tell me about the town or city that you are from. Do not use google translate. 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 will help you get the most out of this course. After each lesson I will update it with brief details of what we cover in each lesson, as well as tell you what homework has been given. In future blogs I may also include links to videos or other web pages to read to help your learning.
If you are a new student, I recommend that you read the blogs below from the previous course to see what material has already been covered.
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 course textbook is called Cambridge English EMPOWER A1 Second Edition Starter Student’s Book with Digital Pack (Published by Cambridge University Press).
You can buy the book online, or you can buy it at 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’ on this website. That is only for Internet Courses. However, I recommend you use the ‘Self Study’ section. Please have a look at this website, it is very helpful.
After our introducions we reviewed the alphabet and pronunciation of the letters, and discussed vowels and consonants.
We then looked at the Unit 3 Review exercises on page 30. If you found that difficult, I recommend that you look at the blogs for Lesson 5 and Lesson 6 from the previous course.
For homework, I asked you to complete the Unit 4 Review exercises on page 38. If you find these exercises difficult, I recommend that you look at the blogs for Lesson 7 and Lesson 8 from the previous course.
You should also practise pronouncing the letters of the alphabet using the table that we made in class.
Here is a video that will help you pronounce the letters of the alphabet:
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you all on Thursday!
Steve
Lesson 9
Welcome back to the final blog for this course.
I’d like to remind you all that our current course finishes on Thursday. You can click here to register to continue in the next course that starts on 14/10/25.
In our nineth lesson we looked at Units 1C, 2C and 3C. We spoke about meeting new people and greeting people. We also looked at asking for and giving personal information.
For homework, I asked you to complete all of the exercises for the Unit 1 Review on page 14 and the Unit 2 Review on page 22. The blogs for the first 4 lessons of this course have videos that should help you with the grammar exercises.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 8
Hello again everyone.
I’d like to remind you all that our current course finishes next week. You can click here to register to continue in the next course that starts on 14/10/25.
In our eighth lesson we looked at ‘Unit 4B – She has a brother and a sister’ in the textbook.
For vocabulary we spoke about family and people, and numbers.
For grammar, we talked about the Present Simple tense for the third person (he/she/it).
Here is a short video explaining positive sentences for Present Simple in the third person (he/she/it):
For homework, you need to read the information for ‘4B Present simple: he/she/it positive’ on page 120 and then do the exercises for ‘4B Present simple: he/she/it positive’ on page 121 of the textbook. You should then do the exercises for Vocabulary Focus 4B on page 141. Finally, you need to complete all of the exercises for Unit 4B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can tell me about your family. Use exercise 5a on page 35 to give you ideas. Send me you writing work in an email and I will check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 7
I’d like to remind you all that our current course finishes next week. You can click here to register to continue in the next course that starts on 14/10/25.
In our seventh lesson we looked at ‘Unit 4A – What do you study?’ in the textbook.
For vocabulary we looked at some common verbs.
For grammar looked at ‘Wh-‘ questions using the Present Simple tense.
Here is a video explaining ‘Wh-‘ questions using the Present Simple tense:
If you are having some problems with pronunciation, you may find the Phonetic Symbols for pronunciation (British English) on page 165 of your textbook helpful.
Here is a video showing the symbols and sounds:
For homework you need to read the information for ‘4A Present simple: WH- questions’ on page 120 and do the grammar exercises for 4A on page 121. Finally, you should complete Unit 4A in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 6
In our sixth lesson we looked at ‘Unit 3B – I always have dinner early’ in the textbook.
For vocabulary we looked at food again, and we also talked about time.
For grammar we spoke about adverbs of frequency.
Here is a simple video explaining how to tell the time:
Here is a simple video explaining how to use adverbs of frequency:
For homework you were asked to read section ‘3B Adverbs of frequency’ on page 120, and do the exercises for section ‘3B Adverbs of frequency’ on page 121. You also need to do the exercises for 3B on page 141. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 3B in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 5
Today in class we looked at ‘Unit 3A – Do you like fish?’ in the textbook.
For vocabulary we talked about food.
Click here for a link to a website that will help you with your food vocabulary. (Scroll down and click on the different types of food e.g. fruit, vegetables, etc.)
For grammar we talked about the Present Simple tense using the subject pronouns I/you/we/they.
Here is a video explaining Present Simple:
For homework you were asked to read the information for ‘3A – Present simple: I/you/we/they’ on page 118 and then do the exercises for 3A on page 119. You also need to do the exercises for 3A on page 139. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 3B in the Digital Workbook.
That’s all for today. I will see you in our next lesson.
Steve
Lesson 4
Hello everybody.
In our third lesson we looked at ‘Unit 2B – Do you have a phone?’ from the textbook.
For grammar we looked at if we should use ‘a’ or ‘an’, plural nouns, and the verb ‘have’. For vocabulary we looked at common objects and numbers.
Here is a video that explains when to use ‘a’ or ‘an’:
Here is a simple video explaining singular and plural nouns:
Here is a video that will explain how to pronounce the final ‘s’ in words:
Here is a simple video explaining how to use ‘have’ (or ‘has‘):
Here is a video teaching you how to say numbers:
For homework you were asked to read the information for ‘2B Plural nouns’ on page 118 and then do the grammar exercises for ‘2B Plural nouns’ on page 119 of the textbook. You then need to do all of the Vocaulry exercises for 2B on page 141. Finally, you need to do the exercises for Unit 2B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can write about your last vacation and then send it to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se so I can check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 3
Welcome back to the course blog!
In our third lesson we looked at ‘2A – It’s a very big city’.
For vocabulary we looked at common adjectives. For grammar we looked at the word ‘it’. We also looked at possessive adjectives.
For homework you were asked to read section ‘2A be: it’s/it isn’t; Possessive Adjectives’ on page 118, and then do the exercises for ‘2A be: it’s/it isn’t; Possessive Adjectives’ on page 119.
Here is a simple video with a general explanation of how we use adjectives:
Here is an excellent video explaining personal pronouns:
Here is a simple video to help explain possessive adjectives:
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 2
Hello again.
In our second lesson we looked at ‘1B He’s Italian’. We talked about how we use the verb ‘be’ when we use the subject pronouns ‘He’, ‘She’ and ‘They’. We did this for positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions. We also spoke about.
Here is another video that explains how to use the verb ‘be’:
For homework, I asked you to read the information for 1B on page 116 and do the exercises for 1B on page 117. Next, you should do the exercises for 1B on page 136. Finally, you also need to do the exercises for Unit 1B in the Digital Workbook.
If you would like to do some extra study, you should do all of Unit 1C on pages 12 and 13. If you would like to do some writing homework, you can write a profile about yourself then send it to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se so I can check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 1
Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!
This blog will help you get the most out of this course. After each lesson I will update it with brief details of what we cover in each lesson, as well as tell you what homework has been given. In future blogs I may also include links to videos or other web pages to read to help your learning.
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 course textbook is called Cambridge English EMPOWER A1 Second Edition Starter Student’s Book with Digital Pack (Published by Cambridge University Press).
You can buy the book online, or you can buy it at 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’ on this website. That is only for Internet Courses. However, I recommend you use the ‘Self Study’ section. Please have a look at this website, it is very helpful.
After our introducions we reviewed the alphabet and pronunciation of the letters, and discussed vowels and consonants.
We then looked at the first chapter of the textbook: ‘1A – I’m from Mexico’. For grammar, we discussed the verb ‘be’ – am, and are, and some subject pronouns – I, you (singular), we, and you (plural). For vocabulary homework, you will look at countries and nationalities.
Here is an excellent video about the verb ‘be’ (am/is/are):
For homework, you need to read the information for 1A on page 116, and then do the exercises for 1A on page 117. You then need to do the exercises for 1A on page 136.
You should also practise pronouncing the letters of the alphabet using the table that we made in class.
Here is a video that will help you pronounce the letters of the alphabet:
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you all on Thursday!
Steve