Lesson 9
In our ninth lesson we spoke bout verbs related to communication. For homework you need to finish the reading exercise on pages 116 and 117. You should then complete the grammar exercises on page 118. Finlly, you should complete the grammar exercises on page 156.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 8
Welcome back.
In our eighth lesson we read about and discussed a very unique crime. For grammar we then looked at past modls of deduction.
Here is an excellent detailed that covers past modals of deduction in great detail:
For homework I asked you to complete exercises 4 and 5 on page 118. You should then complete the Vocabulary exercises for 10A on page 163. Finally, I asked you to complete the exercises for 10A on page 152.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 7
Hello again,
In our seventh lesson we spoke about travel and tourism.
For grammar we looked at gerunds and infinitives.
Here is a video that looks at how gerunds and infinitives are used:
For homework I asked you to complete exercises 4a, b and c on page 70. You should then complete the Vocabulary exercises on page 159. Finally, you should complete the grammar exercises on page 145.
From the grammar textbook, you should complete Units 56, 57, 58 and 60.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 6
Lesson 5
Wlcome back to the blog.
In our fifth lesson we spoke about sounds and sensory experiences.
For grammar we looked at making comparisons, and for homework I asked you to read bout multi-word verbs relted to social interactions.
Here is a video that first reviews the basics of making a comparison, and then explains more complex comparisons with advanced level English:
For homework I asked you to complete the exercises for ‘2 READING’ on page 20 and 21. Next, you should complete the exercises for ‘5 VOCABULARY’ on page 22. After that, you hve to read and then do the exercises on page 140.
From the grammar textbook, I asked you to complete Units 137-145.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 4
Hello again.
In our fourth lesson we spoke about learning languages. We also looked at adverbs and adverbial phrases. For homework you will complete some exercises for verb phrases and noun forms.
Here is a comprehensive video that look at adverbs in great detail. (It starts with the basic details, the more complex details are discussed later in the video.)
For homework I asked you to complete exercise 3 on page 9, and exercise 5 on page 10. You should then complete the exercises on page 158. You should then read the informtion and complete the grammar exercises on page 138.
From the grammar textbook, I asked you to complete Units 100, 101, 105 and 110.
That’s all for today. I’ll see you in our next lesson.
Steve
Lesson 3
Welcome back.
In our third lesson for Grammar we discussed Future Time Clauses and Conditionals.
For Vocabulary we discussed animals and the environment.
Here are two short videos that explain Future time clauses:
Here is a video that gives a general overview of all Conditionals:
For homework you need to read all of section 2B on page 136, and then do the exercises for 2B on page 137. I also asked you to complete Units 24, 114 and 115 in the Grammar textbook.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 2
Hello again.
In our second lesson we spoke about several dangerous situations.
For Vocabulary we looked at various expressions which use the word get.
For Grammar we spoke about how we use Narrative Tenses to tell stories about the past.
Here are two excellent videos that explain Narrative Tenses:
Here is a longer video which looks at various uses of the verb get:
For homework you need to underline the correct verb forms in the text for ‘Student A: Eric Lemarque’ on page 22. You also need to read the text for 2A on page 136 and then complete the exercises for 2A on page 137.
I also asked you to read the information and complete the exercises for Units 5, 6, 13 and 14 from your grammar textbook. (You should also complete Units 7, 8, 9 and 10 if you didn’t complete them last week.)
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.
Either next week, or the week after, you will all be given a copy of the ‘English Grammar in Use’ textbook. You will sometimes be given exercises from this during the lesson, or for homework.
We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. I took this opportunity to make an assessment of the general level of English ability of the class. Most of you have a reasonably high-level of English skills, but you are not all at exactly the same level. As a result, sometimes we will use B2 material during the lessons, and other times we will use C1 material. This is the fairest way I can arrange the course so that it will be beneficial to as many people as possible.
During the lesson we spoke about people we admire, and read some related articles about two inspirational people. For grammar homework I asked you to review several different verb tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Present Perfect.
Here are some videos which explain these verb tenses:
For homework, you were asked to do exercises 2f on page 9 on the photocopy I handed out. After this, you should read the information for ‘1A Review of tenses’ on page 134 and then do the Grammar exercises for ‘1A Review of tenses’ on page 135. You should also complete all of the Vocabulary exercises for ‘1A Character adjectives’ on page 154. We will review all of this homework in our next lesson.
I also gave out a lot of copies from the grammar textbook. I recommend that you at lest read the information for Units 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10, and then do the exercises for them. We will not review all of these exercises in our next lesson, but we can discuss specific problems if you have any.
That’s all for today. I’ll see you in our second lesson!
Steve