Lesson 4

In today’s lesson we reviewed the Past Simple. If you found this difficult, please watch the videos about this verb tense from the blog for the first lesson.

We the broke had long conversations in pairs about social media, our favourite apps, and how we like to use the internet. I also showed you how you a fun way to study English – by watching music videos on youtube with the lyrics to your favourite songs on the screen while you listen.

For homework I gave you some Preposition exercises.

Here are some helpful preposition videos:

 

That’s all for today.

See you tomorrow!

Steve

 

Lesson 3

In today’s lesson we reviewed the Past Simple. If you found this difficult, please watch the videos about this verb tense from the blog for the first lesson.

We then practised pronunciation and looked at British English phonemic symbols and how they can help you with pronunciation. Here is a video showing the symbols and sounds:

In preparation for tomorrow’s lesson, here is a video that explains the Past Continuous:

Here is another good video which explains (with examples) how to use Past Continuous and Past Simple separately, and how to use them together:

 

For homework I asked you to write down the phonemic symbols needed to pronounce your name correctly. You also need to complete the exercisees for ‘5 The Past Continuous’ and ‘6 Past Simple/Continuous’.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

Lesson 2

In today’s lesson we reviewed the Present Simple and the Present Continuous. If you found this difficult, please watch the videos about these verb tenses from the blog for the first lesson.

For homework I asked you to do the exercises for ‘3 The Simple Past (regular verbs)’ and ‘4 The Simple Past (irregular verbs)’. We will talk about the Past Simple (or the Simple Past) in tomorrow’s lesson. Below are some videos and links that will help you prepare.

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

 

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’:

That’s all for today.

See you tomorrow!

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. 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.

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 the verb ‘be’.

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

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 to complete the exercises for  ‘1 The Present Simple’ and ‘2 The Present Continuous’. You should also try to understand the jokes, and why they are (or at least trying to be) funny. We will discuss them in the next lesson.

Tomorrow for grammar we will  look at the Present Simple Tense and the Present Continuous Tense.

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:

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

 

That’s all for today!

Steve