English in the Summer A2/B1 2024

Final class_15 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

The time has come to say goodbye and to thank you for doing the summer course. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have! In my opinion, learning a language should be both educational and fun.

Ogromnoye spasibo to Angelina for the thoughtful and original souvenir of our time together.

Please find attached the last of the material and, as previously mentioned, feel free to mail me if you’d like some advice.

I’d also like to wish you all the best of luck. Have a nice rest of the summer!
Eddie

Class material

4. Road signs_must_must not_should

1. Irregular verb test_key

2. 12 words to do with money_key

3. Modal verbs

Class 7_14 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Many thanks for today and for the nice writing from Maria and Lidia Leite.

And sorry that’s there’s not going to be another summer course. If I had known you were keen, I would have pushed it last week. Having said that, there are plenty of courses starting in September.

Homework this weeks is as follows:

  1. Castaway exercise— please read the instructions and then choose 8 items from the list, based on the criteria on page 2 (make sure you understand what you’re choosing ). Tomorrow we’ll have a group discussion.
  2. Vocabulary– 12 words to do with money

Everything else is from class time.

Best wishes,

Eddie

Homework

Homework_New castaway

Homework_12 words to do with money

Class material

11. Money vocab Have you ever

10

1. Homework_have_go_come_key

2. Homework_10 Meanings of Get

3. Present Perfect Simple_easy

4. What has just happened

7. Uncountable_countable exercise

6. ALL OF THE CLASS

10. Shopping vocabulary_key

Class 6_13 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Apologies for the delay in sending this newsletter as I had two meetings today after class.

And also for messing up the rather tricky “Hot “Verbs” exercise.

Angelina and Quentin, I should be able to give you your corrected writing tomorrow.

Homework for tomorrow is as follows:

  1. Hot verb “Get” exercise— match the meaning of “get” with the context sentence.
  2. Vocabulary + grammar = “have_come_go”.Please do the exercise

Please also read the attached worksheet about the Present Perfect Simple tense.

Everything else is from class time.

Best wishes,

Eddie

Homework

Homework_Present Perfect Simple_easy

Homework_10 Meanings of Get

Homework_have_go_come

Class material

Hot verb_get

8. The future practice

6. Homework_ Will_going to_present continuous exercise_key

4. Hot Verbs Exercise_key

2. Homework_word association_key

7. Possible future situations

Class 5_12 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Hope you’re all well and many thanks for the nice writing (and the coffee beans). I should eb able to finish the last two pieces of writing tomorrow afternoon and give them to you on Wednesday.

Homework for tomorrow is as follows:

  1. Word association.Find a word that connects the other 4 words. It’s not important to understand what all the words mean but to find the connection, if possible. I’ve filled in the first two answers for you.
  2. Grammar “Will_going to_present continuous” (Future tenses).  Using the work sheet “The Future tenses_explanation 1” to help you, choose the correct answers.

Everything else is from class time, including the “body actions” exercise, which I’m sending as a PDF file.

Hope to see you all tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Eddie

Homework

Homework_word association

Homework_ Will_going to_present continuous exercise

Class material

1. Feedback from the writing homework

2. Lots of_much_many

3. STANDARD CONTRACTIONS IN ENGLISH

4. Letter and email starts and endings 3

5. Emotions exercise_key

8. The Future tenses_explanation_1

9. Body actions_key

9. Predictions_going to

Class 4_8 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Apologies for the slight delay in sending this newsletter. I had to teach a private 1-1 class yesterday evening and needed to prepare.

Also good job in the “Libyan Desert” class discussion yesterday!

Homework for the weekend is as follows:

  1. Vocab = Emotions. Please fill in the blanks in the exercise.
  2. Writing = Either write a letterto a friend at home about your life in Swedenor write a short articleabout your home country and city. Please write it in a Word document if you have the Word program and send it to me at topstoreytuition@gmail.com (or you can write it as an email).

Have a great weekend.

Best wishes,

Eddie

Homework

Homework_My life in Sweden

Homework_about my country

Homework_emotions exercise

Class material

4. Rules for pronouncing past regular verbs

5. Regular verbs past pronunciation_key

6b. a few emotions_key

7. List of emotions

8. Opinions_suggesting_agreeing_disagreeing

Class 3_7 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Hope you’re well and enjoyed the “Taboo” exercise today. It’s the best method I have of forcing my students to think in English. :))

Homework for tomorrow is as follows:

  1. The “Libyan Desert” exercise.Please read the instructions and then choose which items you could possibly carry 100 km acoss the hot desert! We’ll be having group discussions tomorrow, hopefully 3 groups of 3 like today.
  2. Reading_grammar— Please read the story and underline all the verbs in the past tense.

Everything else is from class time, including the homework keys.

See you all tomorrow!

Best wishes,

“Teacher”

Homework

Class material

2. Present simple vs continuous_key

3. Months_pronunciation

4. Astrology characteristics

5. Character adjectives_key

6. 15 synonyms_character adjectives

Class 2_6 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

Many thanks for today’s class and for you patience and enthusiasm. And also welcome to the class, Cristina.
 
By the way, if anyone has a question about English or needs some advice, feel free to mail me any time.
 
Homework for tomorrow is as follows:
1. The grammar exercise  “Present simple vs continuous” (use the handout to help you figure out the answers)

2. Vocabulary exercise_”character adjectives”

Everything else is material from class and the keys to yesterday’s homework. The key to the gestures exercise is a PDF otherwise the file would be too large to send you.
 
See you tomorrow at 9.30!
 
Best wishes,
Eddie
                                                                                                                                                                      Homework
Class material

                                                                                                                               Class 1_5 August

Hello, hola, oi, privet, merhaba and salut everyone,

It was very nice meeting you all today and I hope you enjoyed our first class. You’re certainly a very interesting group! We are a little bit mixed level-wise but I’m going to make sure you get a good course.
                                                                                                                                                                            Anyway, please find attached the material and keys from our class today. I suggest you start an “English folder” in your computer, if you have one, where you can keep it. The topic tomorrow will be communication.
                                                                                                                                  The homework today is:
1. The picture exercise about “gestures”. What do they mean in English? You should think of some other ways that people communicate.

2. The “Cultural quiz_social English” exercise. I’ll give you the answers tomorrow.

(the verb tense handout is for reference)
                                                                                                                                                                                  Links to the books I showed you in class. You might be able to find them a bit cheaper somewhere else
                                                                                                                                                                                  Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Best wishes,
Eddie
                                                                                                                                                                      Homework
Class material