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Showing posts with label present simple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label present simple. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Sunday, 19 November 2017
Video activities Present Simple
Stanley's international restaurant
Frank's Daily Routine
Are the following statements true or false?
Frank stays in bed for 30 minutes after he wakes up.
He always has cereal for breakfast.
He lives near the school.
His school is quite new.
There are 6 age groups.
There are boys and girls in the school.
He has a break of 30 minutes in the morning.
He has 5 lessons before lunch.
He eats in the school canteen.
He thinks food in British schools is bad.
He doesn’t do homework in the afternoon.
He usually has dinner before 7pm.
Frank's Daily Routine
Are the following statements true or false?
Frank stays in bed for 30 minutes after he wakes up.
He always has cereal for breakfast.
He lives near the school.
His school is quite new.
There are 6 age groups.
There are boys and girls in the school.
He has a break of 30 minutes in the morning.
He has 5 lessons before lunch.
He eats in the school canteen.
He thinks food in British schools is bad.
He doesn’t do homework in the afternoon.
He usually has dinner before 7pm.
Sunday, 1 October 2017
The - s in the Present Simple
As you know, we add an -s in the Present Simple when we talk about he, she or it.
But you have probably realized we sometimes add -es, or change a y into ie when adding -s.
These are the spelling rules:
(The chart is copied from http://www.learnenglishlanguagewell.com/grammar/verbs-with-s-in-present-simple/)
He reads
She cooks
It explains
But you have probably realized we sometimes add -es, or change a y into ie when adding -s.
These are the spelling rules:
(The chart is copied from http://www.learnenglishlanguagewell.com/grammar/verbs-with-s-in-present-simple/)
Spelling of third person singular forms in Present Simple Tense |
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| Most verbs: Add “s” to infinitive(1) verbs finishing with one vowel + “y” :add “s” |
Work ->
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works |
Sit ->
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sits |
Stay ->
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stays (1) |
See ->
|
sees | |
know ->
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knows |
Live ->
|
lives | |
| *Verbs ending with consonant and “y”: Change “y” for “ies” |
Cry->
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cries* |
Hurry->
|
hurries* |
Fly->
|
flies* |
Imply->
|
implies* | |
Try->
|
tries* | |||
| Verbs ending in sibilant sounds –s, -z, -ch, -sh, or -x add “es” to infinitive |
Push->
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pushes |
Fix->
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Fixes |
Catch->
|
catches |
Confess->
|
confesses | |
Buzz->
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buzzes |
Finish->
|
finishes | |
| Verbs ending with “o” Verb “have” |
Go->
|
goes |
Do->
|
does |
Have->
|
has | |||
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Tourist attractions
We're going to revise some grammar and vocabulary and practice our writing skills while we learn about tourist attractions.
Read the following examples.
Read the following examples.
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is
a French tourist attraction. It is a very high iron tower. You find
it in Paris on the Champ de Mars, a public garden. Thousands of
tourists visit it all year long. It is a symbol of France. It appears
in many films.
The Giant's
Causeway
The Giant's
Causeway is a particular landscape, the result of an ancient
volcanic eruption. It is an Irish tourist destination. You find it in
Northern Ireland. It has got a visitor's centre. Lots of tourists
visit it every year. There is a legend about a giant and this
beautiful place.
Now you have to write about a famous tourist attraction. Use the previous texts as a model. Use the Present Simple, There is and there are, Have got, countries and nationalities. Include a picture.
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