Past participle – divided according to the pronunciation ,ENGAMES Last week I taught passive and present perfect tense. I thought that I was well prepared but in both cases we encountered one big problem. The students could not form the past participles correctly. So they fought with the past participles and completely ignored the grammar taught. So now I know that we have to deal with past participles before we return to the two grammatical points again. Past participles – mind map Here I try to track some regularities in forming the past participles in English. Past participles are not as difficult as they seem. In this section of the post you can practise the 40 past participles in different games. The second game is called En Garde. Click Here to play the game The third game has already been presented on our site.
fleex Indirect questions: explanation of English grammar When students hear the phrase indirect questions, they get scared. But actually this is one of the easiest grammar points in English. The only thing you have to watch out for is that if a sentence starts with a certain phrase (Do you know or Could you tell me etc.) you have to use the word order for an affirmative sentence. To put it simply, after the aforementioned phrases do not make questions. To help you master this grammar there is a mind map, a video and several games in this post. Indirect questions – video The following video is based upon BBC learning English recording. We recommend that you watch the video and stop the recording every time there is a task and answer the task before MASA does. If you want to watch it full screen, click here: Indirect questions video Indirect questions – mind map The following mind map tries to show the rules for indirect questions in a graphical form. Indirect questions – games Now it is time to practise what you have learnt in the following games.
AT THE DOCTOR Dialogues and Vocabulary List Image Source You can jump to any section of this article: Health, Illness and Disease Vocabulary painfeeling in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill,sick Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck, shoulder, waist, arm, leg, stomach.Take an aspirin to relieve the pain. achecontinuous pain; feel a continuous pain I can’t sleep because my head aches too bad.I have a terrible headache, backache, stomach-ache. illsuffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well; sick My elder sister is seriously ill in St John’s hospital.The children started to feel ill an hour after the meal. sick physically or mentally ill; wanting to vomit I feel very sick, I don’t think I can work today.Be careful with the cake, too much of it can make you sick. sore painful (and often red) because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much I have a sore throat, I mustn’t take that cold drink.She says her stomach is still sore after the operation.His feet were sore after the bicycle trip.
There are nine parts of speech ThePartsofSpeech A review for ESOL students There are nine parts of speech. They are articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. Nouns A noun is a word used to name something: a person/animal, a place, a thing, or an idea. Leah, Ignacio, Lan, Marek Japan, Venezuela, Atlanta, Kroger, the Gap pencil, store, music, air biology, theory of Relativity, Pythagorean theory Hint: They are sometimes preceded by noun markers. &Nouns are classified in several ways… Nouns can be singular or plural. Singular nouns name only one person, place, thing or idea. One apple, a pencil, the book Plural nouns name two or more persons, places, things or ideas. Exception #1: If a noun ends with the –s, sh, ch, or x like the words, kiss, church, ash or box, then they are made plural by adding –es (kisses, churches, ashes, and boxes). Exception #2:There are also irregular nouns that do not follow any rules. Nouns can be Proper Nouns or Common Nouns A. 5. 3.
In the end vs. at the end, in time vs. on time | Games to learn english I have already dealt with the usage of prepositions in the posts Prepositions AT, IN and ON for time and Adjectives with prepositions. However, this post is different because it concentrates only on the phrases IN THE END, AT THE END, IN TIME and ON TIME which are frequently used incorrectly by students of English. In this post I would like to explain the usage and meaning of the phrases. To achieve this I have created a mind map, an interactive video and two quiz games. In this mind map I try to explain the meaning and the usage of the phrases IN THE END, AT THE END, IN TIME and ON TIME. If you feel that this explanation is not clear enough, there is a video explanation which can help you. Set phrases – interactive video In this interactive video you can see and here the explanation of the usage of the phrases. The second game will play only on your desktop.
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Irregular verbs again I have already published several posts on irregular verbs: Past participles – divided according to the pronunciation and Present perfect tense. However, a week ago a student of mine contacted me and asked me if I could create a way for him to learn the irregular verbs. He spends a lot of time driving so he asked me to prepare something to listen to in his car. So I did. Irregular verbs – learning Here you can find two ways to learn the irregular verbs. Here is the pdf version of all the irregular verbs: Irregular verbs_part1 Irregular verbs – Listen and learn In learning there are only a few methods which work for everyone. If you need just the correct pronunciation of each of the verbs presented above, here is the mp3 with all of the verbs: You can download the files here: All the irregular verbsAll the verbs learning mp3 Once you believe that you know the irregular verbs, it is time to practise them. If you want to enjoy the game on the full screen click on the button:
Fun 1st Conditional Practice Stimulating ways of practising “If + Present Simple, Will” sentences in the classroom. There are so many fun things that you can do with the first conditional that there is a danger of spending far too much time on it, so please read through the list below and select a couple rather than working your way through them! 1. Negotiations The first conditional is often used in sentences like “If I give you a lift to the station, will you lend me your car for the rest of the day?” This can be made more fun by asking them to make up sentences that they are sure their partner will accept or reject (e.g. depending on the cards they have been given). 2. Students prepare their election promises in groups and then stand up and present them with sentences like “If you vote for us, we will cut taxes by 50%.” 3. One student says a future plan, e.g. 4. You can do something similar to Chain Stories above by writing and passing the pieces of paper around. 5. 6. 7.