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Be going to

SECTION 0 - Past simple refresher Find and correct the mistakes bellow. 1. They eat dinner at 6:00 yesterday. 2. Did Maria drove to work this morning? 3. I not finished my homework last night. 4. Did you busy last Monday? 5. Was you late for the meeting? SECTION 1 - Be going to explanation BE GOING TO We form be going to with present tense of be + going to + verb . The ‘be’ in be going to is often turned into a contraction (She’s going to…). We use be going to in order to: - Talk about intentions or things we plan to do.                I’m going to apply to universities next month.                The city government is going to build a new library. - Make predictions about future events, usually when we have a reason or evidence for our predictions.                 Don’t worry. It’s not going to rain. There isn’t a cloud in the sky. ...

Past simple

SECTION 0 - Present simple refresher Find and correct the mistakes bellow. 1. He go to bed very early. 2. Does they live in Canada? 3. I am usually cook dinner for my family. 4. Are they have a meeting every week? 5. She don’t like tennis. 6. Does John has enough money? 7. He know the answer. 8. Robert playes baseball on the weekend. 9. They has lots of free time. SECTION 1 - Past simple explanation SIMPLE PAST To form the simple past , add –ed to the verb for regular verbs in affirmative sentences. We use the simple past to: - Talk about an action that was completed once in the past: He talked to the CEO yesterday. - Talk about an action that was completed multiple times in the past: She walked to school every day for a month. (She doesn’t walk to school anymore.) - Talk about something that was true for some time in the past but isn’t true now: We worked together in the same office. (They don’t work in the same office anymore.) Use did to form q...

Present simple

Welcome to the second lesson! SECTION 1 - Present simple explanation SIMPLE PRESENT The simple present is formed with the base form of the main verb. However, an agreement ‘s’  (He works. / They work.) must be added to the main verb if the subject is third person singular (he, she, it, John, the car). When the main verb links the subject to an adjective, we use am, are, or is, depending on the subject.          I like music. / He likes music.          I am happy. / You are happy. / She is happy.          The car is blue. / The cars are blue. When making negative sentences use doesn’t / don’t , or in the case of the be -verb use isn’t /  aren’t. When making questions use do / does , or in the case of the be -verb use is / are . (An exception being most ‘who’ questions).         She is tired. They are worried.         He d...

Introduction

SECTION 1 Below, you'll find the link with the brochure which explains the test in detail so you can be familiarized with it. Berlitz Speking Test Brochure: click here to open. SECTION 2 Review - First set of topics Self-study Each topic has an explanation and an online activity to practice. Click on the links below to see the content for each tense. 1. Present simple: explanation  -- activity 2. Present continuous: explanation  -- activity 3. Past simple: explanation  -- activity 4. Past continous: explanation  -- activity 5. Used to: explanation  -- activity 6. Present perfect: explanation  -- activity Activities to practice during the session. Read each passage and identify the mainly used tense/topic.                                             SECTION 3 Review - Second set of topics Self-study Each top...