Present tenses + adjectives

SECTION 0 - Present tenses refresher

Look a these sentences with present simple and present continuous. Which sentences are correct?

1. Water is boiling at one hundred degrees.
2. We don't understand German very well.
3. My sister speak French very well.
4. Every day, I am waking up at 7 o'clock to go to work.
5. Sharon arrives at work before everyone else.
6. I prefer small towns. I don't like big cities.
7. Every year, it rain a lot here, especially in the mountains.
8. Look outside! It rains.

SECTION 1 - Explanations

PRESENT TENSES

ADJECTIVES

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SECTION 2 - Practice

Self-study: each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below to access the content.

Adjective order: Exercise 1 Excersice 2
Comparative/superlative: Exercise 1
-ED and -ING endings: Exercise 1

SECTION 3 - Pronunciation and speaking practice

Let's see a video about the correct pronunciation of -NG final sound.

Now let's learn how to use adjectives to describe people a in very catchy way.

Students will be divided into small groups and practice speaking by asking some of these questions:

Comparatives:
1. Which is worse for your health, smoking or drinking?
2. Which is harder, math or English?
3. Is it better to be rich and dumb or poor and smart?
4. Is it better to be rich and ugly or poor and beautiful/handsome?
5. Does technology make the world better or worse? Why?
6. Are you more creative now or when you were in elementary school?
7. Is it better to study English in class or online?

Superlatives:
a. Who is the best looking celebrity in your country? How about the worst looking celebrity?
b. Who is the craziest famous person you know about?
c. What restaurant has the most delicious food you have ever eaten?
d. What is the best song ever?
e. Who is the greatest baseball player?
f. Who is the most skilled soccer player?
g. Who is the most creative celebrity in your country? Why?
h. Where is the best place to buy handmade things in your country? Have you bought anything there?
i. What is the most difficult thing about studying English?
j. What is the strangest product you have ever seen?

Gerunds/infinitives + adverbs of frequency

SECTION 0 - TH pronunciation refresher Let's practice the pronunciation of TH sounds. 1. Is this the thing? Yes, this is the thing! They threw three thick things. 2. They thankfully think this thing is the best thing that they can throw the three times they need to throw a thing. 3. Even though my father is a weatherman, he can’t predict with absolute certainty whether it will rain or not. Neither can the other people who work with him. 4. They say there’s only a thirty per cent chance of rain, and the next thing you know, it’s pouring. They predict snow, and there’s nothing for another five days. 5. Then, there’s a blizzard. So rather than trust my father’s weather forecasts, I use a more reasonable approach. I ask my mother. SECTION 1 - Explanations INFINITIVES BARE OR ZERO INFINITVE (without "to") GERUNDS GERUNDS VS. INFINITIVE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY Note: 5% = Hardly ever Rule 1 Most adverbs come before the ver...

Past simple + regular/irregular verbs

SECTION 0 - Comparative and superlative adjectives refresher Find and correct the mistakes below. 1. This is more easier than going for a new beverage. 2. I'm boring of these shows, already. 3. A more safer option is to pay your bill over the Internet. 4. Downloading the documents was fast than waiting for them to be mailed. 5. That presentation was very interested. SECTION 1 - Explanation REGULAR VERBS SPELLING RULES IRREGULAR VERBS CLASIFICATION SECTION 2 - Practice Self-study Each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below to access the content. Regular and irregular verbs: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Past simple: Exercise 1 SECTION 3 - Pronunciation practice ...

Future tenses + do/make collocations + TH sounds

SECTION 0 - Past continuous refresher Ask some students to answer the following questions. 1. What were you doing yesterday at 3pm? 2. Who were you talking to yesterday afternoon? 3. What were you doing last New Year’s Eve at 11:30pm? 4. Were you watching a movie last Sunday at 8pm? 5. What TV show were you watching Monday night? 6. What were you doing the last time you got caught in the rain? SECTION 1 - Explanations USE OF GONNA Sometimes when we speak fastly, going to sounds like gonna . Although it is grammatically incorrect, it is used a lot in informal English. I'm gonna go the bank tomorrow. = I'm going to the bank tomorrow. He's gonna buy a new computer. = He's going to buy a new computer. Do vs. make collocations A...

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