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?

Past simple Vs. Past continuous

SECTION 1 - Explanation SECTION 2 - Practice Self-study Each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below to access the content. Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 SECTION 3 - Speaking practice a) Each student is going to read a paragraph and will receive feedback about her/his pronunciation, stress placement, fluency and intonation. 1. Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, we were driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant . It was a large , old builiding. We looked through the window. There were lots of people in the restaurant. They were eating , drinking and chatting . A musician was playing the violin. 2. But there was something strange about the people . They weren't wearing normal , modern clothes. They were wearing hats, jackets and dresses from another century .

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

Present simple + Present continuous

SECTION 1 - Present simple Vs. Present continuous grammar explanations PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS STATE VERBS Some verbs are called state, stative or non-continuous verbs, they aren't used in continuous tenses. Generally, these verbs describe states that last for some time. like love hate want need prefer agree disagree dislike wish know understand believe remember consist possess fit STATE AND DYNAMIC VERBS Dynamic verbs are those which aren't stative, they usually refer to an action that can be "seen", and we can use them in continuos tenses. Some verbs can be both state and dynamic. Be : You are stupid. / You are being stupid. Think : I think that wine is great. / What are you thinking ? I'm thinking about my next vacation. Have : I have a dog. / I'

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