Spoken English II - review of topics

SECTION 1 - Explanations

WH Words

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

We can count some uncoutable nouns by using these expressions:

PREPOSITIONS

For other type of prepositions and prepositional phrases, see HERE.

More mistakes with prepositions HERE.

SECTION 2 - Practice

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

WH words: Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Countable/Uncountable nouns: Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Prepositions: Exercise 1 Exercise 2

SECTION 3 - Speaking practice

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

Noun (count / noncount)

1. How much water do you drink in a day?
2. What kinds of food do you eat regularly?
3. What did you order last time you went to a restaurant?
4. Do you eat any special foods on New Year's Day? If so, what do you eat?
5. What are some of your favorite types of vegetables?
6. What’s your favorite type of meat? Why is it better than other types?
7. What would you like to grow if you had a garden?
8. What types of ingredients go into your favorite dish?
9. What are some unhealthy foods that you love?
10. What spices do you use most when you cook?
11. What do you usually order when you go to your favorite fast food restaurant?
12. What do you eat when you go to watch a movie?
13. Do you prefer eating utensils made from wood, metal, or plastic?
14. What’s your favorite fruit? How much do you usually eat in one sitting?
15. What drink do you like to have with meals?
16. What kind of condiments do you use a lot? What types of food do you put them on?
17. What do you eat when it's cold outside?

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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