Accedo Speaking Course 0

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 clothe...

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 ...

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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Comparativ...

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 a...

SECTION 0 - Be going to refresher Find and correct the mistakes below. What time we going to leave tomorrow? They're going send me some money. This is going to has profound effects. I amn't going to get married. This year we aren't going to visiting the museums. SECTION 1 - Future simple explanation WILL We use the modal verb will + main verb to talk about the future. Modals are used by the speaker/writer to indicate their feelings about the proposition that they are making. When using the modal will , they are expressing intentionality or certainty. In speech and informal writing will is often shortened to ‘ll for affirmative or won’t for negative We use will to: a) Make predictions or express certainty about the future:            Humans will land on the moon again in the next 10 years.            The sun will rise tomorrow. b) Make offers or suggestions:           ...

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. ...

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...