Hi Intermediate 1, for your next test, you’ll need to write about a famous person using comparative and superlative adjectives, the past simple, and the present perfect. I have written below my own answer that you can use to model your own on. Tonight for homework, I’d also like you to try and listen to [...]
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Famous person
Posted in Grammar, Homework, Listening, News, Test, Writing on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Used to’, p. simp, and p. cont
Posted in Grammar on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hi all, this week, we’re going to look at the grammatical structure of ‘used to’ and learn more about the tenses of past simple and past continuous. We’re going to watch a video and read an article on the subject of Australia’s former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. (This is the transcript of Rudd’s last speech.) One [...]
Present Continuous Summary
Posted in Grammar on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hi all here is a summary of the Present Continuous. You will need this for your test on Thursday!
Present Simple and Past Simple
Posted in Classroom Resources, Grammar on February 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
To all in my Elementary class, I want to do a few things this week with you: – Make a list of class rules that everyone will agree to do; – Go through the test results for Module 6; – Revise the Present Simple (here is a Present Simple summary that I wrote for you); [...]
Grammar – The 2nd Conditional
Posted in Grammar on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the next week’s grammar explanation sheet on the 2nd conditional. Please read it if you can on the weekend because we only have four days to study this week. If you’ve want to do the speaking test on Wednesday, please email me an article this weekend! Thanks, Haydn (재미호주인).
Grammar – Active and Passive Tenses
Posted in Grammar on March 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s this week’s cheat sheet on active and passive tenses. Enjoy yourselves reading it Very nice!
Expressions of Emphasis: so and such a/an, Chapter 10 Vocab, and Speaking Test
Posted in Grammar, Speaking/ Listening, Vocabulary (Lexis) on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi all, Grammar and Vocabulary Here is a very very very very very short summary of so and such an/ an. Also here is the vocabulary for Chapter 10. This week’s speaking test was interesting: both the average class grammar mark and the average class speaking mark were 79%. So your speaking and grammar are at the [...]
Grammar – First Conditional
Posted in Grammar on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone, Here’s a summary of this week’s grammar, the First Conditional (using expressions like if, as soon as, while, and until). Haydn.
Giving advice and suggestions
Posted in Grammar on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone, remember what I said in class this morning: when making suggestions or giving advice using words like should, can, could, need to, must, and have to, we normally start a sentence with I think or I reckon. This is more polite because giving advice can make people angry Also, remember that advice [...]
Expressions of Obligation – Has/have (got) to
Posted in Grammar on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi all, Here are the notes on expressions of duty and obligation, like has/have (got) to from Chapter 8 of your book. Very nice
