Month: June 2017

Prepositions of Time

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In English we  use a lot of prepositions to talk about  time: the key questions we use are   WHEN?  WHAT TIME?

HOW LONG?

WHAT TIME?    Only when you  ask about  specific  times

The lessons  start  at 8:00

The lessons are from 8:00  to 1:50

WHEN?  

At  3 o’clock       At night/ at  midday  /at noon     at  Christmas/ at Easter      at the weekend ( on the weekend in American English)

in June /in summer/spring           in the morning/afternoon/evening     in my free time

on  Sunday ( on+ days of the week)    on 10th June  ( on+ number+month)

from……….  to     (  hours/months/dates)

during+ noun

HOW LONG?

for………………..            She worked in town  for two hours

since……………..           She’s worked here since June

 

Exercises online about  the use of  Prepositions of Time

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-of-time-exercises.html

http://www.english-4u.de/prep_of_time_ex1.htm

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-10086.php

 

Grammar : the Present Perfect and the Simple Past

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Present  Perfect or  Simple Past? 

When we talk about the past we have many tenses in English.
The Simple Past Tense: to talk about events that occurred in the past and which are not related to the present.
The Present Perfect: it is used to talk about events that have happened but we do not say when this occurred. This tense has links with the present or it may influence the present.

” I have finished university”, in this sentence we talk about  an event that has finished but  it implies that now I can look for a job and  I am not at university anymore.

” I finished university last year”  has a specific time and it implies that we know that this happened in the past.

Check online these videos :

 

 

Watch the presentation online and study the irregular verbs with all the main  forms.

Link to the Presentation :https://www.emaze.com/@ALOLWZTI/presentation-name

 

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Searching and finding information online about a place or a person. Making a presentation by using an image and writing a text in English

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Today we can rely on many tools online that can help us  make presentations.
Thinglink is very simple to use. You need to have an account- you need to register and  then you can create images with links to videos, pictures or texts online.
Here is a Thinglink about  New York: do you like it ?https://www.thinglink.com/scene/662725525973762049


Homework and activity based on a topic and a picture for using English

1- First  check it and try to understand how you could use it for your presentations

2- Think about a place you like and  search for information about it ( images, data): write a short text about it in English and choose  a picture that you like to add to your  text.

Grammar : the Simple Past and the Past Continuous in English

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The  Past tenses in English:  Past Simple and Past Continuous

These two tenses are used in narrative passages and stories . You must have found them while you were reading short stories in English.

1^Watch the first video with a story narrated in the past.
What’s the main difference between these two tenses?
2^Watch the second video summarizing the main use of these two tenses in English

3^ Watch the second video with  time  markers helping you how to use the past in English

 

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Listening to and watching a song in English : Earth Song by M.Jackson

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Search online about  ” Earth Day”: when do  people  celebrate  Earth Day?

Now watch this video and listen to the song by  Michael Jackson: did you know it?

Check the text of the lyrics online : http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaeljackson/earthsong.html

Do we have similar songs in  Italian?

Write the words related to the topic in your notes and think about how you could re-use them in English.

Watching a short film in English “Mr Bean- Picnic”

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Watch the film with Mr Bean: what went wrong ? Why?

Watch the video a second time and then write  a summary about the story.

Now  surf the web and  check the names of new words for animals you do not know in English.  Think about  farm animals and pets you might be familiar with.

You can draw a mindup with these two types of animals.

You can find some help if you check online  and go to this link https://www.learnenglish.de/basics/animals.html