Week 2

Hi there!
First of all, here is the title of the book we are using in class!

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Course Book : STRAIGHTFORWARD PRE – INTERMEDIATE (BLUE) PACK (STUDENT’S, WORKBOOK, PORTFOLIO, COMPANION)
(MACMILLAN)
Recommended Grammar : ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE by R. Murphy CON Lelio Pallini (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS)
with ANSWERS and CD ROM (TERZA EDIZIONE)
ISBN 978 0521 534888

last week as regards grammar we looked at Negatives!

Negative forms
PRESENT SIMPLE
SUBJECT AUX + NOT VERB (BASE FORM)
I AM NOT (‘m not) Italian.
They ARE NOT (aren’t) French.
She IS NOT (isn’t) a student.
I DO NOT (don’t) like English food.
He DOES NOT (doesn’t) know John.
We DO NOT (don’t ) have a dog.
We haven’t got a dog.
He hasn’t got any children.
He doesn’t have any children.

PAST SIMPLE
SUBJECT AUX + NOT VERB (BASE FORM)
I WAS NOT(wasn‘t) tired.
They WERE NOT (weren’t) French.
She WAS NOT (wasn’t) a student.
I DID NOT (didn’t) like English food.
He DID NOT (didn’t) know John.
We DID NOT (didn’t) have a dog.


Then we looked at questions with "HOW + ......" and "What + "

HOW OLD, HOW FAST, HOW MANY BOOKS, HOW MUCH MILK ETC.

WHAT COLOUR, WHAT SIZE, WHAT KIND/TYPE/ SORT OF.......? ETC.

We then did a speaking exercise about "your favourite teacher!

You are going to talk about a teacher at school that you really liked. Use these questions to help you!

1. What was the teacher’s name?
2. What did he/she teach? (NB TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT)
3. Where did he/she teach?
4. How often did you have lessons with him /her?
(NB HAVE HAD HAD ) (Every day, once (1) a week, twice /twaɪs/ a week, three times a week etc.)
5. What did he/she look like?
(Appearance : He was short/tall; he was fat/slim; he had dark/blonde/white/grey hair; he wore (WEAR WORE WORN)glasses.
6. Why did you like him/her?
(Because he was nice, funny, kind, a good teacher, etc.......)
Patient fair

HE TAUGHT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL/ MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL/ AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL


See you next week! Have a nice weekend!
SallyD