Week 5. A Special Holiday

You returned from a holiday yesterday. Read an e-mail from your friend, Mike: 

Hi. I haven’t heard from you in a couple of weeks – have you been on holiday? Where did you go? Did you have a good time? Tell me all about it!

Are you coming to the soccer match next Saturday? Come on Cruz Azul!

See you later,
Mike 

Now write your reply to Mike's e-mail. Write 100–150 words. Include information about the following:

Where you went on holiday.

What you saw and what you did.

What you liked and didn’t like about it.

Answer Mike's other questions.

Here's a sample answer:

Hi Mike. Thanks for your e-mail. Anna and I went to Stockholm for a week. We had a really great time. When we booked it, I wasn’t sure about the weather in Sweden but it was very sunny and warm.

Stockholm’s quite a big city and there are a lot of beautiful, old palaces. We went sightseeing every day. We stayed in a hotel in downtown so we could walk everywhere. The hotel organized some excursions and one day we went on a boat trip, which was a lot of fun.

We liked everything about Stockholm, but Anna didn’t like the food. I loved the meatballs and fish, but all the dishes tasted too strange for her. On the last day, I tried reindeer meat – it was OK, actually!

I’m definitely coming to the match on Saturday. I’ll show you some photos of Stockholm.

See you on Saturday (148 words)

Write your response here on Quiz 9

 

Week 4. Present Simple vs Present Progressive (or Present Continuous)

Please watch this video. Although it's a little bit long, it is a great video. You could watch the first 8 minutes, take a break, and watch the rest:

 Now take Quiz 8:

Week 3: Past Continuous and Subject/Object Questions

Past Continuous

Please watch these videos:

Now take Quiz 6

 

Subject Object Questions

Please watch this video:

Now take Quiz 7:

Week 2. Simple Past

Simple Past: Verb "To be", Regular and Irregular verbs


Please watch this video:

Now please take this Quiz 4:

Negative Forms

Take a look at these sentences:

1. I ate pizza last night       2.  I didn't eat pizza last night

What do you see different? Is the verb conjugated in sentence 1? Does the verb change in sentence 2? What else do you see different in sentence 2? 

Yes, notice the auxiliary verb "didn't" (did not) in sentence 2. In negative sentences and in questions, we always use the auxiliary verb.

Now please watch this video: 

 And take the Quiz 5: 

Bonus Material: Pronunciation of Regular Verbs with -ED

 
 

Week 1. Simple Present: Word Order in Questions

Word Order in Questions

Take a look at these questions:

1. Where are you from?          3. Where do you work?
2. When is the meeting?         4. When does he run in the park?

What verbs do you identify? What differences do you see? What do you see in sentences 3 and 4 that you don't see in sentences 1 and 2? Why is that??

You're right! We use the auxiliary verbs "do" and "does" with any verb (play, walk, eat, etc), with the only exception of the verb "be" (am, is, are).

Question with the verb "be" follow this pattern: 


Now take this Quiz 1:

Questions with any other verb follow this pattern:


Now take this Quiz 2: