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The Treasure Hunt 1 Class 2009 – ‘10

Posted by: istosnet on: 11/24/2009

The Treasure Hunt 1 Class 2009 - '10

The Treasure Hunt 1 Class 2009 - '10

Simple Past

Posted by: istosnet on: 11/18/2009

Past Simple

Ο Past Simple, ο Απλός Αόριστος στα Ελληνικά, είναι ο πρώτος παρελθοντικός χρόνος που θα μάθουμε.

Χρήση

Αυτός ο χρόνος χρησιμοποιείται:

  • Για πράξεις που ολοκληρώθηκαν στο παρελθόν όταν υπάρχει άμεση (π.χ. χρονολογίες και χρονικά επιρρήματα) ή έμμεση (παρελθοντικά γεγονότα) αναφορά χρόνου.
  • Για συνήθειες στο παρελθόν.
  • Για διαδοχικές πράξεις στο παρελθόν, πράξεις δηλαδή που έγιναν η μία μετά την άλλη.
  • Πράξεις στο παρελθόν που ποτέ δε θα επαναληφθούν.

Σχηματισμός

Ο Past Simple είναι ιδιόμορφος σε σχέση με τον αντίστοιχο παροντικό του χρόνο˙ άλλοτε σχηματίζεται ομαλά και άλλοτε ανώμαλα. Ας δούμε και τις 2 περιπτώσεις αναλυτικά. Read the rest of this entry »

Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing…

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/21/2009

It’s usually seen that when you have an opinion, you can use some normal expressions like:
- In my opinion, …
- I think that …
- In my point of view, …
- To me, … Read the rest of this entry »

Relative Clauses

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/19/2009

Simple Past – Past Progressive

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/14/2009

Simple Past – Past Progressive

Exercises and Tests

Form

Simple Past

Past Progressive

irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular verbs

I spoke

regular verbs: verb + ed

I worked

past form of ‘be’ + ing form of verb

I was speaking
you were speaking
he / she / it was speaking
we were speaking
they were speaking

Exceptions

Exceptions when adding ‘ed’ :

  • when the final letter is e, only add d.

Example: love – loved

  • after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled

Example: admit – admitted

  • final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English)

Example: travel – travelled

  • after a consonant, final y becomes i. (but: not after a vowel)

Example: worry – he worried
but: play – he played

Exceptions when adding ‘ing’ :

  • silent e is dropped (but: does not apply for -ee)

Example: come – coming
but: agree – agreeing

  • after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled

Example: sit – sitting

  • final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English)

Example: travel – travelling

  • final ie becomes y.

Example: lie – lying

See also explanations on Simple Past and Past Progressive Read the rest of this entry »

How to form questions in English – Exercise 3

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/14/2009

How to form questions in English – Exercise 3

Explanation: Questions

Αρχή φόρμας

Ask for the underlined part. Write the questions into the gaps.

Example:
The class plays football.
_______________________

Answer:
The class plays football.
What does the class play?

1) She is opening a present.
?
2) The boys are hiding under Tom’s bed.
?
3) My sister prefers porridge for breakfast.
?
4) On Thursday Jack has German, History and Maths.
?
5) Yesterday Carol and Jane went to the swimming pool.
?
6) The plane is landing at the airport.
?
7) The telephone is ringing .
?
8) Sarah has to stop because of a security check.
?
9) Andrew’s new mountain bike costs €1000.
?
10) At sunset Peter is walking along the beach .
?

Question tags – Complex Test Read the rest of this entry »

The Narrative Tenses – by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

Narrative tenses are the grammatical structures that you use when telling a story, or talking about situations and activities which happened at a defined past time.

When narrating past events, DO NOT mix past and present tenses (avoid using the present perfect and present simple), as these will confuse the reader/listener about when things really happened.

Here are the most common narrative tenses and how they are used: Read the rest of this entry »

Past continuous (narrative tenses) story pictures game

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/11/2009

(Taken from Nicholas @ http://strictly4myteacherz.wordpress.com)

In a previous post concerning using the story of the Titanic to teach past continuous, I mentioned an activity at the end that used cards and pictures of little stickmen doing various activities and actions and things.

The idea was to provide visual input for students to develop sentences and mini-stories and in so doing so practice the past continuous / past simple distinction: by giving them one hand pictures showing actions which can clearly be done over a period of time, and on the other hand actions or events that clearly happen in an instantaneous fashion, students will practice and to some degree begin to internalize the distinction. Read the rest of this entry »

There is or There are? – Prepositions of Place

Posted by: istosnet on: 10/10/2009

There is or There are?

RULES:

1. Use there IS for singular nouns (one item).
2. Use there IS for non-count items(group nouns).
3. Use there ARE for many items (plural nouns).
There is a spider on the wall.
There is milk on the floor.
There are pencils on my desk.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by: istosnet on: 10/10/2009

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