Study Guide --- MID-TERM EXAM

Hi there,

This is the bare minimum needed to do your mid-term exam successfully:

GRAMMAR

• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: I / you / we / they )
• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: he / she / it )
• Present simple (Frequency adverbs: be + adverb /  adverb +  verb)
• Present simple (Wh-questions)
• Present simple (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, I do; no, he doesn't)

• Past simple (Be:  was / were in positive & negative sentences as well as questions)
• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: regular verbs)
• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: irregular verbs)
• Past simple (Wh-questions)
• Past simple  (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, we did; no, you didn't)

VOCABULARY

• daily routines
• free time activities
• frequency adverbs
• adjectives to describe people & places
• life events
• weekend activities
• types of movies
• types of music
• past time phrases with ago, last and in
• question words
• irregular verbs
• verbs and nouns from news stories

SPOKEN INTERACTION

You can communicate in English by doing the following:

• introduce yourself, say your age, spell your name & last name, ask how people are
• ask and answer questions about yourself and other people, where you live, things you have
• say how often you do things, talk about your routine
• say what you like and don't like
• give and receive information about quantities, numbers and prices
• indicate time using phrases such as last Friday, in November, at 3:00 o'clock, on Monday
• ask for repetition and help