Weekly Assignment --- Groups 342A & 365B.

Hi there,

1. Click on the following link:

http://www.manythings.org/pp/lady_from_niger.html      

Listen to the limerick as many times as you want, shadow the words, memorize the text, and be ready to recite it next Monday.   This homework is about pronunciation, so please make sure you practice a lot.

2. Do the following vocabulary exercises on-line:

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/j6.html

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/k3.html

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/l4.html

When you finish the exercises, please write the verbs on your notebook and illustrate them. You can print the images, draw the pictures or simply cut and paste images from a newspaper or magazine.

See you next Monday!

Abraham

***Group 342A*** Weekly Homework

PART 1


Make the past simple of the verbs in (brackets) and write the sentences on your notebook.


1. She _________________ (bring) some chocolates to the party.

2. I _________________ (hear) a new song on the radio.

3. I _________________ (read) three books last week.

4. They _________________ (speak) French to the waitress.

5. He _________________ (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't.

6. I _________________ (forget) to buy some milk.

7. She _________________ (have) a baby in June.

8. You _________________ (lose) your keys last week.

9. They _________________ (swim) 500m.

10. I _________________ (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.

11. At the age of 23, she _________________ (become) a doctor.

12. I _________________ (know) the answer yesterday.

13. He _________________ (tell) me that he lived in Toronto.

14. She _________________ (drink) too much coffee yesterday.

15. The children _________________ (sleep) in the car.

16. I _________________ (choose) the steak for dinner.

17. The film _________________ (begin) late.

18. I _________________ (send) you an e-mail earlier.

19. We _________________ (leave) the house at 7 a.m..

20. He _________________ (feel) terrible after eating the prawns.
 
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PART 2
 
Click on the link to watch a video which will help you practice the pronunciation of the irregular verbs.  This video will definitely prepare you for the upcoming irregular verbs test next Monday.  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u00f2oZJ_eA&feature=player_embedded


Make sure you (1) repeat the verbs and (2) write them on your notebook. We'll practice them in class!

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

Podcast: Irregular Verbs.

Hi,

As promised, please find attached the link which features the irregular verbs rap:

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

There are 4 different parts, so make sure you listent to them all!

Have fun learning!

Abraham