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Negative with to be: A1- Beginners:

  New language: Negative with to be Vocabulary: not  New skill: saying what things are not  You make a sentence negative by using not or its short form n’t. Negative sentences with the verb to be have different rules than negative with other verbs. Key language: add not to the verb to be to make the sentence negative. Examples: I am a farmer I am not a farmer  I am a doctor  I am not a doctor  He is not an adult  It is not five o clock  They are not engineers  We are not actors  This is not a pig That is not my bag How to form negative with the verb to be Subject + verb + not + rest of the sentence: I am not a doctor  You are not a scientist  She is not a nurse  He is not a physician  It is not a cat  We are not students  You are not a secretaries They are not a teachers Examples: Jack is not a gardener  She is not my sister  He is not my friend  That is not her car I’m not 25 years old  ...
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Describing your week: A1- Beginners:

 You can talk about your usual weekly activities using the simple present with time phrases. Time phrases are often formed using prepositions and days of the week. New language: Days and prepositions  Vocabulary: Days of the week New skill: Talking about your weekly routine. 1- Vocabulary: Days of the week: Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday  Saturday  Sunday  2- Prepositions and days of the week: On: to tell the day you do something  Example: I go to work on Mondays I work from Monday to Friday  From: to tell the day that you start doing something. To: to tell the day you finish doing something. Tip: In US English you can also leave out go to and the preposition when saying what day you work:  I work Mondays. I watch TV on the weekends: On: is more common in the US.  Examples: 1- Annie wakes up at 5 am on Monday. She goes to bed at 1 am on the weekend  I go to work from Monday to Friday  They eat dinne...

Describing your day: A1- Beginners:

 New language: The simple present  Vocabulary: Routine activities  New skill: Talking about your daily routine. Use the simple present tense to talk about the things you do regularly: for example, when you normally go to work or eat lunch. Key language: The simple present: To make the simple present use the base form of the verb. ( infinitive)  I eat lunch at noon every day  She eats lunch at 2 pm every day  He  She  It  Add S to the verb  Examples: You get up at 7 o clock  We start work at 9 o clock  They leave work at 5 pm He starts work at 7 pm Robbie leaves work at 8 pm She gets up at 6 am  How to form the simple present tense: I/ We/You/ They/  eat lunch at 2 pm every day  He/ She/ it eats breakfast at 7 am every day  Examples: She eats dinner in the evening  He wakes up at 7 o clock  You leave home at 8 am I start work at 10 am Ellen gets up at 5 am  I take a shower in the morning  ...

Telling the time: A1- Beginners:

 There are two ways of saying the time in english. You can use hours and minutes, or you can say the minutes first and state their relation to the hour. *New language: Times of day  Vocabulary: Words for time New skill: saying what the time is. 1-Use the verb to be when giving or asking time in English. What time is it? It’s five o clock  It’s quarter past five  It’s half past five  It’s a quarter to six  It’s six twenty-Three Vocabulary: Times of the Day: Day  Night  Dawn Morning  Afternoon  Dusk Evening  Late evening  Time examples: 3 am 5am 8 am 12 pm 3 pm 4 pm 6:15 pm 7:30 pm Seven o clock  Two thirty  Ten thirty  Three forty-Five  Five forty-Five Seven fifteen  Ten thirty  Vocabulary: Daily routines: Wake up  Get up  Take a shower  Take a bath  Iron a shirt Get dressed  Wash your face  Brush your hair  Brush your teeth  Have breakfast  Go to work...

Talking about your job: A1-Beginner:

 You can use the verb to be to describe your job. The verb to work can give more information about where you work and who you work with. New language: using I am for your job. Vocabulary:Jobs and workplaces  New skill: Describing your job  1-Key language: Your job. Use to be before the noun: I am a teacher. He is an engineer  They are scientists  Examples: You are a Doctor  She is a farmer They are teachers  We are nurses I am an actor  She is a chef You are a driver  He is a vet We are sales assistants They are business women  She is a waitress Vocabulary: Workplaces:  Farm Office School  Theater  Laboratory  Restaurant  Hospital  Construction Company  Examples:  A driver works outside  A chef works inside  A doctor works inside  A teacher works inside  A gardener works outside  A waiter works inside  A hairdresser works inside  An actor works inside  2- We ...

Talking about your things: A1- Beginners:

 Talking about your things: * New language: This and those. *Vocabulary: Possessions *New skill: using determiners and pronouns. Key language: Using this and those: Use this for something near you: This is my book  This is my bag This is my room This is my pencil  Use that for something far from you: That is my teacher  That is my chair  That is my dress That is my ruler That is my school  These is the plural of this:  These are my bags These are my books These are my friends  These are my dresses  Those is the plural of that: Those are my bags Those are my teachers  Those are my pants  Those are my shoes  Those are my makeup  Examples: These are Diego’s keys  This is Olivia’s purse  Those are my books  These are my pencils  That is Anna’s sandwich  That is Malik’s phone  Vocabulary for plural:  Book- Books Watch-Watches Box-Boxes Brush-Brushes  Dictionary- Dictionaries  Determi...

Using apostrophes: A1-Beginners:

 Using apostrophes. In English, you can use apostrophes (‘) to show who owns something, such as pet, and to talk about your family. New language: possessive apostrophe  Vocabulary: Family and pets New skill: Talking about belonging. 1-Key language: apostrophe with S: Add an apostrophe and the letter S to the end of a singular noun to show that what comes after the noun belongs to it. Example:  1- Lizzie’s mother  2- Dave’s grandmother  3-the dog’s ball 4-Tess’s dog  5- Juan and Beth’s parrot. 6- Kevin’s daughter  7- Ben’s son  8- Debbie’s house  9- Kate and Marco’s car 10-Ben’s sister  2- Key language: Apostrophes and plural nouns: To show belonging with a plural noun, just add an apostrophe with no S. Examples: 1- Ginger is my parents ‘ cat 2- This is my cousins’ rabbit  3-That is his grandparents ‘ house  4-Rex is her brothers’ dog  5-Polly is our children ‘s parrot. 6-This is her cousins’ house  Vocabulary: Every d...