Vocabulary: SPORTS & HOBBIES

Hi class!! I believe that all of you have sport or hobby that usually you do in the day off. Which sport or hobby do you like best? How often do you play or do the sport or hobby? Are you a member of a sport club or hobby club? Here are some hobbies and sports. Let's check this out!

    Playing Guitar            Taking Pictures          Listening to the music              Painting                    Dancing

     
                  Skiing                    Skating                 Swimming             Surfing                  Playing Tennis

            Camping                 Fishing                    Gardening                 Cooking          Playing in the park

         Reading                   Writing                  Watching TV      Playing Computer Game   Collecting Stamps

     Playing Football                 Jogging             Playing Basketball           Playing Baseball        Riding a Bike




Here is a crossword. Your job is please complete the crossword based on the pictures!

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-Good Luck-

Grammar: Simple Past Tense

We often talk about memories using the past tense because obviously those memories happened in the past. That is why you need to know the Simple Past Tense!

Let's check the material in the slides below!

Exercise!

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1. go → 
2. come → 
3. buy → 
4. have → 
5. do → 

Complete the table in simple past.

positive	negative	question
Jane was tired.
	Sean did not work.
		Did I have a cat?
	Mary did not sing.
		Did she see us?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We open the door. → 
2. You write poems. → 
3. Richard plays in the garden. → 
4. Kerry does not speak English. → 
5. Do you see the bird? → 

Write sentences in simple past.

1. you / cards / play 
2. I / a car / want 
3. we / the game / lose 
4. not / I / early / get up 
5. not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle 

Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

1. Billy ate an apple. 
2. The children played in the garden. 
3. Laura came home at six o'clock. 
4. The boy read a book. 
5. The girl wrote five letters. 

Grammar: Simple Past Tense (Part I)

Hi guys!
What is the form of sentence that you are used when you want to tell or write about something that happen in the past time? Of, course the answer is PAST TENSE.
For now, we are going to learn about SIMPLE PAST TENSE. It is just simple explanation to introduce what is simple past tense, for more explanation, will be explained in the next post.

I have a video about the explanation of simple past tense. You can watch or download it at the link that I've prepared below. Please pay attention to the content of the video. It will help you to do the exercise.

Click here to download or watch the video >>> Straight Up English - Past Tense

After watch the video, please do the exercise below!

Replace the words in the brackets by the correct Past Simple Verb (V2)!

1. I (goed) to the mall after school.
2. My brother (seen) a bear an hour ago.
3. (Did) Mike visit his grandmother last night?
4. Alex did not (worked) last week.
5. (Was) Judy and Liz at the last month meeting?
6. We (are) not happy after the sad ending.
7. (Do) you see Jody's dog yesterday?
8. Sorry, I (wasn't) hear you at the door.
9. I (studying) English for two years.
10. What (do) you eat for lunch yesterday?

-Good Luck-

Writing II: Recount Text

Hi class! 
Have you ever had experience or unforgettable moment in your life? Have you ever written it on a diary? If you say yes, it means you have written an example of recount text.

To learn more about recount text, you can read in the slides below. Don't forget to do the exercise! :)

                                 

-See You-

Listening II: Introduce Yourself and People

What do you do when you meet with new person? Have you ever confused when you are asked to introduce yourself? Don't worry, this material will guide you to introduce yourself well.

There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and people:

Introducing yourself                                  

Here are expressions to introduce yourself:

•   My name is ...
•   I'm ...
•   Let me introduce myself. I'm ...
•   I'd like to introduce myself. I'm ...

Introducing others

Here are expressions to introduce others:

•   Jack, please meet Nicholas
•   I'd like you to meet Liza.
•   I'd like to introduce you to Betty.
•   Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila

Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people

•  Nice to meet you.
•  Pleased to meet you.
•  Happy to meet you.

Things to remember:

• When introduing yourself or other people in a formal situation use full names, ("I'm Alex Litterman.")
• "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello"               

EXERCISE!


Complete the dialogue below by listening to the record!

Dialogue 1: Two students in a language school cafe.

A:  Hi! I'm Hong lei. What's your name?

B:  Hello, Hong Lei. My name's Ricky.

A:  Hi Ricky. Are you a (1)______ student here?

B:  Yes, I had my (2)______ lesson this morning. Are you a new student too?

A:  No, I've been here for six months.

B:  Six months. That's a long time.

A:  It's not so (3)______ really. What class are you in? Intermediate or …?

B:  Intermediate (4)______. And what about you?

A:  I'm in (5)______ One. Who's your teacher?

B:  I can't remember her name, but she's got curly red hair.

A:  Ah! Does she wear glasses?

B:  Yes, I think so.

A:  That's (6)______ Anne Wallis.

B:  Yes that's right. Do you know her? Is she your teacher too?

A:  No. But she (7)______ me last term. How long have you been here?

B:  Only a week.

A:  Wow, not long. Where do you live? With a (8)______?

B:  Well, I'm staying at the YMCA at the moment. I'm looking for somewhere

      more (9)______. Do you know of any good places?

A:  Yes. Actually my friend has a spare room in here apartment and she's

      looking for a (10)______. Would you like her phone number?

B:  That would be great! Thanks for your help. Can I buy you coffee?

-Ganbate-