xA. About ones self Have students briefly write about themselves.

Then ask them questions about their text using the following below:
Subject noun/ pronoun + verb to be Question: Positive Am I? I am/ Im Are you? You are/ Youre Is he? He is/ Hes Is she? She is / Shes Is it? It is / Its Are we? We are/Were Are they? They are/ Theyre Negative I am not/ Im not You are not/ You arent He is not/ He isnt She is not / She isnt It is not / Is isnt We are not/ we arent They are not/ They arent

Then ask students in a telephone conversation to spell their name, email etc.

B. Basic Grammar: Parts of Speech

Noun Person, place, object, idea or concept (can be singular or plural) Countable Nouns Nouns are that able to counted simply Uncountable Nouns Nouns that are not able to be counted easily. Usually expressed in groups or type. Possessive Nouns used to show ownership Pronoun replaces the noun in a text Verb describes something about the subject of the text Adverb describes verbs. Makes writing more interesting Adjective modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, quantifying the noun Preposition shows the space, time, or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the nouns, pronouns and other phrases to other words in the sentence Conjunction links words, phrases or clauses together Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers little words that precede and modify nouns Go over the parts of speech. Each student to give 2 examples for each For the plural form of most nouns, add s. For nouns that end with ch, x, s or s sounds, add es. For nouns, ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add es. Some nouns have different plural forms. Nounds ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules. A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms. Noun Examples: bottle bottles cup cups pen pens desk desks girl girls boy boys sheep sheep deer deer baby- babies child- children man men knife- knives wife wives Possessive nouns usually are formed by adding an apostrophes but when a noun is plural just add an Ex: Johns book, Sarahs pen, Karims bike Ex: The students books, My parents house, The girls dolls, David and Sues wedding Pronouns chart
Singular Subject First Second Third Male I you he Singular Object me you him Singular Reflexive myself yourself himself Plural Subject we you they Plural Object us you them Plural Reflexive ourselves yourselves themselves

Third Female she Third Neutral it

her it

herself itself

they they

them them

themselves themselves

Regular and Irregular Verbs: The only real difference between regular and irregular verbs
is that they have different endings for their past tense and past participle forms. For regular verbs, the past tense ending and past participle ending is always the same: -ed. For irregular verbs, the past tense ending and the past participle ending is variable, so it is necessary to learn them by heart. There are approximately 180 irregular verbs. You don't need to learn all of them because some of these are very rare but many others are very useful and you do need to know them. Simple to be verb
Present Positive I am You are He is She is It was We are You are They were Negative I am not You are not (aren't) He is not (isn't) She is not (isn't) It was not (wasn't) We are not (aren't) You are not (aren't) They were not (weren't) Interrogative Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Was it? Are we? Are you? Were they?

Action verbs: Most common verb, usually express an action singular or 3rd person text pos or neg form Ex: He eats bread/ He does not bread; She walks to school/ She does not walk to school Adjectives: I like fairy tales. A fairy tale is an imaginary story that has unrealistic characters in a fantastic background. It makes me forget about the realworld and refreshes my tired mind. Conjuctions joins other words, phrases, clauses or sentences. Some conjunctions
are: and, as, because, but, or, neither/nor, for, since, so, until, yet, and while.

Prepositions After flying for many hours, we finally got off the airpla
After flying for many hours, we finally got off the airplane. We walked out the exit and went to the baggage claim area. There were hundreds ofdifferent bags on the conveyer belt. I almost picked up the wrong one because it looked like mine.

Common Contractions: shortened form of text

BE I I'm

WILL I'll

WOULD I'd

HAVE I've

HAD I'd

I am you he she it we they you're you are he's he is she's she is it's (or 'tis) it is we're we are they're they are

I will you'll you will he'll he will she'll she will it'll it will we'll we will they'll they will

I would you'd you would he'd he would she'd she would it'd it would we'd we would they'd they would

I have you've you have he's he has she's she has it's it has we've we have they've they have

I had you'd you had he'd he had she'd she had it'd it had we'd we had

they'd they had

Simple Tense- verb tenses tell you when the action happens. There are 3 main tenses, past, present and future.
Simple Present Past Future finish finished will finish Progressive am/is/are finishing was/were finishing will be finishing Perfect have/has finished had finished will have finished Perfect Progressive have/has been finishing had been finishing will have been finishing

J. Days of the week:

What is the day and time now? What days do you go to English class? Do you eat in restaurants? What do you do on Fridays? e) What are you like to do in your free time/weekend? f) When do you usually wake up in the morning? g) When do you usually eat lunch? Now answer these questions: If you like sunshine, what is the best time of year to visit Vancouver? If you like snow, what is the best time of year to visit Vancouver? What activities can you do outside? What activities can you do inside? Which activities can you do both inside and outside? When would you like to visit Vancouver? What would you do in Vancouver? a) b) c) d)