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COURSE 1 :
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October-...................................-.
NOTE: the extension of :
RAIN -------- RAINY.
CLOUD ----------CLOUDY
* Identify the different colours off a rainbow.
Blue + ...........+.............+...........................
C/ PHONETICS:
Phonetics is the scientific investigation of sounds. There are two main kinds of
sounds: VOWELS and CONSONANTS.
1/ VOWELS are distinguished on the basis of the position of the tongue.
In English there are 3 types of vowels:
FRONT VOWELS.
CENTRAL VOWELS .
BACK VOWELS.
a / - Front Vowels :
/ i :/ as in SEE , SEA , BEAT , EAT .........................
/ i / as in SIN , IN , BIT , IT ....................................
NOTE: Putting the symbols i : between spans means that they are phonetic symbols
used in phonetic transcription.
EXERCISE: transcribe the following.
SILLY
MACHINE
/ S- I -/
/ma s-n /
EASY , ISNT IT ?
/ - z - - znt - t/.
CITY
/ s-t- /
COURSE 02
A/ GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE DRILL
On the use of the simple present as in the following structure drill :
the concert usually starts at 8.
Yes , but some-times it starts at 7.
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or
Note that the simple present is used to describe permanent or habitual actions
events ( usually , sometimes , often ....)
Also the only inflexion in the simple present is the -s of the third person
singular.
EXERCISE : On the basis of the structure drill given above , rebuild the
following drills :
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1/ the shop usually opens at 8
yes , ....................................................................
2/ The films usually begins at 8 .
Yes , .................................................................
On the basis of the following structure drill :
They Swim in the summer
He SWIMS IN THE SUMMER
Rebuild the following drills :
1/ They play tennis
She .........................................................
2/ You go to school
He ..........................................................
3/ We speak English
She .........................................................
B/ VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
The for seasons
2- In SUMMER the weather is WARM ? sometimes HOT . The sun SHINES
in a clear , CLOUDLESS sky . Long periods of DRY weather
( or DROUGHT ) are very common in Algeria.
Note : the second season , identified in this text is summer which takes place
between
the month of June and september.
EXERCISE : Identify the numbers by writing then as in
One : 1 ; Two :2 ; Three : 3 ........................................
From 3 To 20C / PHONETICS:
a / Front Vowels :
Remember long / i : / as in SEE and short / i / as in SIN.
The next two front vowels are :
/ e / as in PEN , Bed , EGG .......................
/ae/ as in CAT , BAD , AT.........................
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- PLENTY
/ pl-nt-/
COURSE 3 :
A/ GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE DRILL :
On the construction between simple present progressive as in the following
structure drill.
He does not usually working at the moment
Note that the present progressive is used to indicate the real present
( in the sense of Now , at this moment )
There are verbs ( of condition or behaviour ) .
Which are practically never used in the present progressive ( SEE , HEAR
KNOW ..................)
EXERCISE : On the basis of the structure drill
Given above , rebuild the following drills.
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falls