Effective Communication

Lesson 2
Materials taken/adapted from English File Elementary 4th edition

May, 2020
OBJECTIVES:

To talk about routines and habits

To learn about some action verbs

To use correctly some prepositions

 VERBS
What verbs do you know in English?
This is Carola. She is explaining what she likes about the UK
What are we talking about?

Present simple: To talk about things that are

generally true or habits

What’s the difference?

I speak English. You speak English. I don’t have communication problems.

People from all over the world live in the UK. They live happily together.

We drink in the pubs. We eat there too. What verbs can you see?

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I I DON´T +
You You INFINITIVE
VERB We
We VERB
They They
 What’s the difference?

It rains, but it doesn’t rain everyday.

What verbs can you see?
My boyfriend cooks fantastic curries

Rain – rains windows

keys
Cook - cooks Identity ca
rds
Have - Has countries
watches

AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
DOESN´T +
He INFINITIVE
He VERB: + S
She VERB
She CH/SH/O: + ES
It (no S/ES)
It CONSONANT + Y:
IES
 COOK VERY WELL
PLAY A MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT
DO ALL MY HOMEWORK
HAVE A SISTER/BROTHER
LIKE VEGETABLES
LIVE IN A HOUSE

Write true sentences about you

(affirmative and negative)

Example: I don’t live in a house. I live in a flat

Work together.Discuss what you like about your country.
What routines do you know?
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 Prepositions of TIME

in
on
in
at
at
on
at
IN ON AT in
*parts of the day *times of the day
in
*days
*seasons *dates *night
*months *the weekend
*years *festivals
Prepositions of PLACE
IN AT IN/AT:
*flat *work *Some public places
*office *home (restaurant/cinema)
*room *school/university

Prepositions of MOVEMENT
TO at
*direction to
*except home in
at
to
in
in
at
in
at
Student A / Student B
Complete the questions with AT/IN/ON/TO
Choose 5 questiosns. Ask your partner the questions.
Ask further questions.
Find what things you have in common.
 Why are teenagers
“in trouble”?

Is it the same in Uruguay?

Look at these words.

Do you know what

they mean?

What are we talking

about?

FREQUENCY
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY
Always Every day/week/month/year

Often Once a day/ week / month / year

Usually / normally Twice a day / week / month /year

Sometimes Three /four… times a

day/week/month/year

Hardly ever

Never
96% spend more than five hours looking at screens every day
Expressions of frequency usually
go at the end of the sentence

86% hardly ever eat fruit or green vegetables.

Adverbs of frequency + verb

75% don’t usually sleep for eight hours a day

negative + adv of frequency + verb

31% are often stressed

Verb Be + adv of frequency

 Student A / Student B

Think about your daily routine. Write down as

many sentences as you can in 8 minutes. Use the
simple present with prepositions of time and
place, also include some frequency adverbs.

Now, share with your partners and see which things you
have in common.
#stayathome