theory and practice booklet part i - elementary and pre-intermediate 2014 language market srl

COMPLEMENTARY BOOKLET TO REINFORCE USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR) AND

LISTENING

The Present Simple & The Present Continuous

Practice

Listening – Present Continuous

1. What are they doing? Use your own words and compare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JZMT-ms4Two

2. Can you describe say what is happening in your life right now? Mention as many

people and things around you as you can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5aAK_RIj8

3. Can you describe what is happening in each slide?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWWF6kZIivs

4. Can you describe what is happening in the episode? Useful daily routine verbs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDGcOBuHgYo

5. Can you ask some similar questions to your classmates? Ask some yes-no

questions to check if they are doing what you think they are doing or not. Make

some humorous or strange questions to make it more interesting and/or funny.

You can even ask a question implying that they are doing something wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuVrVr4dvI

6. Try to say all the things you are doing in your life not to feel bored. Enjoy the

songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV_yOSXVm4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK94AbfZg6E

Listening – Present Simple

1. What do you usually do with your best friend/couple/clients?

2. What do you usually ask them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00wWuNqV70k

3. Do you best to take notes and re-tell the main events of each of the following

episodes?

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdXPnJLR07E

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wE9LOKTT-E

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_nb969txM

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oRxjpPgGY

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7d6CMJz6M

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZ3ryr68d8

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_4-KL2XBA

The Past Simple

Listening – Past Simple

One more episode of the series!

8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovkBudUGxP8

Can you think of you last trip and re-tell it as the man on this video does?

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dekQYgRjrZw

Can you make a list of the things they say in the video?

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1y_v2wev20

According to the song, what did that beloved person do for her?

Can you think of examples to picture some abstract she says in the song?

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_r8pDziQKE