Tell me one good thing from last week

(last week – finished period of time – Past Simple)

Tell me one good thing from this month

(this month – unfinished period of time – Present Perfect)

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Tell me sentences about your last week with still and yet, using the model below:

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for, but I won’t give up.

He hasn’t done his home assignment yet, however he’s planning to do it tomorrow.

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Present Perfect – recently, lately, just

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Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry?

Have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night?

Have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right?

Have you ever, have you ever? Never ;-)

http://englishwordoftheday2010.blogspot.com/2013/05/songs-for-practicing-present-perfect.html

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Movie Activity – see the pdf file

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Present Perfect Tense Part 1 - English with Sound and Light

Present Perfect Tense Part 2 - English with Sound and Light

Working AT my desk (**NOT in = inside my desk or on = on the surface), trying to get some paperwork done. I turn around and there's Hope (Hope is the sweet cat in the picture below). Such an inspiration

********** Thanks to my friend Terry for the picture and the inspiration

No advices! Advice is always singular, no plural form and it is not countable, so a piece of advice, two pieces of advice, but NOT an advice, advices

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Martin: Guys, I want to ask your advice about buying a house.  Can you give me some advice about buying a house?  I need some advice on which house to buy

Paul: I gave you a lot of advice, but I don’t think you listened

Monica: Let me give you a piece of advice, Martin. Don't buy a new house! Take my advice and rent something, instead!

Martin: Jason, can you advise me on this, too, please?

Jason: Martin, I have two pieces of advice for you about the house…

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Secrets to Using Prepositions in English

How to Use Prepositions Like a Jedi

What will happen if you practice?
If you practice, you will learn

Practice is the key to success!

If  present simple (condition) + will base of the verb (result)

Use the first conditionals to refer to things that are likely to happen

e.g., If someone opens the door, the woman will fall off the chair.

Picture source http://www.cnxnotts.co.uk/pdfs/kangaroo/partners/WRL/OopsOuchAargh.pdf

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Use the second conditionals to talk about unreal situations in the present or in the future, e.g., If the situation were real, I would call her as soon as possible.

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Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man (with subtitles)

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Unwanted Flirtation: What Would You Do?

Would you step in to rescue a woman from a man's unwanted advances?

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Practice Second Conditional with Songs

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Read a funny text with Second Conditional

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Movie Activity - The Box: 1st & 2nd Conditionals

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Use the third conditionals to express regret, talk about the past and imagine something different from what actually happened, e.g.,Had any of these things happened differently, the end of Daisy's afternoon would have been another one.

Past Conditional Excuses

Make up excuses using the 3^rd Conditional

Example:

Why didn’t you do any homework?

I would have done my homework if I had had more time.

1. Why didn’t you go to Ireland last summer?
2. Why didn’t you return my call last night?         
3. Why didn’t you bring me an apple?
4. Why didn’t you invite Mariah Carey to your last birthday party?
5. Why didn’t you stay in bed this morning?
6. Why didn’t you marry Brad Pitt?
7. Why didn’t you go skiing last weekend?
8. Why didn’t you get to work on time?
9. Why didn’t you walk to work this morning?
10. Why didn’t you bring an umbrella to work?
11. Why didn’t you tell your boss to shut up the last time he shouted at you?
12. Why didn’t you go out with me yesterday?
13. Why didn’t you wash the dishes last night?
14. Why didn’t you tell me about your problem?

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Use the zero conditionals to make general statements about the world and 'universal truth'

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Summary

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First Conditional

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Second Conditional

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Third Conditional

Another mistake, my students usually make - everyone were here...
The root of these words is a singular noun - one, body. Therefore we have - everyone was here and no one was there 

A lot of my students make this mistake...Do you say on English, too? Remember, it is IN English

Take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/vocabulary-life/

Do you write - it is usefull?

A list of adjectives ending in FUL. Hope to be useful

Don’t forget that life is full of good things and life is beautiful

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* Thanks a lot to my friend Terry Fields for the great photo of the lovely Hope

Do you know any other uncountable nouns?

Prepositions of Place & Movement - Basic English Grammar

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Analogy between Present Continuous and Past Continuous

Continuous tenses express unfinished action. The action is in progress at a specific time.

Present Continuous – something which is happening at the moment, at the present moment. The activity is not finished. You are in the middle of doing something. The activity is in progress in the present time.

Past Continuous - something which was happening at a specific moment in the past. The activity was not finished. You were in the middle of doing something. The activity was in progress in the past time.

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Past Continuous – unfinished action in the past

We use Past Continuous:

1. for an action which was in progress at a particular time in the past. We do not know when the action started or finished.

At three o’clock yesterday afternoon, the kids were playing with the dog. (We do not know when they started or finished playing with the dog)

Chris was running at 9 pm yesterday. (We don’t know when he started and when he finished running. We know at  9 pm yesterday, at that time, he was in the middle of running)

2.  For a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. We use Past Continuous for the action in progress (the longer action) and Past Simple for the action which interrupted it (the shorter action)

Chris was cooking burgers for breakfast when his landlord knocked on his door. (was cooking = longer action; knocked = shorter action)

3. For two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past (simultaneous actions).

* Chris was entering the room while the people were working:

** The sun was shining and the birds were singing while I was walking in the park.

4. with a word like always or constantly when there is criticism or complaint:

Your girlfriend was always calling you at the wrong moment:

Another examples:

** She was constantly talking. She annoyed everyone.

*** You were always buying new clothes!

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(the whole video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUc-jeDr-u0)

Use the Second Conditional to talk about impossible, imaginary, or unlikely situations about present or future

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If I were an animal, what would I be?

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What would you do if you won …?

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See the video description for the words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNLhSz81zoY

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