P. Belen
- Niamaat
- Oct 22, 2023
- 10 min read
Updated: Jan 23, 2024
STATUS
Weekly Subscription?
Yes
Daily Independent Study?
Yes, starting January 11, 2024
Monday 9:30-9:45PM
Tuesday 9:30-9.45PM
Wednesday 9:30-9.45PM
Thursday 9:30-9.45PM
Friday 9:30-9.45PM
Saturday 9:30-9:45PM
Sunday 9_30-9:45PM
Two 1- Hour Classes per Week?
Yes.
Daily After Study Reports?
Yes, then no.
CURRENT OBJECTIVES
To correctly construct affirmative and negative statements in the essential 4 verb tenses: simple past, simple present, simple future and present continuous.
To correctly construct yes/no questions and information questions in the essential 4 verb tenses: simple past, simple present, simple future and present continuous.
To identify chronic errors, and then to correct the chronic errors by practicing the corrections.
This is a Google Translation of 1, 2, 3, and 4
Construir enunciados afirmativos y negativos en los 4 tiempos verbales esenciales: pasado simple, presente simple, futuro simple y presente continuo.
Construir preguntas de sí/no y preguntas informativas en los 4 tiempos verbales esenciales: pasado simple, presente simple, futuro simple y presente continuo.
Identificar errores crónicos y luego corregirlos practicando las correcciones.
DAILY INDEPENDENT STUDY
THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 2024
completed
Please make an audio recording of yourself reading the sampe sentences for to take part in and at all. You will find those sample sentences in Lesson 4 of https://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf
Please write two true sentences. In one sentence use to take part in (in any verb tense). In the other sentencein use at all.
submitted January 11, 2024
TO TAKE PART IN
1. I would like to take part in your conversation about the future.
2. Yesterday I didn´t want to take part in in their discussions.
AT ALL
1. I didn´t remember what she said at all.
2. I don´t think that Agustina enjoys when I read stories at all.
FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2024
completed
You'll have a brief interview with the president of Ecuador. You have the opportunity to ask 4 questions about the future, and 4 questions about the past.
Simple Future (about the future)
1, information question
2. yes/no question
3. infornation question
4. yes/no question
Simple Past (about the past)
5. yes/no question
6. information question
7. yes/no question
8. information question
submitted January 12
The following was corrected by Nia
Simple Future (about the future)
1, information question
Mr. President, what will you do to reduce the number of criminals in Ecuador?
Mr. President, what will you do to reduce crime in Ecuador?
2. yes/no question
Mr. President, where will you live in March 2024?
3. information question
Mr. President, what do you think about increasing the IVA to 15%?
4. yes/no question
Mr. President, will you increase the IVA to 15%?
Simple Past (about the past)
5, 6, 7 and 8 were not corrected. Without context these questions do not seem appropriate or realistic.
5. yes/no question
Did you prefer another binomio?
6. information question
What kind of amnistía did you consider is the best option for corruption?
7. yes/no question
Mr President Did you travel to China in 2023?
8. information question
Mr President Did you part to RC5?
SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 2024
completed
Por favor use letras mayúsculas correctamente. Deténgase después de 15 minutos. No importa si terminas la tarea o no. Es importante que te concentres en el trabajo sin distracciones ni estrés. Si está distraído, agotado o estresado cuando hace este ejercicio, entonces el ejercicio no le será de mucha utilidad.
Tendrá una breve entrevista con el presidente de Ecuador. Tienes la oportunidad de hacer 4 preguntas sobre la acción actual y 4 preguntas sobre rutina, características o comportamiento habitual. No pierdas su tiempo ni el tuyo. Haga preguntas que sean apropiadas. Una pregunta apropiada es aquella cuya respuesta ni usted ni el público conocen.
Present Continuous (about action in progress now)
1, information question
2. yes/no question
3. infornation question
4. yes/no question
Simple Present (about the past routine, chracteristics or habitual behaviou)
5. yes/no question
6. information question
7. yes/no question
8. information question
submitted
]
Present Continuous (about action in progress now)
1, information question
ORIGINAL
Mr. President, what are you thinking about the situation in Ecuador?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Mr. President, what are you thinking about?
Mr. President, what do you think about the situation in Ecuador?
2. yes/no question
ORIGINAL
Mr. President, are you prepared for fight against the narcotráfico?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Mr. President, are you prepared for the fight against drug trafficking?
Mr. President, are you prepared to fight against drug trafficking?
Mr. President, are you prepared to fight drug trafficking?
3. infornation question
ORIGINAL
Mr. President, what kind of questions are you preparing about the consulta popular?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
no correction needed if what you wrote is your intended meaning
Mr. President, what questions are you preparing about the consulta popular?
Mr. President, what questions are you preparing for the consulta popular?
Mr. President, what are you preparing for the consulta popular?
4. yes/no question
ORIGINAL
Mr. President, are you considering change our Constitución?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Mr. President, are you considering changing our constitución?
Simple Present (about the past routine, chracteristics or habitual behaviou)
5. yes/no question
ORIGINAL
Do you think that you have less time in your home?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Do you think that you have less time in your home than you had 2 years ago?
Do you spend less time at hone than you did before you were president?
6. information question
ORIGINAL
Do you have a meeting with the President Milei?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Do you have a meeting scheduled with President Milei? Do you have a meeting on your calendar with the president of Argentina?
7. yes/no question
ORIGINAL
Do you enjoy your work?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
no correctio needed
8. information question
ORIGINAL
What do you know about terrorism?
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
no correction needed
SUNDAY JANUARY 14, 2024
completed sort of
Please make an audio recording of yourself reading the sampe sentences for to look up and to wait on. You will find those sample sentences in Lesson 4 of https://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf
Please write two true sentences. In one sentence use to look up (in any verb tense). In the other sentencein use to wait on.
submitted
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024
At All
My mother in low isn´t at all tired to cook every day.
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
My mother-in-law is not tired at all.
She is not tired of cooking everyday at all.
TO LOOK UP
Yesterday I was look up a jacket to my father´s birthday.
CORRECTED VERSION(S)
Yesterday I looked up the translation of "binomio".
We need another system Can we find another way?
//////////////////////////
I think that the activities that I have assigned are not useful for improving your English. I apologize. I have no more homework for you, Belen at this time. I will look for something that is more strucutured and more fun. I will look for something that you can benefit from even when you are a little tired or a little distracted.
//////////////////////////
RESOURCES
PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION
-ed Pronunciation
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
Book Box
Readlang https://readlang.com/ This is great for vocabulary review and expansion!
Short Stories https://americanliterature.com/high-school-short-stories/ For enhancedment of your vocabulary, use your WebReader extention or upload to Readlang!
The News in Levels https://www.newsinlevels.com/
PODCASTS INTENDED TO TEACH ENGLISH PODCASTS INTENDED TO TEACH ENGLISH
Culips Podcasts
WRITING WRITING WRITING WRITING WRITING WRITING
A little help with the use of capital letters (in English) https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/help_with_capitals.html
IDIOMS IDIOMS IDIOMS IDIOMS IDIOMS IDIOMS
One Minute English (a playlist of videos from Culips)
Essential Idioms in English: Phrasal Verbs and Collocations by Robert J. Dixson Fifth Edition Copyright 2004 This is great for vocabulary review and expansion! https://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf
Expressions to Learn and Use! https://blog.talaera.com/business-english-idioms
More Expressions to Learn and Use! https://www.justlearn.com/blog/50-most-common-english-idioms-and-phrases-with-examples
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTIONS IN ENGLISH
Toastmasters International
Coursera
Meetup
Ideas:
Be a tour guide in the city or town where you live
Work at a hostel or hotel parttime.
Comment on posts, create posts, respond to comments
If people close to you know English, communicate with them in English only every Tuesday!
And so on and so forth
CONVERSATION TOPICS
books
child education
happiness
family time
being a good mother
talking with children about their feelings
nature
taking advantage of opportunities
lifestyle
possible future class material
*TUESDAY JANUARY 2, 2024*
Please make an audio recording of yourself reading the sample sentences for *to take part in* and at all. You will find those sample sentences in Lesson 4 of https://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf
Please write two true sentences. In once sentence use to take part in (in any verb tense). In the other sentencein use at all.
Please uUse the recording feature of Skype to record the sentences from 1. And use Skype to send me your two original sentences.
*PART 1--Reading Comprehension*
https://readlang.com/library/65905d26534a5db7d9536e3a
Please read the first 4 paragraphs for comprehension. Then please read the same 4 paragraphs aloud for pronunciation practice.
*PART 2--Conversation Topic*
When was the last time that you made a new year's resolution? Do you think it is a good idea for people to make new year's resolutions? Why or why not?
*PART 3--Listening Comprehension*
https://youtu.be/WMHk-a-tcMk?si=v7w9AdDzsw4MgrI5
This is a conversation between two people--a man and a woman.
What is the woman's new year resolution?
Why did she decide on that resolution?
What is the man's new year resolution?
Why did he decide on that resolution?
*PART 4--Written Output*
Name a hypothetical resolution for 2024. Write what the resolution is and what you will do to achieve it. Also write about why this resolution is important for you.
*PART 5--Spoken Output*
Let's ask each other questions about what we wrote in PART 4.
*PART 6--Conversation Topic*
What was one thing that you really enjoyed doing in December?
TUESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2023
TUESDAY JANUARY 2, 2024
Here are some verbs. They are in their infinitive form
to eat to spend time to sleep to pray to celebrate to look for
to go to drink to clean up to do the laundry to dream
to have to give to agree with to listen to to write to buy
Part 1
Two more idioms from "1 minute English"
to throw in the towel (to give up; to surrender)
https://youtu.be/w-xCNe8XJ7g?si=ewKAlqLPCZmVRQpM
the cream of the crop (the best in the category)
https://youtu.be/fCAk7zqxu9s?si=dEXVijgqjexYL8E0
Part 2
Question Formation Practice
Let's use the simple present to ask each other about routine/habits and characteristics. Include an adverb of frequency if appropriate. Please use at least one information question and one yes/no question.
1.
2.
Let's use the simple past to ask each other about what happened in the past. Include a time word or phrase. Please use at least one information question and one yes/no question.
1.
2.
Part 3
-ed pronunciation practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsd0eFgU0m8
https://getbetterenglish.wixsite.com/getbetterenglishnow/post/how-to-pronounce-words-that-end-with-ed
Part 4
Two more idioms
to shake hands: to exchange greetings by clasping hands
When people meet for the first time, they usually shake hands.
to get back: to return (S)
Mr. Harris got back from his business trip to Chicago this morning.
Part 5
Question Formation Practice
Let's use the *simple future*" to ask each other about what will happen in the future. Please use at least one information question and one yes/no question.
1.
2.
Let's use the *present continuous" to ask each other about action in progress now. Please ask at least one information question and one yes/no question.
1.
2.
Let's use the *present perfect" to ask each other about past experience or about a past action that is still the case.
1.
2.
*PART 3*
These sentences are incorrect. Please correct them.
1. In this weekend some videos that you send me.
2. Just a few seconds, I finished my practice,
3. I practiced pronunciation according to your recording.
4. I checked some word that we usually used a daily in our clases.
5. In this weekend we watchet "Coco."
6. For first time Thiago and me watchet the all the movie together.
7. Alexa offered me lessons all days, and i did it.
9. Thank you for sharing me.
These sentences are written in Spanish. Please translate them to English.
10. Me lo mandaste.
11. Me los mandaste.
12. Tienes una hija y un hijo. Entonces, tienes dos hijos.
*PART 4*
1. to wait on
A very pleasant young clerk waited on me in that boutique.
YOUR TRUE EXAMPLE
2. at least
I spend at least two hours every night on my studies.
YOUR TRUE EXAMPLE
3. so far
So far, this year has been excellent for business.
YOUR TRUE EXAMPLE (use the present perfect)
*PART 5*
Visualizing US Foreign Aid
If this information is true, do you find it surprising? Why or why not?
*PART 6*
1. to take a walk
On the weekend, we took a walk around the park.
2. to take a hike
Let's take a hike up Cowles Mountain this afternoon.
3. to take a trip
I'm so busy at work that I have no time to take a trip.
*PART 7*
You know a lot of things about Thiago's school. Maybe you have questions for his teacher, or the school principal, or the school nurse, or other parents. Please write as many questions that you have for different people that are at Thiago's school.
*PART 8*
1. to try on
He tried on several suits before he picked out a blue one.
2. to think over
I want to think over your offer before I respond.
3. to take place
The regular meetings of the committee take place in Constitution Hall.
*PART 9*
o I thought that the celebration was taking place at John's house.
to put away: to remove from slight, to put in the proper place (S)
o Please put away your papers before you open the test booklet.
o John put the notepad away in his desk when he was finished with it.
Activity: Have a conversation in English with one of more people. Look for ways you can "naturally" incorporate the aforementioned idioms into the conversation. Remember that in a conversation you may ask questions, volunteer information, ask questions, and/or make requests.
LESSON 5
look out: to be careful or cautious (also: to watch out) Both of these idioms can occur with the preposition for.
o "Look out!" Jeffrey cried as his friend almost stepped in a big hole in the ground.
o Look out for reckless drivers whenever you cross the street.
o Small children should always watch out for strangers offering candy.
to shake hands: to exchange greetings by clasping hands
o When people meet for the first time, they usually shake hands.
o The student warmly shook hands with his old professor. to get back: to return (S)
o Mr. Harris got back from his business trip to Chicago this morning.
o Could you get the children back home by five o'clock?
to catch cold: to become sick with a cold of the nose for throat
o If you go out in this rain, you will surely catch cold.
o How did she ever catch cold in such warm weather?
to get over: to recover from an illness; to accept a loss or sorrow
o It took me over a month to get over my cold, but I'm finally well now.
o It seems that Mr. Mason will never get over the death of his wife.
to make up one's mind: to reach a decision, to decide finally
o Sally is considering several colleges to attend, but she hasn't made up her mind yet.
o When are you going to make up your mind about your vacation plans?
to change one's mind: to alter one's decision or opinion
o We have changed our minds and are going to Canada instead of California this summer.
o Matthew has changed his mind several times about buying a new cat.
for the time being: temporarily (also: for now)
o For the time being, Janet is working as a waitress, but she really hopes to become an actress soon.
o We're living in an apartment for now, but soon we'll be looking for a house to buy.
for good: permanently, forever
o Ruth has returned to Canada for good. She won't ever live in the United States again.
o Are you finished with school for good, or will you continue your studies some day?
to call off: to cancel (S)
o The referee called off the soccer game because of the darkness.
o The president called the meeting off because she had to leave town.
to put off: to postpone (S)
o Many student's put off doing their assignments until the last minute.
o Let's put the party off until next weekend, okay?
in a hurry: hurried, rushed (also: in a rush)
o Alex seems in a hurry; he must be late for his train again.
o She's always in a rush in the morning to get the kids to school.
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/indefinite/a-an-any-some.htm
Comments