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TEACHER - ERIKA COSS

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The verb "TO BE" - Simple Present - Easy English Class

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Present simple forms of 'to be' - am/is/are

Exercise 2

Rewrite the sentences using the short forms of be.

EXAMPLE: They are good friends ⇒ They're good friends.

The present simple form of be

The present simple of the verb be has three forms:

I am.

He/She/It is.

We/You/They are.

they= people and things

We use he for a man, she for a woman, and it for a thing.

He 's a little boy.

She 's beautiful.

We use they for people and for things.

Don't forget the subject

We always need a subject before the verb.

It is cold. (NOT Is cold.)

Sally is a wonderful woman. (NOT Is a wonderful woman.)

Contractions or short forms

We use 'm, 's and ' re with personal pronouns ( I, you, he, etc.)

But we can also use 's with names.

Contractions in short answers

We can only use contractions in negative short answers. Not in positive short answers.

Yes, I am. (NOT Yes, I'm.)

Yes, she is . (NOT Yes, she's.)

Yes, they are . (NOT Yes, they're.)

be - present simple use

We use the verb be to talk about:

Who we are: I'm Steven, and this is Isabella. And this is my daughter, Alicia.

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English Vocabulary

The word 'Nationality' is not often used in spoken English. It is a formal and official word and it appears more frequently in written English. You will find the word 'Nationality' is used a lot in the travel industry and for immigration.

We almost never say: What is your nationality?

We usually say: Where are you from? OR Where do you come from?

To tell someone your nationality you DON'T say: My nationality is Chilean.

You say: I'm Chilean

List of Countries, Nationalities and their Languages

Below is a list of countries with the appropriate nationality. The Language that appears is the main language that is spoken in the country. We have not included all the languages that they may speak in that country.

* NOTE: Colombia is the correct spelling of the country and not "Columbia".

** You will notice that people from United States have the nationality 'American'. Some people from other parts of the American continent (especially Central and South America) tend not to like the word American for people from the United States. You will find that they will call them North American.

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Singular & Plural Nouns – English Grammar Lessons

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A/an, plurals - singular and plural forms

Exercise 2

Write the plurals of the following singular words.

EXAMPLE: A nice sofa ⇒ nice sofas

A/an, plurals - grammar chart

A/an

We use a/an with singular nouns.

We use a with nouns beginning with a consonant, and we use an with nouns beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).

We also use an with nouns beginning with h if the h is not pronounced. But we use a if the h is pronounced.

Give me an hour. (The h is not pronounced in hour.)

I want to buy a hat. (The h is pronounced in hat.)

We use a and NOT an with nouns beginning with u when it is pronounced /ju:/, like university.

Plurals in English

A tables

We do NOT use a/an with plural nouns.

. (NOT These are tables a tables)

Regular plurals

We add -s to make plural nouns in English. Sometimes we need to add -es, -ies or - ves. Check the spelling in the grammar chart above.

Irregular plurals

Some words have irregular plurals and do NOT add -s to make their plural form.

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Common Things

In this elementary vocabulary lesson about Common Things, you will learn about objects and things that we use in our everyday lives. Check the explanation and do the exercises.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

Common Things - Pictures

Look and these pictures of some common things that are part of our daily lives.

Common Things - Sentence examples

Now read the sentence examples below.

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Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns (I/my, you/your, etc.)

Exercise 1

Choose the correct subject pronouns or possessive adjectives to complete the sentences.

Possessive adjectives and subject pronouns

Form

Use

I + verb - my + noun

We use subject pronouns + verb and we use possessive adjectives + noun.

Possessive adjectives are always singular

Adjectives in English have no plural form. Possessive adjectives are always singular.

These are their suitcases. (NOT theirs suitcases)

it/its for things and they/their for people and things

We use he-his and she-her for people, and we use it-its for things. But in the plural, we use they-their for people and things.

The hotel has its own spa. It is a relaxing place.

it's for time and weather

We use it's (=it is) to talk about the time or the weather.

it's or its?

Its = possessive adjective. It's = it is (subject + verb be)

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Family and relatives

Family tree picture

Discover the members of a family in our simple family tree picture, including parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and more.

Sentence examples

Check the following sentences introducing the members of the family in the picture. Note that when we talk about our family, we often use the possessive 's.
My uncle's name is Michael, and he is my mom's brother. My aunt's name is Susan, and she is Michael's wife. I have two cousins, William and Jessica. They are Michael and Susan's children.
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Adjectives - old, interesting, expensive, etc.

Exercise 2

Put the words in the correct order.

Adjectives in English - grammar chart

Adjective + noun

When we use adjectives with a noun in English, the adjectives go before the noun.

It's an expensive guitar. (NOT It's a guitar expensive.)

She has a new car .

Am/is/are + adjective

We can also use adjectives without a noun after the verb be.

In questions the adjective can go after be + subject.

Feel/look/smell/sound/taste + adjective

We can also use adjectives without a noun after the verbs of the senses: feel, look, smell, sound, taste.

No plural

Adjectives in English have no plural. They are always singular.

These are my favourite shoes. (NOT These are my favourites shoes.)

She has blue eyes. (NOT She has blues eyes.)

Very/quite

We can use very and quite before the adjectives.

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History of New Year's Day January 1 - The History

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'For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.' - TS Eliot

New year, old celebrations

There have been celebrations to mark the beginning of a new year for thousands of years. Sometimes these were simply an opportunity for people to eat, drink and have fun, but in some places the festivities were connected to the land or astronomical events. For example, in Egypt the beginning of the year coincided with when the River Nile flooded, and this normally happened when the star Sirius rose. The Persians and Phoenicians started their new year at the spring equinox (this is around 20 March when the Sun shines more or less directly on the equator and the length of the night and the day are almost the same).

The oldest celebration

The city of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia was where the first New Year's celebrations were recorded about 4,000 years ago. The Babylonians held their celebrations on the first new moon after the spring equinox and called this festival Akitu (which comes from the word the Sumerians used for barley). Barley was cut in Mesopotamia in the spring, and during Akitu there was a different ritual on each of the 11 days that the celebration lasted. Statues of the gods were carried through the streets of the city, and in this way the Babylonians believed that their world had been cleaned to prepare for the new year and a new spring.

Modern celebrations

In many cities all over the world, spectacular fireworks displays take place as soon as the clock passes midnight on 31 December. In recent years, Sydney in Australia has been the host to one of the first of these celebrations as New Year arrives there before most other major international cities. The display takes place in Sydney Harbour, with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge making it a stunning setting. Fireworks light up the skies in hundreds of cities as 12 midnight strikes around the globe.

Traditions that live on

There are a number of strange and interesting New Year's traditions around the world. In Scotland, New Year's Eve is called Hogmanay and 'first footing' remains a popular custom with people visiting friends' and neighbours' houses just after midnight. The first person who visits your house should bring a gift as this will mean good luck. In Spain, it is the custom to eat 12 grapes as the bells sound for midnight on 31 December. One grape is eaten at each sound of the bell and each grape is supposed to bring good luck for each month of the year ahead. In Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and some other Central and South American countries, people wear special underwear of different colours on New Year's Eve. Red is supposed to be good for bringing love in the new year, while yellow is supposed to bring money.

Out with the old, in with the new

The new year is a perfect time to make a change for the better. The tradition of making New Year's resolutions is more common in the western hemisphere but also exists in the eastern hemisphere. This tradition involves a person making a commitment to change an unwanted habit or behaviour or setting a personal objective. Typical New Year's resolutions might be to give up smoking, eat healthier food, do more exercise, become more organised or laugh more - but really, a New Year's resolution can be almost anything. However, research suggests that many New Year's resolutions fail. Being realistic about the objectives you set and not making too many New Year's resolutions might help you to achieve success.

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Common Things

In this elementary vocabulary lesson about Common Things, you will learn about objects and things that we use in our everyday lives. Check the explanation and do the exercises.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

Common Things - Pictures

Look and these pictures of some common things that are part of our daily lives.

Common Things - Sentence examples

Now read the sentence examples below.

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Opposite adjectives for describing people and things

In this elementary vocabulary lesson about Opposite Adjectives, you will learn basic opposite adjectives used for describing people and things. Check the explanation and do the exercises.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct opposite adjective to complete each sentence.

Opposite adjectives for describing people and things

In this lesson, we will discover many opposite adjectives that you can use to describe people and things. Check the following pictures and sentence examples.

Opposite adjectives used to describe people

Example sentences

I'm 1 happy when I spend time with my family, and I'm 2 sad when I fail an exam.

She is a 11 beautiful model, but her cousin is very 12
ugly.

Opposite adjectives used to describe things

Example sentences

The elephant is 1 big , and the mosquito is 2 small.

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English Vocabulary

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th every year. However, it is celebrated in different ways by different people. For single people - those people without a boyfriend, girlfriend or partner - Valentine's day is often seen as an opportunity to ask or invite someone special for a date. It could be a special girl or boy, woman or man, that you have been interested in. They sometimes approach the other person and ask; 'Will you be my Valentine?' or may even just send a card saying the same thing.

Things you can do on Valentine's Day

Many people go on special dates for Valentine's Day. The date could be a romantic, like a candlelit dinner (with candles instead of electric light), where maybe you will cook the meal or it could be a visit to a nice restaurant instead.

Some people have a picnic, where you take food and drink and a picnic blanket, and eat outdoors.

Other popular places for a first date include the cinema, walking in the park, looking at the stars together, and maybe even a breakfast meal!

You could choose to ask your date to do something exciting, something interesting, or just something special with you.

Even for couples (people who are going out with or married to someone) which have been together for six months, or sixty years, often make a point of going out together to do something special on Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day should involve some romance. Romance is something that happens in the process of courtship, which is a old-fashioned way of describing what a man or woman does in order to impress or make another person fall in love with them.

Typical Valentine Gifts

Boyfriends and Girlfriends often give a Valentine's Day card to each other, writing a poem or special note to show their appreciation.

Common gifts or presents that are given include stuffed animals (teddy-bears) with cute slogans and love-hearts on them. A love-heart is the red symbol of a heart. Sometimes you will see cupid on cards too. This is a little angel that looks like a very young boy that makes people fall in love by shooting them with his arrows.

Roses are given by hundreds of thousands of people on Valentine's Day. Roses may be sent in secret - with a card from the 'Secret Admirer', that is, the person who admires (likes) the recipient, but doesn't want to say who they are.

You will find that some people buy a box of chocolates for their loved one.

If the person is lucky, they may even receive a ring which could led the giver to proposing marriage to the person they love.

Valentine's Day Origins

There are a number of beliefs about the origins of Valentines Day. It seems to relate to some Roman traditions and some catholic traditions. There is a story that it originated to celebrate the life of a priest who is now a saint, who married people in secret, when young men were banned from getting married. Apparently the priest fell in love while he was in jail, and he wrote her a Valentines Day letter, telling her of his love.

There are also the belief that Valentine's Day was originally a pagan celebration of fertility.

The oldest known valentine poem was written by the Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was in jail in 1415.

Whatever the case, and whatever your current situation, you can enjoy being a Valentine, in any romantic way you choose!

Valentine's Day Vocabulary

admirer (noun): Someone who has a particular regard for someone or something; a person who is attracted to another person.

Roxanne already knows that Andrew is her secret admirer.

arrow (noun): A thin stick with a sharp point at one end and feathers at the other to help guide it when shot from a bow. Cupid shoots arrows at people to make them fall in love.

I think Marion has just been struck by one of cupid's arrows.

balloon (noun): A colored rubber sack inflated with helium (or air) and used as decoration.

The kids enjoyed trying to keep the balloons floating in the air without them touching the ground.

bouquet (noun): An attractively arranged bunch of flowers generally held together by a ribbon and given as a gift.

Robert gave his wife a beautiful bouquet of roses for her birthday.

card (noun): A piece of thick paper or thin cardboard with a message which is sent for greetings or invitations.

Margarita received a Valentine's card from a secret admirer.

chocolate (noun): a (sweet) brown food made from ground cacao seeds.

I absolutely LOVE getting a bar of chocolate as a present.

couple (noun): two people who are married, engaged or closely associated in a relationship.

Jack and Jill make a lovely couple.

Cupid (noun): A mythological child with wings that uses a bow and arrow to make people fall in love.

A person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire.

date (noun): a romantic meeting (or activity) between two people.

Every Friday they go on a date to keep the magic alive in their relationship.

dinner (noun): The main meal of the day, generally eaten in the evening.

They had dinner at their favorite restaurant to celebrate their anniversary.

engaged (adjective): have agreed to marry each other at a future date.

They have been engaged for three years and will finally get married next month.

February (noun): The second month of the year. (Remember to write the months of the year with a capital letter)

Valentine's Day is in February.

feeling (noun): An emotional state or reaction

He confessed his true feelings for her.

flower (noun): The often brightly colored part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops.

He picked a flower from the garden to give to his wife.

fourteenth (adjective): The ordinal number: 14th

Valentine's day is on the fourteenth of February.

friend (noun): A person you know and have a bond of mutual affection (excluding family members or partners).

She spends every afternoon after school playing with her friends in the park.

friendship (noun): a relationship between friends; the state of being friends.

I really value our friendship.

Our friendship is important to me.

gift (noun): A thing given willingly to someone without payment. Another word for gift is present.

I gave my neighbor a gift as a way of saying thank you for her help yesterday.

happy (adjective): The feeling of pleasure or contentment.

I know she is happy because she has a huge smile on her face.

heart (noun): The organ that pumps blood through the body. It is normally associated with love.

Steve bought his partner a giant balloon in the shape of a heart.

hug (noun): Squeeze someone between your arms, typically to express affection.

She hadn't seen her son in a long time and gave him a big hug.

kiss (noun): To touch your lips against something (generally other lips) as a sign of affection or greeting.

The mother kissed her baby on the forehead.

love (noun/verb): an intense feeling of deep affection

You can tell that a person loves you by the way they treat you.

poem (noun): a piece of creative writing in verse which is often rhythmical.

He wrote a beautiful poem expressing his feelings for his partner.

restaurant (noun): a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are prepared there.

Most restaurants are full on Valentine's Day so make a reservation in advance.

ribbon (noun): a long, narrow strip of fabric, usually used for tying or decorating something.

The gift had a red ribbon around it.

ring (noun): a small circular band worn on the finger, typically made of a metal and that sometimes contains precious stones.

He bought a beautiful engagement ring and was going to propose to his girlfriend that night.

romance (noun): a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.

No matter how long you have been together, romance is always important in a relationship.

romantic (adjective): conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.

They had a romantic candlelit dinner.

rose (noun): a sweet-smelling flower that grows on a bush and usually has thorns. The most common rose is red though they come in a variety of colors.

Our secretary received a bunch of roses for Valentine's Day.

secret (noun/adjective): not meant to be known or seen by others.

She has a secret but won't tell me what it is.

Other English expressions about Valentine's Day

to fall in love (verb): To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them.

love at first sight: The instant and extreme romantic attraction for a stranger the first time you see them.

I love you: A phrase used to express to another person the maximum level of love you feel for them

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