English for Pre-Intermediate

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Merry Christmas!

I just want to say that it's been a pleasure meeting all of you.  I enjoyed every class we had, and I wish you all the best for the future.

No matter what you do or where you go, I hope you all have a fantastic life full of fun, wonder, excitement, and plenty of happiness!


 MERRY CHRISTMAS!

AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Thursday, December 15, 2011

Online Test for Unit 2


You can do the test any time between 

Thursday 15th November 2000
and
Tuesday 20th November 2000

Here is the link to the test:

Unit 2 Test

You will also receive an email directing you to the appropriate web site.

If you have any questions, please put them in the comment section of this post.

Thank you.



Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Answers

On page 26 and page 27 of your Student Book there is a section called What Do You Remember? and What Can You Do? respectively.  It is a good idea to do the questions on these pages in preparation for the upcoming test on Unit 2.

Below are the answers to the questions on page 26 and page 27 for you to check once you have completed the questions:



GRAMMAR
1b 2c 3c 4a 5b 6b 7c 8b 9b 10b

VOCABULARY
a1 take  a2 go  a3  stay  a4 spend  a5 have
b1 at  b2 on  b3 in  b4 on  b5 at
c1 When  c2 Who  c3 How many  c4 What  c5 Which

PRONUNCIATION
a1 wrote  a2 found  a3 choose  a4 when  a5 argue
b incredible  horrible  photographer  suddenly  although


CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a1 F  a2 T  a3 T  a4 F  a5 DS  a6 T  a7 F  a8 F

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE?
a1 b  a2 c  a3 c  a4 b  a5 b
b1 F  b2 T  b3 T  b4 F  b5 F

CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
b1 do  b2 were  b3 was  b4 were  b5 -


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Questions With And Without Auxiliary Verbs


Questions in English language can be made with or without auxiliaries.
Questions with auxiliaries
To make questions in the present simple and past simple, we normally should use do/does (for present simple) and did (for past simple). These auxiliaries in questions have to be followed by the subject and a verb.
Question + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb
Examples:
-          What food do you like? NOT: What food you like?
-          Which DVD did he buy?
Questions without auxiliaries
When a question word (such us Who? What? Which? How many?) is the subject of the verb in the question, we don’t use an auxiliary
Examples:
-          Who (subject) called (verb) you last night on the phone?
-          Who drives your car? (of course I have a driver … my driver drives the car)
-          What happened after the earthquake?

Here are some exercises if you want to do more practice: