This week in English

Dear Students,

If you follow our programme sheet, you will see that lesson 4 has not been done yet, but don't worry!

In the last blog post, I mentioned the Ivory Coast listening. We will do it on Wednesday. We have done the universal currency topic and Elizabeth Taylor already.

Saying 'no' and base forms with to or -ing are missing. Don't worry!

Your package has a lot of things in it -- many different things are called "stuff" in slang English. We have a lot of stuff in our package.

Don't worry, because you are learning a lot and speaking a lot. That is the most important. We can't do all the things in the  package--that's it! But...if you have free time and you want to read and do the missed exercises, please send them to me -- I will be happy to check them.

On Wednesday, we will do lesson 4 like this:

• Speaking: Building on Ideas - page 18
• Listening: VOA news from Ivory Coast
• Grammar: comparatives and superlatives - pages 19, 20, 21

Then next week (our lesson is Wednesday, June 8) we will have lesson 5.

Don't forget the word game I told you about in the last blog post! And...don't forget to bring a word card to the lesson -- remember, word on one side, example sentence on the other side. The bag collection is growing...

Have a good week at work, and I will see you on Wednesday.

Mary

Goodbye for now!

Dear Team,

Well, we won't see each other for a few weeks!

Here's a fun game with words: Quizlet for MNB

Play it and tell me how you like it! You can also LISTEN to the words by clicking on the "sound" icon.
I hope you will play it a lot.

In our next lesson, we will DEBATE the pros and cons of universal currency and listen to the news about the Ivory Coast. (this is a link to fresh news about Ivory Coast)

By the way, you can see on your programme sheet that we do not have time for everything -- no worries! You are learning a lot, and that is the most important thing.

Remember to tell me if you want to learn something different or do something different in our lessons.
And, remember to bring your new word card when we meet again on May 25.

Goodbye for now!
Mary

UPLOAD from Google Images

Grammar practice on the Internet

Dear Team,

That was a very good lesson on Wednesday. Everyone talked and learned a lot.

Your homework is in the new book, and it is about passive verbs.
On page 9 of the book you will read a text about cell-phone novels.
On page 12 of the book you read about passive verbs.

Here are some Internet links for you about passive verbs.
5percangol explanation and examples 
Exercise
Quiz: Active? or Passive?

Do you like reading about grammar in your book? Or do you like Internet grammar? Take your choice!

What do you choose? Internet grammar or your book?