level 3 Intensive Courses Unit 11

Unit 11
Topic: LOOKS

Objective: Language function: To talk about actions that happen in the moment of speaking.
Structure: Present Progressive
Vocabulary: Physical description, clothes, plural nouns: a pair of...

Present progressive

The present progressive puts emphasis on the course or duration of an action.

The present progressive is used for actions going on in the moment of speaking and for actions taking place only for a short period of time. It is also used to express development and actions that are arranged for the near future.

Present progressive is also known as present continuous.

Examples:

• You are learning English now.
• You are not swimming now.
• Are you sleeping?
• I am sitting.
• I am not standing.
• Is he sitting or standing?
• They are reading their books.
• They are not watching television.
• What are you doing?
• Why aren't you doing your homework?

Exercise:
Instruccions: click on the links and start to pratice.

Exercise on the formation

Exercise on affirmative sentences

Exercise on negative sentences

Exercise on questions

Adjective Order

In English, it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun -- for example, "He's a silly young fool," or "she's a smart, energetic woman." When you use more than one adjective, you have to put them in the right order, according to type.

The basic types of adjectives

Opinion	An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size	A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age	An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old
Shape	A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular
Color	A color adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey
Origin	An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
Material	A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper
Purpose	A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")

Exercise:
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http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

Exercise on clothes
Instructions: copy and paste this link on a blank page.

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/people_animals/clothes.htm

Exercises on physical appearance
Instructions: copy and paste this link on a blank page.

http://www.esltower.com/VOCABQUIZ/describing%20physical%20appearances/describing%20physical%20appearances.html

Level 3 Intensive Courses unit 9

Unit 9
Topic: Hotel

Objective:

• Language function: To describe a house and its interiors.
• Structure: There is/ There are/ A, An, Some, and Any.
• Vocabulary: Rooms and Furniture
  

During the class we studied the use and structure of There is (There's) and There are.

Use:

• "There is" and "There are" are used to talk about the existence on something or some things in a place.

Form:

"There is" is used to talk about the existence of one single thing in a place. That is why it becomes necessary the use of indefinte articles: A and An. Examples:

• There is a couch in the livingroom.
• There is an English book on the table.

"There are" is used to talk about the existence two or more things in a place. In the case of There are we use Some when we refer to two or more things and we are not interested in the number of things in a place. Examples:

• There are five chairs in the diningroom. → There are some chairs in the diningroom.

On the other hand, negative sentences are formed by adding the particle NOT (n't). So, in the case of the absence of one single thing in a place the structure is "There isn't". In this case we use the indefinite articles A and An. Examples:

• There isn't a bed in the kitchen.
• There isn't an armchair in the diningroom.

We use Any when we refer the absence of two or more things in a place. Examples:

• There aren't any plants in the kitchen.

Adding to this, we studied the YES/NO question formation:

• Is there a computer in your livingroom?
• Is there an armchair in your bedroom?
• Are there any cushions on the sofa?

The words in purple are called prepositions of place. Their function is to say the exact location of a thing or things in a place. There are a lot of prepositions of place. So, here you have a list of them:

List of Place Prepositions

• aboard
• above
• across
• against
• around
• at
• at the back of
• at the bottom of
• at the top of
• between
• behind
• below
• by
• in
• inside
• on the corner of
• in the middle of
• near
• next to
• to the left of
• to the right of
• on
• on the side of
• on top of
• on the other side of
• opposite
• outside
• under
• underneath

Exercises on THERE IS/ARE
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http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/there_is/thereis.html

Exercises on Prepositions of Place
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http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=597

Unit 10
Topic: FOOD

Objective:

• Language function: To talk about food and drinks.
• Structure: THERE IS, THERE ARE; THERE INS'T, THERE AREN'T; SOME, ANY with COUNT and UNCOUNT NOUNS.
• Vocabulary: Food and Drinks

We studied during the class the use of THERE'S and THERE ARE; SOME and ANY for COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.

Well the use of THERE'S and THERE ARE; SOME and ANY depends on the nouns used.

There are two types of nouns. In a very simple way, countable nouns are the nouns that can be pluralize such as ORANGE. Its plural form is ORANGES. so count nouns can be singular and plural.

In the case of uncountable nouns, they do not have a plural form because they can not be counted. So, we have examples like MILK, RICE or JAM.

We use There is a/an and There are some for affirmative sentences with countable nouns. There isn't a/an and There aren't any for negative sentences with countable nouns. Is there a/ an...? and Are there any...? for questions with countable nouns.

On the other hand, we use THERE'S SOME in affirmative sentences with uncountable nouns. THERE ISN'T is used in negative sentences with uncountable nouns. IS THERE ANY...? in questions with uncountable nouns.

Online exercises
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• Countable or Non-Countable Nouns 2-Choices, 107 Questions

Unit 10
Topic: FOOD

Objective:

• Language function: to talk about countable and uncountable nouns.
• Structure: Quantifiers.
• Vocabulary: Fodd and Drinks.

What we studied during the class was related to the use of some expressions to answer about the quantity or the number of things. Those expressions are:

1) How much milk is there in the refrigerator?

• There's a lot. / A lot.
• There isn't much. / Not much.
• There isn't any. / None.

2) How many pears are there in the refrigerator?

• There are a lot. / A lot.
• There aren't many. / Not many.
• There aren't any. / None.

Exercise about MUCH, MANY, A LOT

Instructions: copy and paste the address on a blank page.

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-many-lot.php