Growing up

CHILDHOOD

LESSON A

GRAMMAR BE BORN; SIMPLE PAST , TIME EXPRESSIONS

Where were you born? wasborn in Sao Paulo. I wasn’t born in seattle.

Where were your parents born? They were bornin Hong Kong. They weren’t born in U.S Did you live there for a long time? Yes. (I did). I lived there for six years. No, (I didn’t). I didn’t live there long.

Did she move here last year? Yes, (she did). She moved in

may.No,(she didn’t). She moved in 2002.

How long did you live in Sao Paulo? We lived there until I was six. From 1986 to 1992. We didn’t leave until 1992. Then we came to the U.S.

When did they come here? They came here about three year ago. They came when ling was sixteen.

Quick examplesI was sleepy.He didn't learn any Italian when he was in Italy two year ago.I went to the cinema, bought popcorn and watched a movie.

Q: When did you get up? (¿Cuándo te levantaste?)A: At seven o'clock, three hours ago (A las siete en punto, hace tres horas).

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LESSON B

GRAMMAR DETERMINERS

Determiners are words like the, an, my, some. They are grammatically similar. They all come at the beginning of noun phrases, and usually we cannot use more than one determiner in the same noun phrase.

Other determiners:each, everyeither, neithersome, any, nomuch, many; more, mostlittle, less, leastfew, fewer, fewestwhat, whatever; which, whicheverboth, half, allseveralenough

Example:

He knows more people than his wife.Little knowledge is a dangerous thing

Some people take spanish. Much of the snow has already

melted. a lot of trees/dancing. Some of the students in my

class take English. None of my teachers speak

Frances.

SUBJECT AND CATEGORIES

MUSIC

ChoirBandOrchestra

HistoryGeographyEconomics

SOCIAL STUDIES

MATHEMATICS

GeometryAlgebraCalculus

LESSON C

WELL, ACTUALLY

CONVERSATION STRATEGY CORRECTION THINGS YOU SAY

1.-All my friends were very niceWell, most of them, notall of them2.- I hated swimmig lessons.Well, they were Ok, but I was always scare.

STRATEGY PLUS I MEAN You can use I MEAN to correct yourself when you say the wrong Word or name. This is just one use of I MEAN. Well, the teacher, I MEAN, the bus driver, had to .Did you read a lot cartoons, I mean,

comic books?.

TEENAGE YEARS

LESSON D