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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