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Grammar review

24 Setembro 2018, 16:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Grammar review: use of auxiliary verbs, forming nouns, adjectives and gerunds. 

Grammar - Verbs, continued...

24 Setembro 2018, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

We looked at WHEN to use:

  • the past continuous
  • the present perfect
  • the present perfect continuous
  • the past perfect
Homework:
  • englishpage.com Verb Tense exercises 3-12:
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs9.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs13.htm

How Americanisms are killing the English language continued. An excerpt from Maya Angelou's poem.

24 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

1. "How Americanisms are killing the English language" (pp.42-45) continued: reading the article aloud and discussing the linguistic and cultural references it contains. 

2. An excerpt from Maya Angelou's poem "On the pulse of the morning": (a) listening to the poem being read by Maya Angelou; (b) analysing the poem by answering the questions on page 17 (to be continued on Wednesday's class). HOMEWORK: If you didn't attend today's class, please read the poem at home (pp. 17-18) and answer the questions on page 17.

Grammar - Verbs, continued...

24 Setembro 2018, 08:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

We looked at WHEN to use:

  • the past continuous
  • the present perfect
  • the present perfect continuous
  • the past perfect
Homework:
  • englishpage.com Verb Tense exercises 3-12:
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs9.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm
    • https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs13.htm

Writing task

20 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Thomas Joe Grigg

Students tell a story based on a photograph from Time's THE MEANING OF LIFE then write the story.