English Language and Communication- Week 7

École Normale Supérieure

Word and Expression of the Day

Do you know what these are called in English?

Expression: To be about to....

Proverb of the Day- StonesDon’t throw stones if you live in a glass house.

“Why are you calling him lazy when you haven’t cleaned your house in weeks. Don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house.”

To kill two birds with one stone

“I’ll kill two birds with one stone by going to the market on the way to your house.”

Discussion of American Culture

OneRepublic- “Counting Stars”

Counting Stars (1)

Lately, I've ______, I've been losing sleep

__________ about the __________ we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been _______hard

Said no more ___________ _____________

We'll be ______________ stars

Yeah we'll be counting stars

I see this life, like a ________ __________

Swing my ________ across the line

And in my face is ________ signs

_______ it _____ and _____ shall find

Old, but I'm not that ________

________, but I'm not that __________

And I don't think the world is __________

On just _____ ______ we're told

I-I-I-I feel something so right

Doing the wrong thing

I-I-I-I feel something so wrong

Doing the right thing

Counting Stars (2)

I ______ the love and I feel it ______Down this _______, every __________Hope is our ______-________ wordMake that _______, watch it _________Old, but I'm _____ ______ old_________, but I'm not that _________And I don't think the world is soldOn just doing what we're toldI-I-I-I feel something so _________Doing the right thingI could lie, could lie, could lieEverything that _________ me makes me wanna fly

Counting Stars (3)

Take that ________

_________ it __________

_______ in the _________

The _________ I've _____________

Simple Present: I wake up each day at 7:00AM

Present Progressive: As I’m trying to leave the house, my roommate asks me to help him find his keys.

Present Perfect: No one has eaten lunch before the end of this class.

Present Perfect Continuous: I’ve been taking the same route to work for a month.

Present Tenses in English

Present Continuous Tense.

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Grammar Exercise1. Ms Smith (work) as a sales representative for three years.

2. In her job, she (drive) around a lot to meet her customers all over the country.

3. Today she (travel) 500 km to meet a customer.

4. She (be/surely) tired now.

5. At the moment, Ms Smith (stand) in her hotel room.

6. She (arrive/just) .

7. But she (can/not) take a little nap now because she (must) call her customer. \

8. They (wait/probably) for her phone call.

Present Tense Writing/Discussion Activity

Imagine a place where you would like to be

right now. Using the five senses (taste, sight,

hearing, touch, smell), write a paragraph

about this place so that others can guess it.

Try to choose a place that they would

recognize, because some of you will read

them out loud.

“All My Loving” - 1963

“All My Loving” Listening ExerciseClose your eyes and I'll _____youTomorrow ____ ______ ______Remember _____ __ s____ ______ ______And then while I'm _______I'll ______ _______ every dayAnd I'll _____ all my ______ to you

______ ______ that I'm ________The lips I am missingAnd ______ that my ______ will ______ _______And then while I'm awayI'll _____ home _____ dayAnd I'll send all my loving to you

All my _____ I ____ send to youAll my loving, _______ I'll be true

Simple Future

Future Continuous/Progressive

Future Perfect

Conditional 1- The Event is Likely to Occur

If + Present Simple Future Simple

If she finishes her work before 4:30, she can go home.

If they bring a cake, I’ll bring an apple pie.

If it snows a lot, class will be canceled.

Conditional 2- Possible but unlikely If + past tense would + infinitive

If I ended class early, all the students would be happy.

If I ate tagine for lunch today, I would be surprised.

If I made my bed every day, I would be proud of myself.

Conditional 3: Impossible- Past Tense

If + Past Perfect would + have + past participle

If I had studied German in college, I would have moved to Austria.

If Jack had listened to his Mom’s advice, the police would not have arrested

him.

If Samantha hadn’t bought another blanket for her bed, she would have been

cold during the long winter months.

Exercise

1. If I ____________ (study) English every day, I will speak English fluently in

a few years.

2. If I left the apartment without cleaning the dishes, my roommate

__________ (to not be happy).

3.