GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT PRE-INTERMEDIATE LESSONS AND EXERCISES

LIST OF CONTENTS PRE-INTERMEDIATE

• INTRODUCTION: TALKING ABOUT YOU • DAILY ROUTINES (PRESENT SIMPLE) • FAMILY AND PEOPLE DESCRIPTION VOCABULARY (ADJECTIVES AND

COMPARATIVES) • DEFINITIONS (RELATIVE CLAUSES) • ACTIONS PERFORMED NOW (PRESENT CONTINUOUS) • TALKING ABOUT LAST HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS (PAST SIMPLE) • DESCRIBING EVENTS THAT INTERRUPT OTHERS (PAST CONTINUOUS) • PREPOSITIONS O PLACE AND TIME • TALKING ABOUT PLANS AND DECISIONS (FUTURE GOING TO AND

WILL)

TALKING ABOUT YOU INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Talking about yourself

TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF – GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION

COMMON QUESTIONS

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

SOMEBODY

• What do you study at the university?

• Where do you come from?

• Do you have brothers and sisters? How many?

• Do you have pets?

• Have you studied english before?

• What do you like doing in your free time?

• Do you have a favorite movie or book?

Talking about you – Introducing yourself and others

What do you study at the university? I study engineering/obstetrics/pedagogy, etc Where do you come from? I come from Valparaíso Do you have brothers and sisters? How many? Yes, I have 2 brothers Do you have pets? I have a dog , his name is Bobby Have you studied english before? Yes, I did a course for 2 months What do you like doing in your free time? I like watching tv series Do you have a favorite movie or book? My favorite movie is The Godfather

Talking about you – Introducing yourself and others

DAILY ROUTINES ACTIVITIES YOU DO EVERY DAY OR WEEK

DAILY ROUTINES

Daily routines

PRESENT SIMPLE

Elicit more activities students might do PRESENT SIMPLE

Facebook: I check my facebook feed/ I update my status Youtube: I search for videos on Youtube/ I watch videos on Youtube Pets : I give my dog/cat a bath/ I walk my cat/dog / I feed my cat/dog House : Tide up my room / I clean my room Others : I travel to my house / I take the bus I take photographs I go buy groceries I go shopping downtown I cook for lunch I put my make up on

PHYSICAL AND CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

HEIGHT tall short medium height

Brad pitt is tall

BUILD slim/thin fat chubby plump overweight

well built My mom is slim

AGE old young middle age Jack nicholson is old

HAIR blonde brown/ brunette

grey dark/ black

Scarlett johanson is blond

EYES brown black green blue You have hazel eyes

OTHER FEATURES

Freckles (pecas) Mole (lunar)

Wrinkles (arrugas)

Wear glasses (usa anteojos)

Beard (barba) Moustache (bigotes)

My father has wrinkles

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Watch this slideshow

about appearance and

personality

description

VOCABULARY: APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

VOCABULARY: Using an online dictionary Look for the meaning of each of these

words. Choose which are the ones that define your personality

VOCABULARY: APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

VOCABULARY: THE FAMILY

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SPEAKING PART VOCABULARY: THE FAMILY

“TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY” With a partner you will talk about your family by answering the following questions

1. Who do you live with? 2. What is your mom’s or dad’s name? (describe him or her physically or psychologically) 3. What does your mom or dad do? 4. Do you have any sisters? If so, how could you describe their personality? 5. Do you have any brothers? If so, How do they look like? 6. Where does your family live? 7. What do you do as a family on the weekends, or what did you used to do together?

SPEAKING PART VOCABULARY: THE FAMILY

“TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY” With a partner you will talk about your family by answering the following questions

Aspects to be evaluated

ATTITUDE: Show a possitive mindset to the speaking session. Be and look interested in what your partner is speaking. PRONUNCIATION: Be careful about the right sound of vowels and consonants in order to avoid your message is not conveyed correctly. VOCABULARY IN USE: Use as much vocabulary seen in the unit. Make an effort, do not repeat all features to all descriptions. GRAMMAR: If your sentences are nos grammatically well elaborated, you will not sound coherent, therefore, there will be a break in communication.

EXERCISES ASKING QUESTIONS (speaking)

EXERCISES ASKING QUESTIONS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercises for practicing grammar rules

FURTHER PRACTICE EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Look at the pictures and write what is happening (and what is not) in each of them

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS

___A model

___A school teacher

___A doctor

___A newspaper writer

___A journalist in a gossip magazine

___A chef

EXERCISES Think what is each professional doing at the moment

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. He is buying vegetables and

meat

2. He is writing a medical

prescription for an old lady

3. He is waiting for an interview

with an actress

4. she is trying clothes for the new

magazine cover

5. He is checking the tests he made

last week

6. He is reading an article

EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS PAST SIMPLE

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS

TALKING ABOUT HOLIDAYS

1.Where did you go? 2. When did you go? 3. Who did you go with? 4. How did you get there? 5. Where did you stayed at? 6. How long were you there? 7. What was the weather like? 8. What did you do during the day? 9. What did you do in the evening? 10. Did you buy any souvenirs?

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS PAST SIMPLE

1.Where did you go? I went to pucon (city, town, a volcano, a beach, lake, etc)

2. When did you go? I went on… (month or season)

3. Who did you go with? I went with …(person)

4. How did you get there? I got there by …(car, bus, airplane, etc)

5. Where did you stayed at? I stayed at …(hostel, lodge, house, hotel)

6. How long were you there? I was there for …(a week, one month, etc)

7. What was the weather like? The weather was …(sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy,

etc)

8. What did you do during the day? I went…(activity: walking, hiking, swimming,

read, eat, sunbathe,etc)

9. What did you do in the evening? In the evenings i…(go to parties, relax, eat

with frieds, take a walk, etc)

10. Did you buy any souvenirs? I bought…(a shirt, a pen, ornament, handcraft art,

liquor, etc)

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS Vocabulary about vacations

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS Vocabulary about vacations

HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS Vocabulary about souvenirs

PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST SIMPLE

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST SIMPLE

GRAMMAR: RELATIVE CLAUSES

If it is RELEVANT (we need the clause to fully understand the

context), it is considered a defining clause

Example: the coat my best friend gave me is my favorite

RELATIVE CLAUSES

If it is IRRELEVANT (we don’t need it to fully undestand the

context), it is considered a non defining clause

Example: santiago, which is the capital of chile, is my least

favorite place.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

COMPLETE THE MEANING USING: WHO, WHERE OR WHICH

AND VERBS : KEEP EAT BUY PUT(2) BUILD LIGHT BORROW LIVE WRITE(2)

ANSWER CUT

1. A builder is a person __________ ____________ houses.

2. A library is a place __________ you ____________ books.

3. A bookshop is a place __________ you ____________ books.

4. A bank is a place __________ you ____________ your money.

5. Matches are things __________ you use to ___________fire

6. A cap is somthing __________ you ____________ on your head.

7. A recepcionist is a person __________ ____________ the phone.

8. A composer is somebody __________ ____________ music.

9. A journalist is a person __________ ____________ for a newspaper or

magazine.

10.Scissors are things __________ you use to ____________ paper with.

11.A lipstick is something __________ you ____________ on your lips.

12.A restaurant is a place __________ you ____________ well.

EXERCISES RELATIVE CLAUSES

Key

Relative pronouns 1. A builder is a person ____who______ ____________ houses.

2. A library is a place ____where______ you ____________ books.

3. A bookshop is a place ___where_______ you ____________ books.

4. A bank is a place ___where_______ you ____________ your money.

5. Matches are things _____which/that_____ you use to ___________fire

6. A cap is something _____which/that_____ you ____________ on your head.

7. A recepcionist is a person ____who______ ____________ the phone.

8. A composer is somebody ____who______ ____________ music.

9. A journalist is a person ____who______ ____________ for a newspaper or magazine.

10. Scissors are things _____which/that_____ you use to ____________ paper with.

11. A lipstick is something _____which/that_____ you ____________ on your lips.

12. A restaurant is a place ___where_______ you ____________ well.

Verbs Builds

Borrow

Buy

Keep

Light

Put

Answers

Writes

Writes

Cut

Put

Eat

EXERCISES RELATIVE CLAUSES

Second Test

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

We were driving home after going to

the cinema when I saw my dog walking

down the street

EXERCISES-PAIR PRACTICE PAST CONTINUOUS

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST CONTINUOUS Complete the story with the verbs given in past simple or past continuous.

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST CONTINUOUS Answer key

1. Was driving (past continuous) 2. Had (past simple)

3. Was talking (past continuous) 4. Was sleeping (past continuous)

5. Rang (past simple) 6. Broke (past simple)

7. Were studying (past continuous) 8. Were (past simple)

9. Was watching (past continuous) 10. Went out (past simple) 11. Scored (past simple)

12. Was playing (past continuous) 13. Was walking (past continuous)

14. Made (past simple) 15. Heard (past simple)

16. Was reading (past continuous)

EXERCISES PAST CONTINUOUS

Use the verbs given and write full sentences from a to k.

EXERCISES PAST CONTINUOUS

Answer key

a) She was eating pizza b) They were going to the cinema

c) We were walking the dog d) I was shopping

e) You were doing your homework f) Steven and Amanda were drinking tea

g) The teachers were talking in the staffroom h) My sister was cleaning the kitchen

i) We were listening to music j) It was snowing all day yesterday k) I was playing a computer game

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST CONTINUOUS Write full sentences with the verbs given.

EXTRA PRACTICE EXERCISES

PAST CONTINUOUS Answer key

a) They weren’t studying for the test a) She wasn’t going home for the weekend

b) I wasn’t drinking coffee c) It wasn’t raining yesterday d) You weren’t listening to me!

e) Michelle wasn’t buying more shoes f) We weren’t playing computer games

g) His brothers weren’t cleaning their bedrom h) Pierre wasn’t driving the car

i) The computer wasn’t working because it was broken

GRAMMAR:PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (IN-ON-AT)

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

1COMMON PLACES

At home - En casa

At school - En la escuela

At work - En el trabajo

At university - En la universidad

At the dentist's - En el dentista

At the movies - En el cine

At the theater - En el teatro

At the airport - En el aeropuerto

At the library - En la biblioteca

At the doctor's - En el doctor

At the bank - En el banco

At a concert - En el concierto

At a meeting - En la reunión

At a party - En la fiesta

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

2ESPECIFIC PLACES

At Madison Square Garden

At Kennedy Airport

At Buckingham Palace

At the University of Florida

3ADDRESS

At 2354 Rivadavia Avenue

At 3456 Belgrano Street

1SURFACE

On the floor - En el piso

On the ceiling - En el techo

On the table - En la mesa

On the chair - En la silla

On the list - En la lista

On the map - En el mapa

On the beach - En la playa

On the shelf - En el estante

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

2MEANS OF TRANSPORT

On + medios de transporte

On a ship - En un barco

On a train - En un tren

On a plane - En un avión

On a bus - En un autobús

On a bicycle - En una bicicleta

On a motorcycle - En una

motocicleta

On a horse - A caballo

On a ferry - En un transbordador

1COUNTRIES AND CITIES

PAÍSES

In Argentina

In Spain

In Mexico

CIUDADES

In New York

In Madrid

In Mexico City

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

2HABITACIONES

In the bathroom - En el baño

In the kitchen - En la cocina

In the bedroom - En el dormitorio

3AGUA

In the sea - En el mar

In the water - En el agua

In a river - En un río

In the ocean - En el océano

EXTRA: PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

EXERCISES PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Complete with the missing preposition in, on or at

a) I’ve got a computer_____my bedroom. b) There were a lot of people _____the train yesterday. c) The Nile is the longest river in the world. d) What do you usually do _____the weekends? e) This calculator has your name______it f) We usually visit my grandparent ______Christmas g) Where were you_______ Christmas day? h) His photo was ______the newspaper yesteday. i) We often go skiing ______the winter. j) The head`s office is ______the end of the passage. k) Hamburg is______the north of Germany. l) I go up the street and turn left _____the traffic lights. m)Why is my name______the bottom list?

EXERCISES CHECK PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Key

GRAMMAR: FUTURE (GOING TO-WILL)

EXERCISES FUTURE PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS (GOING TO-WILL)

EXERCISES FUTURE (GOING TO-WILL)

EXERCISES FUTURE (GOING TO-WILL)

Answer key

a) Are going to see b) Are you doing c) ‘ll be, will lose

d) ‘m going to leave e) ‘m going to have, ´m going to start

f) ´ll have g) ´ll take, is going to take

h) ´m going to watch i) ´m going to do, ´ll get

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR TEST!!