Teacher Kathy's Corner: December 2022

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Body Parts and Ailments

Body Parts:

Vocabulary: (Quizlet)

Sick
Tired
Nauseous
Well
Sore throat
Headache
Stomachache
Cold
Cough
Fever
Flu
Earache
Backache
Diarrhea
How are you feeling today?
I feel ____.
I have (a) _____ (eg. Headache)

Health Idioms
Three conversations with idioms about health (Part A)

Health Idioms
Three more conversations with idioms about health (Part B)

Resources

https://www.onestopenglish.com/download?ac=20666

https://migranteduesl.wordpress.com/summer-2012-curriculum/lesson-15-sickness-and-symptoms/

https://eslflow.com/health-problems-symptoms-and-illnesses-vocabulary-exercises.html

Friday, December 16, 2022

Simple Past Tense

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

Past Time Expressions:

Last...week, month, year, weekend, winter..
Ago: 3 days ago, 2 summers ago, 6 weeks ago...
When + past: when I was a baby....

I. Regular Verbs

When ESL students first learn to form simple past tense verbs, they learn to add an "-ed" to the end of the base verb form. For example, "walk" becomes "walked.

Rule: Root Verb + -ed or -ied

Example:

Grandma cooked a delicious dinner last night. (root Verb: cook)

She studied English last Thursday. (root Verb: study)

A. Pronunciation: The final e in ‑ed is generally silent:

listened -> /lisnd/
watched -> /wacht/

BUT:

visited -> /vIzIted/

1. "ed" ending as a "T (asked, cooked, dressed)

2. "-ed" ending as "D " (agreed, called)

Tongue Twister:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

II. Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that don't take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied. The top 10 irregular verbs in English are: see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think. (Top 50)

Examples:

They saw the biggest Christmas tree yesterday at the mall.

The teacher said our homework is due on Friday.

We went shopping last weekend.

I came over your house last summer.

III. Conversations

Past Tense Questions

What did you wear yesterday?
Where did you go for your last vacation?
What did you learn at school yesterday?
What was the last movie you saw?
What did you eat for breakfast?
What was the last thing you bought?
What was the last sport you played?

https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/uploads/2/3/2/9/23290220/mini-conversations-pastsim3.pdf

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar-topic/past-simple-tense/past-simple-conversation-questions/145251

https://bogglesworldesl.com/Listening/PastTense10.html

http://www.carmenlu.com/first/listening/pastdialogues1.html

More Resources:

Past Tense Tongue Twisters (Quizlet)

Random Wheel (Game questions)

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past-simple-affirmative-exercises.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-2.html

https://games4esl.com/english-exercises/english-grammar-exercises/past-simple-exercises-1/

https://ngl.cengage.com/assets/downloads_b/marketing_downloads/142407908X/1603/GIC1_unit8.pdf

Friday, December 9, 2022

Simple Future Tense

The simple future tense indicates an action that will happen in the future. The future tense is formed by using the helping verb will or going to (or shall) with the base form of the verb.

Going To: Definite Future Plans, Intentions, Predictions

Will/ Won't: Decision, Future Facts

Example: