Monday, October 12th

Oral presentation about:

• something you like
• something you know about
• something which can be talked about in English

1. 1. => search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
   2. Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
   3. => compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives,  VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
   4. => prepare your presentation using the collected material
   5. => you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip (but no slides, there are no slides during the exam)
   6. => you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.

Monday, October 12th GR2

Use these handouts as reference : Simple Tense Chart / Complete Tense Chart

Possible correction and activity around Tartan

1. Present Tense Final Exercise
2. All Tenses Exercise 19
3. All Tenses Exercise 18
4. All Tenses Exercise 17
5. All Tenses Exercise T139
6. All Tenses Exercise T138
7. All Tenses Exercise T137
8. All Tenses Exercise T135
9. All Tenses Exercise T133
10. All Tenses 1
11. All Tenses 2
12. All Tenses 3
13. My Piano Lessons – All Tenses Exercise
14. Verb Tense Practice Test

Thursday, October 8th GR2 & Monday, October 5th GR1

DJI Mavic, a fill-in-the-blanks exercise.

Thursday, October 8th

Monday, October 5th

Algorithms – The Secret Rules of Modern Living – BBC documentary

Thursday, October 1st GR1 & Monday, September 28th GR2

Reading about business, Patagonia.

Monday, September 28th

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.

Friday, September 25th + Monday, September 21st Gr1

you need to work with 2 windows side-by-side (one for the sound, the other for the exercise, or you may listen to the sound file on your smartphone)

The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy – American accent + extract from a spy novel – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.

and/or

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – British accent – extract from the first chapter of the first volume – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.

Monday, September 21st

Translate using the correct TENSE

Friday, September 18th

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.

Visualizing the scene by drawing elements. The scene takes place in the north of Scotland, near Durness and it looks like this when the weather is good!

Thursday, September 17th — Group 1

Visit my online library for books in epub format

+ QUIZ  

Monday, September 14th — Group 2

Back to Basics:

1. Howlers – most common mistakes to avoid
2. Numbers and figures (to train yourself at home use this)
3. Comparatives and superlatives
4. Useful vocabulary
5. Hardware? Keyboard? On-screen? Action?

Monday, September 14th

• The English tense System, an extremely basic overview
• The English Tense System, a not so basic overview

==> Use the 8 forms of DRINK to complete the following sentences.

1. He…………………… on Saturday night with his friends Bill and James.
2. He …………………… whisky now, that’s really not like him.
3. He …………………… at the time his wife left him.
4. He …………………… before he finally left the pub.
5. He…………………… . He is an alcoholic.
6. He ……………………. Look at him, he is in such a state!
7. He …………………… before he drove home!
8. He …………………… three pints of Guinness.

Thursday, September 10th — Group 2

+ QUIZ Visit my online library for books in epub format.

Monday, September 7th — Group 1

Back to Basics:

1. Howlers – most common mistakes to avoid
2. Numbers and figures (to train yourself at home use this)
3. Comparatives and superlatives
4. Useful vocabulary
5. Hardware? Keyboard? On-screen? Action?

Monday, September 7th

An overview of the English Tense System

Friday, September 4th

General introduction & a short history of the English language, you may find most of what I said (and more) in this video on YouTube.