Finding Out

(Information Questions Indirect Questions Question Tags)

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Grammar:

a. Information Questions:

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What is your name?

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Word order in an information question is verb + subject.

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b. Indirect Questions:

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Can you till me what your name is ?

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Word order in an indirect question is subject + verb

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c. Question tags:

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Your name is Mr.X, is nt it?

(positive statement , negative question tag).

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Your name isnt Mr.X, is it?

(negative statement , positive question tag).

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Warm up:

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Presentation:

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I wonder ?

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I cant remember?

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I have no idea .? / Have you any idea ..?

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Im not sure ..?

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Can you tell me ?

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Do you know .?

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Activity :

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Questions with How?

Refer class book. Look at the answers in the bubbles. What do

you think the questions were?

How

How long

How much

How far

How many

How often

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Fill the gaps with expressions from the box.

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..children have you got?

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.. did you get here? On foot?

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is it from Rome to Pisa?

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did it cost?

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.expensive was it?

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does it take you to get to work?

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.. does the ferry go? Once or twice a day?

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.. have you know them?

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.. sugar do you take?

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.. high is Mount Everest?

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Questions with What?

Make questions with What .? Plus an item from each box.
kind of

flavour

soup

music

sort of

colour

flowers

crisps

type of

size

curtains

car

shoes

T-shirt

make of

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Examples:

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What sort of shoes should I wear:

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Now you do it

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Quiz : indirect questions

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Ask your partner questions beginning

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a. When is St. Valentines Day?

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Do you know when St Valentines Day is?

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b. Are spiders insects?

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How many days are there in a fortnight?

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Why cant you swim in the Arabian Sea ?

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What nationality was Christopher Columbus?

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When did he discover America?

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Is Denmark a monarchy?

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What is an Idiyappam?

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Where does Batman live?

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Do you know?

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Around the year

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Warm up :

Refer classbook. Discuss .

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Presentation:

Choose any two seasons in a year and write down a list of things
you can associate with those seasons.

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(e.g.) Winter

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Now you do it.

Christmas

Sweaters

Cold

Dark nights

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Vocabulary:

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Seasons:

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Climate Words Hot, cold, warm, cool, wet, dry, humid, rain, snow, temperature,
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hazy, sunny, cloudy, windy.

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L a n g u a g e We can use rain and snow either as verb or noun.

Help:
(e.g.) It often rains in the winter. (verb)

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Summer, Winter, Spring, Autumn, Wet season.

There is often rain in the winter. (noun)

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Words like sunny, cloudy and windy are adjectives which come from nouns.
(e.g.) sun sunny, cloud cloudy, wind windy.

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Activity :

Whats the weather like now?

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Describe it using the vocabulary you have learnt.

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Which is your favourite season? why?

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L i s t e n i n g Someone from Britain talks about the months he likes and those
Skills:
he doesnt like.
Discuss.

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S p e a k i n g Talking about the weather is a great way to break the ice and
Activity :
start a conversation with a person you have just met. Weather is
a general subject for small talk. (e.g.)

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A. Its nice and sunny today.

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B. Yes. After a week of heavy showers, its a welcome change.

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A. ..

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B.

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Write down suggestions for the following statement using lets.. ,

why dont you, shall I

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1.

Its getting a bit hot, isnt it?

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___________ and get a coke.

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___________ go and sit in the shade?

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2.

It has started to rain.

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___________ get into that store.

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___________ wait till the rain stops.

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3.

Its freezing in here.

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___________ turn up the heat?

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4.

Its a lovely weather today?

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___________ go camping.

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It is hot and humid.

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___________ take a dip in the pool.

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What a sweltering day!

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___________ switch on the fan.

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Climate & Metaphors : Climate metaphors are often used, particularly in written
English. The word climate can refer to the general atmosphere or situations in
society. What do you think the following phrases mean?

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a.

The government reforms have created a climate of change.

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b.

She has a very sunny disposition. (shes cheerful most of the time)

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c.

Job prospects are sunny.

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d.

Ive got only a hazy idea what you mean.

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e.

They had a whirlwind romance.

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f.

Im snowed under with work.

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Word Power :

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humid

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clammy

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2.

sultry

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frosting

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snowy

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stifling

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4.

sweltering heat

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hazy

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climatic

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hail

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nippy

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seasonal

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breezy

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misty

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windy

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boiling

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roasting

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pouring

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downpour

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dry

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Weather Conversations :

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1. Bit chilly today, isnt it?

Yes, its

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2. Its hot, isnt it?

Yes, its

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3. Its a bit windy today!

Yes, really ..

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4. What sultry weather!

Yes, isnt it ?

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5. What a downpour!
Yes, its .

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6. Isnt it humid today?

Yes, horribly

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You and Your Money

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Warm Up-

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Did you go out last night?

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How much money did you spend?

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Do you think the food at Saravana Bhavan is good value for money?

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Presentation:

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I earn

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I spend

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Its a good value for money..

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Its a waste of money

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I can afford to /cant afford to

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Activity : Refer class book. Look at the questionnaire. Match the two peoples
answers to the questions what can you till about each of the people?

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Now work with a partner. Interview each other.

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Exchanges: Refer class book. Look at the remarks in bubbles. Find pairs of
remarks which can fit together.

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(e.g) Can you give me change for a 10 note?

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Can I just buy some chewing gum please?

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Now you do it..

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Speaking Activity: Work in pairs. Choose one of the remarks and develop it into
a conversation of your own.

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(e.g.) Do think you could lend me Rs.20/- ?

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Why do you need it?

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I want to buy my sister a birthday present.

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Sure. Ill lend you money.

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Thank you.

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Now you do it..

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The cost of living

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Vocabulary

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Bills rent, medical bills, electricity bills, repair bills etc.

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Taxes income tax, sales tax, property tax, water tax, road tax etc.

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Insurance property insurance, health insurance, life insurance, car insurance etc.

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Language note: We say The cost of living, not the cost of life.

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We can also say Our standard of living.

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Think of an average family in your country.

have to pay?

What are the main expenses they

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Further activity: Refer class book. Do ex. A & C orally.

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Listening skills : You will hear two people talking about things they think are a
waste of money.

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Not good enough

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The use of too and `enough.

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Adjective or
adverb

too

long
noisy

Noun

too

much wine
many students

not

good
fast

enough

not enough

people
food

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Activity: Refer class book. Look at the complaints in the bubbles. Which pictures
do you think they go with?

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Continue with ex.2 in your class book.

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Writing Activity: Write two sentences about each one, using too and enough

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He wanted on expensive car, but he only had Rs.1,50,000/-

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__________________________________________________ (money)

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2.

He sat on a chair and it broke under his weight.

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____________________________________________ (heavy)

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____________________________________________(strong)

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He received a letter written in Spanish, and he couldnt understand a bit of

it.

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_________________________________________________ (difficult)

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________________________________________________ (good)

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He tried to climb a mountain, but half way up he had to give up.

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_________________________________________________( high)

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_________________________________________________ (fit)

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3.

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He did an exam with 20 questions, but he only had time to do 15 of them.

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______________________________________________ (questions)

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______________________________________________( time)

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He wanted on expensive car, but he only had Rs.1,50,000/-

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____________________________________________________ (money)

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Common Errors with English

A.
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He does not care for my words.

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I packed my luggages.

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I filled water in the bucket.

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He said that he saw him last year.

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I have left smoking.

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Leave the horses reins.

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This is my house, I live here.

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We should not cut jokes in the class.

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He denied to come with me.

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He is very much sorry.

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Common Errors with English

B.

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He got nearly cent per cent marks.

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He got down from his bicycle.

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Please see my book.

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I have ordered for a new racquet.

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I have disposed off my car.

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Keep this on the table.

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There are many advantages from this.

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He played well yesterday, isnt it?

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The front
back

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I past by your house yesterday.

side of the
house

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Common Errors with English

C.

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Both did not go.

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We all did not go.

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I am move perfect than her.

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Bread is made of wheat.

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She considers me as his best friend.

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He behaves friendly.

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Please put your sign here.

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I am going to cut my hair.

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She knows to play the Piano.

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I spent the holidays with my family _____________________________________

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The future
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Grammar

Simple future

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(e.g) I will be in Australia next year.

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Future Continuous

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(e.g) I will be waiting for you at the station at 4 O Clock.

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Future Perfect

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(e.g) By the time you reach school, he will have left.

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Warm Up

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Vocabulary

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Presentation

Refer the class book.

depression, violent, settle, profitable, terrorism.

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Will

The prices will fall very soon.

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Will (probably)

The prices will probably fall.

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(probably) wont

The prices probably wont fall.

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Language Note

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will but before wont.

Expect

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I expect I will see him tomorrow.

I dont expect I will see him tomorrow.

Hope

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Words like probably, definitely, certainly, possibly come after

I hope I will see him.

I hope I dont see him.

Language Note

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I expect means I think this will happen.

I hope means I want this to happen.

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Hope is usually followed by the present tense. I hope has no negative form.

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(We say, I hope I dont see him, not I dont hope..).

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Writing Activity

Now make some predictions of your own.

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Teachers instructions

Refer your class book.

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Listening Skills

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You will hear someone imagining his life at the age of 60.
Which of these statements are true/false.

Writing Activity :

What predictions do you think an optimist or a pessimist

would make in these situations ?

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(e.g) You are stuck in a lift.

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Optimist

We will be rescued soon.

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Pessimist

We will probably be here till morning. (or)

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We wont get out of this.

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You are having a barbecue on Saturday night.

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Your plane is due to leave exactly at 10 oclock tonight.

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You are wearing a parachute, and youre about to jump out of a plane.

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You are about to go through the customs, and youve got some diamonds hidden in
your socks.

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Picture yourself at the times given below.

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What do you think you will be doing ?

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a. five minutes after this lesson ends.

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b. at 10 p.m. tonight.

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c. at midnight on 31

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d. tomorrow morning at 7.45 am.

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e. next Saturday at 11 pm

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Further Activity :

Think about year 2100. What do you think -

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- people will be able to do ?

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- people will be doing ?

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- people will have done ?

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Past events

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Grammar

a. Simple past tense is used to talk about completed actions when we

mention time.

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(e.g)

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed the Mount Everest in
1953.

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b. Past continuous tense is used to talk about past events which were
going on at a particular time. (was/were + -ing).
(e.g)

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I listened to the news while I was having my breakfast this morning.

I was eating lamb chops last night when I broke a tooth.

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Presentation

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Read these sentences to understand how we use the simple past and continuous
tenses in narration.:

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Example: This morning I was having breakfast. I was eating toast. The sun was

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Shining outside. Suddenly the doorbell rang, so I got up and opened the door.

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Now look at your class book..

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Teachers Instructions

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Note: To give the main events of a narration we use simple past tense.

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To give the background we use past continuous tense.

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Talk about your first experiences ---------

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- learning to swim

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- the first film you saw at the cinema

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- smoking your first cigarette

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- the first time you went on a long journey.

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- using English for the first time.

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- you met someone famous

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- you went abroad

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- you won a prize

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- you lost (or found) something valuable

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- you got into serious trouble

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Speaking Activities:

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Imagine when these things happened.

while, before, after or during.

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a. He broke his arm.

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b. It was so embarrassing! I fell asleep

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c. She found it difficult to get the job.

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d. I had plenty of time to read.

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e. I forgot to renew my passport.

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Saying when things happened

Complete the sentences, using when,

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Take Home Copy

Lesson Code: 3A
Date :

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Past events

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Asking Questions

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Simple Past -

Regular verbs- walk walked

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Irregular verbs go went

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Where did you go?

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I went out.

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Past Continuous Where were you sitting?

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I was sitting there.

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Refer class book Teachers instructions.

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Study this example

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He left while we were eating.

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What were you doing when he left?

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We were eating.

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What happened while you were eating?

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He left.

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!Listening Skills Refer Class book.

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Teachers instructions

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You will hear two people describing childhood memories. They are about -

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1. going to boarding school

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2. seeing snow for the first time.

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