Monday, 12 December 2011

Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Let's Us sing " Baa, Baa Black Sheep " song :")

Tracer Pages - standard print font:

bag black boy

dame lane

master one sheep

three wool

Sunday, 11 December 2011

How to Pronounce the Months of the Year

Let Us Sing :

Months Of The Year Song

The DAYS in a week :")

Days of the week
Monday (Mon)
Tuesday (Tue) (Tues)
Wednesday (Wed)
Thursday (Thur) (Thurs)
Friday (Fri)
Saturday (Sat)
Sunday (Sun)

Note: The months and the days of the week begin with a capital letter.

How to Pronounce the Days of the Week:

Days of the Week - 1

Type the missing letters in the boxes for the words below.

Sunday...Monday...Tuesday...Wednesday...

Thursday...Friday...Saturday... song :")

Personal Pronouns - exercises 2

topic: PERSONAL PROUNOUNS 2

Replace the bold word(s) with the correct pronoun (I, you, we, they, it, she, or he):
1. My uncle lives in Mexico City. ___________ lives in Mexico City.
2. My friends aren't coming. ___________aren't coming.
3. Mrs. Wong is studying English. ___________ is studying English.
4. You and I have to talk about the test. ___________ have to talk about the
test.
5. Can you help me? Yes, ___________ can help you.
6. The tree is going to fall. ___________ is going to fall.
7. John and his girlfriend had an argument. ___________ had an argument.
8. Jim and I are the same age. ___________are the same age.
9. My passport is in my bag. ___________ is in my bag.
10. My cousin George just graduated from high school. ___________ just
graduated from high school.

ANSWERS:
1) He 2) They 3) She 4) We 5) I 6) It 7) They 8) We 9) It 10) He

Personal Pronouns - exercises 1

topic: PERSONAL PROUNOUNS 1

Replace the bold word(s) with the correct pronoun (I, you, we, they, it, she, or he):
1. My cousin and her friend were at the mall. ___________ were at the mall.
2. Peter is a little sick. ___________ is a little sick.
3. Does your aunt know what happened? Does ___________ know what
happened?
4. The door is locked. ___________ is locked.
5. My friend Linda and I are going on a trip. ___________ are going on a trip.
6. Am I a good student. Yes, ___________ are a good student.
7. My cats are hungry. ___________ are hungry.
8. Mr. Jones is a good teacher. ___________is a good teacher.
9. Is Chinese a difficult language. Yes, ___________is a difficult language.
10. My brother and I live together. ___________live together.

ANSWERS:
1) They 2) He 3) she 4) It 5) We 6) you 7) They 8) He 9) it 10) We

Personal Pronouns

Pronouns are words we use in the place of a full noun.

We have both subject and object pronouns:

Subject Object

I me

you you

he him

she her

it it

we us

you you

they them

We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman we use they/them.

This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
Talk to a friend. Ask them to help you.
You could go to a doctor. They might help you.

Subject pronouns

We use subject pronouns as subject of the verb:

I like your dress.

You are late.

He is my friend

It is raining

She is on holiday

We live in England.

They come from London.

WARNING

Remember: English clauses always have a subject:

His father has just retired. ~~Was a teacher.~~ > He was a teacher.

I’m waiting for my wife. ~~Is late.~~ > She is late.

If there is no other subject we use it or there. We call this a dummy subject.

Object pronouns

We use object pronouns:

• as the object of the verb:

Can you help me please?
I can see you.
She doesn’t like him.
I saw her in town today.
We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.

• after prepositions:

She is waiting for me.
I’ll get it for you.
Give it to him.
Why are you looking at her?
Don’t take it from us.
I’ll speak to them.

Grammar - Articles " a ", " an " exercises

EXERCISES

Complete the sentences using a or an.

............... zebra
- a
- an
.............. owl
- a
- an
................... giraffe
- a
- an
................. gorilla
- a
- an
.................... alligator
- a
- an
.................. lizard
- a
- an
.................. horse
- a
- an
.................. elk
- a
- an
.................. iguana
- a
- an
.................. kitten
- a
- an
.................. ocelot
- a
- an
.................. yak
- a
- an
.................. skunk
- a
- an
.................. ox
- a
- an
.................. ostrich
- a
- an
.................. whale
- a
- an
.................. turtle
- a
- an
.................. octopus
- a
- an
.................. puppy
- a
- an
.................. elephant

ANSWERS: 1)a 2)an 3)a 4)a 5)an 6)a 7)a 8)an 9)an 10)a 11)an 12)a 13)a 14)an 15)an 16)a 17)a 18)an 19)a 20)an

topic: WHICH ARTICLE?

Fill in the blanks with either “a”, “an”, or “the”.

I went to 1)______ airport at 6:00 AM yesterday. I had to catch 2)______

flight to Paris. The lines at 3)______ airport were very long, so I had to wait

4)______ long time. Once 5)______ plane took off, I tried to get some sleep

but I couldn't. Then I ate 6)______ pretty good meal, 7)______ rare

occurrence on airplanes! Later, I spoke to one of 8)______ flight attendants

for 9)______ while. She was pretty. She told me that 10)______ pilot of

11)______ airplane was French. I managed to fall asleep for about 12)______

hour. After I woke up, I felt refreshed. I ordered 13)______ drink, then

another. Generally, it was 14)______ pretty smooth flight.

ANSWERS: 1)the 2)a 3)the 4)a 5)the 6)a 7)a 8)the 9)a 10)the 11)the 12)an 13)a 14)a

VERBs - Articles " a ", " an ", " the "

A, An or The?

When do we say "the dog" and when do we say "a dog"? (On this page we talk only about singular, countable nouns.)

The and a/an are called "articles". We divide them into "definite" and "indefinite" like this:

Articles
Definite	Indefinite
the	a, an

We use "definite" to mean sure, certain. "Definite" is particular.

We use "indefinite" to mean not sure, not certain. "Indefinite" is general.

When we are talking about one thing in particular, we use the. When we are talking about one thing in general, we use a or an.

Think of the sky at night. In the sky we see 1 moon and millions of stars. So normally we would say:

I saw the moon last night.
I saw a star last night.

Look at these examples:

the	a, an
The capital of France is Paris. I have found the book that I lost. Have you cleaned the car? There are six eggs in the fridge. Please switch off the TV when you finish.	I was born in a town. John had an omelette for lunch. James Bond ordered a drink. We want to buy an umbrella. Have you got a pen?

Of course, often we can use the or a/an for the same word. It depends on the situation, not the word. Look at these examples:

We want to buy an umbrella. (Any umbrella, not a particular umbrella.)
Where is the umbrella? (We already have an umbrella. We are looking for our umbrella, a particular umbrella.)

This little story should help you understand the difference between the and a, an:

A man and a woman were walking in Oxford Street. The woman saw a dress that she liked in a shop. She asked the man if he could buy the dress for her. He said: "Do you think theshop will accept a cheque? I don't have a credit card."