O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker
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OP 11 - CLOSE-UP (2) - Affirmative sentences, past tense, regular verbs<br />
- Now let's make some sentences. I'll give the present tense, you give the past tense.<br />
"Want (to)" has its own Grammar Note (GN 11.4), but it's dealt with here together with other regular<br />
verbs. Just keep an eye on "to".<br />
I want to go.<br />
I want to go home.<br />
I want to go home after the show.<br />
Bill wants to study physics.<br />
Bill wants to study physics at MIT.<br />
(Ma sachuse ts Institute of Technology)<br />
Sheila studies music.<br />
Sheila studies music at the Royal Academy of Music<br />
The programme lasts 30 minutes.<br />
The film lasts two hours.<br />
My uncle lives in Germany.<br />
My course starts in September.<br />
I start working in February.<br />
I really miss my family.<br />
I phone them every day.<br />
We arrive in London.<br />
We walk to the park.<br />
I try to help you.<br />
They reply to our letters.<br />
The show finishes at 11.30.<br />
Now, what can you say about…<br />
Guglielmo ("gool-YELL-moh") Marconi and… the radio?<br />
And about James Watt and … the steam engine?<br />
Christopher Columbus and… America?<br />
Captain Cooke and… Australia?<br />
The second world war and… 1939?<br />
Our course… [October]<br />
This lesson… [ten o'clock]<br />
87<br />
I wanted to go.<br />
I wanted to go home.<br />
I wanted to go home after the show.<br />
Bill wanted to study physics.<br />
Bill wanted to study physics at MIT.<br />
Sheila studied music.<br />
Sheila studied music at the Royal Academy of Music.<br />
The programme lasted 30 minutes.<br />
The film lasted two hours.<br />
My uncle lived in Germany.<br />
My course started in September.<br />
I started working in February.<br />
I really missed my family.<br />
I phoned them every day.<br />
We arrived in London.<br />
We walked to the park.<br />
I tried to help you.<br />
They replied to our letters.<br />
The show finished at 11.30.<br />
G.M. invented the radio. (prompt if nece sary)<br />
J.W. invented the steam engine.<br />
C.C. discovered America.<br />
CC discovered Australia.<br />
The S.W.W. started in 1939. (Ill. Eng. L.14)<br />
Our course started in [October].<br />
This lesson started at [ten o'clock].<br />
Proceed with a note of "let's go over that again", but you're actually asking them real questions now.<br />
So, when did our course start?<br />
What time did this lesson start?<br />
And what time did you arrive here at school?<br />
When did you start studying English?<br />
(if appropriate) What did you study at university?<br />
(if appropriate) When did you finish university?<br />
(if appropriate) When did you start working for<br />
[your present company]?<br />
Possible segue: Now it's your turn to ask some questions.<br />
Our course / It started in [October].<br />
This lesson / It started at [ten o'clock].<br />
I arrived at […].<br />
I started […].<br />
I studied […].<br />
I finished […].<br />
I started […].
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