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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEQDOHcUXaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hmcVzf0tI
Present Simple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942NHUQilzg
Past Simple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2jRfFe82Y
Past Simple and Past Perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mni3yDpIWo
Talking about myself
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZCfTX-oRzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Iu2JLbMPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnQ2iCIpOmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFrC3UGtek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=gE9XU5YE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXme31-HVw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fkJippQR4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2ma_4sy_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tGuMh9UZy4
Talking about your family
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OogniMZ
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj01pRLjj
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• Sing a song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5RTW
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My house
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSUSkS
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCEFIfX
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wsicgu
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zBXxTWc
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• What are you wearing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-USABFYHeL8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3VLIsclQ0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O67zKqPKiYc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTv-g3kfjAE
Verb + ing
Stop – enjoy – fancy – admit – consider – miss –
finish – mind – imagine – deny – involve –
postpone – delay – suggest – regret – avoid –
practice – risk
If these verbs are followed by another verb, the
structure is usally verb + ing
• Stop talking
• I’ll do the shopping when I’ve finished
cleaning the flat
• I don’t fancy going out this evening
• Have you ever considered going to live in
another country?
• When I’m on holiday, I enjoy not having to get
up early
Verb + infinitive
• Agree – offer – decide – appear – forget –
refuse – attempt – plan – seem – learn (how)
– promise –manage – arrange – pretend –
dare – threaten – fail – hope – afford – tend
• If these verbs are followed by another verb,
the structure is usally verb + to + infinitive
• As it was late, we decided to take a taxi home
• I like George but I think he tends to talk too
much
• How old were you when you learnt (how) to
drive?
• They agreed to lend me some money when I
told them the position I was in
• Like –dislike – hate – love – enjoy – mind –
can’t bear – can’t stand
• These verbs and expressions are often
followed by –ing:
I enjoy being alone
Why do you dislike living here?
I don’t like people shouting at me
love and can’t bear
After love and can’t bear you can use –ing or to
+ infinitive:
I love meeting people OR I love to meet people
She can’t bear being alone OR she can’t bear to
be alone
like
• Often it doesn’t matter whether you say ‘I like doing’
or ‘I like to do’.
I like getting up late – I like to get up late
We usually say ‘I like doing’ when ‘like’ means ‘enjoy’
Do you like cooking?
I don’t like driving
When ‘like’ does not mean ‘enjoy’ we use ‘I like to do’:
I like to do something = I find it is good or right to do
something
I like to wash my hair twice a week (this does not mean
that I enjoy it)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1htxRUiL
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA4QNs1
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPzjJHKyN
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kexNA1nH
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzKwBn7X
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Singular or Plural?
• We use some nouns only in the plural:
Trousers
jeans
shorts
pyjamas
tights
scissors,
glasses/spectacles
• We can also use “a pair of” with these words
• These nouns end in –s but thet are not usually
plural:
• Matemathics is…….
• Physics
• Economics
• Athletics
• Gymnastics
• News
What time is the news on television?
These words end in –s and can be singular or
plural
• Means (a means of transport; many means of
transport)
• Series (a television series; two television
series)
• Species (a species of bird; 200 species of bird)
Some singular nouns are often used with a plural
verb:
• Government
• Staff
• Team
• Family
• Audience
• Committee
We often think of these things as ‘a number of
people’ (they) so we often use a plural verb, but a
singula verb is also possible
We always use a plural verb with the police
Some and any
• In general we use some in positive sentences and any in
negative sentences.
Ann has bought some new shoes
They havent’ got any children
• We use any in te following sentences because the meaning
is negative
He left home without any money
He refused to say anything
• We often use any, anyone, anything …. after if
If any letters arrive to me, can you send them to this address?
If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer them
• In questions we usually use any
Have you got any money?
• But we often we use some in questions when we
expect the answer ‘yes’
What’s wrong with your eye? Have you got
something in it?
• We use some in questions especially when we
offer or ask for things
Would you like some tea?
• Any/anybody/anyone/anything/anywhere can also mean ‘it
doesn’t matter which/who/what/where’
You can catch any of these buses
Come and seeme any time you want
You can have anything you want
I’d rather go anywhere than stay at home
Which book do you want to read? Any book
• Someone/somebody and anyone/anybody are singular
words:
Is anybody there?
Someone wants to see you
• But we often use They/them/their after these words:
If anyone wants to leave early, they can
Somebody has spilt their coffee on the carpet
Film e telefilm da vedere
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVRVq
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eBFBgF
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