My classroom

I would like to tell you some things about my classroom. It is comfortable and always clean. There are 20 desks in it. The teacher’s table is near the window. There are2 big windows and a door in my classroom. The door is yellow. There is a blackboard in my classroom. The blackboard is black. The floor in my classroom is brown. There are nice pictures on the walls. There are three bookshelves in the classroom. There is a computer on the table. There are many books on the bookcases and some of them are very interesting. We often read books in class. I like my classroom.

Answer the questions:

1. Is the classroom comfortable? 2. How many desks are there in the classroom? 3. Where is the teacher’s table? 4. Are there any pictures on the wall?

5. Is the floor brown?

6. Do you like your classroom?.

Learn by heart!

Useful phrases at English class: Look at the board. Open your books. Close the door. Read the text. Go to page (84). Turn off your mobile phone. Sit down. Work in pairs. Stand up. Don’t write. Listen and repeat. Don’t speak (Russian).

Questions for computer based test

1. Choose the right variant:

This is ______ international school

a) the

b) an

c) a

d) ----

2. Choose the right variant: _____ students are Italian.

a) This

b) That

c) These

d) -----

3. Choose the correct plural form of “woman”

a) womans

b) women

c) womens

d) woman’s

4. Choose the right variant: This is _____ umbrella.

a) the

b) these

c) an

d) a

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
comfortable	удобный	ыңғайлы
clean	чистый	таза
bookcase	книжный шкаф	кітап салатын шкаф
nice	приятный	жағымды
colour	цвет	түс
picture	картина	сурет
blackboard	доска	тақта

Home assignment

Write a paragraph about where you live:

Where do you live?

Do you live in a house or a flat?

How many rooms are there?

Do you have a garden?

What’s in your bedroom?

SIW

1. Lexica-grammar exercises to File 1D [2]

Office hours

Describe your classroom. Prepare a topic “My classroom”.

References

Main literature

1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary. Student’s book, Oxford, 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig . New English File. Elementary.Workbook. Oxford , 2010.

Additional literature

3. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary, Oxford, 2009.

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Hand out
English as a foreign language	Department of General Humanitarian Training
Elementary level	Academic year 2012-2013
2credits	The 1st term
Practical lesson № 5
Lexical theme “Typically British” Grammar “ Present simple +, -“
Assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna

Grammar

Present simple positive and negative

+ -

I work. You work. Ye/She/It works. We work. You work. They work.

I don’t work. You don’t work. Ye/She/It doesn’t work. We don’t work. You don’t work. They don’t work.

Ÿ Contractions: don’t= do not, doesn’t = does not

Ÿ Use the present simple for things that are generally true or habitually happen.

British people like animals. He works from 9.00-5.00.

Ÿ To make negatives use don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive.

He doesn’t work.

Spelling rules for he/she/it

I work/play/live. I watch/finish/go/do. I study.

He works/plays/lives. She watches/finishes/goes/does. She studies.

1. The Present Simple expresses a fact which is always true or true for a long time.

He comes from Switzerland.

She works in a bank.

2. It also expresses a habit.

She goes skiing in winter.

He never has a holiday.

Positive

He She It

Lives

In Australia.

Have is irregular. She has a dog. NOT she haves

Negative

He She It

Doesn’t live

In France

Short answer

Do you have a car? Does he have a car?

Yes, I do. No, he doesn’t.

Practice

Complete the sentences with do or does.

1. …you sleep well? Yes, I…

2. … your sister wash the plates? Yes, she…

3. What …. your teacher read to you?

4. … Mr. Snowdon speak Russian? No, he … not.

5. Where … you take books from?

6. Pamela … not drive a car.

7. How long … it take you to get to school?

Give the negatives.

1. Uncle Dodge likes a little job.

2. Tom McKenzy works for a newspaper.

3. In summer we go to the seaside.

4. I read English books very well.

Translate into English

1. Когда встает твой брат? Он встаёт в 7 часов утра.

2. Она говорит довольно быстро(rather fluently). Я не могу её понять. Я не понимаю её.

3. Я люблю читать.

4. Он всегда играет в футбол по воскресениям.

5. Когда Бесс делает уроки? Она не делает уроки. Она очень ленивая (lazy).

Listening[1. T.3.1]

Listen to the texts and do exercises

Complete the sentences about Ali and Bob.

1. She’s scientist. He’s a____ doctor.

2. Alison comes from England. Bob _______England, too.

3. She lives in a big city, but he _____in a _____town

4. She _____ three days ___a week. He _____16 hours a day______.

5. He _____to sick people on his radio. She _____three languages.

6. She loves her job and he ______ ______ ______, too.

7. She _____ ______daughter. He _____married.

8. She _____skiing and going ____walks in her free time. He never _____free time.

Reading

Read the text and answer the questions to the following text