After few days of hard work, Alhamdulillah the book for the third grade is ready to launch. The book is specially designed for the students type of study. Since the students of the third grade are mainly kinetics, I made the contents with full of activities (of course, you could make use the book as your style teaching).
The book has two chapters mainly discussing about profession.
It will take your students to know the vocabulary about profession and their tools as you will find in the first chapter.
chapter one also discuss about the use of 'what and where' and also yes-no question with to be.
In the second chapter, you will find the profession and where they work. It also discuss weather the profession is done indoor or outdoor.
In every chapter, you will see reading text, conversation and dialog and many more. If you would like to get the book you can download it here. Hurry up, it's FREE
Book For The Third Grade Has Been Launched
on Monday, April 27, 2009Let's play Hangman
on Sunday, April 26, 2009
When I teach my students for long time and they start to get bored, I offered them to play a game. One of the games I often play with is "Hangman". This is a word guessing game and very good for students, first, to avoid their boredom during studying and, second, to test their vocabulary mastery. This game could be done in a group but it will be more challenging to play individually. This word game does not need special media, what you need is only chalk or marker and a board.
This is the rule of the game:
First : Draw a picture of a pole with a rope.
Second: Write the alphabet from A-Z under the pole.
Third : Write some words on a piece of paper and fold it. The words can be food, colour and so on. Put the paper in a bottle and ask your students to take the paper. This means that the student himself choose the word he is going to guess. Take the paper from the studens. Don't let him open it.
Fourth: Make underscores as many as the alphabets of the words. For example the word 'rabbit' have six alphabets.
Fifth : Ask your student to guess the word (e.g:rabbit) by saying the alphabet, not guess whole word directly. Whenever he says one of the word you have (e.g rabbit) for instance 'a', you write the alphabet 'a' in the correct order of the word.
But, if he say the alphabet is not one of the alphabets in the word you have (a.g rabbit), for example he says 'c'. Cross the false alphabet and draw a head under the pole.
Fifth: The game ends when the student is hung because of failing in guessing word or he succeeds guessing the whole word.
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous Test
on Thursday, April 16, 2009Click on the answer you think is correct.
In some examples two answers may be possible but one is more natural than the other. This natural one is the correct answer.
| 1. I'm very hungry. I______________________ all day. | |
| a) | didn't eat |
| b) | haven't ate |
| c) | haven’t eaten |
| d) | have been eating |
| 2. Their new kitchen looks fantastic. They ________ completely ________ it. | |
| a) | have been redecorating |
| b) | have redecorated |
| c) | already redecorated |
| d) | didn't redecorated |
| 3. Our kitchen’s a mess. We____________________ any cleaning for weeks. | |
| a) | didn't do |
| b) | haven't been doing |
| c) | have done |
| d) | haven't done |
| 4. I think they are dating. They______________ a lot of each other recently. | |
| a) | had seen |
| b) | haven't been seeing |
| c) | have been seeing |
| d) | have seen |
| 5. We've discovered this great café and we__________________ there a lot. | |
| a) | have been going |
| b) | have gone |
| c) | are going |
| d) | have went |
| 6. How's your Mum? I ______________________ her for ages. | |
| a) | had seen |
| b) | haven't seen |
| c) | haven't been seeing |
| d) | didn't see |
| 7. You're covered in paint! What __________ you __________? | |
| a) | have done |
| b) | were doing |
| c) | did do |
| d) | have been doing |
| 8. She’s gone to the doctor's. She ______________________ too well lately. | |
| a) | hasn't felt |
| b) | hasn't been feeling |
| c) | has felt |
| d) | doesn't feel |
| 9. Where have you been? I______________________ for ages. | |
| a) | have waited |
| b) | waited |
| c) | was waiting |
| d) | have been waiting |
| 10. I have to write an essay. I___________________ about half of it so far. | |
| a) | have written |
| b) | have been writing |
| c) | wrote |
| d) | have to write |
Present perfect continuous – form:
The present perfect of the verb 'to be' (have/has been) + the present participle of the main verb.
EXAMPLE:
| Subject | has/have been | verb+ing |
| He | has been | jogging |
| Affirmative | |
| He has been / She's been | swimming |
| Negative | |
| He hasn't been | swimming |
| Interrogative | |
| Has he been | swimming? |
| Interrogative negative | |
| Hasn't he been | swimming? |
EXAMPLE:
to work, present perfect continuous
| Positive | Negative | Interrogative |
| I have been working | I haven't been working | Have I been working? |
| You have been working | You haven't been working | Have you been working? |
| He, she, it has been living working | He hasn't been working | Has she been working? |
| We have been living working | We haven't been working | Have we been working? |
| You have been working | You haven't been working | Have you been working? |
| They have been working | They haven't been working | Have they been working? |
Use:
We use the present perfect continuous for an action over a period of time leading up to the present. We are interested in the action as well as the result, and this process may still be going on, or may have just finished
EXAMPLES:
1. Actions that started in the past and continue in the present.
a. We have been waiting for you all day.
b. She is tired. She has been working all day.
c. They have been studying since 5 o’clock.
2. Actions that have just finished, but we are interested in the results:
a. It's been raining and my hair is still wet.
b. I’ve been reading all afternoon. I’ve just finished the book.
c. Who's been sleeping in my bed?
Vocabulary needs to be revised again and again. Well, what could be better than studying vocabulary by listening to your favourite songs?
Read the lyrics first and try to understand them. You don’t have to translate the lyrics word by word, just try to find out what the song is all about. (Note: ‘Rap’ might not be practical as those songs usually contain slang words that not even ‘ordinary’ English native speakers know.)
Pick some words or phrases from the song that you would like to learn. If necessary, look up their exact meaning in a dictionary. A dictionary might also be useful to find other interesting phrases with the word.
Now, to learn the vocabulary, all you have to do is listening to the song again and again (that shouldn’t be a problem if it’s one of your favourite songs).
| Expression | Example |
|---|---|
| both … and … | I like both cats and dogs. |
| so | Jane likes cats. So do I. |
| not … either | Jane doesn't like cats. I don't like cats either. |
| either … or … | Jane either has a cat or a dog. |
| neither/nor | Jane doesn't like cats. Neither do I./Nor do I. |
| neither … nor … | I like neither cats nor dogs. |
Exercise
Find out why some parents think that their teenage sons or daughters have a lot in common with cats. (Don't take it too seriously, though.) ;o)
- cats teenagers turn their heads when you call them.
- You would hardly ever see a cat walking outside of the house with its master. would you see a teenager in public with his or her parents very often.
- A cat doesn't share your taste in music. A teenager doesn't
- cats teenagers can lie on the sofa for hours on end without moving.
- Cats expect you to prepare the food for them. do teenagers.
- If you tell a joke, your cat your teen will laugh about it.
- If you make a sudden move in their direction, cats teenagers get frightened.
- Cats do not improve your furniture. Teenagers don't
- Cats roam outside and often come home very late at night. do teenagers.
- Conclusion: no matter if you have a cat a teenager at home - it's all the same.
Mr Smith's house has got four bedrooms, a living-room, a dining-room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a separate toilet. There is a toilet in the bathroom too. The bedrooms and the bathroom are upstairs, and the living-room, the dining-room, the kitchen and the toilet are downstairs.
The first bedroom is Mr and Mrs Smith's, the second one is John's, the third one is Mary's, and the fourth one is Anne's. Catherine's baby bed is in Anne's bedroom too.
When you enter Mr Smith's house, the room on your left is the living-room, and the room on your right is the dining-room. Where is the kitchen? It is behind the dining-room. And where is the toilet? It is straight on, in front of you. There is a garden behind the house, but it is not big. Is there a garden in front of the house too? Yes, there is, but it is very small.
When you go upstairs, Mr and Mrs Smith's bedroom is on your left. The bedroom on your right is John's, and the bathroom is between his bedroom and Mary's. Anne's bedroom is behind Mary's.
There is a big bed and two big wardrobes in Mr and Mrs Smith's bedroom, and there is a small bed and a wardrobe in John's room. John and Mary's beds are big, and Anne's bed is small. The wardrobe in Mary's room is very big, and the wardrobe in John's room is small.
Anne's room has got blue walls, and there are white ships and green islands on them, because it is a child's bedroom. John's bedroom has got white walls, and Mary's has got grey walls. John has got pictures of horses on his walls, and Mary has got pictures of beautiful क्लोथ्स
Multiple-choice exercise
| 1 | Which of the following is correct? | ||
| Three of Mr Smith's bedrooms are upstairs, and one of them is downstairs. | |||
| Mr Smith's four bedrooms are downstairs. | |||
| Mr Smith's four bedrooms are upstairs. | |||
| 2 | Choose the correct sentence | ||
| There is one toilet in Mr Smith's house. It is downstairs. | |||
| There are two toilets in Mr Smith's house. One of them is upstairs. | |||
| There is one toilet in Mr Smith's house. It is upstairs. | |||
| 3 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| The living room is upstairs. | |||
| The living room is downstairs. | |||
| The dining room is upstairs. | |||
| 4 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| There are two beds in Anne's bedroom. | |||
| There is one bed in Anne's bedroom. | |||
| There are three beds in Anne's bedroom. | |||
| 5 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| The kitchen is between the living-room and the dining-room. | |||
| The dining-room is between the living-room and the kitchen. | |||
| The living-room is between the dining-room and the kitchen. | |||
| 6 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| There is a small garden in front of the house, and there is a big one behind it. | |||
| There is a small garden in front of the house, and there is a small one behind it. | |||
| There is a big garden in front of the house, and there is a big one behind it. | |||
| 7 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| The bathroom is between the first bedroom and the second one. | |||
| The bathroom is between the second bedroom and the third one. | |||
| The bathroom is between the third bedroom and the fourth one. | |||
| 8 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| John's bedroom is behind Mary's. | |||
| Mary's bedroom is in front of John's. | |||
| Mary's bedroom is in front of Anne's. | |||
| 9 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| Anne's room is on a green island. | |||
| Anne's room is in a white ship. | |||
| Anne's room is a child's bedroom. | |||
| 10 | Choose the correct answer: | ||
| There are pictures in all of the children's bedrooms | |||
| There are pictures in some of the children's bedrooms. | |||
| There aren't any pictures in the children's bedrooms. | |||