READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

Practice Reading Comprehension:

Choose from the list of books for Beginners PENGUIN BOOKS (Pearson Longman) and do exercises:

Choose from the list of books for Elemntary PENGUIN BOOKS (Pearson Longman)and do exercises:

Days of the Weeks - Months of the Year - Ordinal Numbers and Dates

Watch Video -Months of the year

Days of the Week

Ordinal Numbers
1st  - the first
2nd – the second
3rd – the third
4th – the fourth
5th - the fifth   (five > fifth)
6th – the sixth
7th – the seventh
11th – the eleventh
12th -  the twelfth (twelve > twelfth)
 20th – the twentieth
21st – the twenty-first

Dates
What’s the date today? It’s the 4th November 2015.
When were you born? I was born on ….
19th June 1968 /   June 19th 1968
(the nineteenth of June nineteen sixty-eight)
June the nineteenth
Years
1905  -  nineteen oh five
1900 – nineteen hundred
2000 – two thousand
2001 – two thousand (and) one  >  2009 two thousand and nine
2010 - two thousand (and) ten = twenty-ten

The ALPHABET and the PHONETIC ALPHABET

The Alphabet Song

The Phonetic Alphabet Chart

The Phonetic Alphabet

Describing yourself and others 

Use the verb "be" to give personal information
- name
- age
- town
- Nationality
- job
- feelings (I'm cold, happy, sad, hungry, angry, etc.)
- character (I'm friendly and nice.)

Use the verb "have" to talk about:
- possessions
- family
- physical description  (hair and eyes, tattoos, piercings, etc. - I've got green eys and brown hair)
- illnesses / health (I have a cold / I have a fever, etc.)

Remember:

have got vs. have

Have got
I've got a computer. (Aff)    I haven't got a computer. (Neg)     Have you got a computer? (Int)
She's got a computer. (Aff)  She hasn't got a computer. (Neg)   Has she got a computer) (int)

Have
I have a computer. (Aff)   I don't have a computer. (Neg)   Do you have a computer? (Int)
She has a computer. (Aff)   She doesn't have a computer. (Neg)   Does she have a computer? (Int)

Please speak in English!

How do you say "cellulare" in English?
What's "cellulare" in English?

Remember formal and informal expressions for asking for permisson:
Can I ....?     Informal
Could I ....?   Semi-formal
May I   .... ?  Formal

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