ESL Lesson2

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English-speaking countries

English-Speaking Countries

Year 2006 aggregate estimates suggest approximately 375 million native Englishspeakers, and a combined native and non-native number of English speakers of

over 1.5 billion worldwide



Countries where English is one of theofficial languages

independent countries where English is one of

the official languages

country, currency (abbreviation) capital city

●

Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean DollarXCD, Saint John's

● Australia Australian Dollar AUD Canberra

● Bahamas Bahamian Dollar BSD Nassau

● Barbados Barbados Dollar BBD Bridgetown

● Belize Belize Dollar BZD Belmopan

● Botswana Pula BWP Gaborone

● Brunei Darussalam Brunei Dollar BND Bandar

Seri Begawan

● Cameroon Franc CFA, XAF Yaounde

● Canada, Canadian Dollar, CAD Ottawa

● Dominica, East Caribbean Dollar, XCD Roseau

● Ethiopia Birr ETB Addis Ababa

●

● Fiji Fiji Dollar FJD Suva

● Gambia, Dalasi, GMD Banjul

● Ghana Cedi GHC Accra

● Grenada, East Caribbean Dollar, XCD

Saint George's

● Guyana, Guyana Dollar, GYD

Georgetown

● India Indian Rupee, INR New Delhi

● Republic of Ireland Euro EUR Dublin

● Israel Shekel ILS Jerusalem

● Jamaica Jamaican Dollar JMD Kingston

● Kenya Kenyan Shilling KES Nairobi

● Kiribati Australian Dollar AUD Tarawa

Atoll



Countries where English is one of theofficial languages (II)

● Lesotho Loti, Maloti and Rand LSL, LSM, ZAR Maseru

● Liberia Liberian Dollar LRD Monrovia

● Malawi Malawian Kwacha MWK Lilongwe

● Malta Euro EUR Valletta

● Marshall Islands US Dollar USD Majuro

● Mauritius Mauritius Rupee MUR Port Louis

● Micronesia US Dollar USD Palikir

● Namibia Namibia Dollar/ Rand NAD, ZAR Windhoek

● Nauru - Australian Dollar AUD Yaren District

● New Zealand - New Zealand Dollar, NZD Wellington

● Nigeria - Naira, NGN Abuja

● Pakistan - Pakistani Rupee PKR Islamabad

● Palau- US Dollar USD Melekeok

● Papua New Guinea - Kina PGK Port Moresby

●

Philippines Philippines Peso PHP Manila

● Rwanda - Rwanda Franc RWF Kigali

● Saint Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean Dollar XCD Basseterre

● Saint Lucia East Caribbean Dollar XCD Castries

● Saint Vincent and the Grenadines East Caribbean Dollar XCD

● Samoa Tala WST Apia

● Seychelles Seychelles Rupee SCR Victoria

● Sierra Leone Leone SLL Freetown

● Singapore Singapore Dollar SGD Singapore

● Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Dollar SBD

Honiara

● South Africa - Rand ZAR Pretoria

● Swaziland Lilangeni SZL Mbabane

● Tanzania Tanzanian Shilling TZS Dar es Salaam

● Tonga Pa'anga TOP Nuku'alofa

● Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

TTD Port-of-Spain

● Tuvalu Australian Dollar AUD Vaiaku

● Uganda Ugandan Shilling UGS Kampala

● United Kingdom Pound Sterling GBP London

● United States US Dollar USD Washington D.C.

● Vanuatu Vatu VUV Port-Vila

● Zambia Zambian Kwacha ZMK Lusaka

● Zimbabwe US Dollar USD Harare Kingstown



The weather /we-th*/ (adjectives) -

← stormy /stor-mi/, rainy /rei-ni/,

sunny with clouds /s*n-ni with klaudz/

, sunny /s*n-ny/ , cloudy, /klau-di/

snowy /snou-wi/

How is the weather today? it is +→

weather adjective.

the world /wörld/ (nouns)

North America /no:rth a-m*-ri-ka/ South

America /sauth a-m*-ri-ka/

The Pacific Ocean /pa-si-fik ou-š*n/

The Atlantic Ocean /a-tlan-tik o:-š*n/

Europe /yu-rop/

Africa /a-fri-ka/ Asia /e-žia/

The Indian Ocean /in-di*n o:-š*n/

Australia /aus-tre-lia/

the South Pole /sauth po:-l*/

North /no:th/

South /sauth/

East /i:st/

West . /uest/

I live in ...., /ai liv in.../

it lives in.... , /it livz in/

The world



the article

Article

an article is a small word that tells you how many

units of noun there are, and what gender the noun is.

Numbers and portions can be used as articles.. There

is one gender in the English language.

A noun can be in the singular (s) form (no more than

1) or in the plural form (pl) (more than one).

The definite article -

This is when you are specific about the item that you

mean. In English you use 'the' in the (s) and in the

(pl)

The indefinite article -

this means any one or more of a particular item.

a (s)

(some) (pl) (you don't need to use the word 'some')

The demonstrative article

It shows something. 'This' is for things that are near.

this (s)

these (pl)

'that' is for things that are far.

that (s)

those (pl) .

This is + article + noun

This is + name

articles

●This is Europe

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