English Language – BeginnersLesson 1

Version 1.0Dernière Mise à Jour : 28/12/2011

Lesson objectives

• Review some fundamentals about english– Singular and plurals – Verb tenses– Using At, on and in– Pronouns

SINGULAR AND PLURALSEnglish lesson 1

Singular and plural 1/2

• Rule No. 1 (Add –s to the end of noun)– cup cups – student students

• Rule No.2 consonants before “y” : change –y to i and add –es – city -cities party- parties lady-ladies

• Rule No.3 vowels before “y” add –s – boy –boys key –keys day -days

Singular and plural 2/2

• Rule No. 4 (–f and –fe endings) : change the –f or –fe to v and –es – life –lives wife –wives thief –thieves

• Rule No. 5 (sh, ch, x, ss endings) add –es – bush –bushes– match –matches– box -boxes– kiss -kisses

• Rule No. 6 (consonant + o) add –es (vowel +o) –s – tomato –tomatoes – radio radios

Practice ExercisesUse the plural form to fill in the blanks

• Baby• Boy• City• Country• Lady• Party• Tray• Key• Dictionary• cowboy

• They have one girl and two ______.• I visited many _______ last year.• Women give birth to _______.• She lost the _____ of the car and the house!• _____ rides horses in Texas.• Madrid and Paris are beautiful _______.• We must bring ______ to the English class.• Good evening _____ and gentleman.• On Saturday nights, I like to go to _______.• People carry their food on _____ at the cafeteria.

Pronunciation of plurals (s / es)• Group A :

– Final –s is pronounced /z/ after voiced sounds– (taxicabs, beds, dogs, balls, years, days, boys, trees, etc.)

• Group B :– Final –s is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds– books, cups, groups, cats, students, desks, etc.)

• Group C :– Final –s, es is pronounced /ez/

• after “s” sounds (classes, horses, boxes, faces)• after “z” sounds (sizes, roses, noises)• after “sh” sounds (dishes, bushes)• after “ch” sounds (matches, sandwiches)• after “ge/dge” sounds (pages, ages, bridges, edges)

Irregular plural forms (exceptions)

• Child children• Foot feet• Man men• Woman women• Mouse mice• Tooth teeth• Fish fish• _____ people (is always plural) (no s)

Count and noncount nouns

• Count nounsa book booksone book two books some books a lot of books many books a few books

• Non-count nouns

money some money a lot of money much money a little money

• Common non-count nouns advice, furniture, love, peace, homework, luck

information, food, mail, music, traffic, weather, work, bread, cheese, coffee, rice, sand, meat, milk, water, sugar, money, oil,

liquids materials (paper) abstracts general food gases

Oral Practice (count vs. non-count)

Chair Traffic Music Work

Furniture Cars Coffee Water

Coin Fact Library Jewelry

Money Information Peace Rings

Letters Homework Advice Justice

mail assignment job sugar

VERB TENSESEnglish lesson 1

regular/ Irregular/ verb tenses

Regular verbs (d or ed endings)

/d/ sound pronunciation

/t/ sound pronunciation

/ed/ pronunciation

Simple present

I Work

You Work

He, she, it WorksWe Work

You Work

they work

Simple present practice

• it / a lot / rain

• I / a car / want

• I / bread / buy

• you / the house / see

• we / her / an apple / give

• I / with you / agree

• they / their calculators / use

• we / tea / drink

• the candle / burn

• I / my point of view / defend

Simple past

I Worked

You Worked

He, she, it Worked

We Worked

You Worked

they worked

Simple past practice

• they / races / run

• we / her / an apple / give

• We / our clothes / change

• Gareth / the bin / empty

• Jamie / all the races / win

• the train / the station / leave

• they / trees / plant

• the teacher / to the board / point

• his mother / dinner / cook

• we / house / move

Simple futur

• Another way to express the simple future

I am going to work tomorrow.She is going to work next

week.They are going to work on

Sunday.

I will work

You will work

He, she, it will work

We will work

You will work

they will work

Simple future practice

• Gareth / the bin / empty

• the teacher / the tenses / explain

• they / at me / shout

• she / her best / try

• Janet / the bus / miss

• I / the question / answer

• she / a bag / carry

• Albert / squash / play

• you / the house / see

• you / your bag / pack

Present progressive

I am working right now.

You are working.

He, she, it is working.

We are working.

You are working.

They are working.

Present progressive practice

• she / at you / look

• we / in the mountains / walk

• We / our clothes / change

• the teacher / the tenses / explain

• The children / about the joke / laugh

• they / their calculators / use

• Benjamin / the rules / break

• the train / the station / leave

• they / trees / plant

• we / house / move

Past progressive (continuous)

I was working last night.

You were working yesterday.

He, she, it was working last summer.

We were working a few hours ago.

You were working last week.

They were working last Monday.

Past progressive practice

• John / money / collect

• Tom / with Anny / stay

• Christine / her home / decorate

• the teacher / to the board / point

• they / their furniture / sell

• he / the mouse button / click

• Jim / his head / cover

• they / the treasure / discover

• she / her little brother / hug

• you / at the door / knock

Future progressive (continuous)

I will be working tomorrow.

You will be working this afternoon.

He, she, it will be working next weekend.

We will be working tonight.

You will be working next summer.

They will be working next semester.

Future progressive practice

• I / the question / answer

• they / a question / ask

• she / tired / be

• he / a shirt / wear

• they / a room / share

• the boss / the contract / sign

• Katy / a lot of money / spend

• he / his father / embarrass

• Jane and Michael / their presents / swap

• they / the new student / welcome

AT, ON AND INEnglish lesson 1

Using on, at and in for time

• For a month, a year, etc : In– Ex : He saw her in May

• For a day : on– Ex : He saw her on tuesday

• For an hour : at– Ex : He san her at 2PM

practice

• Can you come ___ Saturday?• Can you come ___ December?• Can you come __ six o’clock?• I will go ___ Monday.• He was born ___ the 20th century.• They go to church ___ Sundays.• We go to school ___ the morning.• We rest ___ night.• I go to school ___ eight.• I come home ___ the afternoon.

Using on, at and in for place

• For a city, a country, etc : In– He saw her in Seattle

• For a street : on– He saw her on Jay Street

• For a number : at– He saw her at 623 Jay Street

Practice

• He lives ___ my street.• He lives ___ 2054 Main Street.• Can you meet me ___ the corner?• The apartment is ___ the fifth floor.• The security man was ___ the gate.• The game started after the players were ___ the field.• The desk is ___ the front.• When will you be ___ California?• They visited friends ___ Rome.

More practice

• They go home ___ the afternoon.• She saw him ___ school.• Everyone is happy ___ Friday.• The book was ___ the sidewalk.• The date changes ___ midnight.• What do teachers do ___ summer?• It is nice ___ home.• They eat lunch ___ noon every day.• It’s cold ___ winter.• School ends ___ 3:15.

PRONOUNSEnsligh Lesson 1

PRONOUNS: Personal pronouns

• Pronouns can be used as subjects.

• They can also be used as direct objects.

Subject form

• I - You He/she/it We – You - They

• Examples:– I am eating an apple– They are watching television

Subject form practice

• Replace the nouns with a pronoun (subject form)– (Jenny and Max) __________ will be late for school.– I bought a new car. ____________ is French.– My name is Tom. _______ am your English teacher.– (James and I) _____ have already seen this movie.– (James) ________ didn’t like it.– I have a cat. _______ is brown.

Object form

• Me - You - Him, Her, It Us - You - Them

• Examples:– He told me that he expected to be late.– Are you going with him to the party?– I will ask them if they like Italian food before

booking the restaurant.

Object form practice

• Complete for following sentences : – I am going shopping. Would you like to come with

__________.– My girlfriend likes music. I just bought this CD for

____________.– I love this watch! Would you buy it for ______________?– It’s my parents’ anniversary. I bought ____________ a present.– Caroline and I are also leaving tomorrow morning. Do you

want __________ to give you a ride to the airport?

PRACTICE EXERCISESEnglish lesson 1

Use “be going to” in :

• (I/not see) ______________ her this year.• (cook/you) _______________ a special dinner

for your parents anniversary?• (You/take part) ______________ to the

meeting?• (we/eat) _______________ at the restaurant.• (It/snow) ________________ later tonight.

Use “will” in

• (They/go) ______ probably ________ to the party.

• Where (you/meet) ___________ them?• (we/watch/not) _____ the match on TV.• When (she/be) _____________ back?• (They/take) ______________ their car.

Fill in the gaps with either “will” or “be going to”

• Jim: Jenny told me you are taking French lessons at the Community College.

• Kim: Yes. I ____________ to visit friends in Paris next summer. I hope I _____________ be

• able to speak a little French by the time I get there.• Jim: What a good idea. My wife and ______________ to Spain in August.

Do you know if the Community College offers a Spanish class?• Kim: I’m not sure. I _____________ call and ask them if you are

interested.• Jim: That would be great. I ______________ ask my wife if she wants to

take lessons too.