Your English Classes

Warm-Up

Action drill

Example:

Teacher: Tell me to open the door.  Student: Open the door.

Teacher: What do you want me to do? Student: I want you to open the door.

Teacher: What am I about to do? Student: You are about to open the door.

Teacher: What am I doing? Student: You are opening the door.

Teacher: What have I just done? Student: You have just opened the door.

Teacher: What have I just been doing? Student: You have just been opening the door.

Teacher:  What did I do?  Student: You opened the door.

Present perfect  with "ever" plus irregular verbs

Question: When was the last time you went to a restaurant?
Answer: The last time I went to a restaurant was .....

Question:  When was the last time you read a book?
Answer:The last time I read a book was ....

Question: When was the last time you celebrated your birthday?
Answer:The last time . . .

Question: When was the last time you ate Kangaroo meat?
Answer: I´ve never eaten Kangaroo meat.

Question:  When did you last find a million dollars in the street?
Answer: I´ve never found a million dollars in the street.

Mastering the Interrogative Drill

Formulate the question which resulted in this answer

Example 

Teacher: My children are playing with my nephew. Student: Who are your children playing with?

Teacher:

Short Answer Comprehension Drill

Teacher: Are you Portuguese?     Student: No I´m not.

Teacher: Do you like good food?   Student: Yes, I do.

Teacher:Do you drive? Student:Yes I do / No I don`t.

Teacher:Are you learning English?  Student: Yes, I am.

Eliciting Negative Questions Drill

Teacher: I´m not happy  Student: Why aren´t you happy?

Teacher: Because I´m not rich. Student: Why aren't you rich?

Teacher: Because I don´t have any money. Student: Why don´t you have any money?

Teacher:  Because ......

Teacher: You weren't informed of the problem. Student: Why wasn´t I informed of the problem?

Teacher:You weren´t invited to the party.  Student:  Why wasn´t I invited to the party?

Teacher:You weren´t included on the list? Student:  Why .....................

Simple Past and Present Perfect Drill

It is very important to distinguish between periods of time that have ended and periods of time that are still in force.

a: My boss called me this morning
b: What did he say to you?
a: He reminded me that the meeting will take place next week instead of this morning.

All the above verbs (except "to take place" are in the simple past because the telphone call with the boss had taken place in the morning, and the conversation in hand took place this afternoon,and reported on what had happened in the morning.

This drill reinforces the point and gives practise in using the participle form of irregular verbs.

Question: How many aspirins did you take last week?
Answer:  I didn`t take any aspirins last week.
Question: And so far this week?
Answer:I haven`t taken any aspirins so far this week.

Question:  How many novels did you read last year?
Answer: I read three novels last year.

Question Tags

Add the question tag.

Teacher:  He´s early this morning.

Student: He's early this morning, isn't he?

Teacher:  It is not nice weather today.

Student:  It is not nice weather today, is it?