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Present Progressive Games

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Choose the correct answer (bold text), according to the video: 

a. Mark and Betty are scientists/teachers. 

b. Mark is an inventer/a painter and Betty is his assistant/his secretary. 

c. Mark is/isn't making a present for his cousin George. 

d. Mark connects a carton of milk to his mobile phone and it becomes a radio/a speaker. 

e. George doesn't like/loves milk and music. 

f. Mark usually/never wears ties. 

g. Mark hates vegetables/meat. 

h. George loves meat/vegetables. 

i. George is staying for dinner/for a week.

Basic English Grammar-TO BE verb

To be is the most common verb in English. In this basic grammar lesson, you will learn how to use this verb correctly. 

Present Continuous

Present simple

Vowels and diphthongs

Here it is an excellent video to help you pronounce these difficult phonemes of English.

Vowels
/ i: / me – tree – three – people – v
/ i / ship – ticket – this – king – shilling
/ e / bed – pen – yes – well
/ æ / Paris – can – Spanish
/ ɑ: /past – dark – palm – car – hard
/ ɒ / knot – wash – song – from – rock – coffee
/ ɔ: / all – small – ball – morning
/ ʊ / full – look – good – foot – book
/ u: / who – move – noon – blue – two
/ ʌ / up – cup – sun – sum
/ ɜ: / her – Thursday – burn – work
/ ə / under – farther – a dress – servant – Saturday

Dipthongs
/ ei / say – baby – train – plate – table – waiter
/ əʊ / no – smoke – motor – motel
/ aɪ /  ice – eye – side
/ aʊ / flower – cloud – hour – now
/ ɔɪ / boy – noise – boil – voice
/ iə / dear – clear – beer – ear
/ eə / chair – hair – care

/ ɔ: /  four – door - floor

The Magic -e

When we add an 'e' to the end of a lot of words, it changes the sound and meaning - rid/ride, cod/code, at/ate... This 'e' is called magic 'e' because it changes the sound and meaning of the word.

Let's watch the following video to see the way the pronunciation of some words changes just by adding an extra -e at the end. 

Giving directions

This is a nice game to revise the way we use to give directions. The game consists of four parts but before playing, have a look at some common shops and places in town you will find on the map. Enjoy it!