Transcript english grammar

ENGLISH COURSE: LESSON 1
TUTOR:
GERARD J. HANNAN
Jerry
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ALL ABOUT ME
My name is Gerard
Hannan and I am from
Limerick City, Ireland. I
am hoping to teach you to
be the best English
Speaking people in the
world.
But I need YOU to help me.
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Europe
Can you guess which part of Europe I am from?
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Ireland
IRELAND
I am from Limerick City, Ireland.
Five Facts About Ireland:
1. Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe
and the twentieth-largest island on Earth.
2. The population of Ireland is 6.4 Million.
3. Irish culture has had a significant influence
on other cultures, especially in the fields of
literature and, to a lesser degree, science
and education.
4. Politically, the island is divided between
Ireland (a sovereign state also called the
Republic of Ireland) and Northern Ireland
(a constituent country of the United
Kingdom). They share an open border and
both are part of the Common Travel Area.
5. Both Ireland and the United Kingdom are
members of the European Union, and as a
consequence there is free movement of
people, goods, services and capital across
the border.
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RIVERDANCE
But Ireland is also known for…..
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Westlife
Can you name any of their songs?
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CAN YOU NAME HIM?
Colin Farrell
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Can you name him?
President John F. Kennedy
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Can You Name Him?
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
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Can you name him?
Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter
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Can you name him?
Bono from U2.
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Can you name him?
Liam Neeson
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Can you name him?
Tom Cruise
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Can you name him?
Niall Horan of ONE DIRECTION.
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Can you name him?
Oscar Wilde
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Can you name him?
Me.
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LIMERICK
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It is located in MidWestern Ireland.
It is part of the province
of Munster.
The City lies on the River
Shannon which flows into
the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the third biggest City
in
Ireland
with
a
population of 95,000
people.
We get warm, but not
hot Summers and Cold,
but not freezing Winters.
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MARY IMMACULATE
COLLEGE, LIMERICK.
This Is Where I Did My
Undergraduate Studies.
I studied Irish, European &
American History and Media &
Communications.
I Also Studied English And I Am
Trained To Teach English As A
Foreign Language.
I am currently doing a
Masters Degree in History
and will graduate at
Doctorate (Phd) Level in
2015.
Mary Immaculate College is
part of the much bigger
University of Limerick.
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University of Limerick
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My Website:
Irish Media Man
www.irishmediaman.wordpress.com
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ME.
• NAME: GERARD HANNAN
• NICKNAME: JERRY
• FROM: EUROPE
• COUNTRY: IRELAND
• CITY: LIMERICK
• GRADUATE: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
• STUDIES: HISTORY, MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS &
ENGLISH.
• JOBS: JOURNALIST, BROADCASTER, PLAYWRIGHT, FILMMAKER, AUTHOR & BUSINESSMAN – NOW TEACHER
• ALSO WORKING ON M.A. & PhD in HISTORY.
•
CURRENTLY WRITING A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RADIO BROADCASTING FROM 1900 to 2000
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CLASS ROOM RULES.
1. Please Sit Quietly & Listen
2. Shut Off All Mobile Phones (Avoid Use During
Class.)
3. If You Have A Question Please Raise Your Hand.
4. No Talking During Class As It Is Unfair To Other
Students.
5. If You Must Leave During Class You Can Do So But
Please Do Not Disturb Other Students/Class As You
Go.
6. Be Kind, Polite And Nice To All Others In The Room.
• Thank You
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HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH
FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING
PERFECT ENGLISH.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER ONE.
MAKE MISTAKES.
Mistakes are part of the learning process and necessary in
order to learn how to speak perfect English. The more
mistakes the better you learn.
It is not possible to learn a new language without making
lots and lots of mistakes.
If you want to make me a very happy teacher then please
make lots and lots of mistakes.
YOU WILL NOT LEARN ENGLISH WITHOUT MAKING
MISTAKES. I MAKE THEM EVERY DAY AND I HAVE USED
ENGLISH ALL MY LIFE.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER TWO
FORGET EVERYTHING
The sounds you make when speaking your own language are all different
to the sounds you make when you speak English.
Best to just get those sounds out of your mind they are of no great use to
you when speaking English, in fact, in most cases they will not help you
at all.
English is simply Sound & Structure. The sound you make and the
structure of the sentence.
More about this later.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER THREE
FIND A TEACHER
The good news is you have already found one.
You need somebody you don’t know personally who will
speak only English to you, somebody who will help you
when you make mistakes.
Make sure you USE me and promise ME that you will tell
me when you are not sure about anything I say.
I am here to help YOU. That is what I am here to do so
please do help me to help you.
ALWAYS TRY TO TELL ME IN ENGLISH, AS BEST YOU CAN.
Listen, Learn, Talk & Teach
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER FOUR
TALK TO YOURSELF
Every chance you are alone – talk to yourself.
Sounds crazy but it is so true.
Most of us do it anyway.
Talk to yourself in English – it does not sound as crazy.
TIP: STOP IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU START HEARING ANSWERS
Good Places to talk to yourself to exercise your English:
Shower, Bus/Train (Use A Fake Phone Call), Walking/Jogging Alone –
(Using headphones to give impression you are chatting on the phone).
WHILE IT SOUNDS CRAZY – IT WORKS AND IS A
GREAT WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER FIVE
FIND A CLASS BUDDY
1. Find a friend to learn with. Somebody you like and
trust who will help you and you will help them.
2. This person is your “Class Buddy” who can share
thoughts, ideas and language with you.
3. You both agree that you will correct each other
and help each other. When one of you is listening
at class and one is not it is helpful to compare
notes with your “Class Buddy”
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SO THEN….. THE FIVE RULES TO PERFECT ENGLISH ARE:
1. Make mistakes.
2. Forget everything
3. Find a tough teacher.
4. Talk to yourself.
5. Find a class buddy.
Follow the rules & very soon you will be
speaking perfect English.
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Starting Out Tips: Parts Of Speech
The Building Blocks of English
Noun: Names a person, place, thing, idea (Lulu, jail, cantaloupe, loyalty)
Pronoun: Takes the place of a noun (he, who, I, what)
Verb: Expresses action or being (scrambled, was, should win)
Adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun (messy, strange, alien)
Adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb (willingly, woefully, very)
Preposition: Relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence (by, for, from)
Conjunction: Ties two words or groups of words together (and, after, although)
Interjection: Expresses strong emotion (yikes, wow, ouch)
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Starting Out Tips:
Parts of a Sentence
Verb (also called the predicate):
Expresses the action or state of being
Subject:
The person or thing being talked about
Complement:
A word or group of words that completes the
meaning of the subject-verb pair
Types of complements: direct and indirect objects,
subject complement, objective complement
DON’T WORRY: YOU DON’T HAVE TO REMEMBER
ALL OF THIS FOR NOW.
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Starting Out Tips: Pronoun Tips
1. Pronouns that may be used only as subjects or subject
complements: I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever.
2. Pronouns that may be used only as objects or objective
complements: me, him, her, us, them, whom, whomever.
3. Common pronouns that may be used as either subjects or
objects: you, it, everyone, anyone, no one, someone, mine,
ours, yours, theirs, either, neither, each, everybody, anybody,
nobody, somebody, everything, anything, nothing,
something, any, none, some, which, what, that.
4. Pronouns that show possession: my, mine, your, yours, his,
her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs, whose.
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Starting Out Tips:
Subject-Verb Agreement Tips
1. Match singular subjects with singular verbs, plural subjects with plural verbs.
Example: The cat jumps over the fence
The cats jump over the fence
2. Amounts of time and money are usually singular
Example: ten dollars not tens dollars
3. Either/or and neither/nor: Match the verb to the closest subject
Example: Either the boys or the girls
neither the boys nor the girl
4. Either and neither, without their partners or and nor, always take a singular verb Example: neither of the
apples
either of the apples.
5. All subjects preceded by each and every take a singular verb.
Example: Each apple not each apples.
Every apple not every apples.
6. Both, few, several, many are always plural.
Example: Both men are funny
Few men are funny
Several men are funny
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Starting Out Tips: Punctuation Tips
Endmarks:
All sentences need an end mark: a period, question mark, exclamation point, or ellipsis. Never put two
end marks at the end of the same sentence.
Apostrophes:
For singular ownership generally add s; for plural ownership generally add s'.
Commas:
In direct address use commas to separate the name from the rest of the sentence:
Lets eat Granddad.
Let’s eat, Granddad.
In lists place commas between items in a list, but not before the first item.
I love Apples, oranges, pears and bananas.
Before conjunctions, when combining two complete sentences with a conjunction, place a comma
before the conjunction.
I like apples, and I like oranges. (“and” is the conjunction)
If you have one subject and two verbs, don't put a comma before the conjunction.
ARE YOU CONFUSED?..... GOOD…..SOON ALL OF THIS WILL BE NORMAL TO YOU.
Now the hard bit…..Lets Look At Some Tenses…..
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Tells what is happening now:
1. I play tennis
2.She does not play tennis
3.Does he play tennis?
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Tells what happened before now:
1.I saw a movie yesterday
2.Last year I went on holidays
3.Did you have dinner last night?
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SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Talks about what has not happened
yet:
1.You will help him later
2.You will not help him later
3.Will you help him later?
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Expresses an action or state of being in
the present that has some connection
with the past:
1.You have seen that movie many times
2.Have you seen that movie many times?
3.You have not seen that movie many
times.
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PAST PERFECT TENSE
Places an event before another event
in the past:
1.You had studied English before you moved to
New York.
2.Had you studied English before you moved to
New York?
3.You had not studied English before you moved
to New York.
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FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Talks about something that has not
happened yet in relation to another event in
the future
1.You will have perfected your English by the
time you come back from the U.S.
2.Will you have perfected your English by the
time you come back from the U.S.?
3.You will not have perfected your English by
the time you come back from the U.S.
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Can You Fill In The Blanks?
COME TO THE BOARD AND WRITE THE SENTENCE
1. Simple Past: Last year I _______ English.
2. Simple Present: I _____ English every day.
3. Simple Future: I __ _____ __ _____ English next year.
4. Past Progressive: I ___ ________ English when you called yesterday.
5. Present Progressive: I __ ________ English now.
6. Future Progressive 1: I ___ __ ________ English tomorrow.
7. Future Progressive 2: I __ _____ __ __ ________ English tomorrow.
8. Past Perfect: I __ _______ English a little before I moved to America.
9. Present Perfect: I ____ _______ English in several different schools.
10. Future Perfect: I ____ ____ _______ English for four hours if I study for
another hour.
11. Past Perfect Progressive: I ___ ____ ________ English for three years before I
moved to America.
12. Present Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ________ English for two years.
13. Future Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ____ ________ English for over two
hours by the time you arrive.
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The Blanks Filled In
1. Simple Past: Last year I STUDIED English.
2. Simple Present: I STUDY English every day.
3. Simple Future: I AM GOING TO STUDY English next year.
4. Past Progressive: I WAS STUDYING English when you called yesterday.
5. Present Progressive: I AM STUDYING English now.
6. Future Progressive 1: I WILL BE STUDYING English tomorrow.
7. Future Progressive 2: I AM GOING TO BE STUDYING English tomorrow.
8. Past Perfect: I HAD STUDIED English a little before I moved to America.
9. Present Perfect: I HAVE STUDIED English in several different schools.
10.Future Perfect: I WILL HAVE STUDIED English for four hours if I study for another hour.
11.Past Perfect Progressive: I HAD BEEN STUDYING English for three years before I moved to
America.
12.Present Perfect Progressive: I HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for two years.
13.Future Perfect Progressive: I WILL HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for over two hours by the time
you arrive.
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END LESSON 1
IN LESSON 2 WE WILL LEARN THE FOLLOWING:
ALL ABOUT NOUNS
PROPER AND COMMON NOUNS
CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT NOUNS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
UNUSUAL NOUNS
POSSESSIVE NOUNS
FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS IN A SENTENCE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION & PARTICIPATION
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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