UNIT 3: LIFE STORIES ppsx

SPEAKINGUse expressions to tell your life events, such as: - I was born in ….. SPEAKING To make conclusion for your telling life story/ events: Now my family/ I am living in….and I am wo

UNIT 3: LIFE STORIES

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1 GRAMMAR

1.1 The past simple tense

- STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 123

- Usage:

+ A completed action in the past

+ A completed situation in the past

+ A repeated action in the past

2 SPEAKING

Use expressions to tell your life events, such as:

- I was born in …

- I grew up in…

- I started school in…

work in

- I left school in …

- I went to university/ college

- I got a job in…

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2 SPEAKING

To make conclusion for your telling life story/ events:

Now my family/ I am living in….and I am

working/ studying at…

3 PRONUNCIATION

3.1 –ed ending:

In 3 ways - / id / or / t / or / d /

is important, not the letter

or spelling.

For example

"fax" ends in the letter "x"

but the sound /s/;

"like" ends in the letter "e"

but the sound /k/.

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If the base verb ends

in one of these sounds:

example base verb*:

example with -ed:

-ed sound

/id/

/t/

all other sounds, for example

/d/

3 PRONUNCIATION

3.2 Word stress

In words with more than one syllable, we usually

stress only one of the syllables

Ex: ‘problem

ex’pect

Enjoy your learning

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