Accedo Speaking Course 1

Presentations  Presentations Students will prepare a short presentation about one of the topics provided below or any other topic students prefer. This presentation should last between 3 and 4 minutes. Teachers will evaluate students' speaking skill based on these criteria: grammar and vocabulary, content, pronunciation and fluency. Topics: - Habits/hobbies - Routines - Favorite characters or celebrities - Past routines - Childhood memories - Historical events - Personal future plans - General culture - Travels / living abroad - To tell a story - Your last vacation - General future predictions or personal plans Speaking practice Students will be divided into small groups and will practice speaking by asking some of these questions: 1. What do you do if you are bored? 2. Describe one of the most important people in your life. 3. Who do you talk to when you have problems? 4. Do you prefer meat or fresh vegetables? Why? 5. What are some hobbies y...

Past perfect tenses SECTION 1 - Explanations Irregular plural nouns SECTION 2 - Practice Past perfect simple vs. continuous: Exercise 1 Irregular plural nouns: Exercise 1     Exercise 2     Exercise 3 Viedo: Facing My Fear to the Dentist SECTION 3 - Pronunciation practice TH pronunciation Let's practice the pronunciation of TH sounds. 1. Is this the thing? Yes, this is the thing! They threw three thick things. 2. They thankfully think this thing is the best thing that they can throw the three times they need to throw a thing. 3. Even though my father is a weatherman, he can’t predict with absolute certainty whether it will rain or not. Neither can the other people who work with him. 4. They say there’s only a thirty per cent chance of rain, and the next thing you know, it’s pouring. They predict snow, and there’s nothing for another five days. 5. Then, there’s a blizzard. So rather than trust my father’s...

Present Perfect tenses  Section 0- Conditionals refresher Section 1 - Explanations Present pefect simple Vs. Present perfect continuous Present perfect simple Vs. continuous exercises:    Exercise 1       Exercise2   COLLOCATIONS (DO VS. MAKE) A collocation is two or more words that often go together. Some collocation examples are “pay attention”, “fast food”, “make an effort”, and “powerful engine”. For further information, visit:  7esl.com/collocations DO We use “do” when someone performs actions, repetitive tasks and obligations. In other words, “do” is often used when referring to work of any kind and referring to the action itself. MAKE We use “make” for creating, producing and constructing. In other words, “make” is often used when referring to the result. Self-study Each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below ...

Second and third conditionals SECTION 1 - Explanations Exercises (click on each link): Second conditional Third conditional Friends omnipotent scene    INFORMAL CONTRACTIONS SECTION 2 - Speaking practice Students will be divided into small groups and practice speaking by asking some of these questions: Present unreal condiontal (second cond.) questions: 1. If you could have any super power, what would it be? 2. What would you do if you could speak English perfectly? 3. If you won the lottery, what would you buy? 4. If you could change one thing about your past, what would you change? 5. If you could travel to an uninhabited planet, would you? 6. Where would you like to go if you won a free plane ticket? 7. If you could have one futuristic device, what would it be? 8. If you could learn one skill, what would it be? 9. Who would you like to go on a date with if you could choose anyone? 10. Would you choose...

Zero and first conditionals SECTION 1 - Explanations and practice Exercises (click on each topic): Zero conditional First conditional The Mayonnaise Jar (video) Linking words Exercise 1        Exercise 2       Exercise 3 SECTION 2 - Pronunciation practice Activity 1   Pronunciation of Final -s / -es. Please,  CLICK HERE (Exercise 1)  to practice with the exercise. Activity 2            1. I’m Tim Black. I’m a  doctor. I work at a hospital. My wife, Kim, is  a  teacher.  She teach es   Music  at  a  college. She get s   up  at  seven  o’clock  every  morning. Kim  set s   the  table,  and  we  have  breakfast. Kim  love s   toasts. We  leave  home  at  a  quarter  past  eight.       ...

Past tenses comparison SECTION 1 - Explanations SECTION 2 - Practice Past simple Vs. continuous exercises:    Exercise 1       Exersice 2 Video exercises:    Making Lemonade         The Present INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE ARTICLES Self-study Each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below to access the content. Articles:     Exercise 1         Exercise 2  SECTION 3 - Speaking practice a) Each student is going to read a paragraph and will receive feedback about her/his pronunciation, stress placement, fluency and intonation.  1.  Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, we were driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant . It was a large , old builiding. We looked through the window. There were lots of people in the re...

SECTION 0 - Prepositions refresher Look at the following sentences, find the mistakes and provide a correct version. 1. Turn right in the traffic lights. 2. The film was very funny on the end. 3. We've been here by four days now. 4. I'll see you in lunch time. 5. I was born on 1972. 6. I'm sorry to being so late SECTION 1 - Explanations                                                  IRREGULAR VERBS CLASIFICATION     SECTION 2 - Practice Past Simple exercises:  Excersice 1     Exercise 2 Judo Class (past simple) SECTION 3 - Pronunciation practice Practice 1 -  Excersice:  Pronunciation of final -ed. Please,  CLICK HERE  to go to the exercise. Practice 2:  Each student is going to read a paragraph and will receive feedback about her/his pronunciation, stre...