Hi!
You did a good job with the conversations.
I know you are getting a little mixed up with all those verbs. So here is a list of the verbs I really want you to learn:
talk
listen
read
write
eat
drink
say
look
close
open
play
work
do
go
sleep
That's 15 verbs. A number I'm sure you can handle.We'll practice them next week reinforce your learning.
Last week we did many exercises to practice the Present Continuous. But it's difficult to remember that it is not only the verb in its -ing form as in talking but that we must use the Present of the verb to be: I am talking. If we didn't we wouldn't know who is talking or when (the present) that person is talking.
As for questions, remember we must change the order of the words: Are you talking? Is John talking? Is his son talking?
HOMEWORK
Remember you must prepare your presentation. The new topic I proposed is talking about a country.
An example:
Chile is a country in South America. It is very long and narrow. It's next to the Pacific Ocean. It has got very high mountains: the Andes. Its capital city is Santiago. Its flag is red, blue and white. It has got one star. (You can show a picture of the flag).
The language is Spanish, but there are other languages.
I have a friend from Chile, her name is Myra and she lives in Valdivia. She is a nurse. She is married and has got three children: two daughters and a son. She also has many brothers and sisters. Families in Chile are very large. My friend is medium-height and and thin. She has short black hair and black eyes. She is very friendly and talkative. People from Chile are usually very friendly.
A famous person from Chile is Pablo Neruda, a poet. Everybody knows one or two poems by Neruda. Gabriela Mistral, another poet, is also from Chile. She has the Nobel Prize.
Another famous person from Chile is Allende, the president of Chile before Pinochet. I also remember Victor Jara, a folk and protest singer of the 60s.
Violeta Parra, another singer, is also very famous.
Roberto Matta is a painter and artist from Chile. He has got the Principe de Asturias Prize.
A special animal from Chile is the Chilean llama: its name is the guanaco.
A typical food from Chile is the empanada. Myra always cooks it. A typical drink from Chile is the Pisco. Pisco has got much alcohol. You can buy many things as souvenirs. You can buy a copper plate or a bag made of llama hair.
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