ESL Level 2 Study Tips for Final Exams!

Hi Class,

Here are some study tips for your high beginning/low intermediate Level 2 NC ESL class final exams. 

Good luck! 

These are the grammar points that you need to understand to pass the exam:

Sounds like a lot?  You know this!  You got this! 

If you need practice, do a google search for ESL + grammar point.  There will be many websites that appear and choose one that contains exercises for the grammar point that you are studying. Also, there are many great youtube.com instructional videos, again - search for the grammar lesson that you are studying.   Or, email me!  

Adjectives Comparatives
Superlatives
Equitives (as . . . as) Adverbs of Manner
Comparatives Connectors (because, so)
Count and Non-Count Nouns
Partitives (a can of, two glasses of, etc.) Quantifiers (much, many, some, a few, a little, etc.)
Directions
Future Tense with “Will” Indirect Object Pronouns “Like” vs. “Would Like” Modals
be able to
can’t (for prohibition) could
don’t have to
have got to
might
must (for necessity) mustn’t
should
Past Continuous Tense
Real Conditional (“if” clauses) Possessive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns
Simple Past Tense
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs

Tag Questions Simple Past
Simple Present Present Continuous Future
Time Clauses (before, after, when)
Time Expressions (just, in, on, at)
“Too,” “Enough,” “Very” + Adjective
Verb + Infinitive (want to, have to, need to, like to) WH-Questions

Present Perfect Continuous - So much fun!

Hi Level 3 Class and Other Fabulous Students;

Greetings! 

Question:  How long have you been studying English?   I've been studying English all my life, for many years, since I was a baby!

The above is an example of the use of the present perfect continuous tense using time phrases, such as, "all, for, and since".

There are some very clear uses of the present perfect continuous for ongoing activities that started in the past and continue into the present, they have an unspecified start date and continue in the present.

As with the present perfect we use "all, for, and since" to create time phrases.

Here's a good explanation of the present perfect continuous, also called the present perfect progressive, with exercises from a website called Perfect English Grammar:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-continuous-use.html

Enjoy!

Bonnie

Hello Level 3 & 4 Class:

We are studying in the present perfect. 


For additional practice studying present perfect and present perfect continuous go to:

https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

It has really great online lessons. Review the lesson and answer the questions at the end of the page.

Also, you can watch a video lesson on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGw2-p2WuJk

Ok, my fabulous students, go for it!

Enjoy,

Bonnie 

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Hi Class,

Monday we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  He was a powerful civil rights leader and activist. He believed in peaceful protest. His leadership changed America by advancing equal rights in the US. Without the actions of the civil rights movement under his leadership, you would not be in this ESL class today, there probably would not be ESL classes at community colleges for free if it were not for MLK.

Here is a short video on his life and work.

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086

What do you think about his leadership?  How does the civil rights movement of the 1960s affect you today? Think about it...

Best,
Teacher Bonnie