Hi English learners!
This is my first official Blog for English. My mission is to help you to speak English. But first things first. You need to listen, read and understand BEFORE you can speak.
There is no shame in educating oneself, we were all learner drivers at the beginning.
PRESNT SIMPLE: This is the first tense we need to learn.
i) We use this tense for routines and habits. To talk about what we do on a typical day.
ii) For things that are usually true e.g.'It rains a lot in the UK' or 'birds fly south in the winter'.
To talk about our routine, we will also need the following:
CONNECTING WORDS - Use then, later, next, after that, finally. This will keep your listeners awake and add some variety.
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
Always - 100%
Usually - 80% +
Often - 60% +
Sometimes - 50%
Hardly ever/seldom 5%
Never - 0%
DIGITAL TIME
You can't go wrong with digital time 6.54 am (say: six, fifty-four ay em.)or 6.54 pm.
7.05pm (spoken: Seven O (like the letter) five pee em.)
USEFUL VOCABULARY
routine /ruːˈtiːn/ ▶noun
[COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE] your usual way of doing things,especially when you do
them in a fixed order at the same time:
Young children tend to welcome some form of routine.
It shouldn't take too long to get back to our old routine.
Staying at your desk until 7.30 pm has become routine.
habit /ˈhabɪt/ ▶noun
[COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE] something that you do often or regularly,
often without thinking about it
a good/bad habit:
He had acquired some rather bad habits at college.
be in the habit of doing something:
They were in the habit of going for long walks.
get in/into the habit of doing something:
George has got into the habit of going to bed late.
out of habit/from force of habit (=because it is what you usually do):
Whenever I walk by her building I look up at her window from sheer force of habit.
typical /ˈtɪpɪkl/ ▶adjective
like most people or things of the same type
This is my first official Blog for English. My mission is to help you to speak English. But first things first. You need to listen, read and understand BEFORE you can speak.
There is no shame in educating oneself, we were all learner drivers at the beginning.
I'm going to start by helping my friends who have very basic English. By offering you a guide to getting a good foundation upon which you can build.
i) We use this tense for routines and habits. To talk about what we do on a typical day.
ii) For things that are usually true e.g.'It rains a lot in the UK' or 'birds fly south in the winter'.
To talk about our routine, we will also need the following:
CONNECTING WORDS - Use then, later, next, after that, finally. This will keep your listeners awake and add some variety.
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
Always - 100%
Usually - 80% +
Often - 60% +
Sometimes - 50%
Hardly ever/seldom 5%
Never - 0%
DIGITAL TIME
You can't go wrong with digital time 6.54 am (say: six, fifty-four ay em.)or 6.54 pm.
7.05pm (spoken: Seven O (like the letter) five pee em.)
USEFUL VOCABULARY
routine /ruːˈtiːn/ ▶noun
[COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE] your usual way of doing things,especially when you do
them in a fixed order at the same time:
Young children tend to welcome some form of routine.
It shouldn't take too long to get back to our old routine.
Staying at your desk until 7.30 pm has become routine.
habit /ˈhabɪt/ ▶noun
[COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE] something that you do often or regularly,
often without thinking about it
a good/bad habit:
He had acquired some rather bad habits at college.
be in the habit of doing something:
They were in the habit of going for long walks.
get in/into the habit of doing something:
George has got into the habit of going to bed late.
out of habit/from force of habit (=because it is what you usually do):
Whenever I walk by her building I look up at her window from sheer force of habit.
typical /ˈtɪpɪkl/ ▶adjective
like most people or things of the same type
- It's a typical working-class community.
a typical reaction/response/comment
fairly typical:
He's followed a fairly typical career in teaching.
typical of:
The view is fairly typical of people of his generation.
a.used about people or things that are exactly like what most people imagine they
are like
He was the typical angry customer.
This isn't your typical Chinese restaurant.
We apologise for the sound quality. We'll try to stay further from the road next time;)
Have a great week!
Zack
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