Elementary Levels Lesson 1: Welcome

Hello. Welcome to level two. Today we will review some of the things we learned in level one. We will review to be in the present tense. Then we will review cardinal and ordinal numbers. Next we will review possessive adjectives. Finally we will review the simple present tense. But first let's introduce ourselves. My name is Nicole Jones. Nicole Jones. This is my name. Now would like to know your names. Hello, what is your name? My name is Sylvia Petroa. Nice to meet you, Sylvia. Hello, what is your name? My name is Anna Rodriguez. Nice to meet you, Anna. And hello, what is your name? My name is Alberto Rich. Nice to meet you, assistants. Now, will ask you one more question. Where are you from, Sylvia? I'm from Siova. Sio is in Bosnia, but live in Bourne, Germany. Very good. And Anna, where are you from? am from Seville, that's in Spain. My parents live in Barcelona now. am Spanish. Great. Two beautiful cities. And Alberto, where are you from? am from small village. It is near Rome. am Italian. Very good. Nice to meet you all and welcome. Now it's time for Look and Listen. Look and listen. The teacher's name is Nicole Jones. What's your name? My name is Sylvia Petroa. What's her name? Her name is Anna Rodriguez. Read and repeat. Heat. Heat. verb to be. All right, let's begin our lesson with review of the verb to be. We use the verb to be in sentences that give information. For example, we can say Jerry is doctor. His father's name is Bob. Now, Jerry and his father, they are from Chicago. We are happy today. So, let's take look at our examples. Jerry is doctor. His father's name is Bob. They are from Chicago. And we are happy today. Look at the chart that we learned in level one. am short form. I'm am Nicole. I'm Nicole. You are your You are Ali. You're Ali. He is He's He is Tom. He's Tom. She is. She's She is Marie. She's Marie. It is. It's It is Dolly. It's It's Dolly. We are We're students. We're students. You are your You are students. Your students. They are their they are students. Their students. All right. Very good. Now, let's practice. Anna, where is Sylvia from? I'm not sure. think she's from Bosna. Where does she live? She lives in Very good. Alberto, where are Anna's parents from? They are from Seville. Yes, you are right. Sylvia, how many people are here now? There are three people here. Really? Oops, there are four. okay. Very good. Thank you, everyone. Now we also need to talk about the negative forms of the verb to be. Remember there are two ways to write the negatives. In some cases we have to use isn't or aren't. Now for some examples. The policemen aren't here today. And Abigail, not aren't, but isn't here today. Peter's aunt isn't happy. And Tom's grandmother isn't Italian. Now, let's review the examples. The policemen aren't here today. Abigail isn't here today. Peter's aunt isn't happy. And Tom's grandmother isn't Italian. All right, let's practice the negative forms of the verb to be. Anna, is Sylvia your sister? No, she isn't. She's my new friend. Very good. Sylvia, are you Spanish? No, I'm not. I'm Boston. Thank you. Sylvia, are Alberto and Anna your parents? No, of course they are not. All right. Now you ask the questions. Sylvia, you start. Teacher, are you American? Yes, am. Now, Anna, Sylvia, are you happy today? Yes, am. And Alberto, Anna, are you hungry? Yes, am. Okay, let's have lunch. Later, we have work to do. Great job, everyone. Now, we can ask questions for more information by beginning the question with is or are. is or are. Remember when asked Sylvia, "Are you Spanish?" also asked Sylvia, "Are Alberto and Anna your parents?" All right, let's look at the monitor to remember how to form questions. And remember, there are two ways to form negative answer. Question. Am Nicole? Yes, you are. No, you're not. Are you Ali? Yes, am. No, I'm not. Is he Tom? Yes, he is. No, he's not. No, he isn't. Is she Marie? Yes, she is. No, she's not. No, she isn't. Is it Dolly? Yes, it is. No, it's not. No, it isn't. Are we students? Yes, we are. No, we're not. No, we aren't. Are we students? Yes, you are. No, you're not. No, you aren't. Are you students? Yes, we are. No, we're not. No, we aren't. Are they students? Yes, they are. No, they're not. No, they aren't. All right, now let's practice. Anna, you ask Alberto question. Alberto, are you student? Yes, am. Good. Now, Alberto, ask Sylvia question. Sylvia, are you volleyball player? No, I'm not. I'm tennis player. Great. Now, Sylvia, you ask Anna question. Anna, are we happy? Yes, we are. Wonderful. I'm glad you're all so happy. Now, I'm happy to tell you it's time to look and listen. Look and listen. am Till's niece. Agatha is his aunt. Jeremy and Courtney are doctors in hospital. She isn't my best friend. Read and repeat. cardinal and ordinal numbers. All right. Now let's review cardinal and ordinal numbers. First let's look at cardinal numbers again. So we have some examples. Paul has nine uncles. My grandfather is 82 years old. She has 14 nephews and will buy new doll for my cousin. All right. Now, let's review the examples. Paul has nine uncles. My grandfather is 82 years old. She has 14 nephews and will buy new doll for my cousin. All right. Now, let's practice. Hello, assistants. Anna, how old are you? am 24 years old. Very good. Sylvia, how old are you? am 25 years old. Okay. And how old are you, Alberto? am old. am 25 years old. That's not old, Alberto. How old is your mother? am not sure. think she she is 44 years old. Okay, very good. And how old is your father, Sylvia? He is 52. My mother is 46. Very good. Anna, how old is your grandmother? She's 63. My grandfather is 68. All right. Very good. Thank you everyone. Now we want to learn some new vocabulary. We are going to talk about height and weight and how to measure height and weight. Okay, let's first talk about height. So person's height is how tall he is. It is measured in centime or inches. All right. We also want to learn weight. person's weight is how heavy he is. It is measured in kilograms or pounds. If you want to know something about person's height, you can ask how tall are you? How tall are you? If you want to know about person's weight, you can ask, "How much do you weigh?" How much do you weigh? However, be careful with that question because people don't like to tell their weight. All right. Now, let's practice using numbers and our new vocabulary. Alberto, how tall are you? am tall. am 1 80 cm. Thank you. Anna, how tall are you? am tall, too. am 1 and 78 cm. Good. Sylvia, how tall are you? am medium height. am 1 68 cm. Okay, very good. How much do you weigh, Sylvia? That isn't good question. You can't ask girls that. Okay, I'm sorry. How much do you weigh, Alberto? weighed 79 kilograms. All right, thank you everyone. Let's look at some more numbers. We have many numbers to learn today, not just to measure height and weight, but more general numbers. For example, we need to know 100 continuing with 200. Okay. 300, 400, 500. Of course, continuing with 600, 700, 800, 900, and the big number, 1,000, and very big number, 1 million. All right, let's repeat the new numbers. 1,000 1 million. All right, let's practice these new numbers. Sylvia, have 100 apples. My cousins have 300 apples. So, how many apples do we have together? That's easy. I'm good at math. You have 400 apples together. That's lot of apples. Good. Yes, you're right. lot of apples. Anna, have $800 in the bank, but give $300 to my aunt. So, how much money do have now? You have $500 now. That's not difficult. Yes, you're very good at math, Anna. Thank you, Alberto. My father has 400 books in his library. He buys 600 more books. So, how many books does he have now? think he has 1,000 books. Is that right? Yes, that's right. Very good. You are all very good at math. Now, it's time to look and listen. Look and listen. She has eight jobs. My grandparents gave me $200 for my birthday. Your birthday is 21 days from now. My nephew Tommy has $100 in the bank. Read and repeat. Now let's look at ordinal numbers. Here are some examples. Her birthday is on the 26th of December. It is his first job. Carol starts work on the 3rd of March and Judy is her fourth child. Let's review the examples. Her birthday is on the 26th of December. It is his first job. Carol starts work on the 3 of March. Judy is her fourth child. So remember ordinal numbers give information about the order of things. There are many ordinal numbers. They start for example first, second, third and continue on. Let's look at more examples. John visited his uncle. Okay, next we can say then John visited his friend. After that, John visited the zoo. Finally, John visited his girlfriend. So, let's look at these examples. John visited his uncle. Then, John visited his friend. After that, John visited the zoo. Finally, John visited his girlfriend. Now let's try to use our ordinal numbers and create the same sentences using the numbers we have learned. So we can say the first thing John did was visit his uncle. Okay. The second thing he did was visit his friend. The third thing he did was visit the zoo. And the fourth thing he did was visit his girlfriend. So, John has had very busy day. Let's review our examples of John's day. Now, the first thing John did was visit his uncle. The second thing he did was visit his friend. The third thing he did was visit the zoo. And the fourth thing he did was visit his girlfriend. same sentences as before using our ordinal numbers. All right, here is list of ordinal numbers to help us practice. First, second, third, fourth, fifth, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 100th, 200th. All right, now it's time to practice. Alberto, does your father have second job? am not sure. understand. second job is an extra job he has to earn more money. Okay, understand. No, he doesn't have second job. Thank you, Alberto. Anna, what is the name of your mother's first child? My sister, her name is Katina. Good answer. Sylvia, does your father know second language? Do you mean can he speak two languages? Yes, he can speak Serbian and he can speak little German. Very good. Alberto, when is your birthday? My birthday is on the 22nd of April. Thank you. Anna, when is your mother's birthday? think it's May 1st. Very good. Sylvia, when is your brother's birthday? His birthday is on February 11th. When is your birthday? My birthday is November 2nd. Thank you for asking. Now it's time to look and listen. Look and listen. My aunt is going to London on the 19th of August. The first thing my brother did was brush his teeth. My cousin ate dinner for the second time. Clark is Paul's third cousin. Read and repeat. possessive adjectives. Now, let's review possessive adjectives. Here are some examples. That woman is her aunt. My aunt's last name is Bernette. The children love their grandfather and your uncle is on holiday. So, let's review the examples. That woman is her aunt. My aunt's last name is Bernett. The children love their grandfather. Your uncle is on holiday. Possessive pronouns show possession. Now, let's look at the chart to help you remember. Please look at the monitor. my Alice is my aunt. You your Alice is your aunt. He his Alice is his aunt. She her. Alice is her aunt. We our Alice is our aunt. You your Alice is your aunt. They their Alice is their aunt. Very good. Let's review the possessive adjectives. Sylvia, where does your uncle live? My uncle lives in Savova. My family lives in Bone. Thank you. Anna, what is your sister's address? She lives in Seville. Great. Alberto, asked you how tall you are before. Another way to say it is, what is your height? My height is 1 80 cm. Okay, wonderful. Sylvia, who was your first teacher? Her name was Barbara. Okay, good. Alberto, what is your second language? Well, guess it's English. Yes. Anna, who was your first English teacher? His name was James. All right. Very good, everyone. Now, not for the first time. It is time for look and listen. Look and listen. loved my first teacher. My second sister is 12 years old. Their brother is in his third year at university. This is the 100th time I'm telling you this. Read and repeat. Simple present tense. Now the last thing we will review today is the simple present tense. In the beginning we reviewed the simple present tense of the verb to be. Now, let's look at some other verbs. My father works eight hours day. have 13 cousins. John's grandfather lives near the bank. Her sister works in store. Let's review our examples. My father works 8 hours day. have 13 cousins. John's grandfather lives near the bank. Her sister works in store. The simple present tense gives statements of fact. run every weekend. You run every weekend. She runs every weekend. We run every weekend. Finally, they run every weekend. Let's review our examples. run every weekend. You run every weekend. She runs every weekend. We run every weekend. And they run every weekend. So you see third person singular, we add an for regular verbs. And most verbs follow the same pattern as run. Other examples are the verbs to have and to do. Okay, we want to look at to have and to do. These verbs, for example, follow different or irregular pattern. Let's look at some examples. You have job. Larry has job. Okay. do my homework with my sister, but he does his homework. With his sister. Let's review the examples of these irregular verbs. You have job. Larry has job. do my homework with my sister. He does his homework with his sister. All right. Now, let's practice. Tell us two things about your grandmother using the simple present. Sylvia, your sentences, please. My grandmother is nice. My grandmother has cat. Very good. Anna, what are your sentences? My grandmother walks to the park on Saturdays. She always cooks for my grandfather. Very good. And Alberto, your sentences, please. My grandmother likes to shop. My grandmother goes to bed early. Very good, everyone. Now, it's time to look and listen. Look and listen. Anne has two kids. Leonardo loves to go to Florence on holiday. The children always play with their cousins. Clark lives near his aunt. Read and repeat. Now, let's look at the simple present tense in negative and question form. Here are some examples. Does Lou live on that street? Okay, it's question, right? Answer. No, he doesn't live on that street. All right, let's look at this example. Does Lou live on that street? No, he doesn't live on that street. Next example. Do you have new job? Answer could be no. don't have new job. Okay, let's review this example. Do you have new job? No, don't have new job. Next question. Does she know today is holiday? No, she doesn't know. All right. Question is, does she know today is holiday? No, she doesn't know. Okay, continuing with questions and negatives. More examples. Do we need new secretary? No, we don't need one. All right. The question is, do we need new secretary? No, we don't need one. All right. When we ask question, we use the helping verbs do or does. In negative response, we use the same helping verbs but in different form. Don't or doesn't. Okay, we need to look at some more examples. Don't you work at the school. So, you can begin question with negative. Answer is no, don't. All right. Don't you work at the school? No, don't. Next example. Doesn't she have four brothers? Yes, she has four brothers. Question. Doesn't she have four brothers? Yes, she has four brothers. All right. Now, let's practice. want to ask you some questions. Let's use the simple present. Sylvia, where does your best friend live? He lives near my parents. He lives in Sawa. He is student, too. All right, very good. Anna, does your father like his job? He works for the city of Barcelona. He doesn't likes his job. He always works. He doesn't have lot of money. Okay. He doesn't like his job. Sylvia, does your mother like to cook? Yes, she likes to cook. She's good cook. My father is good cook. I'm good cook. Well, maybe can come to your house for dinner. Alberto, do your grandparents travel? No, they are old. They stay at home. All right. Anna, do you exercise? Yes, exercise with my cousins. My mother exercises. My father doesn't. He has bad back. I'm sorry. All right. Very good answers, everyone. Now, it's time to look and listen. Look and listen. Jane's sister doesn't smoke cigarettes. Tom's cousin works at the department store. We don't have present for your aunt's new baby. My sister has new job. Read and repeat. Heat. Heat. review. Now let's practice. will write three sentences and want you to fill in the blanks. Here are my sentences. My cousin is Mhm. My parents are and my uncle isn't. All right, Sylvia, you go first. Please fill in the three sentences. Here are my sentences. My cousin is nurse. My cousin is nurse. My parents are happy today. She said, "My parents are happy today." My uncle isn't politician. My uncle isn't politician. Very good, Sylvia. Alberto, hope you can think of three excellent sentences like Sylvia. First one, my cousin is thin. Good. My cousin is thin. My parents are always right. My parents are always right. My uncle isn't at work. Very good, Alberto. My uncle isn't at work. All right, last but not least, Anna, let's hear your three sentences. First one, my cousin is beautiful. Very good. My cousin is beautiful. My parents are at work. My parents are at work. My uncle isn't boring. All right, very good everyone. My uncle isn't boring. Okay, thank you. Let's try another exercise. will give you more examples and you fill in the verb to be. My brother Mhm. always at school. All right, Anna, you go first. That's easy. My brother is always at school. Good. My brother is always at school. Next example. Al's sister Mhm. never late, but her parents always late. So, you have two blanks to fill. Alberto, can you do this one, please? El's sister is never late, but her parents are always late. Very good. Al's sister is never late. But her parents are always late. Wonderful. One more. That Mhm. My dog. It's my friend's dog. All right, Sylvia, this one's for you. That's easy. That isn't my dog. It's my friend's dog. Very good. That isn't my dog. It's my friend's dog. Good job, everyone. Now, let's practice using our numbers. will give each of you three numbers. want you to spell the number first, then tell us the ordinal number and spell it. Here is an example. 22, 22nd. Sylvia, can you please do the numbers 9, 12, and 31? Here are my numbers. Nine. Good. Ninth. 12th. 12th. 31. Y- 31st. Y- Very good, Sylvia. Here's one more exercise using ordinal numbers. Okay, watch carefully. Fill in the blank using the ordinal numbers. Here's your example. Christmas is on the Mhm. of December. This time, Anna, you go first. Christmas is on the 25th of December. That's correct. Christmas is on the 25th of December. Good job, Alberto. Do you have Easter in Italy? Of course we do. It's very important. Okay, good. Easter is on the of April. This year, Easter is on the 11th of April. It's not always on the same day. Good. Easter is on the 11th of April this year. Good job everyone using your numbers. Now let's look at some examples using possessive adjectives. Okay, complete the sentences with possessive adjectives. Okay, Alberto, this is your sentence. Janette is with husband Tom. Can you please complete the sentence? Yeah, that's simple. Janette is with her husband Tom. All right. Janette is with her husband Tom. Diane and William are with mother Anita. Diane and William are with mother Anita. this is Ann. Diane and William are with their mother, Anita. Good. Diane and William are with their mother, Anita. Here are more examples to practice the simple present. Okay, Anna, this is your question. Michael always his homework. Michael always does his homework. Good. Michael always does his homework. Okay. usually my teeth before go to bed. This is for you, Sylvia. Easy brush teeth before go to bed. Good. usually brush my teeth before go to bed. Okay, the last one is for Alberto. policeman. Mhm. police car. Alberto. policeman drives police car. Okay. policeman drives police car. Great job everyone. Thank you. Now it is time to listen and write. Listen and write. Now listen and write. My uncle's birthday is on the 2nd of April. His brother is always happy. Let's go to the beach with her cousins. Our birthdays are in 3 months. She doesn't have job. All right. Now, check your work. My uncle's birthday is on the 2nd of April. His brother is always happy. Let's go to the beach with her cousins. Our birthdays are in 3 months. She doesn't have job. Now read the story and answer the questions. read and answer. Paul is salesman. His wife Agnes is housewife. They have four children. Paul doesn't like his job. He always works and doesn't make much money. It is his third year at that job. His wife wants him to find new job because he's always tired. Paul is in his third year at university. She wants him to finish school. He can find better job then. His children aren't happy. Their father is always working. They never go to the park. They never go to the beach. His son's birthday is on the 5th of this month. Paul can't have party for him. He will work 10 hours that day. Now, answer some questions about the reading. What is Paul's job? What is his wife's name? How many children do they have? Why doesn't Paul like his job? Why does his wife want him to find new job? What year is Paul in at university? Why aren't Paul's children happy? Where do Paul and his children never go? When is Paul's son's birthday? Why can't Paul have party for his son? All right, now we will review the answers. What is Paul's job? Well, Paul is salesman. What is his wife's name? His wife's name is Agnes. How many children do they have? They have four children. Why doesn't Paul like his job? Well, he always works. Why does his wife want him to find new job? He is always tired at home. What year is Paul in at university? He is in his third year. Why aren't Paul's children happy? They aren't happy because he is always at work. Where do Paul and his children never go? They never go to the park or the beach. When is Paul's son's birthday? It is on the 5th of this month. Why can't Paul have party for his son? Paul will work 10 hours that day. Very good, students. See you next time. Bye-bye. Practicing English. had another argument with my land lady this morning. What happened? Well, it was about money. She wants to raise the rent. She wants $400 month. Angie, that's too much money. know. told her the same thing. have an idea that may help you. really? And what is that? Well, was thinking of doing this, too. Why don't we get some part-time jobs and then earn some more money? We have some extra time on the weekends. Well, that is certainly worth trying. Do you want to go and fill out applications after work? Sure. Let's not waste any time. Let's get busy. Great. Let's meet after work. Check, please. Okay, let's see. This application form wants my name. Angie Roberts. No problem. Next. My address, 16 Mu Lift Street, Apartment 7, Istanbul. my phone number 2124578367. Now, my cell phone number 0533455677. Let's see. How old am 72. No, just kidding. 25. Now for my tax number. 076428799. Email is next. [email protected]. Now they want my height and weight. hate this part. Well, 167 cm tall. Yes. And the other part. on good day. 57 kilos. But if I've had ice cream, 60 kilos. Well, my application asks for the same personal information. name, address, phone number, tax number, cell phone, email, age. This one even asks for my family information. Let's see. father, work, cell phone, mother is housewife, three brothers, one sister. There's there's sure lot of information. Well, mine are all done. How about you? Yes, mine too. Now, tomorrow after work, we go back to the stores and businesses that we applied to and drop off these applications. Maybe we can even start working by this weekend. Alexia, never thought of that. They could need somebody and we could be working very quickly. Wow. Okay, I've got to go. It's almost dinner time. See you tomorrow at the cafe. Bye, Alexi. Bye. Alexi, your mother tells me you might be getting an extra job soon. Is that true? yes. Angie and applied for some jobs after work. Well, think it's great you want to earn extra money. What kind of jobs would you apply for? Well, we thought about it lot and we thought that if we worked in clothing stores as managers of those stores, we might like working there, like Nike, Diesel, Levis's. That's good idea. understand that if you work in the clothing stores that you mentioned that you can get good discount on the clothes that you buy there. Yes, that's true. Sometimes the discount is as much as 50% off the regular price. Well, just want to say I'm very proud of you. You'll learn lot about working with customers and how businesses work. Yes, your father's right. You'll have lot more responsibility. understand, Mom. will be careful to watch my time and not to buy too many new clothes with my new money. But it's important to remember haven't even handed in my application yet.