15-4-21

• Engels
• Beroepsopleiding

Today's lesson

Mouth exercises (pronouncing the th)

Brain cell activity (grammar)

Writing tips

Using English 

Mouth exercises (Pronouncing the "th" sound)

Putting your tongue between your teeth...

... it gives a good th-sound and can be used as a starting point. But you'll soon find out it's hard to do in normal conversation because you'll get 'tongue-tied' :-/

Best way to pronounce the th-sound...

English speakers put the tip of the tongue behind the front teeth...

Only the tip of the tongue is 'in action', the rest of your mouth is relaxed!

Tongue out:

There 

They

Though

Three

Those

Thin

This

No tongue out:

Dare

Day

Dough

Tree

Toes

Tin

Sink

Tongue out:

Weather

Leather 

Breathe

Death

Health

Mouth

Teeth

Tongue in:

Wetter

Letter

Breed

Deaf

Brain cell activity time 

grammar:

When do we use to be / to have

Word order in a sentence

To be:

I am

You are

He / she / it is

We are 

You are

They are

To have:

I have

You have

He / she / it has

We have

You have

They have

Using to be

We use "I am" to describe ourself (age, profession, character...)

eg I am 44 years old

I am a pilates teacher

I am a business woman

I am strong

I am unsure......

Using to have

We use "to have" to described things you own / possess

eg I have a business

My business has 2 locations

Word order in a sentence (1)

In English we use the following order:

subject - verb - object - place - time

Inna teaches a pilates class in her studio on Wednesday

(however, time can also be at the start of the sentence:

On Wednesday Inna teaches a pilates class in her studio)

Word order (2)

Talking about how often something happens (1)

Examples of words to describe how often something happens: 

Always, usually, sometimes, often, never......

These words have to be placed before the verb:

Inna always teaches a class on Tuesday at 9am

Word order (3)

Talking about how often something happens (2)

We must use always / never AFTER the following verbs:

to be / can / could / may/ might / would / should

eg Jane is never late for class

You should always be aware of your breathing technique

Correct word order:
summer / we / here / are / in / usually

1. Usually we are here in summer.
2. We usually are here in summer.
3. We are usually in summer here.
4. We are usually here in summer.

1. He _________ listens __________ to the radio.

2. They ___________ read ___________ a book.

3. Tom _________ is _________ very friendly. 

4. Pete _________ gets _________ angry. 

5. We _________ are _________ on time. 

Sleep het bijwoord op de juiste plek

often

sometimes

usually

never

always

Writing tips:

Try to avoid repeating words.

This can be done by using the word itself / it's / this is / or a synonym (googling synonyms can help)

Specific pilates related words should of course be used consistently!

Often, it is more effective to keep sentences short - it helps you to avoid mistakes and it increases the readability.