Level 2 Archives

1. SPELLING

   Step 1: Go to the page

   Step 2: Study the vocabulary list (translate if you don’t know the word)Step 3: Click “Begin Quiz” to practice spelling

   1. Spelling Numbers
   2. Spelling Ordinal Numbers
   3. Spelling Days
   4. Spelling Months
   5. Spelling Seasons
   6. Spelling Family 1
2. Spelling Family 2
3. Spelling Home 1
4. Spelling Home 2–outdoors + appliances
5. Spelling Home 3–furniture
6. Spelling Body 1–main parts
7. Spelling Body 2–more details A.
8. Spelling Body 3–more details B.
9. Spelling Body 4–internal parts + problems

 

1. Watch this video! Listen, read, and repeat.
2. Click here for two conversations. Click play, listen to, read and repeat the conversations.
3. Brain POP ELL – Unit 1
   • start with Lesson 1 (Be verb and Pronouns). Movie, Vocabulary, Grammar & Grammar Summary.

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4. Click here for practice with “be” verb and subject pronouns
5. More practice with POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
6. Click here to practice pronunciation and order of the Alphabet
7. Click here to practice pronunciation and spelling of numbers
8. Practice talking about family photos: watch this video and repeat the sentences
9. Continue studying and practicing vocabulary and grammar with Brain POP ELL – Unit 1
   • start with Lesson 1 (Be verb and Pronouns). Movie, Vocabulary, Grammar & Grammar Summary.

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10. Daily Routine

    1. Click here for video and exercises
    2. On a piece of paper, write YOUR daily routine. Take a photo & send it to Fidelia.

    5. Grammar Practice

    • Grammar:  Possessive Adjectives (Adele’s Corner):  http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/possessive_adjectives/possessiveadjectives.html
    • Grammar:  Possessive Adjectives (Agenda Web):  https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/possessive/determiners-write
    • Grammar:  Possessive Adjectives (Agenda Web):  https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/possessive/determiners-write-2
    • Grammar:  Present Simple (To Have): (Adele’s Corner):  http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/present_simple/to_have.html

1. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES & POSSESSIVE NOUNS

   	Pronoun	Possessive adjective
   1stperson singular	I	My
   2ndperson singular	you	Your
   3rdperson singular	He	His
   3rdperson singular	She	Her
   3rdperson singular	It	Its
   1stperson plural	We	Our
   2ndperson plural	You	Your
   3rdperson plural	they	Their

    POSSESSIVE NOUN = ‘S (after name)

   1. Fidelia’s birthday was Friday. Her birthday was Friday.
   2. Douglas’s birthday was Saturday.
   3. Hortencia’s birthday is February 28^th.
   4. Gloria’s country is Colombia.
   5. Douglas’s job is driver.
   6. Assad’s job is kickboxing coach.
   7. Rukia’s country is Somalia.
   8. Hortensia’s daughter works in a clinic.
   9. Mariah’s favorite season is winter.

   VERBS

   Pronoun (subject)	Verb: to be	NEGATIVE	Pronoun (subject)	Verb: have	NEGATIVE
   I	am	I am not	I	Have	I don’t have
   you	are	You are not	you	Have	You don’t have
   He	Is	He is not	He	has	He doesn’t have
   She	Is	She is not	She	has	She doesn’t have
   It	is	It is not	It	has	It doesn’t have
   We	are	We are not	We	have	We don’t have
   You	are	You are not	You	Have	You don’t have
   they	are	They are not	they	have	They don’t have

   Be verb or Have?

   1. Mariah has 5 brothers and sisters.
   2. Hortencia is from Mexico.
   3. Gloria is from Colombia.
   4. Douglas has 2 siblings.
   5. Assad and Douglas have brown eyes.
   6. Fidelio doesn’t have
   7. Rukia has 3 kids.
   8. Douglas, Hortencia, and Gloria are Spanish speakers.
   9. Maliha and Fidelia have hazel eyes.
   10. Assad and Gloria are from the Middle East.
   11. Assad has 6 children.
   12. Rukia is from Africa.
   13. Gloria and Maliha have long hair.

   QUESTIONS: How old…?

   Singular

   1. How old is he?
   2. How old is she?
   3. How old is Hortencia’s daughter?

    

   Plural

   1. How old are their kids?
   2. How old are her children?
   3. How old are your children?
   4. How old are Rukia’s kids?

   Contractions:

   Pronoun (subject)	Verb: to be	Contraction	Contraction negative
   I	am	I’m	I’m not
   you	are	you’re	You’re not/You aren’t
   He	Is	he’s	He’s not/He isn’t
   She	Is	she’s	She’s not/She isn’t
   It	is	it’s	It’s not/It isn’t
   We	are	we’re	We’re not/We aren’t
   You	are	you’re	You’re not/You aren’t

   Watch this lesson. Review family & study things in the house.

5. Practice Grammar:

• Click here for there is/there are practice
• Click here for adjectives practice
• Click here for more adjectives practice

6. Speaking Practice:   There is / There are

• Watch the video and practice saying the sentences.

7. Did you finish this? Watch this lesson. Review family & study things in the house.

2. Grammar review:

• Click here to review possessive adjectives, be verb, and contractions
• Click here to review simple present tense
• There is/there are
• Adjectives 1
• Adjectives 2
• PREPOSITIONS: in – on – at

6. Speaking Practice:   There is / There are

• Watch the video and practice saying the sentences.

7. Did you finish this? Watch this lesson. Review family & study things in the house.

FROM THE TEST

• • age
    • use be verb
      • How old are you?
        • I am 28 years old.
      • How old is he?
        • He is 16 years old.
      • How old is she?
        • She is 47 years old.
      • How old are they?
        • They are 50 years old.

• ***Do not use ordinal numbers for age
  • He is 31^styears old. >He is 31 years old.
• ordinal numbers
  • street name—1^stStreet, 5^thAvenue
  • grade in school—2^ndgrade, 9^thgrade
    • but not for Level
  • date—July 1^st, October 11^th, February 15^th
    • but not in number form:
      • 7/1^st/20 >7/1/20
      • 11/11^th/20>11/11/20
      • 2/15^th/20>2/15/20

There is/There are: We use to say what is in a room or place.

Singular: There is/There’s	Plural: There are
There is a cup.	There are two cups.
There is a pencil.	There are some pencils.
There is a book.	There are many books.
There is a plate.	1.     There are five ­­­­________.
There is a bowl.	2.     There are three ­­­­________.
There is one chair.	3.     There are four ­­­­________.
There is a table.	4.     There are eight ­­­­________.
There is a box.	5.     There are many ­­­­________.
There is a sofa.	6.     There are a few ­­­­________.
There is one sink.	7.     There are several ­­­­________.

 Adjectives—Describe nouns

	Adjectives
describe people	happy, sad, hungry, worried, tired, excited, nice, good, tall, short, thin, heavy, smart, intelligent, funny
Describe things	big, small, colorful, expensive, cheap, black, red, yellow, new, old, easy, difficult
describe places	hot, cold, beautiful, old, new, big, small, quiet, noisy

1. 1. My home is ________________.
   2. This room is ________________.
   3. My street is ________________.
   4. My spouse is ________________.
   5. My best friend is ________________.
   6. Portland is ________________.
   7. My hometown is ________________.

7. Study adjectives:

Adjectives—Describe nouns

	Adjectives
describe people	happy, sad, hungry, worried, tired, excited, nice, good, tall, short, thin, heavy, smart, intelligent, funny
Describe things	big, small, colorful, expensive, cheap, black, red, yellow, new, old, easy, difficult
describe places	hot, cold, beautiful, old, new, big, small, quiet, noisy

ORDER: for more than 1 adjective

	size	shape	age	color	material
A	big	round	old	red	ceramic	plate.
A	big			black	plastic	spoon.
A	small			white	plastic	fork.
A	small			white	ceramic	bowl.
A	small			colorful	ceramic	cup.
A	small	pointy		black	metal	knife.

8. Study the prepositions:

IN	ON	AT
ENCLOSED SPACES ·       in the US ·       in Portland ·       in a box ·       in my pocket ·       in a wallet ·       in a building ·       in a car ·       in a room     BODIES OF WATER ·       in the water ·       in the sea ·       in the river   LINES ·       in a row ·       in a line ·       in a queue	SURFACES ·       on the wall ·       on the ceiling ·       on the door ·       on the cover ·       on the floor ·       on the carpet ·       on the menu ·       on a page   SMALL ISLANDS ·       I stayed on Maui   DIRECTIONS ·       on the left ·       on the right ·       straight on	PLACES ·       at the bus stop ·       at the door ·       at the cinema ·       at the end of the street/road ·       at the entrance ·       at the corner   PLACES ON A PAGE ·       at the top of the page ·       at the bottom of the page   GROUPS OF PEOPLE ·       at the back of the class ·       at the front of the class ·       at the soccer game

in	on	at
in a car	on a bus	at home
in a taxi	on a train	at work
in a helicopter	on a plane	at school
in a boat	on a ship	at the front
in an elevator	on a bicycle, on a motorcycle	at college
in the newspaper	on a horse, on an elephant	at the top
in the sky	on the radio, on television	at the bottom
in an office	on the left, on the right	at the mall
in the garden	on the way	at the store

2. Grammar review:

• Click here to review possessive adjectives, be verb, and contractions
• Click here to review simple present tense
• There is/there are
• Adjectives 1
• Adjectives 2
• PREPOSITIONS: in – on – at

3. Study Verbs

• Practice the affirmative form of the simple present tense.  Do this handout (Simple Present Tense – Affirmative [pdf]).  Copy the sentences in your notebook.  Take a picture and text it to Fidelia.
• Practice the negative form of the simple present tense.  Do this handout (Simple Present Tense – Negative [pdf]).  Copy the sentences in your notebook.  Take a picture and text it to Fidelia.
• simple present practice
• simple present practice: has & have
• simple present practice 1
• simple present practice 2
• simple present questions
• simple present negative
• short answers to questions
• Watch this video.  Practice saying the sentences.  You can hear yourself.

4. Study Vocabulary about the Body

• Study the parts of the body on textbook page 206
• Click here to type body parts
• Click here to type parts of the face

Homework for Week 8 (for Wednesday 5/20):

1. Check your answers to textbook and workbook
2. Study prepositions of time (below)
3. Do practice for prepositions of time

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Use:

• in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
• on for DAYS and DATES
• at for a PRECISE (specific) TIME

IN	ON	AT
MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS	DAYS and DATES	PRECISE TIME
in May	on Sunday	at 3 o’clock
in summer	on Tuesdays	at 10:30am
in the summer	on March 6th	at noon (12pm)
in 1990	on Dec. 25th,  2010	at dinnertime
in the 1990s	on Christmas Day	at bedtime
in the next century	on the 4thof July	at sunrise
in the Ice Age	on my birthday	at sunset
in the past/future	on New Year’s Eve	at the moment

Look at these examples:

1. In Portland, it often rains in December.
2. Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
3. There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
4. Do you work on Mondays?
5. Her birthday is on November 20^th.
6. Where will you be on New Year’s Day?
7. I have a meeting at 9am.
8. The shop closes at midnight.
9. Jane went home at lunchtime.

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

in	on
in the morning	on Tuesday morning
in the mornings	on Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s)	on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s)	on Monday evening
	on the weekend

Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

Expression	Example
at night	The stars shine at night.
at Christmas/Easter	I stay with my family at Christmas.
at the same time	We finished the test at the same time.

5. Body Vocabluary

• Practice Again: Body Worksheet [pdf]
• Vocabulary:  Common Health Problems -1 (Learning Chocolate):  https://www.learningchocolate.com/content/common-health-problems-1
• Vocabulary:  Common Health Problems -2 (Learning Chocolate):  https://www.learningchocolate.com/content/common-health-problems-2

6. Verb Practice

• How are simple present and present continuous different?Watch this video.
• Present Continuous Tense – 1
  Present Continuous Tense – 2
  Present Continuous Tense – Negative
  Present Continuous Tense – Questions
  Present Simple or Continuous Tense

INFORMATION FROM CLASS:

VERBS

Simple Present	Present Continuous	Simple Past
He smiles.	He is smiling.	He smiled.
She waves.	She is waving.	She waved.
I walk.	I am walking.	I walked.
We laugh.	We are laughing.	We laughed.
You cough.	You are coughing.	You coughed.
HABIT, FACT	NOW	PAST
Every day	In the moment	Yesterday, last week

 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Form:

SUBJECT                  BE                               VERB             

I                                   am

I am studying.

He/She/It                   is                     +          -ing

She is studying.

We/You/They            are

You are studying.

Examples:

 

Ex1.   Right now I am working on my computer.

Ex2.   He is backpacking at Mt. Hood.

Ex3.   The man is looking at the sunset.

Statement                                                                    Negative                      

I am +  -ing                  We are + -ing                          I am NOT +  -ing               We are NOT +  -ing

You are +  -ing             You are +  -ing                         You are NOT +  -ing          You are NOT +  -ing

He/she/it is +  -ing        They are +  -ing                                   He/she/it is NOT +  -ing                They are NOT +  -ing

 

Ex. You are readinga book.                 You are  not reading a book.

Question                                                                 Short answer

Am I +  -ing?                Are we +  -ing?                                    Yes, I am.

No, we aren’t.

Are you +  -ing?                       Are you +  -ing?                        Yes, you are.

No, you aren’t.

Is he/she/it +  -ing?      Are they +  -ing?                              Yes, she is.

No, they aren’t.

 

1. Are you reading a book?   Yes, I am.
2. Is he reading a book?   No, he isn’t.
3. Is she typing?   Yes, she is.
4. Are we studying French?   No, we aren’t. We are studying English!
5. Are they cooking lunch?           Yes, they are.
6. Is it raining today?   No, it isn’t.

BE VERB

It                is             easy.

Subject + Verb + Adjective