English for adults, level 1

1. 
Who are they?
The Jackson 5

2. The Jackson 5
 The family played together from 1965 until 1989.
 They lived in Indiana, a town near Chicago.
State of Indiana
 Their father worked in a steel mill.

3. The Jackson 5
 1968: their first single
 to record a single
 In 1968: to California

4. The Jackson 5
 Who became very famous?
 Michael Jackson
 Thriller (1982)

5. What is the rule to form the past simple (regular verbs)?
Stem of the verb + -(e)d
work -> worked
love -> loved
If verb has 1 syllable with 1 vowel and 1 consonant
=> double consonant
stop -> stopped
If verb ends in consonant + -y ->ied
study -> studied

6. How do you pronounce -ed in the past simple?
1. After voiceless sounds => /t/
/p, /k/, /s/, / f/, voiceless /th/sound
stopped, cooked, missed, coughed, washed, watched,...
2. After voiced sounds => /d/
b, g, v, z, m, n, l, r, voiced /th/sound and all vowels
buzzed, moved, listened, called, played,...
3. After /d/ and /t/ => /id/
decided, started, waited, ...

7. /t/ /d/ /id/
watched listened waited
cooked cleaned wanted
washed played
walked used
danced studied /i:d/
talked climbed

8. 1. Where did the family live?
2. When did the brothers start singing together?
3. Where did the father work?
4. When did they record their first single?
5. What sort of music did they play?
6. When did they move to California?
7. What did Michael love (doing)?
8. When did he record thriller?
~ present simple: Where do you work?
Wh-word + do/does + subject + infinitive
How do we form a question in the past simple?
Wh-word + did + subject + infinitive

9. 1. The family didn’t live in New York.
2. Joe didn’t work in a coal mine.
3. The Jackson 5 didn’t play country and western music.
4. They didn’t move to Europe in 1968.
5. They didn’t record together in the 1990s
6. The brothers didn’t record the album Thriller, just Michael.
How do we form a negative in the past simple?
Subject + didn’t + infinitive (didn’t=did not)

10. wh-questions: talking about you
SPEAKING EXERCISE: pairwork:
When did you learn to read? I...
Where did you live 10 years ago? I...
When did you retire? I...
Where did you work 5 years ago? I...

11. Yes/no-questions & short answers
Did you enjoy the party?
-Yes, I did.
-No, I didn’t.
How do we form a yes/no-question in the past simple?
Did + subject + infinitive
How do we form a short answer in the past simple?
Yes, subject + did
No, subject + didn’t
(Grammar Reference p. 73)

12. Yes/no-questions & short answers
SPEAKING EXERCISE: pairwork:
Ask each other yes/no-questions about the past.
Use these words to formulate your question.
Example:
‘enjoy, sun, last weekend’ Did you enjoy the sun last weekend?
Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.
‘work, a lot, yesterday’
‘travel, during the Easter holidays’
‘play football, last week’

13. Yes/no-questions & short answers
SPEAKING EXERCISE: ‘chain conversation’
Now we’ll do the same exercise in a chain.
Choose a line and use the words to formulate your question.
‘cook, great meal, yesterday’
‘read, a newspaper, last weekend’
‘do, aerobics, last week’
‘go out for dinner, last Friday’
‘drink a coffee, this afternoon’
‘play basketball, last Wednesday’
‘go to the lesson, last Tuesday’

14. LESSON 2

15. How was your weekend?
‘listen to the radio, this weekend’
‘watch, a good film, at home’
‘shop, in Ghent, this weekend’
‘cook dinner, for your friends/family’
‘study English, for a few hours’
‘play football, with your friends’

16. ‘relax, in your chair, all afternoon’
‘clean the house, for a few hours’
‘play the piano, last Saturday’
‘watch your (grand)children, this weekend’
‘work, in the garden, for a couple of hours’
‘play cards, with your family/friends’
‘dance, at a party, all night long’

17. Do you remember... THE PAST SIMPLE ?
Did you enjoy your holiday?
-Yes, I did!
-No, I didn’t.
Yes/no-question & short answers
I didn’t go to the cinema.
Negative
What did you do yesterday evening?
Wh-question

18. Oprah, TV Star and Billionaire
GRAMMAR SPOT
Find a question with did and a negative with didn’t in the text.
-What did I do?
-We didn’t have much money.
-The children she didn’t have in real life.
Where does Oprah work?
Where did her father work?
Did is the past of do and does.
We didn’t have much money.
We use didn’t to form the negative (=did not)

19. Complete the questions about Oprah
1. Where did her father work? In a coal mine.
2. What did her mother do? She cleaned houses.
3. Who did Oprah live with? With her grandmother.
4. What did she study? Drama.
5. When did she interview Michael Jackson? In 1993.
6. How much did she earn last year? 260 million dollars.
7. When did she open the girls’ school? In 2007.
8. Did her parents earn much money? No, they didn’t.
+ Complete each answer with the correct verb.

20. How do you pronounce -ed in the past simple?
1. After voiceless sounds => /t/
p, k, s, f, voiceless /th/sound
stopped, cooked, missed, coughed, washed, watched,...
2. After voiced sounds => /d/
b, g, v, z, m, n, l, r, voiced /th/sound and all vowels
buzzed, moved, listened, called, played,...
3. After /d/ and /t/ => /id/
decided, started, waited, ...

21. Listen and repeat
Make sure you pronounce /t/, /d/ or /Id/
SPEAKING EXERCISE: Walk around in the classroom. Choose one question
about Oprah to ask 3 classmates. You can modify a question. Write your
answers down.
EXAMPLE:
Where did your father work?
What did your father do?
Where did your mother work?
What did your mother do?
Who did you live with?
Where did you live 20 years ago?
What did you study?
Where did you study?
....