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Here are the slides for Lesson 6 on: - Future Continuous - Future Perfect - Future Perfect Continuous Download the attached slides and review the lesson. You can also watch my live presentation here. Next step: Do the Oral quiz.

Here are the slides for Lesson 1 on three Present tenses: - Present Simple (I do) - Present Continuous (I am doing) - Present Perfect Continuous (I have been doing) Download the attached slides and review the lesson. You can also watch my LIVE presentation of the lesson here. (12 minutes) Next step: Do the Oral quiz.

There are 25 exercises in this file (Exercise 2). - Listen to an answer. - Formulate your question. - Repeat the correct question. How to use the drills effectively: - You can read the answers first in the PDF copy before you start the oral drills, but don't write/type the questions down. - Make sure that when you're doing the drills, you're not looking at the PDF transcript anymore. - If necessary, the first time, stop the recording to give yourself time to formulate your question. - Repeat the drills as many times as necessary (over the next days for 20-30 minutes a day) until you can formulate your question without hesitation in the silent gap provided. - If the exercise is or becomes too easy, increase the playback speed (to no more than x1.5) to increase the challenge. RECOMMENDATION: When you have done both Oral Drills 1 and 2 a few times, circle back to Steps 1, 2 & 3: Review Lesson > Oral Quiz > Listen to the passage. Notice how much easier the lesson, the quiz, and understanding the passage are now compared to a few days ago.

There are 40 exercises in this file (Exercise 1). - Listen to the question. - Formulate your answer. - Repeat the correct answer. How to do the use the drills effectively: - You can read the questions first in the PDF copy before you start the oral drills, but don't write/type the answers down. - Make sure that when you're doing the drills, you're not looking at the PDF transcript anymore. - If necessary, the first time, stop the recording to give yourself time to formulate your answer. - Repeat the drills as many times as necessary (over the next days for 20-30 minutes a day) until you can formulate your answer without hesitation in the silent gap provided. - If the exercise is or becomes too easy, increase the playback speed (to no more than x1.5) to increase the challenge. Next step: Oral drills - Exercise 2

Here's the passage for Week 6. Try to transcribe the passage before you look at the transcript. If necessary, reduce the playback speed. How to transcribe: - Listen to the first sentence. - Stop the recording. - Write down what you remember. - Rewind and listen again to the same sentence (if necessary several times) and add any details you'd missed the first time. - Move on to the next sentence and repeat the above steps. This is possibly the most time-consuming of all the exercises in the course, but it's an important exercise to improve your listening skills and pronunciation at the same time as focusing on the use of tenses in context. Once you've written the complete passage out, compare your transcript with the PDF and mark any gaps or mistakes. Then, listen to the passage again, particularly to the parts where you had gaps or mistakes. Next step: Move on to the oral drills.

Here's the quiz we did in the LIVE lesson. You can read the PDF first to familiarise yourself with the questions, but don't write or type the answers down. Repeat it orally (without looking at the PDF transcript) several times until you can answer each question without hesitation in the silent gap provided. Next step: Transcription exercise

Here's the quiz we did in the LIVE lesson. You can read the PDF first to familiarise yourself with the questions, but don't write or type the answers down. Repeat it orally (without looking at the PDF transcript) several times until you can answer each question without hesitation in the silent gap provided. Next step: Transcription exercise