English Curriculum

Beginner | Lesson 7

1) Reading: My Hobbies

I am always doing something, I don’t have a lot of

free time.

I have a lot of hobbies.

My favorite thing to do is play golf.

My dad likes to take me fishing.

He reads the whole time while I catch the fish.

My mom teaches me how to cook the fish we catch.

My brother plays video games.

1) Reading: My Hobbies

When I am not fishing, I like to write poems.

When I finish writing, I draw illustrations for it.

I hope one day to write a book.

My father works in business, but he wrote a book in

his spare time.

I also play basketball and soccer.

Overall, I like doing just about anything.

2) Grammar: Common Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs change very little and follow the specific patterns when changing from present tense to past tense to past participle, usually adding a “-d” or “-ed” to the verb.

• I learn → I learned → I have learned

Irregular verbs don’t follow that same pattern, and generally don’t follow a specific pattern but just need to be learned.

• I grow → I grew → I have grown

As we can see none of these follow the regular verb pattern.

2) Grammar: Common Irregular Verbs

Common Irregular verbs:

Think of some other common irregular verbs like buy, drink, fall, give etc...

Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle

Am Was Been

Break Broke Broken

Read Read Read

Do Did Done

Eat Ate Eaten

3) Speaking Phrase: “I wanna / gotta”

“Wanna” and “gotta” are not real words, but you will hear them everyday when conversing. They are slang terms for “want to” and “got to.” In most languages, people become lazy with their speech and slur some words together. “Got to” has a similar meaning to “have to”, referring to something that needs to be done.

3) Speaking Phrase: “I wanna / gotta”

“Wanna”

• I wanna eat something greasy, I’m starving.

• I wanna go to the movies.

• We wanna ride the rollercoaster.

“Gotta”

• I gotta finish my homework before I can go out.

• I gotta find a way to pay my rent this month.

• We gotta get tickets to the concert, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event.

• You gotta tell her how you feel about her.

4) Conversation: Making an Excuse

Brad: Hey are you going to Ricky’s party?

Michael: I really don’t want to, do you?

Brad: No I don’t even know him that well.

Michael: What can we tell him?

Brad: Let’s say that we are both going to a wedding

reception of a friend from home.

4) Conversation: Making an Excuse

Michael: What if he wants us to swing by after?

Brad: We could just say that we are too tired or

something.

Michael: Yeah that could work. So you want to go

bowling tonight then?

Brad: Yeah that sounds great, I’ll pick you up in 15.

5) Topic: Drinking Terminologies

In the USA, drinking is a popular way to meet new people and socialize with coworkers or friends. It can be important in business settings.

Thankfully, unlike other countries, there aren’t a lot of drinking rules or etiquettes in most settings. It is important to know the names of different things to order.

5) Topic: Drinking Terminologies

Terminologies:

• Hard Alcohol: liquor

• On-the-rocks: with ice

• Double: twice the amount of alcohol

5) Topic: Drinking Terminologies

Terminologies:

• Shots: small amount of hard alcohol

• Bottoms up: Finish everything in your glass/bottle

• Cheers: Said before tapping glasses and then drinking together.

5) Topic: Drinking Terminologies

Terminologies:

• Tap: Beer served in a glass from a large container.

• Bottle: A glass container

• Round: Ordering a drink for everyone in your party.

What did you learn ?