1st lecture level 1

Chapter 1 p. 1+2

USE OF CAPITAL LETTER

WHEN DO WE USE IT?

- PROPER NAMES(Rose, Mark, John)- DAYS OF THE WEEK

(Tuesday, Sunday)

- MONTHS OF THE YEAR

(March, August) - HOLIDAYS (Christmas )

- COUNTRIES(Spain, Germany)

- NATIONALITIES(British, Italian)

- LANGUAGES(French, Japanese)-ABBREVIATIONS(P.E, P.M)-TITLES OF BOOKS/FILMS

(Alice in Wonderland)

- STREET NAMES(Oxford Street)- THE PERSONAL PRONOUN I.- Colonel, Director, Professor, Doctor…

Put a circle around the letters that should be capitals:

in a little house in spain lives a girl called amanda. she has two sisters, lisa and sally, and one brother called fred.

amanda lives in barcelona in spain, which is in europe. she has a pen pal called brian who lives in england. she likes to write to brian so she can practice her english. brian does not know very much spanish, but he is learning a few words. amanda would like to go visit brian in london when she is older. most of all she would like to visit new york.

Now you must all work together to complete this

challenge. Can you add all the punctuation needed to this

wall of text?

Hint: Look for clues to where you might put full stops and exclamation marks.

The little old woman and little old man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. as soon as he was cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door The gingerbread man jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, Don't eat me

The little old woman and little old man ran after the gingerbread man.Stop Stop they yelled. The gingerbread man did not look back. he ran on saying,Run, run as fast as you can You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man

The little old woman and little old man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. As soon as he was cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door. The gingerbread man jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, “Don't eat me!”

The little old woman and little old man ran after the gingerbread man.“Stop! Stop!” they yelled. The gingerbread man did not look back. He ran on saying,“Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!”

A simple sentence consists of a subject, verb, object and/or complement (optional). Before starting to write paragraphs, stories or essays, it is important to get the basics right. Look at the examples, and then write some simple sentences yourself. Practise this as often as you can.•I study English.

•We study English every day.

•My classmates and I study English every day at 1 PM

My classmates and I study English and Science every afternoon.

•My parents, my sister and I go on holiday once a year.

What can you see in the pictures? Describe using simple sentences.

1. Cowboy Jack is wearing a hat, a shirt, jeans and boots.

2. Cowboy Jack is riding a horse. His horse is called Rocket.

3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Now use your imagination and write some more simple sentences.