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 ?