Look at the following sentences, some of these sentences have a mistake.

If the sentence is correct, write correct. If the sentence is not correct then correct it.

1. Please don’t phone me between 8 am and 9am, we will have a meeting.
2. Phone me after 10.30 we will have finishing the meeting by then.
3. Tom is on holiday until next week. He will be visiting our American subsidiary on Thursday of the following week.
4. Next Tuesday I will have been worked for this company for exactly a year.
5. I will finishing the report by the time you arrive on Monday afternoon.
6. What will you be doing on Friday? Can we have the meeting then?
7. How long is your journey to Austria? By the time I get back, I will have been doing about 200kms.
8. If you need to contact me urgently, I will having my mobile phone with me on this trip to America.
9. What qualification will you be having when you finish your course at the university?
10. Do you think you will still be doing the same job in 10 years time?

Yesterday’s answers.

1. To fall short of  – to not reach or not be good enough
2. To fall through – to be cancelled or not happen
3. To fall apart  – to break, or a person can collapse of fall apart
4. To fall for – to believe something, or fall in love with someone.
5. To fall back on – to use something you had saved from before e.g. to fall back on an old skill.
6. To fall into place – to start to understand

Today’s exercises.

Write a full sentence to answer these questions using the words in brackets() and for or since.

1. How long have you known Mick? (three months)
2. How long have you lived here? (four years)
3. How long  has the lock been broken? ( last Saturday)
4. How long is the strike? ( two days)
5. How long have you been studying English ?( a year)
6. How long has the shop been open? (nine o’ clock)

Monday 18^th February, 2008

Today we are looking at the possessive structure.

Are these sentences right or wrong?

If they are right give write OK if they are wrong correct them.

1. The car of Barry
2. The sleeves of the shirt.
3. James is car
4. the father of Janes’
5. Whose’s car
6. The tennis rackets of whose.

Yesterday’s answers

1. I am going to the shops. Do you want to come with me
2. There are two dogs fighting in the street. Can you see them?
3. If you need help with your hair. I can help you?
4. These suitcases are so heavy. Can you help me with them?
5. The park looks beautiful today. Can we go for a walk in it?
6. I can’t find Ester. Do you know where she is?

Today’s Exercise

Insert it, one, other, others, another in these spaces.

1. I need help reading this book. I don’t understand … .
2. If you don’t have a pen , I can lend you… .
3. Are those your only children?  No, I have … child at home.
4. Some things grow better in the sunshine but … need the shade.
5. We have filled one basket today. We will fill … tomorrow.
6. That cake was very nice I think I will eat the … one.

Tuesday 12^th February 2008

1. Take away – Bring a meal home from a restaurant
2. Agenda – A list of the discussion topics for a meeting
3. Take off – The plane leaves the ground. It takes off.
4. Minutes (of a meeting) – The notes about what happened at a meeting.
5. Take on – You take on a task – you say you will do it.
6. Committee – a group of people, who meet to discuss specific issues.

Today’s Exercise

Fill in the blanks with me, you, him, her, it, us, or them

1. I am going to the shops. Do you want to come with…?
2. There are two dogs fighting in the street. Can you see …?
3. If you need help with your hair. I can help…?
4. These suitcases are so heavy. Can you help … with …?
5. The park looks beautiful today. Can we go for a walk in …?
6. I can’t find Ester. Do you know where … is?

Did you like yesterday’s exercises? Here are the answers.

1.      I am pleased I bought these shoes. This is my favourite colour.

2.      Those flowers are nice. Where did you buy them?

3.      This cake is easy for a beginner to make.

4.      What kind of plant is that, over there?

5.      When I finish knitting this scarf, I will try a jumper.

6.      This café sells special Chinese cakes in the summer.

Here are today’s tasks

Is the underlined part of the sentence right or wrong?

1. Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister in 1997.
2. We had a lot of trouble with spam on our new computer.
3. The black dog bited my arm
4. Henry, my eldest son, growed vegetables in his garden as well as flowers.
5. I went to China on holiday last year.
6.  Mary gived me a black bag for my birthday, I was very happy.

Yesterday’s exercises were very easy. Here are the answers.

1. The sun is a large planet.
2. The teacher is/speaks English.
3. Some animals live in the forest.
4. Mexico is not in Europe.
5. An apple is   not an animal
6. We  are learning English

Here are today’s tasks

Chose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1.      I am pleased I bought (this,these)shoes. (They,This ) is my favourite colour.

2.      (Those,That) flowers are nice.Where did you buy them?

3.      (These,This ) cake is easy for a beginner to make.

4.      What kind of plant is (this,that) over there?

5.      When I finish knitting (this,these) scarf, I will try a jumper.

6.      (That,This) café sells special Chinese cakes in the summer.

1. The sun………a large planet.
2. The teacher ……… English.
3. Some animals ……. in the forest.
4. Mexico …. …… in Europe.
5. An apple ….   …. an animal
6. We  ….. learning English

That’s all for today,answers and another exercise tomorrow. Have fun taking English once a day.