Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for English for Primary education

Reported Speech Time Expressions

• Today: That day
• This morning: That morning
• Tomorrow: The next day
• Yesterday: The day before
• Last week: The week before
• Next week: The following week

Tense Changes in Reported Speech

1. Present Simple: Past Simple
2. Present Continuous: Past Continuous
3. Present Perfect: Past Perfect
4. Past Simple: Past Perfect
5. Will: Would
6. Can: Could
7. May: Might
8. Must: Had to
9. Have to: Had to

Passive Voice

Structure: To be (in the original verb tense) + Past Participle (3rd column of the verb).

Conditional Sentences

• Probable: If (Present Simple) // (Future Simple) will + infinitive
• Improbable: If (Past Simple) // (Conditional Simple) would + infinitive
• Impossible: If (Past Perfect) // (Conditional Perfect) would have + past participle

Irregular Verbs

Beat-beat-beaten...

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to make some recommendations on ways to improve the academic environment for students of UPAO. I recently finished my studies at this prestigious university, and in general, I was quite satisfied with the equipment, teachings, and experience that I acquired in all these years of study. The campus of the university is very spacious, comfortable, and has excellent libraries and a large auditorium that has just opened. Nevertheless, there are still many improvements to be made so that students in general grow enormously in their professional training, as I detail below.

Laboratories and Equipment

First of all, in the university, there are not many laboratories for the student to gain superior knowledge about...

Understanding Facebook Depression

Questions:

• T (1-2)
• F (2-3-4)
• F (5-6)
• F (14-15-16 A)

Lexicon

1. Occurring
2. Cyberbullying
3. Feeling down
4. Log on

Phonetics

• Interaction (depression, interaction)
• World (networking)
• Created (added)

Use of English

• That is the woman whose son is my boyfriend.
• She didn't remember to do her homework.
• I am having my computer repaired.
• If I had known you were online, I would have logged on.
• The police can arrest the burglar.
• How often does she read?

Susan Boyle to Star in Japanese Show

• True: The singer is ready to perform in a traditional singing competition where singers are divided into teams of men and women.
• False: It is unusual for non-Japanese artists to perform.
• False: Susan Boyle shot to fame after appearing on a British show called “Britain’s

Social Class in An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls is a play about social class. It was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 but set in 1912, and the play begins with a family celebration. Priestley examines ideas about social class through the way the Birlings think and how they behave towards the lower classes.

The Birling Family and the Wealthy Elite

In this play, we do not find any characters from the lower class except for the maid. We perceive only the wealthy: the Birling family—Mr. Birling, Mrs. Birling (parents), Sheila (daughter), and Eric (son)—and Gerald Croft, Sheila’s boyfriend. However, we hear about the lower class at each stage of Eva Smith's life (a young girl who committed suicide), and we pay attention to the attitudes...

City Thief Steals from Eileen Jacobs' Home

Witness Describes Suspect to Police

Police are hoping to make progress in catching a city thief. He was seen cycling away from the home of Eileen Jacobs after stealing a DVD player, a watch, and some jewelry. The main suspect is Neil Swains, a forty-year-old escaped convict. Daniel Cooper saw the criminal and is here to give us a description.

Presenter: Hello.

Mr. Cooper: Hello.

Presenter: Can you tell us what happened?

Mr. Cooper: Of course, I can. I was making my breakfast in the kitchen at about 8 AM when I heard a noise in Eileen's backyard. I knew she had gone on vacation last weekend, so I went to investigate.

Presenter: What did you see?

Mr. Cooper: I noticed the back door was open. It looked like someone...

List of English Irregular Verbs

The Edwardian Period (1901–1912)

• Consolidation and expansion of the Industrial Revolution, growing geographically and technologically. More machines, new types like motorcars, steamships, and telephones.
• Consolidation of the British Empire.
• Emancipation of women/beginning of feminism: slogan "Votes for Women."
• A change of paradigm in science. Einstein proposed limits to speed and knowledge, contrasting with Newton's view of unlimited speed. The new paradigm suggested knowledge has limits.

Poetry in the Edwardian Period

• Traditional: Kipling.
• Innovation: Yeats and Synge.
• Radical innovation was being written in German.

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

Kipling, born in Bombay, India, was an English short-story writer, novelist, and poet. His most popular...

Modern Perspectives on Life and Environment

The Reality of Being a Teenager Today

Your life as a teenager: “The teenager's life is easy...” This is a very common statement which is said to teenagers every day. Although teenage life is normally seen as one of the best periods of life, I don’t agree with it. On the one hand, there are many teenagers who think that their lives are rather hard but, from my point of view… When they get home... On the other hand, I think that a teenager’s life is not a piece of cake because… To sum up, we need to seize the day…

Can We Survive Without the Internet?

Could you live in a world without access to the Internet? “Now it is impossible to live without the internet...” Although the Internet is...

Antonio Machado was born on July 26, 1875. He was the second of five siblings. While his father was a scholar of folklore, his grandfather was a professor of natural sciences at the University of Seville and was, therefore, responsible for maintaining the whole family.

Early Life and Education in Madrid

In 1883, he moved to Madrid because his grandfather obtained a chair at the Central University of that city. He studied at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza (the Institution Free of Teaching), where Julián Sanz del Río, a philosopher with liberal and progressive ideas in education, instilled values that Antonio assumed and reflected in his works.

In Madrid, he stayed until 1887, and in 1889, he began his high school studies, finishing in 1899...

Transform These Questions

1. John asked: "Is that your car?"
   John asked me if that was my car.
2. Peter wanted to know: "Have you seen my car keys?"
   Peter wanted to know if I had seen his car keys.
3. Tom wondered: "Why am I so tired?"
   Tom wondered why I was so tired.
4. Jackie asked me: "Where did you go last night?"
   Jackie asked me where I had been the previous night.

Transform These Commands

1. She told me: "Stop running so fast."
   She told me not to run so fast.
2. John ordered Trisha: "Don't enter the haunted house."
   John ordered Trisha not to enter the haunted house.
3. Meg begged: "Try the pie I baked myself, please."
   Meg begged me to try the pie she had baked herself.
4. He commanded me: "Don't break that window with your ball."
   He commanded me not to break that window with