Today's Lesson

When you click on a link on this page, it will open in another window. Close the new window when you finish and you will be back to this page. All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 10. Do all the exercises in Unit 10 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Vocabulary--Who Am I?. Grammar--Choose the Right Answer. Grammar--Verb Choice. Grammar--Adjective or Adverb. Grammar--Adjective or Adverb 2. Reading--A Bad Economy. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--A Second Job. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Listening--Employment. Choose three out of the first six topics to listen to. If you finish early, go to the Extra Activities Page.

Old Lessons
Date	Lesson
May 15	Grammar--Too or Very or A Lot. Do Side By Side 1B Unit 21, Work and Workplace Safety. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet. Grammar Video--Will & Going To. Watch the video and then do the quiz. Listening--Jobs. Choose five different conversations to listen to. Reading--He Will Work for Gas. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises.
May 14	Listening and Reading--Work. (You need the headphones before you click the link.) Do Side By Side 1B Unit 22, Calendar and Dates with future going to. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet. Grammar--Going To. Vocabulary--Choose three of the following five topics: Computers, The Office, Electronics, Tools, and Construction. Click on the link, listen to the words and then do the quiz. (Click Options and Listening Quiz for the quiz.)
May 7	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 9. Do all the exercises in Unit 9 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Vocabulary--Home Appliances. First study the vocabulary. Then click on Continue with the exercises at the bottom. After you finish the first exercise, click on Continue with the next exercise at the bottom. Grammar--Adjectives and Adverbs. First study the grammar. Then click on Continue with the exercise at the bottom. Listening--Apartments for Rent. Go to II. Listening Exercises and listen to the conversation a couple of times. You can look at the Quiz Script if you want to see the words. Do the exercises and all the vocabulary activities. Listening--Great Apartment Living. Go to II. Listening Exercises and listen to the conversation a couple of times. You can look at the Quiz Script if you want to see the words. Do the exercises and all the vocabulary activities. Reading--Moving. Read the story and answer the questions.
May 1	Grammar--Make vs. Do. Grammar--Verb Opposites. USA Learns-Unit 18--Furniture and Appliances. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 18 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Reading--Hole in the Wall. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--Clean the Apartment. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--Outside His Window (2). Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Vocabulary--Bathroom, Julie's Bedroom and Living Room. Click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Do the match up exercises at the top.
April 30	Vocabulary--House and The Rooms of the House. Click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Do the match up exercises at the top. Listening--Find Our House. There are four exercises. Vocabulary--Furniture. First study the vocabulary. Then click on Continue with the exercises at the bottom. After you finish the first exercise, click on Continue with the next exercise at the bottom. Grammar--Use the Simple Past Tense. Grammar--Exercise 2. Grammar--Exercise 3. USA Learns-Unit 17--Finding a New Home. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 17 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links.
April 24	Live Action English--Lesson 10, Making a Table. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Object Pronouns. Reading--Cancer. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--A Shot in the Arm. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--Two Aspirin. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Listening--Medical Advice: What's the Matter?. Go to II. Listening Exercises and listen to the conversation a couple of times. You can look at the Quiz Script if you want to see the words. Do the exercises and all the vocabulary activities.
April 23	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 8. Do all the exercises in Unit 8 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Vocabulary--Medicine. Do all the exercises in all three of the lessons. Vocabulary--Body Parts. Vocabulary--Body Parts-Scrambled Words. Vocabulary--Body. USA Learns-Unit 16--Doctors and Medicine. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 16 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links.
April 17	Vocabulary--Head and Leg. Click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Do the match up exercises at the top. Vocabulary--Health Problems. Listening--Talking to the Doctor. Video--Pronunciation Exercise, Consonant Blends. Watch the Video.
April 16	Vocabulary--Body and Arm. Click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Do the match up exercises at the top. Listening--Healthy Life Stories. Grammar--Do-Does-Did . Grammar--Don't-Doesn't-Didn't. Video--Understanding Spoken English, Can and Can't. Watch the Video. USA Learns-Unit 15--The Body. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 15 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links.
April 10	Live Action English--Lesson 7, Going Fishing. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. Do all the exercises. Video & Worksheet--William Shows Photos & Videos and Talks. Watch the Video. Then get the worksheet and answer the questions. Vocabulary Matching--Adjectives-Set 1. Do the first matching exercise, Find 1. Then do the other six exercises by clicking the links under Adjectives-Set 1 at the top. Vocabulary--Family. Vocabulary--Scrambled Words--Family Members. If you have time, you can read some Jokes. Try Baby Brother, Looking for a Wife, Boy or Girl, or any other jokes you want.
April 9	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 7. Do all the exercises in Unit 7 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Grammar--Girl Talk-Using And and But. Reading--Mary and John. Grammar-- Verb Form Quiz. Grammar--Choose the Correct Verb Form (9 Questions). Listening Quiz Audio Concentration Memory Game--Family. (Note: The word niece is spelled wrong on the quiz.)
April 3	Vocabulary--Family Tree. Grammar--And-But-Or. Grammar--Simple Present Tense Subject Agreement. Reading--Two Sisters and the Cat. Read the story. Then answer the questions. Listening--Family Relationships. Go to II. Listening Exercises and play the conversation. Then do the exercise. Finally, do all the vocabulary activities.
April 2	USA Learns-Unit 9--Family. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 9 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Listening--Family English. Click on a window to go to a story. Click the first part and then click Next. Do all the exercises. Then do all the windows. Grammar--How Often?. Watch the video and then click on ? Quiz at the bottom and take the quiz. Grammar--Word Order. Read the information. Grammar--Adverbs of Frequency
March 20	Reading--Cookies. Click on the words in red for a definition. Then do the exercises. Listening--Making Potato Salad. Listen to the video. Vocabulary--Things Found in the Kitchen. Vocabulary--Containers. Vocabulary--Food. Grammar--Countable and Non-countable Nouns. Click on the circle above the word, hold your finger down, and move the word into the correct box. Grammar--A, An and Some. Click on the circle above the word, hold your finger down, and move the word into the correct box.
March 19	Vocabulary--Food. Choose any food category. Click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Do the match up exercises at the top. Listening--Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Listen to the video. Then click on ? Quiz at the bottom and take the quiz. Grammar--Countable and Noncountable Nouns. Click Without Sound and then choose the best answer for each question. Grammar--Using a, some, or the. Reading--Dan's Kitchen. Read the story and take the quiz.
March 13	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 6. Do all the exercises in Unit 6 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Listening--Home Cooking. First click the arrow under the picture to listen to the conversation. Listen a few times. Then you can read the transcript of the conversation below. Then click on Quiz 2 Comprehension Q's on the right side and take the test. Grammar--Assorted Count and Noncount Nouns. Grammar--Subject-Verb Agreement.
March 12	Vocabulary--Using headphones, move your mouse over each picture to hear the word on each of these pages: Fruit, Vegetables, Food, and Food II. Reading--Eggs and Apples. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Vocabulary--Grocery Shopping. USA Learns-Unit 14--Food. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 14 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links.
March 6	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 5, Clothing. Do all the exercises in Unit 5 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Listening--Shopping for the Day. First listen to the conversation in Part II, Listening Exercises. Answer the questions and click Final Score to check your answers. You can listen to the conversation and read it at the same time if you click Quiz Script. Then click on Text Completion Quiz to do that exercise. Listening and Vocabulary--Lesson 38--What are you wearing? First listen to the conversation without subtitles. Then click on Lesson 38 Exercises to go to the exercises. Each exercise has a small video and a question to answer. When you finish, go to the next exercise. There are fifteen exercises. Grammar--Possessive Pronouns. Grammar--Object Pronouns. Reading--A Beautiful Jacket. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises.
March 5	Live Action English--Lesson 5, Giving Directions. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. Do all the exercises. Listening--Shopping for Clothes at Mervyn's. Listen to the story. Then do the exercises in Clothes Shopping. Grammar--Present Continuous Negatives and Questions. There are two exercises. Click on Continue with the exercises at the bottom of the page for the first exercise, and Next exercise for the second one. Grammar--Present Simple Verbs. Grammar--Present Simple Negative Verbs. Video--About Shopping.
February 28	Grammar--Pronouns (Subject or Object). Grammar--Question Words. Video--Clothing. Listening--Part I--Shopping. Click on the link to Numbers 1, 2, 3 (about sweaters) and 14 (exchanging a dress). Listen to all the conversations.
February 27	Vocabulary--Colorful Clothesline. USA Learns-Unit 11--Clothes and Colors. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 11 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Vocabulary--Clothes and Accessories. Click Start to begin. Vocabulary--Colors. Vocabulary--Adjectives. Click Start to begin.
February 21	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 4. Do all the exercises in Unit 4 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Grammar--Question Word Questions. USA Learns-Unit 8--Celebrations. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 8 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Reading--Where's My Money?. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--A Lot of Cash. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Live Action English--Lesson 4, Grocery Shopping. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. Do all the exercises.
February 14	Live Action English--Lesson 3, Playing a Cassette. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. You will need headphones for this lesson. Do all the exercises. Ask me if you have questions. Grammar--Present Progressive Tense 1. Grammar--Present Progressive Tense 2. Grammar--In, At or On.
February 13	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 3. Do all the exercises in Unit 3 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Grammar--Prepositions of Time. USA Learns-Unit 5--The Calendar. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 5 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Video-- Banking English
February 7	Grammar--Much/Many. Grammar--Short Answers. Grammar--Is This Good English?-1. Worksheet--Using a Currency Converter. Get the worksheet and fill it in. Vocabulary--Months, Quiz 1. Vocabulary--Months, Quiz 2. Vocabulary--Money. First click on the sound symbol after a word to hear the word. Then do the match up exercises at the top. Vocabulary--Learn the words and do the match up exercises for each of these: Shops 1, Shops 2, Shops 3.
February 6	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 2. Do all the exercises in Unit 2 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Grammar Story--Robert Usually Gets up Early. Reading--At the Bus Depot. Grammar--Was-Were. Grammar--Was or Were. Grammar--Action Verbs Catching Game. Go down the page to the What are they doing? game. Click start. Then click on the picture and drag it to the correct box. Grammar--Action Verbs and Sentences Catching Game. Go down the page to the Active Verbs & Sentences Catching game. Click start. Then click on the picture or sentence and drag it to the correct box.
January 31	Live Action English--Lesson 2, Time to Clean House. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. You will need headphones for this lesson. Do all the exercises. Grammar--There is/There are 2. Listening--Streets. Grammar--In-At with Places. Grammar--In, On and At. Listening--Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town. Go to II. Listening Exercises and play the audio. Answer the True/False questions. Click on Quiz Script to read the conversation while you listen to the sentences again.
January 30	All-Star Work-Out CD-Rom, Unit 1. Do all the exercises in Unit 1 on the CD-Rom in the back of your book. Listening--Phone Numbers 2. Grammar--Simple Present Quiz. Vocabulary--Places Matching Quiz. Grammar--There is/There are 1.
January 24	Listening--Phone Numbers 1. Grammar Story--May is from China. Do both parts. Grammar--Verb To Be. Grammar--How to Make Yes/No Questions-1. Live Action English--Lesson 1, Good Morning. This lesson is not on the Internet. It is on your computer. You will need headphones for this lesson. Do all the exercises.
January 18	Worksheet--Looking at a Website. Do the worksheet and show me when you finish. Grammar--Am, Is, or Are?. Grammar--To Be Multiple Choice. There are two tests. Click Next at the bottom to go to the second test. Grammar--To Be Contractions. There are two tests. Click Next at the bottom to go to the second test. Grammar--In, On, At.