Lesson 1 is focused on revising the Past and Present Simple tenses. If you NEVER mess up ‘am’, is’, ‘are’, ‘do’, ‘does’, ‘did‘ either in speech or in writing, skip this lesson and move on directly to Lesson 2 OR check yourself with Exercises 4-7 (see below).
PART 1. Positive Senteces with am/ is/ are/ was/ were
Exercise 1. To be in the Present Simple ( + prepositions)
Exercise 2. To be in the Past Simple ( + prepositions)
PART 2. Questions with am/ is/ are/ was/ were
Exercise 3. Questions with was/ were (+ prepositions).
PART 3. Questions with do/ does/ did
THE RULE OF THUMB:
To ask about a regular ACTION, you need DO, DOES, DID: Did you work hard? How did they achieve success?
To ask about a STATE, you need AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE: Was he tired? Were they excited about their relocation?
Exercise 4. Present Simple: do/ does/ am/ is/ are
Exercise 5. Present Simple: do/ does/ am/ is/ are
Exercise 6. Past Simple: did/ was/ were
Exercise 7. Past Simple: did/ was/ were
Exercise 8. Consolidation!
Do this exercise in writing, using the phrases from the Vocabulary List below.
Check yourself with Chat GPT. Enter the prompt: Check this for mistakes. Correct only the most critical mistakes: [Your text].
A. Create 4 questions with am/ is/ are, starting with words: What, Where, Who, Why, How, What kind of, etc.
B. Create 4 questions with do/does, starting with words: What, Where, Who, Why, How or What kind of, etc.
C. Create 4 questions with was/ were, starting with words: What, Where, Who, Why, How or What kind of, etc.
D. Create 4 questions with did, starting with words: What, Where, Who, Why, How , What kind of, etc.
E. Write at least 2 answers in the negative to each group above.
+ New Vocabulary
- To handle client enquiries
- To manage accounts
- To interact with clients
- To ensure effective communication
- To introduce innovative features
- To be involved in a project
- To do smth on a weekly basis
- To have a strong understanding of smth
- To ensure the best outcomes
- To have unrealistic expectation of smth: He tends to have unrealistic expectations of his employees’ performance.
- I don’t particularly enjoy smth
- To keep contact with smb through emails
- Tasks which involve helping clients
- An essential part of the job
- To address customers’ concerns = to deal wtih customers’ worries
- To introduce innovative features
- My job involves doing smth
- To oversee smth: He was responsible for overseeing quality control.
- To overlook smth = not to notice
- To meet/ miss deadlines
- To meet sales targets
- To identify potential issues
- Issues can arise (arise- arouse- arisen)
- It was a bit of a challenge
- To face challenges
- To launch a new product
- To attend a conference
- An ongoing project
- Ahead of schedule
- Sales figures
- Available resources
- Repetitive tasks
- The list of ‘to be’ phrases from Part 1 (see above)
Vocabulary Exercise 1
Vocabulary Exercise 2
WELL DONE!
–> Lesson 2 (coming soon)
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