Showing posts with label Common students' mistakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common students' mistakes. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Questions with "like"

'Like' is a word frequently used in English - in different ways. Check how it is used.

Ask for physical appearance
What does she look like?

She is good-looking, slim. She has long black hair and big brown eyes. (Notice that the answer doesn't use 'like')



Ask for personality
What is she like ?

She is really friendly and she has an easy-going nature. (Notice that the answer doesn't use 'like')



Tell me about...

What is the weather like ?

It is awful, it hasn't stop raining for the last three days.



Ask for hobbies
What does she like (doing) ?

She likes painting and making things with her hands



Ask about preferences at the moment(more polite that want)
What would you like (to) ?

What would you like to drink? A beer, please


Exercises
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit06/hwy_int_unit06_1/
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_like.htm
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/gc_21_like_quizzes.pdf

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Possessive pronouns and adjectives

Mexican students generally find difficult the use of possessives and they tend to make mistakes such as:

"Michael has a dog, your dog is a Schnawzer (your instead of HIS)"

The solution?... Study and practise!

Using Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives


A possessive adjective is usually used to describe a noun, and it comes before it, like other adjectives.

My car is bigger than her car.

My name is John and his name is Dany.

A possessive pronoun is used instead of ("en lugar de") a noun. We use pronouns to avoid repeating information that is already clear.

Julie's car is red. Mine is blue.


In this example Mine is a possessive pronoun that replaces my car.


Forms of Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Person Pronoun Adjective
1st singular mine my
2nd yours your
3rd (female) hers her
3rd (male) his his
3rd (neutral) its its
1st plural ours our
3rd plural theirs their

QUIZZES

Possessive adjectives

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb005-bp.html

http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/possessive_adjectives/possessiveadjectives.html

Possessive pronouns

http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Possessive_Pronouns.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-pronouns-lb.html