AUXILIARIES: DO THEY SWAP OR DROP?

Hallo students. Please, think back to what I told you during the lesson on Friday 6th December. 
What auxiliaries do you know?
Which of them swap?
Which of them drop?
What do they leave back when they drop?
Try to remember what I told you, looking at this picture.

I HAD A PARTY....

TESTO CON CORREZIONI

THE PARTY WAS AT THE DISCO, THE PARTY IT WAS ELENA AND VERONICA’S PARTY, TWO MY FRIENDS OF MINE. THE NAME OF THE DISCO IS STILNOVO. AT THE PARTY THERE WERE VERY A LOT OF PEOPLE. IN AMONG THIS THESE PEOPLE THERE WERE MY FRIENDS: ALESSIA, MILA, SOFIA, CHIARA…. IN  AT THE PARTY THERE WAS POP AND ELECTRIC MUSIC. THE PARTY IS WAS VERY GOOD. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL

IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT!!!!!

...and to learn them better you can also try this...

Max the cat part 1

...and this...

Max the cat part 2

...and this:

Max the cat part 3

RULES ABOUT THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

L’articolo THE non si usa:

REGOLA	ITALIANO	INGLESE
Davanti ai nomi propri di nazione.	La Francia L’Inghilterra	France England
Davanti ad aggettivi e pronomi possessivi.	Il mio libro È il mio	My book It is mine
Davanti ai titoli di cortesia o titoli nobiliari.	Il signor Brown Il Dottor Smith La regina Elisabetta	Mr Brown Dr Smith Queen Elizabeth
Davanti a sostantivi che indicano una categoria generica di cose, animali o persone.	I cani abbaiano Mi piacciono le caramelle	Dogs bark               I like sweets.
Davanti agli aggettivi che indicano una lingua.	Il cinese è difficile da imparare.	Chinese is difficult to learn.
Davanti a giochi e sport.	Mi piacciono gli scacchi.	I like chess.
Davanti ai pasti in generale.	La cena è alle 7.	Dinner is at 7 o’clock.
Davanti al sostantivo television.	Guardo la televisione dopo cena.	I watch  television after dinner.

L’articolo THE, invece, si usa:

REGOLA	ITALIANO	INGLESE
Davanti ai nomi di nazione espressi da nome comune.	Gli USA (The United States of America) dove la parola States, stati, è un nome comune.	The USA
Davanti ai nomi di monti o catene montuose.	Le Alpi	The Alps
Davanti ai nomi di fiumi e laghi.	Il Tamigi	The Thames

The resta invariato, a prescindere dal genere e dal numero del sostantivo che accompagna.
Esempi:

Il ragazzo	The boy
I ragazzi	The boys
La ragazza	The girl
Le ragazze	The girls

The viene pronunciato "the" (dhë) quando la parola che segue inizia per consonante o per acca aspirata*.
Esempi:

The book

The house

Viene invece pronunciato "thi" (dhi) quando la parola che segue inizia per vocale o per acca muta*.
Esempi:

The apple

The hour

Short pronunciation lesson

Dear students,
watch this video and listen carefully  to all the sounds Mr.Sloans tries to teach us... then practice the words aloud!!!

English Pronunciation

The words and sounds used as examples are:

H          hate VS ate;   es. how, home, horse, hate....

S          sleep, Sloane, snake, snow

T           time, take

TH        (suono sonoro)   that, this, those, there, then
             (suono sordo)  think, thing, thanks, tooth

R           Ferrari..... water, answer, river

W          window, would

Other words: work, first, further, one, two three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten; 
More: debt, doubt, walk, talk, listen, tired, iron, friend, bomb, fruit, juice, biscuit, Wednesday, angry, hungry, country, hair, air...

USA CITIES - GRUPPI

SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES	STANZANI LA VIA SCARDAMAGLIA POMPILI
SAN DIEGO LAS VEGAS PHOENIX	LOMBARDI GALASSI MEATTINI DE CARO
MIAMI NEW ORLEANS	BIASINI BARRIERA LATELLA MINARDI
CHICAGO DETROIT	BRIGLIADORI RINALDI CIANCI BONCORI
BOSTON WASHINGTON D.C.	LABATE ROSITO DI NARDO BOLDORINI
NEW YORK	FRATICELLI ARMOCIDA BESAS BORGIA
SEATTLE HONOLULU SALT LAKE CITY	SAVERIANO GUALTERI CHAIN ADORISIO

WHOSE IS THIS? IT'S HERS?

WHOSE IS THIS? (DI CHI E’ QUESTO?)

IT’S MINE….IT’S YOURS…IT’S HERS….

IT’S OURS… IT’S THEIRS…

IT’S TOM’S…. IT’S LUKE’S….IT’S MARCO’S…

IT’S MY FATHER’S….

THIS PEN IS MY TEACHER’S