Future simple

will/ shall(I/we)

I will help my mother tomorrow .
Will I help my mother tomorrow ?
I won’t help my mother tomorrow.

Keywords– tomorrow, next, later, as soon as possible, soon.

As I’m learning in college, I hope that I will be a successful web designer.
I ‘ ll call you soon.
I’ll be there at 6 o’ clock.
She will go to visit her granny tomorrow.
I’ll visit Spain next summer.

There’s someone at the door. I’ll get it.
Joan thinks the Conservatives will win the next election.
A: I’m moving house tomorrow.B: I will come and help you.
 If she passes the exam, she will be very happy.
I will be there by four o’clock I promise.
 A: I’m cold.B: I will turn on the fire.
A: She’s late.B: Don’t worry. She will come.
The meeting will take  place at 6pm.
If you eat all of that cake, you will feel  sick.
They will be home at 10 o’clock.

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Task 1. Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice.
1. The book will change your life.
Your life will be changed by the book.
2. They have postponed the concert.
The concert has been postponed by them.
3. My mother is making a cake.
The cake is being made by my mother.
4. The police caught the thief.
The thief was caught by the police.
5. Somebody is using the computer at this moment.
The computer is being used by somebody at this moment.
6. My mother cleans the house every day.
The house gets cleaned by my mother every day.
7. I sent an email to him a week ago.
An email was sent to him a week ago.
8. The secretary is preparing the papers now.
The papers are being prepared by the secretary now
9. He has written many books during the war.
Many books have been written by him during the war.
10. I will not make a decision until the next morning.
A decision wont be made until the next morning.

Task 2. Complete the sentences with the following words – rainy, rusty, run, digest, speaking, spitting image.
1. The difficult thing about exams is that you always run out of time.
2. I can’ t tell you until I find time to digest all this information
3. The sensible thing to do would be to save money for a rainy day.
4. I used to speak English very well, but now I am a bit rusty.
5. He is the spitting image of his father, everyone thinks so.
6. I had a row with Ann, and now we are barely speaking.

Task 3. If you could make one important change to the world today, what change would you make? Please give reasons, details, and examples to support your response.
I think that there are a lot of problems that have to be solved. For example problems with environment, ozone layers or hunger. Every day 8.000 people die because of hunger and unfortunately there is nothing you can do with it. But if I could do something for this world is solving problems with hunger.

Festivals and celebrations

Happy new year- Շնորհավոր ամանոր

to congratulate- շնորհավորել

to give a present- նվեր տալ

to get a present- նվեր ստանալ

to make a wish- ցանկություն պահել

christmas tree- տոնածառ

present- նվեր

mandarin- մանդարին

Pineapple- արքայախնձոր

to lay a table- սեղան գցել

to meet the guests- հյուրերին դիմավորել

snowman- ձնեմարդ

snowball- ձնագնդի

skating ice- սառցադաշտ

city salad- մայրաքաղաքային աղցան

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New Year Parties

Most people celebrate the New Year, and many of them do that by attending a party. Some parties may be small while others will be quite big. Some parties will be at a person’s home while other might be outside in a city center. 

The simplest and smallest New Year parties are those that a single family will have in their own house. This is where the parents and children will just spend time together. Some years a family will spend time like this and then in other years they will go to other types of parties. Often the family at a house party will eat a meal together and then wait for midnight. While waiting they play games, watch television, or talk to each other. 

Another type of party will be where someone will invite a group of friends to their house for a celebration. This will be a bit of a bigger party, and depending on the size of the house ten to thirty people may attend. If there are not many people at the party they may sit down and eat a formal meal, while for a bigger party it will be a buffet where people stand up and help themselves to food. Often the people who come to the party will each bring something to share that everyone can eat.

The biggest parties that happen are public parties in the middle of some cities. For these parties, groups of friends will spend the evening and night outside, often visiting several different pubs and bars. They might have a drink in one pub and then walk to another pub where they will have another drink. When it is getting close to midnight most of the people will finish their drink in the bar or pub and go to some central point in the city. At this place there will be a big countdown to midnight and the start of the New Year. After midnight the people will then either go home or go to a nightclub so they can celebrate for even longer.

As people get older the type of party they attend may change. A young person may go out to a big city center party while an older person may just want to spend time at home with their family.

ESL New Year Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension questions that go with the above reading passage.

1) Who attends the smallest type of party?

2) When a part has a buffet, who supplies the food?

3) Who most often attends city center parties?

4) When people go to a city center party, what do they do all night

5) How do people know when it is midnight at a city center party?

Present Simple vs. Past Simple

1. She  went to Australia in 1994 and she liked it very much.
2. My father usually  likes his steak well-done.
3. The dog ate its toy last night.

4. The policeman  talked to the burglar yesterday.

5.  Did you have a test last week?

6. I often see her mother but she never  speaks to me.

7. The gentleman  spoke to his servant 2 hours ago.

8. The kangaroo always  (carry) its baby.

9. My friend  talks a lot every day.

10. The man  drove to the supermarket last weekend.

11. My brothers  left for England last week.

12. My sisters  leave for England every year in June.

13. I don’t like that man because he often  laughs at me.

14. Her sister never  smokes.

15. The cat usually  leaves its basket when it is hungry.