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Seizure First Aid Training Video

Longer video and listening comprehension questions, under " Homework" (up above).

Grammar Tip # 3: Present Perfect Simple vs. Continuous

Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Grammar rules for the present prefect tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb (past participle) The main verb uses the verb form past participle/V3. Negative sentences - "not" is added between the Auxiliary Verb and the main verb Questions - the auxiliary verb comes before the subject.	Grammar rules for the present prefect continuous tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb-ing The auxiliary verb "to be" always stays in the V3/past participle form (been). - ing to added to the base form the main verb. Negative statements - add "not" between the auxiliary verb "have" and the the auxiliary verb "been". Questions - the order is change the order the auxiliary verb "have" comes before the subject.
The result is more important than the activity itself e.g. I have walked the dog.	The activity is more important than the result. e.g. I have been walking the dog.
To state the amount of times an action took place e.g. She has won this competition every year since 1999.	To state the length of time or to state "how long" the action took place. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used for actions that are naturally instant e.g. Oh no! I’ve broken a glass.	Used for actions that naturally have a duration e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used for past actions that happened recently and are still in the news e.g. She has won a medal.	Used for actions that continue into the present e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used to emphasize completion of an action e.g. I have walked the dog.	Used to emphasize the action, not the completion e.g. I have been walking the dog.
Used to express that an action is completed or to emphasize the result. e.g. I have walked the dog.	Used to emphasize the duration or continuous course of an action. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.

Exercises for further practice:
Englishpage exercises
Autoenglish exercises
Englishgrammarsecrets exercises

Enjoy!

Health & Present Perfect Tenses

Hi all,
As I mentioned the other day, I'm posting what we covered in class last Wednesday:

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

http://esl-lab.com/sick1/sick1.htm#top


2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE + CONTINUOUS PPT:

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3.  STATIVE VERBS LIST:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs.html


4. One of VOA (Voice of America) English Health Reports FYI:




5. Mr. Duncan HEALTH  & EXERCISE lesson:



Plus this last video.
Even though we didn't watch it in class, it refers to the subject matter...

And a few more links that might be interesting for you to work on this:
Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
ESL Lessons for (public) Health Literacy
Health Vocab. in Pictures


Stay cool,

Inma.

Shared Talk

Hi there!
Prof. Nacho just shared this great site. You can have a real time conversation with speakers of other languages all over the world. And it's actually a serious one, no other purpose than just practising language oral skills...
 http://www.sharedtalk.com/

Have a nice weekend :)
Inma.

Agree or Disagree?

So let's start the thread...

Oscar Wilde once said:
 -" I live in fear of not being misunderstood"
-So do I.
-" I can't resist anything but temptation"
-Neither can I.

So do I, Neither do I

Here's a video with fragments of different series (Big Bang Theory, Star Trek, etc...) for you to see REAL conversations with So/Neither...
Enjoy!