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Description
A lecture by:
M.A. Hind Sabah Bilal
University of Kufa/ Faculty of Languages and Translation
Dept. of English
E-mail: [email protected]
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Describe your life using (Verb to be)
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Verbs to be are eight:
Am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being.
When to use verb to be & How to use it?
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When to use verb to be?
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Age____ 26
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Gender ____ woman, man
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M. Status ___ married, engaged, divorced, separated
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F. Status___ mother, father
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Health__ well, ill
happy, depressed, sad
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When to use verb to be?
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Occupation___ doctor
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Nationality___ Iraqi, Egyptian, Korean
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Political attitude__ a liberal, conservative
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Religion____ Muslim,Chistian, Hindu
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Location___ in Moscow, from Brazil
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Field______ in education, computers
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How to use verb to be?
Past
Perfect
I am (I’m)
I was
I have been
I am tired
I was tired yesterday
I have been tired all week
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Present
(now)
(started & finished. Now I’m ok)
have been: (Past + present)
(I was tired at the beginning of the week, in the middle + now)
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How to use verb to be?
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I am a doctor. (now)
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Five years ago, I was a student. (I’m not a student now)
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I have been a doctor for five years. (past +present) before 5
years until now.
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I’m married now.
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I was married in 2000.
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I’ve been married for 12 years.
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How to use verb to be?
I am ill
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How to use verb to be?
I have been ill for the last 2 days
(I was and I’m still) (past + present)
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How to use verb to be?
I was ill on Monday
(now I feel ok)
What about you?
Use verb to be to talk about yourself?
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Think???
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Describing Daily Activities
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Describing Daily Activities: Simple Present
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Describing Daily Activities
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How do you spend your day?
- I am a teacher.
- I teach English
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I live in Kufa city.
- She
……………………………..
- He …………………………….
- She
……………………………..
- I take lectures at College of Languages.
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He
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- My favorite work is teaching.
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His/Her/Their favorite work is …………………………………………. .
………………………………………………………. .
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How do you spend your day?
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I wake up at dawn.
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I go for a wash.
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Then I do the dawn prayer.
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I Help mother for homework.
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I Study.
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I get ready to leave for work, school or university.
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At 7 am I leave the house then drive my car to work.
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I take the bus off to work.
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Describing Daily Activities
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I stay at work about 8 hours. Then I drive back home.
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I have lunch
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I study and do my homework.
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At 8 pm, I watch TV.
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I stay on my computer for 3 hours. I love Facebook and I spend
most of the time on it.
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At 12, I go to bed.
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How to call people?
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Calling people varies according to the following matters:
FORMAL? GENDER? PLURAL? KNOWN?
ROMANTIC?
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How to call people?
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Formal
Informal
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Title
Last name
First name
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Doctor
Mr. Jones
John
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Professor
Mrs. Smith
Suzan
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Officer
Ms. Brown
Sara
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How to call people?
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Gender:
Male
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Formal
Sir
Informal
mister
man
dude
bro
Female
Formal
Madam
Ma’am
Informal
girl
sis
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How to call people?
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Plural: Male & Female
Formal
Gentlemen
Informal
folks
guys
Ladies
kids