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1. What is up? Whats up? Sup?

Nothing. OR Not much.

2. What about you? Wa dabau chew?


3. How about you? Ha wabau chew?

4. How is it going? Hows it goin? (going sounds like go win)

Good. OR Not bad.

PRESENT PERFECT:
Before now, have you seen this?
Yes, I have. Yes, I seen.
(aux)

Yes, I have seen this.


Yes, Ive seen this.
Yes, I have seen.
Yes, Ive.

Before now, have you eaten poutine?


Before now, have you met Nicholas?
PAST PERFECT:
Before you came to school,
Before 8:35, had you seen this grammar?
Before you left your country,
Before April, had you met Nicholas?
Yes, I had. No, I hadnt.
Yes, I had seen it. No, I hadnt seen it.

SIMPLE PAST:
What did you eat, yesterday?
(aux)
I ate poutine, yesterday.
I did eat. I did ate.

When did you arrive in Montreal?


I arrived in Montreal in April.
I arrived in Montreal three months ago.

I arrived in Montreal since three months.

Did you eat breakfast, one hour ago?


Yes, I did. Yes, I ate.
Yes, I ate breakfast.
Yes, I ate.
BBC LEARNING ENGLISH:
you can download the app, also (too)

Features:
6 minute English
Sighing
Why do humans sigh?

Present perfect grammar:


We have just listened to the program.

So, all of you have (already) heard (already) the


words.
Ive already heard all of the words.
Ive heard all of the words already.

I havent eaten poutine.


I still havent eaten poutine.
I havent eaten poutine yet.
Past perfect grammar (relating two actions):

But, which words had you (still) not known (yet)


before you listened to the program?

I had nt heard (known) (read) (seen)


relief before I listened to the program.

I hadnt heard resignation before I


listened to the program.

Id never heard resignation before I


listened to the program.
Before I listened to the program, I hadnt
heard resignation.

(when the subject is the same for both parts


of the sentence, we delete the subject
pronoun and put naked ing)

Before listening to the program, Id never


heard resignation.

PRACTICE USING PAST PERFECT & -ING:


Before coming to Canada, where had you lived?
OR
Where had you lived before coming to Canada?

Before coming to Canada, Luz had lived in Bogota.


Luz had lived in Bogota before coming to Canada.

Before coming to Canada, Yuki had lived in Fukuoka.


Yuki had lived in Fukuoka before coming to Canada.
Before coming to Canada, Ji had lived in Seoul.
Ji had lived in Seoul before coming to Canada.

Before coming to Canada, Bella had lived in Gyeonggi-do.


Bella had lived in Gyeonggi-do before coming to Canada.

Mariana had lived in Sahagun before coming to Canada.


Mariana had lived in Sahagun before coming to Canada.

Sahagun is near Mexico City.

Sahagun is close to Mexico City.

I had lived in Sahagun. Mexico City is nearby.

PAST SIMPLE:

Where did you live one month ago?


Where did you live in 2016?
Where did you live when you were a child?
I lived in Saskatoon.
GRAMMAR MISTAKES:

Me gusta comer polla is different from


Me gusta comer pollo.

I love to eat penis VS I love to eat chicken.

I love pau de queijo I love cheese penis.


I love po de queijo. I love cheese bread.

Where are you was living?


(be present) (be past)

Where were you living in 2016?


I was living in Bogota.

Whats the difference between:

I lived in Bogota in 2016 and I was living in


Bogota in 2016?
There is no difference in real life English.

There is a small difference in textbook grammar, but


for your purposes, they are the same.

ADJECTIVES:
You feel: The situation:
a.Stressed Stressful
b.Bored Boring
c. Sad Saddening
d.Tired Tiring
e.Exhausted Exhausting
f. Relieved
g.Frustrated Frustrating
h.Annoyed Annoying
i. Bothered Bothersome
j. Resigned
NOUNS:
I have boredom. Im boredom. Im bored.
I have sadness. Im sadness. Im sad.
I have tiredness. I have exhaustion.

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