Example | Part of Speech, Name of tense, Analysis of Form | Meaning | Concept Check Questions | Pronunciation Issues |
I’ve learnt | Past perfect simple. Subject+have+past participle. | Reflective view. I did learn (recently) | Did Nora learn these skills a long time ago? Did Nora know these things before she started the course? | /a?v l??nt/ Contracted words. r/l sound problems |
complicated | adjective | Difficult to understand, complex | Is it easy to understand? Is a difficult puzzle complicated? | /'k?mpl??ke?t?d/ p/b sound l/r sound ed sound |
phrases | Countable noun in plural form | Group of words | Is one word a phrase? Is a sentence a phrase? | /fre?z/ Phr sound |
I’ve been teaching | Past perfect continuous Subject+have been+verb in ing form | I taught (recently in a reflective view) | Has Nora done any teaching? Has Nora been teaching for a long time? | /a?v b?n 'ti?t???/ Contracted words. Bin rather than been. b/p sound confusion. ing sometimes gets missed |
The other day | The-article Other –determiner Day –noun(countable) | A few days ago (the specific day isn’t important to the context or can’t be remembered). | Does Nora mean a long time ago? Do we know which day? | /ð? ?ð? de?/ Vowel Cluster |
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