Giving presentations

This is a video produced by a presentation training company as an example of how NOT to make a Powerpoint presentation.



What is the first mistake he makes?

• He comes unprepared.
• He stands in front of the screen.
• He doesn't say hello.

What should he have done before the talk?

• Checked the sound and equipment.
• Said hello
• Put on his best suit

Here's a list of the errors our presenter makes you can watch for:

• Clothing (tie, jeans, shirt untucked)
• Supplies crash to floor
• Strange microphone "test"
• Throwing pencils?
• Poor content
• Bad slide preparation
• Singing?!
• Table crash

What else did you find?

Electriciity

Watch it and enjoy it!

Action and non-action verbes.

In the following pages you will find some information and exercises about verbs that can be used in countinuous forms and those that can't.:

• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs-exercise.html 
• http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1H.html

Writing letters

Here you will find a letter generator.

What does it mean?

It means you'll be able to write either a formal or an informal letter with some help from the site HERE

Don't forget to print it, bring it to class and share it with all of us.

Identity

Fill in the gaps with words from the box. Put them in the right form:

   A) Many Americans are obsessed with  finding their (1) . Recently, a researcher discovered that one  of Barack Obama’s (2)  was Irish, so in his last visit to the country, President Obama paid a visit to his relative’s town.

       B) Human beings (3)  half of their genes from each parent.

       C) My upstairs neighbor is really (4) . She never takes her high heel shoes off when at home!

      D) I can’t stop (5)  with James; he’s such a stubborn man! But he’s also a reliable person, so I (6)  him.

      E) I’d never have guessed they were related! She’s got red hair and green eyes and she’s extremely serious, but her mother’s a brunette and one of the funniest women I’ve ever met…does she (7)  her father?

     F) Jeremy hates his family business; I’ve heard he (8)  by writing short stories for an English magazine. People say he’s really talented!

      G) My mother got married to a man who has three children, so I now have four siblings: a sister and three (9) .

     H) When her parents died, Elena (10)  a fortune.

How are you? - Adjectives

Here are some adjectives that can help you to answer the question:

Oxymmoron

What do you think about this one?

JOKE

How do you like this joke?