Archive for: 1st grade videos

• Topic: Prepositions of place and toys vocabulary lesson.
• Vocabulary:  teddy bear, robot, car, ball, balloon, block
• Grammar:  This lesson focuses on the use of prepositions of place (in, on, under,  next to, behind) to talk about the locations of things. We will also look at a few new contractions.

Prepositions of Place in Sentences

• in the box
• under the box
• next to the box
• behind the box
• in front of the box 
• on the box

Contractions:

• Where's...? / Where is...?  
• What's your...? / What is your...? 
• No it isn't. / No, it is not.
• I don't like. / I do not like.

This lesson has a related dialogue video. Click here to watch the short dialogue related to this lesson.

• Topic: Demonstrative pronouns - this, that, those, these and School Supplies
• Vocabulary:  crayons, pencils, ruler, eraser, draw, write, pen, sharpener, notebook, pencil box, backpack
• Grammar:  This lesson focuses on using demonstrative pronouns in sentences and questions. We will also learn to ask and answer questions using contractions.

We use demonstrative pronouns to ask about things that are near or at a distance from the speaker.

Demonstrative pronouns singular

• This: What's this?  ( for singular objects  that are near)
• This: What's this?  ( for singular objects that are at a distance)

Demonstrative pronouns plural

• These: What are these?  ( for plural objects  that are near)
• Those: What are those?  ( for plural objects that are at a distance)

This lesson has a related dialogue video. Click here to watch the short dialogue related to this lesson.

• Topic: Family members sentences and words
• Vocabulary:  father, mother, sister, brother, grandpa, grandma, dentist, teacher
• Grammar:  This lesson focuses on close ended questions with demonstrative pronouns (this/these) and questions with the question word 'Who' for asking about people.

Close ended questions & Demonstrative pronouns:

• Is this your father?  (close ended question format)
• Are these your parents?  (close ended question format)
• This  is my father.

Demonstrative Pronouns (Plural/Singular)
This/These/That
This lesson has a related dialogue video. Click here to watch the short dialogue related to this lesson.

• Topic: Body parts sentences 
• Vocabulary:  eyes, ears, nose, arm, mouth, foot, toes
• Grammar:  We will learn adjectives to describe parts of the body. An adjective describes a noun. Body part nouns can be described by adjectives - long, short,

Adjectives:

• long arms
• short legs
• big eyes
• small eyes

Auxiliary Verb 'to have' in Present Simple, 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular and plural

• I have big eyes.
• You have big eyes.
• He  has big eyes.
• We have big eyes.
• You have big eyes.
• They have big eyes.

This lesson has a related dialogue video. Click here to watch the short dialogue related to this lesson.

• Topic: Fruits Lesson
• Vocabulary:  apples, peaches, oranges, watermelon, mango
• Grammar:  In this lesson we will learn to use the names of fruits in plural form. We will also learn to use the articles 'a' before nouns beginning with consonants and 'an' for nouns beginning with vowels.

Articles 'a' / 'an':

• a  peach , a  watermelon ,
• an  orange , an  apple

This lesson has a related dialogue video. Click here to watch the short dialogue related to this lesson.