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 Reading presentations about different countries

Mozambique is surrounded by English speaking countries. What are the names of these countries? What languages do people living around Mozambique speak? Read and listen about some students talking about their countries, the weather and the language they speak. 

Listen to the script again. Repeat the pronunciation. 

Look at the table.

Country People Language(s)

Canada Canadian English and French

Mozambique Mozambican Portuguese

France French French

India Indian Hindi and English

Japan Japanese Japanese

Bolivia Bolivian Spanish

More examples:

Question: Who are the people from Brazil? They are Brazilians. 

                What language do they speak?       They speak Portuguese.

Question: Who are the people from The United States of America?    They are Americans.

                 What language do they speak?      They speak English.

Now that you know about some countries, people and your languages, let’s talk about weather.

What’s the weather like in…?

Look at these weather pictures. (four pictures)

Question: What is the weather like in…?

Answer: In October, it is very hot in Swaziland. In January, it is very cold in Durban.

Practice the questions and the answers.

2.1.2 Grammar

Indefinite article – a / an

A before words starting with consonant sounds:

A community

A hospital

A student

A beautiful An before words starting with vowel sounds:

An actor

An hour

An engineer

An empty glass A before nouns starting with vowels that sound like “you”:

A European country

A union meeting

A university degree

2.1.3 Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often or how seldom something happens or is done. They go between the subject and the verb.

Example:

Exception: after the verb “be” -  I am always sleepy.

                                      subject      verb       adverb 

These adverbs include:  never, rarely / seldom, sometimes, often, usually, always.

Look at the examples:

I’m never late.                        I seldom arrive late.    She sometimes walks to school.

We often play football.         Sandra usually spends her holiday abroad.     

 My mother always goes to bed at ten o’clock.    He rarely eats meat.

Remember the position of the advers