This document contains lesson materials for an English class, including: 1) A list of phrasal verbs like "hang out" and "turn in" along with their meanings. 2) Some common English phrases like "be on time" and "keep to something" and their definitions. 3) Notes on pronunciation, like the difference between "desert" and "dessert". 4) An overview of topics like hitchhiking, the birthplace of pizza, and making guesses about people's appearances or personalities. 5) Explanations and examples of verb tenses including simple present, past, future and perfect tenses.

1. 2n Batxillerat English
Lesson 1

2. Some phrasal verbs
Hang out (infml.) To spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
I have been hanging out backstage with the band.
Hang about /around To spend time somewhere, usually doing very little
It was great because the whole time I was able to ride my skateboard
and hang around with my friends, and I had a lot of fun
Turn in / hand in (smth) – students To give a piece of written work to a teacher
Have you handed in your history essay yet?
Hand out (something) : Give something to each person in a group or place
The teacher asked her to hand out the worksheets

3. And some phrases
 Be on time: Neither early not late.
So, I will be on time for my English class this year.
 Keep to something: Stay focused
I wish you’d keep to the point!

4. Accent
 Desert – The Sahara desert
 Dessert My favourite dessert is Custard
 ‘vɛdʒtəbəlz

5. Hitchhiking / give someone a
lift

6. The birthplace of Pizza

7. ROOFTOP POOL AT THE MARINA BAY SAND HOTEL IN
SINGAPORE: An optical illusion?

8. Making guesses
 … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 This man seems busy
 Looks like / seems like + noun
 He looks like an intellectual
 It looks / seems as if / thought +
clause
 It seems as if he does not have much
of a life.
 … must be ….
 He must be quite untidy.
 May / might / could be
 He could be crazy

9.  … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 Looks like / seems like + noun
 It looks / seems as if / thought +
clause
 … must be ….
 … May / might / could be…
 … Can’t be …
 I imagine…

10.  … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 Looks like / seems like +
noun
 It looks / seems as if /
thought + clause
 … must be ….
 … May / might / could be…
 … Can’t be …
 I imagine…

12. Present simple for
generalizations
Water boils at 100ºC.

13. Present simple for repeated
actions
I play tennis every Wednesday.

14. Present continuous for
actions happening now or in
the near future
I am playing tennis now / this afternoon

15. Simple past for completed
actions
15
1
x
I lived in New York many years ago.

16. Past continuous for
interrupted actions
I was playing tennis in New York when my nephew was born.

17. Past continuous to talk about
two parallel actions in the past
1 x
2 x
1 John (arrive)
2 Mary (leave)
While John was painting the room, Mary was studying for the
exam.

18. Present perfect (simple or
continuous) to talk about
specific time
I have lived in Brazil since 2013.

19. Present perfect to talk about
unspecific time
I have always hated snakes.

20. Past perfect to talk about past
before the past, specified or
not
I had live in Venezuela before I lived in New York.

21. Past perfect continuous –
How long
How long had you been living in Barcelona before you
moved to Madrid?

22. Future
Planned – I am going to travel to Brussels next week (I have the
tickets
Predictions – Normal people will travel to the moon one day.

23. Future perfect for completed
actions in the future
I will have completed this presentation in five minutes.

24. Future perfect continuous –
How long before a future
action
They will have been talking for an hour before Mary arrives