Listening: Sentences with Frequency Adverbs

Listen to these sentences and repeat (say aloud). You can also listen and write the sentences.

Mid-autumn Festival

Watch this video about the Mid-autumn Festival. Do you celebrate this festival? What is your favourite holiday?

Events Around Vancouver

At the end of class today we quickly read about some different events in Vancouver. Here are the links to the event webpages:

Mid-Autumn Moon Celebration - Public Day at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens (Chinatown)

Word on the Street Festival - Vancouver (different locations, but on Sunday it's at the Vancouver Public Library downtown)

Free Style Chinese Brush Painting Workshop (part of the Culture Days festival) - Richmond, BC

Have a great weekend, everyone, and happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Listening: 'Bullying' story from the September 2012 Westcoast Reader

Click on the button to listen to this story about bullying. Say the words out loud as you listen.

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Listening and Speaking Practice

1) Listening & speaking practice: Listen to these sentences and repeat. Pay attention to the words (the verbs and nouns) that have the strongest (loudest) sound.

2) Dictation: Listen to these sentences and write them down in your notebook.




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She exercises at the gym every Monday.

Her daughter brushes her teeth twice a day.

Sara teaches in the morning and at night.

My husband washes the dishes every night.

My son likes to play cards with his friends.

Can you please take out the garbage?

We always come to school on time.

My neighbour’s teenage daughter talks on the phone every night.

Welcome to the blog for the UB class at MOCC!

Hello to all Upper Beginner students at Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre. This is going to be your class blog for this term. I hope you will use this blog to practice your English.