Week of January 28

Don't forget you have a quiz on your past participles on Wednesday. Practice makes perfect!

Last week we studied some tricky consonant pairs. You can continue to practice those sounds at the links below:

/p/ vs /b/ minimal pairs

/p/ vs /b/

/b/ vs /v/ minimal pairs

Listen about the American Government

We will be reading an article in class on Monday about the new U.S. Congress which came into power on January 3, 2019. We will also watch the video. You might want to watch it ahead of time to practice your listening skills.

Below is our vocabulary from last Wednesday:

WOD: deliberate (adj.)
POD: to be in a pickle

Listening Practice

Practice your listening with this podcast : Phrases for being Polite in American English

Reading Practice

You may have recently heard that Prince Philip of England had an accident while driving...and he is 97 years old!

Read about it here