Core Grammar & Vocabulary I: Body Parts, Tag Questions, Time Clauses, and Basic Verb Forms

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• Parts of the Body: **Objective:** Identify and name parts of the human body. **Key Vocabulary:** - Knee - Foot - Back - Neck - Elbow **Practice:** Use drawings or a picture of the human body to point and say each part in English. --- • Tag Questions: **Structure:** Sentence + tag question (a short question at the end to confirm what was said). **Examples:** - You’re a student, aren’t you? - She doesn’t like coffee, does she? **Key Rules:** - If the sentence is affirmative, the tag is negative. - If the sentence is negative, the tag is affirmative. --- • Time Clauses: when, while, as, as soon as **Objective:** Connect actions that happened in the past. **Connectors:** - When - While - As - As soon as **Examples:** - I was cooking when the phone rang. - She arrived as soon as the movie started. - I was walking while it was raining. **Tip:** These often combine past simple and past continuous. --- • Natural Disasters: **Important Vocabulary:** - Earthquake - Tsunami - Hurricane - Flood - Volcano eruption - Lightning --- • Past Perfect Simple: **Structure:** Subject + had + past participle **Examples:** - She had left when I arrived. - They had finished their homework before dinner. ...