Direct English Online Level Two, UNIT 11

Welcome to Direct English Online UNIT 11

In Unit 11, the Conversation section consists of a video and dialogs which present and develop the video drama storyline. The purpose of the dialogs is to introduce the new language forms you will be learning and enable you to experience real English in real situations and explanations of any new language items are provided in easily recognisable drop down boxes.

You will find that a systematic and methodical approach to your study will maximize your ability to understand and utilize the new language.

The Language Study and Practice section gives you the opportunity to practice the language from the Conversation or Presentation section in new contexts. Clear instructions and guides are given to help explain what to do and Language Notes give you detailed information about grammar and usage.

Always follow the lessons and exercises in order.

Good luck and have fun!

LESSON 1: WHERE? ANSWERED BY THERE IS / WAS
In this lesson you’re going to learn how to:

• use where … ? to ask where something is
• use There is a / some … + position to say where something is
• use Was there a / any … ? + position to ask where something was
• use There was a / some … + position to say where something was
• and you will revise:
• a / an, some and any + countable and uncountable nouns

LESSON 2: WHEN? ANSWERED BY POINTS OF TIME

In this lesson you’re going to learn how to:

• use prepositions like not until to make general time references
• use points of time like yesterday and tomorrow to refer to the past and future
• ask / say how long something lasts (a flight etc.)
• ask / say how long something takes (a drive etc.)

and you will revise:

• using prepositions like at, on and in to make exact time references

LESSON 3: DESCRIPTIONS: THE WEATHER 

In this lesson you’re going to learn how to:

• ask / say what the weather is like
• ask / say what the temperature is
• ask / say what the weather conditions are at this moment
• ask about / describe climate in general