Lesson 4 – Thursday 19th March
- What date is it today?
- What date is it tomorrow? It will be Friday, the 20th of March “twen-tee-eth”
- What date is the day after tomorrow? It will be Saturday “the” twenty-first March
- What date is New Year’s Eve? It’s the last day of the year – the thirty first of December
- What date is New Year’s Day? The “first of January”
- What date is Halloween?
- What date is All Saints’ Day? It’s “the” 1st “of” November
- Valentine’s Day is on “the” 14th “of” February
- Which lesson is it? It’s the fourth lesson.
- Which lesson was it yesterday? It was the third lesson.
- Monday will be the fifth lesson.
What we did today
- Ordinal numbers review (first, second,etc)
- present simple and continuous tenses
- Present continuous in hotel context dialogues
a chore = something you have to do, like ironing and the laundry
In breakout rooms, describe what you see and what is happening in the photos. Use as many words and phrases as possible!
The first photo is taken in a hotel lobby, a hotel reception
The second photo shows a restaurant. It could be a café.
I can see a coffee table
A reception desk
Present continuous for life, movement, lots of things happening
- The receptionist is talking to a new guest. She is giving him information.
- The guest is checking in at the hotel. There is someone (who is) checking out.
- The guests are wearing formal clothes, so it must be a conference of some kind.
- The staff are wearing uniforms “you-ni-form” – a black waistcoat (BrE) a vest (USA)
- The chefs are wearing aprons. “ay-pruns”
- The men are wearing ties.
- The guests are reading newspapers and drinking coffee.
- There is a couple leaving the hotel.
- There is a man drinking some coffee.
- There is a woman working at the front desk and talking to a man.
- He has a suitcase with him “sootcase”
- We have a guest lounge where you can read, play board games and drink coffee
- What is a board game? Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble
- It’s an emergency/fire exit sign.
- The food is served on the (kitchen)counter
- A breakfast bar
- Can you light a candle? Please blow out the candle.
- Please put out your cigarette, this is a non-smoking area.
- You must extinguish your cigarette at a petrol station.
I want to passa på while you are here Sarah!
I want to take the opportunity while you are here to ask you…
While you’re here, I want to ask you….
Ready “reddy”
What are you thinking about?
- I’m thinking about what to eat for lunch.
- I’m thinking about how to get to work later.
- I’m thinking about the weather.
- I’m thinking about what to do at the weekend.
- I’m thinking about how to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
- I’m thinking about the same!
- I’m thinking about tomorrow’s party.
What do you think of the changes to the school? = What’s your opinion of the changes?
- I think they’re unnecessary. I think it was the right thing to do. (=opinion)
- What do you think of English grammar?
- I think (that) it’s not easy. I (don’t) think Swedish grammar is easier.
