English in the Morning #3
What’s the date today? Monday, 11th September
Answers to Grammar Focus 1A Question forms p. 145
a 2 are 3 see 4 know 5 do 6 like 7 ’s 8 sit
b 1 3 4 5 6 8
c 2 Did you watch the Olympics on TV? 3 What was the food like in India? 4 Do you go to the gym? 5 How much does she earn? 6 Is it cold today? 7 Where did they go on holiday? 8 Am I late?
d 1 Why do you want to go home? 2 Who did you meet at the party? 3 How much was your car? 4 Which film did you see? 5 Whose key is this? 6 How many people did you invite? 7 What was the film like? 8 What kind of music do you like?
a cathedral
I could hear the ships’ foghorns
It was foggy.
a pedestrian bridge
the sunset – the sunrise
we had a heatwave at the weekend
Review
- Richard felt quite jealous/envious of his colleague’s promotion.
- Alex couldn’t hide his jealousy/ envy when his neighbour bought a shiny new sports car.
- He went green with envy when he saw the new car.
- He went green and threw up.
- He’s very possessive about his car and refuses to lend it to anyone.
- My manager is a lively, talkative person (=likes to talk)
- My house is really well-insulated. It has good insulation.
- People were advised to drink lots of water and stay indoors during the heatwave.
- a thermometer
- She is quite a shy/introverted/reserved person and doesn’t feel comfortable in a big group.
Answers to So or such
- Jim drove so quickly, we reached the airport early.
- The food was so hot we couldn’t eat it. The food was too hot to eat.
- It was such a windy day that half the trees had blown down.
- I had so much fun, I decided to stay another week.
- She had lost so much weight, her clothes were too big for her. “wait”
- They were having such a difficult time, they decided to ask for help.
- The book was so interesting, I couldn’t put it down.
- There was so much noise/It was so noisy in the corridor I couldn’t concentrate.
- He had such bad handwriting, it wasn’t possible to read it.
- His handwriting was so bad, it wasn’t possible to read it.
- It was so dark, I couldn’t see a thing.
- It was such a cold day, I decided to stay home.
- It was such nice weather, we spent the whole day on the beach. It was so nice, we…..
- The weather was so nice, we spent the whole day on the beach.
- I didn’t realise it was such an old house.
- You know it’s not true. How can you say such a thing to me?
- I haven’t seen him for so long, I’m beginning to forget what he looks like!
- I haven’t seen him for such a long time, I’m beginning to forget what he looks like!
- I’m exhausted, I don’t usually get up so early.
- I was surprised he looked so well after his recent illness.
- What do you do when it gets too dark to see what you are doing? switch on a light
- Do you know anyone whose handwriting is so bad you can’t read it?
- Talk about a time the weather was so bad you had to change your plans
- Talk about a time you were too tired to do what you had planned.
- Talk about a book that was so interesting you couldn’t put it down.
- Talk about someone or something you hadn’t seen for so long they had changed quite a lot.
Someone who wants things to be perfect = a perfectionist
an eraser
He erases his mistakes. He rubs things out.
He rubs things out all the time.
He refuses to change his mind. He is very stubborn.
He is as stubborn as a donkey/mule.
obstinate
Communicating
- How do people communicate?
- How do you stay in touch with family and friends?
- Which do you prefer – a text, an email or a phone call?
- Which social media do you use? Why?
- How has social media changed the way we stay in touch with people? In what ways are these changes both positive and negative?
- When did you last receive a message that was handwritten?
The time difference between Sweden and Brazil is 5 hours.
Brazil is 5 hours behind Sweden. Sweden is 5 hours ahead of Brazil
Korea is 7 hours ahead of Sweden.
What’s the time difference between A and B?
In summertime, clocks go forward an hour.
In wintertime, they go back an hour.
to send a text/ an sms
forget
I add it to my calendar to remind myself.
I set reminders.
Finishing with someone by text is….
- bad
- horrible/awful/terrible
- unkind/mean
- disrespectful
- rude/impolite
- inconsiderate (consider)
Adverbs of frequency
- always
- almost always – normally – generally – usually
- often – frequently
- sometimes – occasionally
- hardly ever – rarely – almost never
- never
routines, habits, facts = simple
- I almost always cycle to work when the weather is good.
- I always brush my teeth twice a day.
- I rarely take a taxi because it’s too expensive.
- I frequently listen to music in the morning.
- When I was a child, I normally drank hot water in the morning.
- I generally watch Netflix in the afternoon.
Pronunciation? really rarely