English in the Morning #4

Answers to page 16, Sections 1 & 2

GRAMMAR  a 1  Did you go out last night?     2 Where did you go last weekend?     3 What kind of TV programmes do you like?     4 Who do you know at this school?     5 How often do you play sport?    6 What do you usually do at weekends? 7 Are you tired today?

c 1 don’t call    2 ’m working  3 have   4 send  5 like 6 calls    7 ’re talking  8 is changing  9 call 10 email

VOCABULARY    a 1 all right    2 delicious    3 ugly    4 lovely  5 gorgeous 6 strange    7 horrible    8 perfect

b    1 absolutely 2 rarely    3 quite    4 usually    5 really    6 especially

 

It’s drizzling   (drizzle) = very light rain.

• When were you last in Sao Paolo?  = When was the last time?  What was the most recent visit?
• When did you last drink coffee?   I last drank coffee at breakfast.
• When did you last speak to your manager?  I last spoke to her on Friday.
• When did you last go to the dentist?  In the summer.  two months ago
• When did you last look at/check your phone?
• When did you last post something on social media?
• When did you last read a book?
• When did you last laugh about something?  Yesterday evening.
• When were you last in Iran?   – a year ago
• When did you last see/watch a movie?

a pedestrian bridge/ a foot bridge

the Millenium Bridge

a pedestrian crossing  – a zebra crossing

 

Time differences:

Brazil is 5 hours behind Sweden.

Korea is 7 hours ahead of Sweden.

Another word for “boring” is dull – dull weather

 

Choose a suitable adjective for these sentences:

Don’t be so rude/disrespectful/impolite/unkind to the waiter; he’s just doing his job.

He was criticised for his strange/odd/weird/disrespectful/impolite behaviour during the meeting.

I’m staying indoors today as the weather is absolutely awful/disgusting/terrible.

The weather patterns are strange

They are always kind and lovely/awesome/considerate hosts.

They’re tearing down the old bridge/They’re removing the old bridge/They’re pulling down the old bridge.

We’re having a picnic in the sunset/the evening by the sea. People are swimming

 

Present continuous for things happening now (or around now)

Choose a photo on your phone with lots of things going on.  What’s happening?

Imagine you meet someone you know that you haven’t seen for a long time. Give them your news.

Present simple for routines and habits

What kind of routines do you have on weekday mornings? Do you do the same things every day?

What kind of routines do you have on weekend mornings?

How often do you check your phone?

How often do you take photos? Which ones do you keep and which do you delete?  How do you organise the photos that you keep?

 

windmills  watermills

The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

The Himalyan snow leopard is endangered.

an endangered species  “spee-shees”

the panda

the polar bear

 

Pronunciation: long “e”

Sweden   “Sweeden”

recent  “ree-sunt”

ingredients      greedy

delete  “dulleet”

theme  “theeem”   –      a theme park    –   a unicorn-themed birthday party

evening  – Christmas Eve

even          evil

equal  “ee-kwul”

hero

vegan     vegetarian

Egypt

 

get in touch with someone = contact someone

We keep in touch every day

We are very close.

get a text  = receive

to hear from someone

I haven’t heard from my manager for a week = my boss (informal)

chef = cook

I send a particularly good photo by email.

 

you’re (an apostrophe)

An apostrophe replaces a missing letter

your angry today, whats wrong?  You’re angry, what’s wrong?

Berlin?   (question mark)

I’m

Salamanca

Spain

The

a language/ a nationality

Spanish, Italian, English

Monday, Tuesday,

January

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Red Cross, the University of London

Hello Mum!   I said hello to my mum.

Dear Madam/Sir

I’m having…. the time’s going….

She speaks… quite well …. we usually speak

She speaks good English

She speaks English well.

Here…. photos ….. course

different countries

 

y – ies/ied

fly – flies

cry – cries/cried

city – cities

study – studies/studied

country – countries

 

 

 

 

 

a children’s playground

Describe your friend. What kind of person are they?

A good doctor always reassures their patients.  (gender neutral)

When and how did you become friends?

When did you last see each other?

 

I know her since we are children.  I’ve known her for a long time.  I’ve known her since we were born/children.

I’ve been a teacher for many years.

We send gifts/presents to each other.

We send each other presents/gifts/texts/letters.