English in the Summer #4  – Thursday, 24^th August

The plane departed/took off late.  The plane arrived/landed at 0800.

The movie is subtitled.  Can you please switch on the subtitles?  The film has subtitles in Swedish and Norwegian.

The film was dubbed into English.

 

• I saw a man running to work
• I saw a mother reading to her son.
• I saw children saying goodbye to their parents
• I saw someone talking on their phone.
• I saw someone riding a bike/an electric bike/an electric scooter

 

a pram (BrE) / a baby carriage  (US)

bring/take

I took my son to school when he was younger.

I brought him home at the end of the day.

You can bring your son with you, it’s not a problem!

 

The car didn’t stop and ran over the cat.

Sometimes I eat/I’m eating breakfast in bed.  (present simple for routines/habits/facts)

My son always eats/is eating sweets on Friday evenings.

I never eat/am eating sugar.

Water boils at 100 degrees.

 

a wind turbine

a wind farm

I didn’t find what I was looking for.

Did you understand the question?

12

2. didn’t work
3. didn’t go
4. didn’t have
5. didn’t learn/do/study/take

12.2

2. Did you enjoy…?
3. Did you have a…?
4. Did you finish (work) early too? Did you also finish early?
5. Did you sleep well?

12.3

2. I got up / I didn’t get up
3. I had/I didn’t have/take
4. bought/didn’t buy
5. I ate / I didn’t eat
6. I went/I didn’t go

12.4

2. What time did you arrive?
3. Did you win?
4. Where did you go?
5. How did it cost?

6.Did you go to bed late?

7. Did you have a nice time?
8. How did it happen?

12.5

2. bought (a pullover, a jumper, a sweater)
3. Did it rain?
4. didn’t stay long
5. opened
6. I didn’t have time
7. How did you do that?
8. I didn’t know…

 

I don’t have enough money for the taxi fare.

The plane fares are really expensive during school holidays.

The London Underground is really noisy.   It’s deafening.  It’s deep under the ground.

It’s crowded. There are lots of people.

The trains are packed during the rush hour.

The air is stale and dirty. It’s quite warm.

stale bread – fresh bread

deep water – shallow water

The carriages are cramped.

She got cramps in her legs

Tokyo was very safe at night. I felt safer in Tokyo than London.

The safety records are high.

For your (comfort and) safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely fastened during the flight.

He saved my life that day. Don’t forget to save your documents.

You can buy inexpensive clothing in H&M.

empty – full – crowded – packed

clean – dirty – filthy

My car was filthy after the winter.

a salary

I pay income tax.

I pay 25% VAT  / GST  Value Added Tax/Goods and Services Tax

 

What are the missing words?

My sister  got married in 2011. It was a beautiful ceremony.

My friends were married for 10 years before they divorced. (= how long)

We have been  married since 2011 and we’re still very happy together.

We’ve been married for 12 years and we’re still very happy together

I have lived in Sweden since 2015.

so or such?

This is so difficult! I don’t know what to do.

This is such a difficult task! I don’t know what to do.

We had such a great holiday!

I don’t know why they split up. They seemed so happy together.

So much food is thrown away every day. It’s such a waste.

 

waste money/food/time/water

We spent time on our homework

Thoughts

• What has been most useful this week?
• What do you feel more confident about now?
• What would you like to focus on next week?
• Anything else?