Everyday English (Elementary)

Lesson Notes April 16, 2024 (Elementary)

  • The other day, he had a bit of a fever and his stomach was upset.

    • Today he recovered. (= to feel better)

    • Luckily, I am feeling ok. (= alright, but not especially good)

  • He only eats baby-food, not grown-up-food.

    • Baby-food is tasteless.

    • Grown-up-food is full of flavour.

  • What kind of flowers were blooming?

    • What kind of flowers were in bloom?

  • I’m a beginner player, but I played with advanced players.

Vocabulary

  • To be blooming; the process of opening up and showing their petals

  • To be in bloom; have already opened up and are currently showing their petals

  • Beginner; (adj) a person having a low level of knowledge or skill

  • Advanced; (adj) a person having a high level of knowledge or skill

Exercise 2

Make questions with WHO or WHAT; subject or object

1 I bought something. (= object question)

What did you buy?

2 Somebody lives in this house. (= subject question)

Who lives in this house?

3. I phoned somebody. (= object question)

Who did you phone?

4 Something happened last night. (= subject question)

What happened last night?

5 Somebody knows the answer.

Who knows the answer?

6 Somebody did the dishes.

Who did the dishes?

7 Jane did something.

What did Jane do?

8 Something woke me up.

What woke you up?

9 Somebody saw the accident.

Who saw the accident?

10 I saw somebody.

Who did you see?

11 Somebody has got my pen.

Who has (got) my pen?

Who’s got my pen?

12 This word means something.

What does this word mean?

Extra Practice

I lost _____ yesterday, but luckily _____ found it and gave it back to me.

  • What did you lose?

  • Who found it?

_____ phoned me last night. She wanted _____.

  • Who phoned you last night?

  • What did she want?

I needed some advice, so I asked _____. He said ______.

  • Who did you ask?

  • What did he say?

I hear that _____ got married last week. _____ told me.

  • Who got married?

  • Who told you?

I met _____ on my way home. She told me _____.

  • Who did you meet?

  • What did she tell you?

Steve and I played tennis last night. _____ won. After the game we _____.

  • Who won?

  • What did you do after the game?

Kristopher Matheson

Hello, I'm Kristopher, a Canadian teaching English & photographer in Japan. I am primarily interested in urban environments and the people found there, as well as abstractionism in architecture and landscapes.

http://www.krismatheson.com
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