Everyday English (Elementary)
Topic: All About Yourself
Lesson Notes April 2, 2024 (Elementary)
She will take a leave of absence.
How did they meet? (= first meeting)
Maybe they met through friends at a party.
We learned that for the first time when we had lunch. (NOT we understood …)
At my gym we do exercise with virtual instructors on a screen.
They will renovate the small exercise room. (NOT they will demolish …)
I saw a special exhibition. (NOT I watched …)
See (verb) is used when we look at something
Watch (verb) is used when something is moving, like a movie, a play etc
My nephew had a (little / small) piano recital on Sunday.
Did he have stage fright?
The video camera’s battery ran out. It turned off.
We ran out of orange juice.
The printer will run out of ink soon, we need to buy more.
My teacher doesn’t force students to do a recital.
My teacher doesn’t care if students do a recital or not.
Short Dialogues
A: What gym to do you go?
B: I go to Hyper Fitness.
A: I used to go to that gym.
B: How long ago?
A: A long time ago. I did dance.
B: They are cancelling the hula lesson.
C: I am glad I quit!
Vocabulary
Leave of absence; a temporary break from working
Run out; to use up a supply (of something)
All About Yourself
Making Questions: there are two types of questions; SUBJECT and OBJECT questions
Example sentence: Silvia saw Paul. (Silvia = subject, See = verb, Paul = object)
Subject Question
Somebody saw Paul.
WHO saw Paul?
SILVIA saw Paul.Who lives in this house? (NOT Who does lives?)
Somebody lives in it.What happened? (NOT What did happen?)
Something happened.
Object Question
Silvia saw somebody.
WHO DID Silvia see?
Silvia saw Paul.Who did you meet yesterday?
You met somebody.What did Paul say?
Paul said something.
Exercise 1: Make questions with WHO or WHAT. In these questions, who / what is the SUBJECT
1 Somebody broke the window?
Who broke the window?
2 Something fell off the shelf.
What _____?
3 Somebody wants to see you.
_____?
4 Somebody took my umbrella.
_____?
5 Something made me sick.
_____?
6 Somebody is coming.
_____?
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)
_____?
4 Something happened last night. (= subject question)
_____?
5 Somebody knows the answer.
_____?
6 Somebody did the dishes.
_____?
7 Jane did something.
_____?
8 Something woke me up.
_____?
9 Somebody saw the accident.
_____?
10 I saw somebody.
_____?
11 Somebody has got my pen?
______?
12 This word means something.
_____?
