Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: On Holiday

Lesson Notes August 1, 2023 (Elementary)

• The hall has a three-hundred-sixty degree view of the stage.

• I went to an aquarium, it had penguins. ( PENG-gwin )

• Do penguins have teeth?

• Penguins have flippers, so do whales, turtles and seals.

• It looked like hail an hour and a half ago. (= small ice pellets, like frozen rain)

• The restaurant is a landmark.

• The restaurant was designated as a landmark.

• Be designated (verb); official be given special status

• The eel meat was very tender.

• For meat we use tender and tough. (NOT soft and hard)

• He can choose a teacher from a picture. (NOT choice)

• Choose; (verb) past tense - chose / past participle - chosen

• Choice; (noun) singular - a choice / plural - choices

• From my house I can see towards Yokohama. (= in the direction of)

• On Komae fireworks day, the Odakyu train slowly crosses the bridge.

• Lightning / Thunder; both are uncountable, so we need to use other words

• There is thunder and lightning today.

• Did you see a flash of lightning? 

• Was that a clap of thunder, it was so loud!

Large Number Words

• Dozens = a large number

• The kids at the party ate dozens of cookies.

• Hundreds = a very large number

• There were hundreds of angry customers waiting outside the shop.

• Thousands = a very large number

• There were thousands of people walking back to the station after the fireworks.

On Holiday

• At the beach? On the beach?

• At the beach; general location or in the area of the beach

• My family and I spent the day at the beach, enjoying the sun and the waves.

• Meet me at the beach entrance at 3pm.

• On the beach; describes something happening directly on the sand

• The kids built sandcastles on the beach.

• There will be fireworks on the beach next weekend.

• I’ll wait for you at the lifeguard station on the beach.

• On a floor / In a basement

• I bought this hat at a shop on the third floor.

• There is a small cafe in the basement of this building.