Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: On Holiday

Lesson Notes August 22, 2023 (Elementary)

• Did everyone enjoy their Oban holidays?

• My son (said / told me) that he was moving to California.

• A: My son is getting married, at last it suddenly happened.
  B: How did they meet?
  A: His friend introduced them.

• I was planning to visit my son’s new house. (NOT my new son’s house)

• I don’t like hot weather, when it cools down I want to visit his house.

• My son caught covid, he had only a cough.

• Linger (verb) / Lingering (adj); lasting for a long time or slow to end

• He has a lingering cough.

• The heat has been lingering all summer.

• On the typhoon day there was no wind and no rain. We were amazed.

• A: My golf score was bad.
  B: How bad? (= How bad was your score?)
  A: It was bad, really bad. //  A: My score was 119.

On Holiday

• I lost my way to the hotel. (= I got lost on the way to the hotel)

• I thought my son was following me, but he wasn’t behind me.

• My passport was stolen. (NOT I was stolen my passport)

• My host (dad / father) was a little crazy.

• People celebrate Christmas on December 25th. (= on the 25th of December)

• We say “on Monday” and “in the morning”, but we say “on Monday morning”

• Similar, we say “at night” but we use “in the middle of the night”

• For holidays longer than one day, we use “at”, like “at Christmas”, “at Golden Week”, but when we talk about specific holidays we use “on Christmas Day”, “on Children’s Day”