Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: On the Calendar

Lesson Notes December 19, 2023 (Elementary)

• We are so busy with practices, and the locations are far. (NOT practice)

• Once a week we come back home after ten o’clock. (NOT over ten o’clock)

• A: How many teams are in the tournament?
  B: There are about 10 teams. It’s a big competition.

• Nobody switched on my kettle, but the water boiled.

• I don’t decorate a Christmas tree. I only hang a wreath.

• In front of the botanical picture there were some climbers on a table.

• Where can we buy the materials to make a wreath?

• I knitted a cellphone case for myself.

Vocabulary

• Tournament; competition; used for sports events with some teams

• Climbers; vines

• Pine cone; the woody fruit of a pine tree that holds seeds

On the Calendar

Section 3

• We use a rising intonation for yes/no questions and a falling intonation for question-word questions.

• “Gonna” is not a real word, we can use it in informal conversations but we shouldn’t use it in formal or in writing.

Homework

Section 4 - prepare questions and answers; using full sentences and contractions