Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: On the Calendar

Lesson Notes December 26, 2023 (Elementary)

• I took my nephew to the (dental clinic / dentist).

• I drove here and there today. (= I drove to various places today)

• The restaurant has (cottages / detached rooms), so I reserved one for a family dinner.

• We went to a grilled meat restaurant, each room has its own grill, so we cook our own food.

• I (held / hosted) Christmas dinner for my family.

• We might have cross paths while at the Grand Berry Park.

• The hot wine at the Christmas market is probably a scam, they charge too much.

Vocabulary

• Cross path; encounter

• Scam; (noun) a dishonest scheme; a fraud

On the Calendar

Section 4

• 3 Is she going to go shopping on Wednesday?

• Is she going shopping on Wednesday?

• 7 What’s she going to do some Sunday?

• 8 When’s she returning to London?

• When’s she going back to London?

Day and Time

You can rearrange the day and time in the sentence without changing its basic meaning.

• She’s having lunch with her mum on Sunday at 12:30.

• On Sunday at 12:30, she's having lunch with her mum.

• At 12:30 on Sunday, she's having lunch with her mum.

• She's having lunch with her mum at 12:30 on Sunday.