Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Pet Crazy

Lesson Notes December 26, 2023 (Vocabulary Building)

• What’s the custom about giving otoshidama?

• What’s your favourite Christmas movie?

• A: Did you see your family this Christmas?
  B: We got together the week before.

• Do you (hang / put up) New Year’s decorations? (NOT decorate)

• Do you decorate a Christmas tree every year?

• We decorated the outside of our house with lights and a fake snowman.

• The shop staff are decorating for New Year’s starting right after Christmas.

• I read in the newspaper that hundreds of Christmas cakes were damaged during their delivery. (NOT on the newspaper)

• I heard on the news that hundreds of … (= on a news broadcast)

• It’s scary to carry a cake back home from the bakery.

Vocabulary

• In the news; printed news

• On the news; broadcasted news

Pet Crazy

A: Does it live in the jungle?

B: Yes, it does.

A: Is it found in Africa?

B: Yes, it is.

A: Can it jump?

B: Yes, it can.