Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Weekends

Lesson Notes June 6, 2023 (Elementary)

  • My audio is not connecting to the Zoom meeting.

    • My audio reconnected to the Zoom meeting.

  • The Disney characters danced and sang a song.

    • The bride and groom are cutting the wedding cake.

    • The napkins were folded to look like Mickey Mouse.

  • One of the students in my class usually has painted nails.

  • I was on duty to set up the school gym, and to take care of any accidents. (NOT I was on watch duty)

    • Some of the mothers played volleyball when they were younger, so they coach the students.

    • They practice three times a week.

    • I have played volleyball on a team in Asao. (NOT I have been playing)

    • A: What position did you play?
      B: I played in the back. (NOT backside)

    • My daughter’s position is setter. She is short.

Weekends

  • When she got home, she saw that the zipper was broken. (= When she arrived home)

  • Cost; the pronunciation does not change.

  • Read; the pronunciation changes, present tense is ( reed ) and the past tense is ( red )

  • The zipper was broken; means the zipper was damaged, not working properly, also “the zipper split)

    • The zipper was broken on the jacket I bought. (Was = past tense of be, broken is an adjective

Homework; Weekends, review section 3, practice reading section 4 and answer the question

Kristopher Matheson

Hello, I'm Kristopher, a Canadian teaching English & photographer in Japan. I am primarily interested in urban environments and the people found there, as well as abstractionism in architecture and landscapes.

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