Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: At A Hotel

Lesson Notes May 16, 2023 (Elementary)

  • My mother in law (fractured / broke) her (femur / thigh) bone.

    • Did her thigh bone completely break?

  • How was your weekend?

    • When someone asks about “your weekend," they want to know about what you did on any days you had off from work or other things you had to do, not just Saturday and Sunday.

  • Sake brewery ( broo-uh-ree ) or ( broor-ee )

  • "Mother’s Day, on Sunday …”

  • Greeting for holidays Happy + Holiday

    • Happy Mother Day’s

  • Ripen (verb); to become ripe

  • Ripe (adjective)

    • They are (becoming / getting) ripe.

    • They are ripening.

    • Are the berries ripe yet?

  • How do you use (mulberries / strawberries / bananas / vegetables etc)?

At a hotel

  • A: Would you stay at this hotel?
    B: If someone treated me, I would stay here.

  • Room 507 = room five oh seven

  • When we talk about floors in a building, we often use the

    • Your room is on the fifth floor.

    • The restaurant is on the top floor.

    • There is an exercise gym in the basement.

  • A double room; a room with two beds

    • A single room with a (twin size / queen size etc) bed

    • A double room with 2 (twin size / queen size etc) beds.

  • Bedside (table / lamp / telephone etc)

  • When asking if something exists in a building, shop, or restaurant, most commonly we ask

    • “Is there (an elevator / a restroom / a shoe store / a dining room / a lounge etc)?

  • When asking where something is in a building, shop, or restaurant, most commonly we ask

    • “Where is the (elevator / restroom / shoe store / dining room / lounge etc)?

Homework; Practice Dialogue 1 and 2

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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