Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: The Body

Lesson Notes November 21, 2023 (Elementary)

• He phoned a toll free number, the business was pretending to be Microsoft.

• After a scam call I went to the bank to freeze my accounts and credit cards.

• Every week I get several scam emails.

• I’m going to make a calendar with photos of my family on vacation.

• I planted some tulip bulbs in my garden this morning.

Vocabulary

• PIN; Personal Identification Number

• Phishing scam; (noun) fraudulent phone calls, emails etc to used to steal your personal information, credit card numbers etc

• Toll free; a telephone number that is free to call

• Chrysanthemum; (short forms) mums / chrysanths

• I planted some mums in my garden.

• My neighbour gave me a mum.

The Body

Section 4 - When we are describing what is happening in a video or a photograph, we often use the present continuous tense. It’s also possible to use past continuous, to talk about the past event.

• 5 “What is the man and the dog doing?”
  “They are running on the beach.”