Everyday English (Elementary)
Topic: Eat the Rainbow
Lesson Notes October 17, 2023 (Elementary)
It’s fine weather today, isn’t it?
What was everyone doing this morning?
What did you clean in your kitchen?
After staying in the hospital for a week, the doctor discharged me and told me to go rest at home.
I (picked / gathered) some chestnuts outside. At home, I gave up peeling the chestnuts.
I was very surprised.
The day was very surprising.
Did you play 18 holes?
Did you play a full round of golf?
Have you ever (gone / been) golfing?
My husband sometimes competes in golfing competitions. He brings home prizes, like sweets, meat or fruit.
Eat the Rainbow
We use A FEW with countable nouns and we use A LITTLE with uncountable nouns; these mean “a small amount of quantity”
We use SOME with countable and uncountable nouns; this means “an amount or a quantity
We use A LOT OF (or LOTS OF) with countable and uncountable nouns; this means “a large amount or quantity”
I ate a lot of ice cream. (=I ate a large amount of ice cream)
I drank some wine.
I ate some (slices of) pear. (= Less than a whole pear)
I ate some pears. (= More than one whole pear)
Examples of Containers
a glass of
a bowl of
a package of
a cup of
a handful of
a mouthful of
Vocabulary
Clean (verb); (general) to make clean
I cleaned the sink.
I cleaned the potatoes.
Wipe (verb); using a cloth to clean
I wiped the table after dinner.
Wipe your face, you have food on it.
Scrub (verb); using a brush to clean
I scrubbed some old flowers pots in the garden.
Can you scrub the potatoes? They look very dirty.
Discharge (verb); to allow a patient to leave the hospital
Give up (phrasal verb); stop making effort to do something
