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SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS 1
Match the expression and responses. When do we use these expressions?
MAKING CONVERSATION
Match a line in A with a reply in B and a further comment in C
• What a nice day it is today!
• How are you today?
3. Did you have a nice weekend?
4.How do you like living in Texas?
5. Did you have a good flight?
6. Did you watch the soccer game yesterday?
7. what a beautiful coat you ‘re wearing
yes.
fine, thanks.
yes, we had a great time.
I’m enjoying it.
yes, no problems
No, I missed it.
thank you.
it’s beautiful, isn’t it?
How about you?
We went to the beach and did some shopping.
It was kind of strange at first, but I’m getting used to it.
the plane was a little bit late, but it didn’t matter.
What was the score?
I got it in san Francisco last year.
TIME EXPRESSIONSComplete these time expressions with at, on ,in ,or no preposition.
At Six o’clock
At last nigt
On Monday morning
In the evening
On saturday
In december
In the summer
In yesterday evening
In 1995
On the weekend
In two weeks ago
On january 18
PRICES AND SHOPPINGpractice the way we write and say prices in US currency.
american english british english
written spoken written spoken
$1,00 a dollar £1 a pound
50¢ fifty cents 50p fifty p
$1,99 a dollar ninity -nine £1.99 one pound ninety -nine
$16,40 sixteen-forty/sixteen dollar and forty cents £16.40 sixteen pounds forty
HOW DO YOU FEEL?All the lines in A answer the question how are you? Match a line in A with a line in B
DIRECTIONS
complete the directions from the tennis court to the museum with the prepositions in the box. Look at the map to help you
You go down the path, past the pond, over the bridge, and through the gate. Then you go across the road. Take the path through the park and into the woods. when you come out of the woods, just follow the path up the steps and into the museum. It takes about five minutes or less.
SHORT ANSWERScomplete the short answers. continue with a line from the speech bubbles below.
1. A Do you like jazz? B No, I don’t. I prefer rock’n roll.
2. A Did you watch the World Series on TV last night? B Yes, I do. It was a great game.
3. A Do you have change for a dollar? B No, I’m sorry. I don’t have a penny on me.
4. A Have you tried the new pizza place? B Yes, I do. I went there last weekend with Frank.
5. A Are your parents pretty strict? B Yes, I suppose. But they give me a lot of freedom, too.
6. A Are you doing anything tonight? B No, I don’t. Why? What are you doing?
A VISIT TO THE DOCTORcomplete the table with an illness or a symptom
ILLNESSES SYMPTOMS
I have a cold.I can’t stop sneezing, and my noise is runny.
I have the flu.I have a temperature, my whole body aches, and I feel awful
I twisted my ankle It hurts when I walk on it
I have diarrheaI keep going to the bathroom.
I have a sore throatMy glands are swollen, and it hurts when I swallow.
I have foodI keep throwing up, and I have diarrhea. posoning
IN A HOTEL
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EXCLAMATIONS WITH SO AN SUCH Complete the sentences in A with so, such a, such, so many, or so much. Then match them the sentences in B.