Lesson 11.4

Eating Out - A Review

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Practice accepting these suggestions during the pauses in the audio.

On the audio:
How about the clam chowder?
Would you like some of the split pea soup?
What about some red wine to go with your dinner?
Have some more pizza it's really good!
Why don't you try some of the calamari?

don't = do not

Lesson 11.3

Lesson 11.1

Lesson 11.1

Today we are going to look at adjectives and adverbs. In your exercises
an adjective describes a noun/pronoun, and an adverb describes a verb.

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Let's look at the examples from the lesson on "Trends":

Examples
Adverbs
Numbers of students decreased slightly last year.
Price of oil has gone up dramatically.
Productivity is rising steadily.

Adjectives
There was a slight increase in oil price last year.
There has been a dramatic fall in production.

Did you notice that adjectives usually come before nouns?
Did you notice that adverbs are usually placed after verbs?
Can you find the verbs in the sentences?

let's = let us

Declining Invitations

Practice Declining these invitations:

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Would you like to go to Laguna Beach with me on Saturday?

(respond during pause)

There's a really nice place a few minutes from here. Let's go.

(respond during pause)

Why not join Sara and I for a drink?

(respond during pause)

Shall we meet later tonight at Carrabas to discuss this?

(respond during pause)

(For extra practice, find the proper nouns)

Lesson 10.2

Lesson 10.2

Listen to the audio before reading the story, and try to identify all the proper nouns. Then listen to the audio again, and try to identify all the pronouns. The third time that you listen to the audio – point to the “Shapes” from yesterday’s lesson as you hear them.

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"Hi my name’s Mrs. Duncan. How are you? I hope you are well. Today I’m going to tell you a story about shapes. When I was first born, my parents didn’t tell me that my head was circular and round. That’s something that I learned in school. They didn’t teach me that my Toys”R”Us ABC blocks were square-shaped, that my favorite Barbie rocking chair rocked back and forth because it had a semi-circle at the bottom, or that their favorite breakfast food—eggs—are oval shaped. How could they keep all that knowledge to themselves! And I definitely was not told that my breakfast table was rectangular. But, in Kenwood Elementary School I was always asked what shape my kitchen table was. My parents never asked me that question. Well that’s all for today. I really enjoyed talking to you. See you soon."

Lesson 9.5

Please listen to the video twice through.

Lesson 9.4

The lessons so far have been about location, and I thought that it was odd that the unit did not include any useful phrases on getting and giving directions. Please watch the video below three times through while listening for useful phrases on getting directions.

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by realdogswimming

It is obvious that the people in this video have a British accent. And at one the speaker asks "Can you show me the way to the cut." Americans do not use this phrase, but it might mean "short cut".