4. Ask about family and friends and remember the answers. belong / consist / contain / exist / forget / guess / include/ matter/ mean / need / own / prefer / remember / seem / suppose / understand
Practice: Student A: / Student B:
4. Talk to each other and repeat what each other about the family. Speak using the present simple.
Example: Student A: You told me that your mom owns her own business. Student B: That's true. You said your dad belongs to a club.
5. Make these questions using the simple or the present simple, adding and changing words where necessary. Then answer the questions in full sentences.
Example: what/ state verb / mean? What does state verb mean. Answer: State verbs aren't usually used in continuous form.
5: you / prefer / to get up / early or late
Student: A / Student: B
5: anybody at your house / watch / TV / at the moment?
Student: A / Student: B
5: what colour clothes / you / wear / today?
Student: A / Student: B
5: which things / in your house / belong / to you?
Student: A / Student: B
5: what / you / sometimes / forget / to do / in the morning?
Student: A / Student: B
6. Think of a close friend. Talk to each other about these things about them:
Student: A / Student: B see example: (facts = She lives in . . . She belongs to . . .) (things they often do = He often plays . . )
6. Think of a close friend. Talk to each other about these things about them:
Student: A / Student: B see example: (something they're doing over a period of time = She learns Spanish . . .)
6. Think of a close friend. Talk to each other about these things about them:
Student: A / Student: B see example: (what they're doing right now = He's walking home . . .)
1. Vocabulary: House and Home; countable and uncountable. You just did the vocabulary for house and home.
Let's look at this a bit more.
2. Conversation Time: Talk to each other about the folllowing words and decide which room the items would normally be in.
armchair / bath / blankets / chest of drawers / cooker / cupboards / cushions / dishwasher / fridge / microwave
2. Conversation Time: Talk to each other about the folllowing words and decide which room the items would normally be in.
armchair / bath / blankets / chest of drawers / cooker / cupboards / cushions / dishwasher / fridge / microwave
3. The words you talked about are all countable nouns, but there are words in the home that are uncountable.
heating, air-conditioning, homes. Look at the next one.
3. Which do we say for uncountable? I am looking for new furniture / furnitures for my new bedroom.
We say "I' am looking for new furniture for my new bedroom. We never say furnitures.
