Lesson 5: Idioms and Expressions

Idioms

1. abide by

> accept and act in accordance with a decision or set of rules

Example: All members must agree to abide by the club regulations


>also, remain faithful to

Example: A trustworthy abides by his word.

Your sentence: ________________________________________.

2. about time

> long past the right time

>approximately the right time

Example: It’s about time you went to bed.

Means:

• You should have gone to bed much earlier. ( often stated with emphasis on the word time)
• Now is the appropriate time for you to retire
  

Your sentence: ________________________________________.

3. about to

>ready to, on the verge of

Examples:

• I was about to leave when it began to rain.
• He hasn’t finished yet but he’s about to.

not about to

>having no intention of doing something

Examples:

• The shop steward was not about to cross the picket line.
• A: Are you staying longer? B: No, I’m not about to.

Lesson 4: Introducing Letters and Sounds

In writing, words are made of letters. In speech, words are made of sounds. Letters are not always the same as sounds.

Example:

The words key and car. They begin with the same sound, but the
letters are different.

In the examples below, word pairs have the same pronunciation but different spelling:

Lesson 3: Body Parts

Conversation Questions About Body Parts

• Who is the most beautiful person you have ever met or known?
• Which do you think is worst, being blind, being mute, or being deaf?
• verytime you look at the mirror, do you like what you see?
• If you could choose your eye color, what would you choose?
• How do you take care of your eyes?
• Some say that people having wide forehead are smart. Do you belive so?
• What is your opinion about people wearing a lot of earrings at the same time?
• Would you ever consider nose revision?
• Which part of your body are you most proud of?
• If you could change one part of your body what would that be? Why?

Lesson 2 : Basic Conversations - Introductions

Basic Conversations - Introductions

This is a basic introduction between two people.

Robert: Hi, I'm Robert Chartrand.
Bill: Hi. I'm Bill Pellowe. Nice to meet you.
Robert: Nice to meet you, too. What do you do?
Bill: I'm a university teacher. How about you?
Robert: Me too! What university do you teach at?
Bill: I teach at Kinki University. And you?
Robert: Oh, I teach at Kurume University.

Lesson 1: A, an (the Indefinite Articles)

An, An

The Indefinite Articles

Pretest:

Put in a, an:

__________________1. university

__________________2. hour

__________________3. MP

__________________4. man

__________________5. hat

__________________6. apple

__________________7. elephant

__________________8. book

__________________9. child

__________________10. island

When do you use the form a ?

The form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant, or a vowel with a consonant sound:

à a man

à a European

à a one-way street

When do you use the form an ?

The form an is used before words beginning with a
vowel (a,e, i , o, u) or words beginning with a mute h:

à an egg

à an uncle

à an egg

à an honest man

or individual letters spoken with a vowel sound:

à an L-plate

à an SOS

à an ‘x’

Take note: a,an is the same for all genders:

à a man, a woman

à an actor, an actress

à a table

Exercise:

Put in a, an :

__________________1. computer

__________________2. eggplant

__________________3. heir

­­­__________________4. tree

__________________5. activity

__________________6. ice-cream cone

__________________7. X-ray machine

__________________8. pen

__________________9. ocean

__________________10. honor

__________________11. umbrella

__________________12. unique name

__________________13. bottle

__________________14. one-time offer

__________________15. M16 rifle