Vocabulary Around The House

Vocabulary Around The House

Useful Vocabulary - click on a room to find out more

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Other Rooms

Attic	People store things in the attic.
Ballroom	A room in stately homes where rich people dance and concerts are held.
Box Room	A small room used for storage.
Cellar	Underneath the house.
Cloakroom	A small room where people put their coats.
Conservatory	A greenhouse attached to a house for the display of plants.
Dining Room	A room where people eat.
Drawing Room	A room in stately homes where rich people entertain.
Games Room	A room in large houses where games are played.
Hall	The entrance passage to a house.
Larder	A small room used for the storage of food.
Library	A room where books are kept.
Lounge	Another name for living room.
Music Room	A room where people play music.
Office	A room where people work.
Pantry	A small room used to store kitchen and dining items.
Parlour	Old fashioned word for living room.
Sitting Room	Another name for living room.
Spare Room/ Guest Room	A room where guests sleep.
Toilet	A room where people go to the toilet (often known as WC)
Utility Room	A room where appliances such as washing machines are used.

Things you may find around the house

light bulb(s)	plug(s)	socket(s)	torch(es)
ceiling light(s)	lamp(s)	curtain(s)
	shelf (shelves)	(tele)phone(s)	box(es)
plug(s)	battery (batteries)	photo(graph)(s)

Naturally Speaking

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Finete Verb

A finite verbs is a verb that is inflected for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.Every grammatically correct sentence or clouse must contain a finite verb; sentence fragments not containing finite verb are described as phrases.
Some interjections can play the same role. Even in English, a sentence like thanks for you help! Has an interjection where it could have a subject and a fibite verb form compare I appreciate your help!

A verb is a world that expression an occurrence, act, or made, of being, finite verbs, sometimes called main verbs, are limited by time (see tense), person, and number.

Verb forms that are not finite include the infinite

Participles (e.g, the broken window..!, The wheezing gentleman…”)

Gerunds and gerundives

English has three kinds of verbals : participles, which function as adjectives, which have noun-like, adjective –like, and adverb-like functions each of these is also used in various common constructs; for example, the past participle is used in farming the perfect aspect (to have done).

Other kinds of verbals, such as gerunds and gerundives, exist in other languages.

Example :

The Finite verbs are the under lived work

THE CROWN AND THE FOX

One day a crow finds a tasty piece of cheese she picks it up, flaps her wings, and flies to a high branch of a tree to eat it. (…)

Introductory It

When the subjective is an infinitive phrase

We begin a sentence with it when the real subject is an infinitive phrase. So instead of saying, ‘To accept your advice is difficult’, we say, ‘It is difficult to accept your advice’.

Structure: It + verb + subject complement + infinitive phrase (real subject)

Ø It is easy to learn English. (= To learn English is easy.)

Ø It is easy to find fault with others. (= To find fault with others is easy.)

Ø It is difficult to know his motive. (= To know his motive is difficult.)

Ø It is difficult to find a good job during these troubled times.

Ø It is dangerous to play with fire.

Ø It could be dangerous to drive so fast.

Note that when we wish to emphasize the infinitive phrase, it may be put at the beginning, especially when it is short.

Ø To err is human. (OR It is human to err.)

Ø To become a well known writer was his life-long ambition. (OR It was his lifelong ambition to become a well known writer.)

Ø To invest all your money in shares is foolish. (OR It is foolish to invest all your money in shares.)

When the subject is a gerund phrase

When the real subject is a phrase that includes a gerund, it is used as a provisional subject to begin the sentence. So instead of saying ‘Your trying to fool us is no good’, we say, ‘It is no good your trying to fool us.’

Ø It won’t be any good complaining to the manager. (Complaining to the anager won’t be any good.)

Ø It is silly throwing away this opportunity. (Throwing away this opportunity is silly.)

Ø Will it be any good my talking to him about it? (Will my talking to him about it be any good)

Ø It is no fun having so many children to look after. (Having so many children to look after is no fun.)

Note that it is possible to change the gerund into an infinitive.

It won’t be any good for me to complain to the manager.

It is silly (for you) to throw away this opportunity.

Will it be any good for me to talk to him about it?

Introductory It

When the subjective is an infinitive phrase

We begin a sentence with it when the real subject is an infinitive phrase. So instead of saying, ‘To accept your advice is difficult’, we say, ‘It is difficult to accept your advice’.

Structure: It + verb + subject complement + infinitive phrase (real subject)

Ø It is easy to learn English. (= To learn English is easy.)

Ø It is easy to find fault with others. (= To find fault with others is easy.)

Ø It is difficult to know his motive. (= To know his motive is difficult.)

Ø It is difficult to find a good job during these troubled times.

Ø It is dangerous to play with fire.

Ø It could be dangerous to drive so fast.

Note that when we wish to emphasize the infinitive phrase, it may be put at the beginning, especially when it is short.

Ø To err is human. (OR It is human to err.)

Ø To become a well known writer was his life-long ambition. (OR It was his lifelong ambition to become a well known writer.)

Ø To invest all your money in shares is foolish. (OR It is foolish to invest all your money in shares.)

When the subject is a gerund phrase

When the real subject is a phrase that includes a gerund, it is used as a provisional subject to begin the sentence. So instead of saying ‘Your trying to fool us is no good’, we say, ‘It is no good your trying to fool us.’

Ø It won’t be any good complaining to the manager. (Complaining to the anager won’t be any good.)

Ø It is silly throwing away this opportunity. (Throwing away this opportunity is silly.)

Ø Will it be any good my talking to him about it? (Will my talking to him about it be any good)

Ø It is no fun having so many children to look after. (Having so many children to look after is no fun.)

Note that it is possible to change the gerund into an infinitive.

It won’t be any good for me to complain to the manager.

It is silly (for you) to throw away this opportunity.

Will it be any good for me to talk to him about it?

PaSSive voice

In the passive sentence, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb.

Only transitive verbs are used in the passive. Intransitive verbs such as happen, sleep, come and seem cannot be used in the passive.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Agent

In a passive clause, we usually use a phrase beginning with by if we want to mention the agent - the person or thing that does the action, or that causes what happens.

If you want to change an active sentence which has two objects into its passive forms, there are two ways:

1. Make its indirect object into the subject of the passive sentence.

2. Make its direct object into the subject of the passive sentence.

Pattern: be + past participle
Example:

• The boy are listening to a story.
• The story was being told by grandfather.
• Snow white eats a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple is eaten by snow white
• Snow white is eating a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple is being eaten by snow white
• Snow white has eaten a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple has been eaten by snow white
• Snow white ate a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple was eaten by snow white
• Snow white was eating a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple was being eaten by snow white
• Snow white had eaten a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple had been eaten by snow white
• Snow white will eat a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple will be eaten by snow white
• Snow white is going to eat a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple is going to be eaten by snow white
• Snow white will have eaten a poisonous apple
• A poisonous apple will have been eaten by snow white

News Item

News Item: is factual text which informs the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Social function of news item is: to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:

• Newsworthy Event(s): recounts the events in summary form
• Background Event(s): elaborate what happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances.
• Sources: comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities’ expert on the event.

Significant Grammar Features:

± Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

± Generally using Simple Past Tense

± Use of Material Processes to retell the event

± Using Action Verbs, e.g.: were, run, go, kill, etc.

± Using Saying Verbs, e.g.: say, tell

± Focus on Circumstances

± Use of projecting Verbal Processes in Sources stages

There are some rules that can help to make newspaper headlines more comprehensible.

1. The passive voice is used without the appropriate form of “be”.

Example: Town ‘Contaminated’

Complete Sentence: Town is contaminated.

2. It is unusual to find complex forms, generally the simple present form is used

Example: Fire Destroys over 2,511 acres of Forest in 2003-2004

Complete Sentence: Fire has destroyed over 2,511 acres of forest in 2003-2004.

3. The present progressive tense is used, usually to describe something that is changing or developing, but the auxiliary verb is usually left out.

Example: World Heading for Energy Crisis

Complete Sentence: The world is heading for an energy crisis.

4. To refer to the future, headlines often use the infinitive.

Example: Queen to Visit Samoa.

Complete Sentence: The Queen is going to visit Samoa.

5. Headlines are not always complete sentences.

Example: More earthquakes in Japan.

Complete Sentence: More earthquakes happened in Japan.

News Item

News Item: is factual text which informs the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Social function of news item is: to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:

• Newsworthy Event(s): recounts the events in summary form
• Background Event(s): elaborate what happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances.
• Sources: comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities’ expert on the event.

Significant Grammar Features:

± Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

± Generally using Simple Past Tense

± Use of Material Processes to retell the event

± Using Action Verbs, e.g.: were, run, go, kill, etc.

± Using Saying Verbs, e.g.: say, tell

± Focus on Circumstances

± Use of projecting Verbal Processes in Sources stages

There are some rules that can help to make newspaper headlines more comprehensible.

1. The passive voice is used without the appropriate form of “be”.

Example: Town ‘Contaminated’

Complete Sentence: Town is contaminated.

2. It is unusual to find complex forms, generally the simple present form is used

Example: Fire Destroys over 2,511 acres of Forest in 2003-2004

Complete Sentence: Fire has destroyed over 2,511 acres of forest in 2003-2004.

3. The present progressive tense is used, usually to describe something that is changing or developing, but the auxiliary verb is usually left out.

Example: World Heading for Energy Crisis

Complete Sentence: The world is heading for an energy crisis.

4. To refer to the future, headlines often use the infinitive.

Example: Queen to Visit Samoa.

Complete Sentence: The Queen is going to visit Samoa.

5. Headlines are not always complete sentences.

Example: More earthquakes in Japan.

Complete Sentence: More earthquakes happened in Japan.

Asking if someone remember or not

Formal expressions:

Ø I wonder if you remember.....

Ø You remember...., don’t you?

Ø You haven’t forgotten...., have you?

Ø Don’t you remember.....?

Ø Do you happen to remember it now?

Ways to respond:

Ø Let me think, yes, I remember.

Ø I remember especially the scenery.

Ø I’ll never forget that

Ø I’ll always remember.

Ø I can remember it clearly.

Informal expressions:

Ø Remember the old house we used to live in?

Ø Remember that?

Ø I’m sorry I don’t remember

Ways to respond:

Ø Hold on. Yes, got it!

Ø I know.....

Ø It’s coming back to me now.

Respond if you forget:

Ø Sorry, I’ve completely forgotten.

Ø I’m affraid I forget.

Ø I really can’t remember.

Ø I’m afraid I have no memory of him

Ø Errr, let me think. No, it’s gone.

Ø Sorry, it slipped off my mind.

Example..

It was Sunday morning, wati got dressed and had breakfast quickly. She was ready to leave for school. Her mother was a little puzzled.

Mother : Hey...hey.... are you going to school?

Wati : Yes, Mom. I overslept. I’m in a hurry

Mother : You remember Sunday, don’t you?

Wati : Oh, my goodnes. I thought it’s a school day !

Offering

The expression of “ Would you like....”is normally used for offering something to someone.

Nia : Would you like a cup of tea, Mr, Owyedz?

Mrs. Owyendz: Yes, please. Thank you. Hmmm...this tea tastes good....and smells fragrant too.......

Nia : thank you. I’m glad you like it.

Ways to say it

• Would you like a cup of coffee, Mr Green?
• Should I get you a bottle of water?
• Could I offer you a glass of milk, Mr. kiki?
• Would you care some salad?

Ofering to friends:

• Want some?
• Have some?
• Chocolate?
• Grab some for yourself

Less formal expressions:

• Would you like to have a pancake?
• Why don't you have some lemonade?
• What can I get for you?
• What will you have?

Declining an offering

• No, thanks.
• No, really won't, thanks
• Not for me, thanks.

Accepting an offering:

• Thank you.
• Yes, please
• I'd like it very much
• That would be very nice
  

Descriptive Text

The aim of descriptive text : to describe the characteristics of particular person, thing, or place.

Text Structure

- Identification : Identifies thing, person, place, phenomenon to be described

- Description : Gives the information of particular thing, person, or place being discussed or describes parts, qualities, or characteristics.

Grammatical Features :

- Who? What?

- Using lingking verb and simple present tense

- Epithet : adjective or adjective phrase

- Attributive (the)

- Use of attributive and identifying process

Example Of Descriptive Text :

Identification

My Pets

We have three family pets : a dog, a cat, and a tortoise

Descriptions

- The Dogs name is Benjamin. He is golden lambrador. He is beautiful. He has big brown eyes and a long tail. He is very friendly dog, but he is sometimes a little stupid. Dogs are expensive to keep bubt the yare fun to play with

- Our cat is named Martha. She is quite young, but she is not a kitten. She is very pretty. She has black and white for and green eyes. She’s smart, too and very clean.

- The tortoise’s name is Rocky. He has short, fat legs a long neck, and a very hard shell. He is also very old and slow. He’s ugly and dirty, but I like him

Preposition "in, on, and at"

Prepositions of Time: at, in, on

We use:

• at for a PRECISE TIME
• in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
• on for DAYS and DATES

at	in	on
PRECISE TIME	MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS	DAYS and DATES
at 3 o'clock	in May	on Sunday
at 10.30am	in summer	on Tuesdays
at noon	in the summer	on 6 March
at dinnertime	in 1990	on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtime	in the 1990s	on Christmas Day
at sunrise	in the next century	on Independence Day
at sunset	in the Ice Age	on my birthday
at the moment	in the past/future	on New Year's Eve

Look at these examples:

• I have a meeting at 9am.
• The shop closes at midnight.
• Jane went home at lunchtime.
• In England, it often snows in December.
• Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
• There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
• Do you work on Mondays?
• Her birthday is on 20 November.
• Where will you be on New Year's Day?

Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

Expression	Example
at night	The stars shine at night.
at the weekend	I don't usually work at the weekend.
at Christmas/Easter	I stay with my family at Christmas.
at the same time	We finished the test at the same time.
at present	He's not home at present. Try later.

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

in	on
in the morning	on Tuesday morning
in the mornings	on Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s)	on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s)	on Monday evening

When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.

• I went to London last June. (not in last June)
• He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
• I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
• We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

speaking: speech


Direct and Indirect Speech

When using indirect or reported speech, the form changes. Usually indirect speech is introduced by the verb said, as in I said, Bill said, or they said. Using the verb say in this tense, indicates that something was said in the past. In these cases, the main verb in the reported sentence is put in the past. If the main verb is already in a past tense, then the tense changes to another past tense; it can almost be seen as moving even further into the past.
► Direct Speech
~ Simple Present Tense “I always go to school”
~ Present Continous “I’m doing my homework”
~ Simple Past / Present Perfect “ I didn’t do my test well” / “I have sent an e-mail”
~ Modals “I’ll see you at the party” / “ You must be carefully”


► Indirect Speech
~ Simple Past Tense “She said that she always went to school”.
~ Past Continous “She said that she was doing her homework”.
~ Past Perfect “She said that she had not done her test well” / “She said that she had sent an e-mail”.
~ Modals “She said that she would see me at the party” / ‘She said that I had to be carefully”.

Direct Speech → Refers to reproducing another person’s exact words. We use avotation marks.
Indirect Speech → Refers to reproducing the idea of another person’s words not all the exact words are used verb form and pronoun may change. We do not used avotation marks.

Writing : Autobiography


Example :
Michael Jackson Biography :
Date of birth
• 29th of August 1958, Gary, Indiana, USA
Date of death
• 25 June 2009, los angeles, California, USA
Birth name
• Michael joseph jacson
Nickname
• The glove one
• Wacko jacko
• Jacko
• King of pop
• Mj
Height
• 178cm

Mini biography
American superstar Michael Jacson was born in gary, Indian, on August 29, 1958, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson had been a guitarist but was forced to give up his musical ambition following his marriage to Katherine (scruse). Together they prodded their growing family’;s musical interest at home. By the early 1960, the older boys Jackie, tito and jeremaine had begun performing around the city : by 1964, Michael and marlon had joined in.
Solo success for Michael Jacson was inevitable, and by the 1980, he had become infinely more popular than his brotherly group. Record sales consistenly orbited, culminating in the biggest-selling album of the time,” Thriller” in 1982. a TV natural, he ventured rather uneasily info films, such as playing yhe scarecrow in the Wiz (1978), but had much better luck with elaborated music videos.
For it all to end on june 25, 2009, with his sudden death at age 50 of cardiac arrest just as he was just coming out of a four-year reclusive period and rehearsing for a sold-out London concert “Come back” in July seems uncommonly cruel and tragic. Millions upon millions of dedicated fans will remember where they were” the day Michael died”.

Listening: Make me Copy, Please!

Listening: Make me Copy, Please!


~ Description:
Often times students are not able to communicate clearly what they would like to say. It is the purpose of this lesson to help student understand the need to be articulate and precise when explain steps to another student. In addition the student listening will learn to be a more effective listener.

~ Goal:
Student will understand the need to be articulate when communicating.

~ Background Information:
This activity will teach students to explain what they see and guide another students in reproducing the drawing by what they are told.

Example
teacher : Make a circle, please!
qaira : pardon me?? Repeat, please!
teacher : Make a circle, pleas
qaira ; Oh… sure
teacher :O.K…!! Next, draw in drawing book!
qaira : Hmm... ok

Read Use

vocabs, shapes n parts of body

vocabs, shapes n parts of body



Body Parts

1. arm
2. eye
3. eyebrow
4. belly
5. leg
6. breast
7. thumb
8. elbow
9. fist
10. finger
11. foot (plural: feet)
12. ankle
13. buttocks
14. hair
15. neck
16. hand
17. wrist
18. hip
19. chin
20. knee
21. head
22. lip
23. mouth
24. nose
25. nostril
26. upper arm
27. thigh
28. ear
29. bottom, bum
30. back
31. underarm, forearm
32. lower leg
33. shoulder
34. forehead
35. waist
36. calf (plural: calves)
37. cheek
38. eyelash, lash
39. tooth (plural: teeth)
40. toe
41. tongue

shapes

reading : analize character, setting.

reading : analize character, setting. etc.



1. Plot
Story has a certain arrangement of events which are taken to have a relation to one another. This arrangement of events to some end-for instance to create significance, raise the level of generality, extend or complicate the meaning – is known as plot.
2. Character
Characters in a work of story are generally designed to open up or explore certain aspects of human experience. Characters often depict particular traits – of human nature; they may represent only one or two traits – a greedy old man who has forgotten how to care about others, for instance, or they may represent very complex conflicts, values and emotions.
3. Setting
Stories requires a setting; this is in poetry may vary from the concrete to the general often setting will have particular culturally coded significance- a sea-horse has a significance for us different from that of a dirty street corner, for instance, and different situations and significances can be constructed through its use.
4. Theme
Theme is also important to, theme is especial idea which is used as base in writing down story mostly letter than implicit.
5. Language style
Language style is the way to typically in laying open feeling or mind through language in the form of oral or article.

Advertising is a communication whose purpose is to inform potential customers about products and services and how to obtain and use them.

Advertisement is an information for persuading and motivating people so that it will attract them to the service and the thing that are offered or informed.

Function of advertisement :
Promotion
Communication
Information

In making an advertisement keep the following points :
1. Language of advertisement :

* Using the correct or suitable words.
* Using the interesting and suggestive expression.
* Using positive expression
* Text of advertisement should be directed to the goals.

2. Content of advertisement :
Objective and honest
Brief and clear
Not mocking to group or other producer.

SOME KINDS OF ADVERTISEMENT :

Public service advertisement
The same advertising techniques used to promote commercial goods and services can be used to inform, educate and motivate the public about non-commercial issue.

Covert Advertisement
Covert advertising is when a product or brand is embedded in entertainment and media.

Mobile Billboard Advertisement
Mobile Billboards are flat-panel campaign units in which their sole purpose is to carry advertisements along dedicated routes selected by clients prior to the start of a campaign.

Family advertisement

Announcement Advertisement

Invitation Advertisement

Request Advertisement

Article Advertisement

Offer Advertisement

Sponsored Advertisement

News Advertisement, and etc.

Gratitude,Compliment and Congratulation

• Gratitude

Gratitude is an expression that we show or say to express grateful feeling to other people, when speaking English, you say “thanks” very often please say “thank you” when people give you something and give you compliment, etc.

Kinds of gratitude expressions are :

- Thank you very much

- Thank you for you help

- I’m really very grateful to you

- You’re welcome

- Don’t mention it

- I want to express my gratitude to (my teacher, my father, etc)

Respond of expressing :

-You are welcome

-Don't mention it

-It was nothing at all

-No problem

- I am glad I could help

• Compliment

Compliment is an expression that we show or say to express/give praise. Some people use compliment to “butter up” somebody or to flatter in order to increase good will, for example :

- On his/her general appearance

- If you notice something new about the person’s appearance

- When you visit someone’s house for the first time

- When other people do their best

Kinds of compliment expressions are :

- What a nice dress!

- You look great

- I really must express my admiration for you dance

- Excellent!

- Nice work

- Good Job

• Congratulation

Congratulation is an expression that we use the give the congratulation utterance when he/she succeeds in doing something

Kinds of Congratulations are :

- Congratulation

- Congratulations

- Congratulations on your succeeds

- Happy Birthday

- Merry Christmas

- Happy New Your

- Happy Valentine

- Happy Anniversary

A. Giving The Congratulation

- Let me congratulate you

- Good

- That’s great!

- How fortunate

- Pretty Good

B. Replying To The Congratulations

- Thank You

- Thank, I needed that

- That’s very kind of you

C. Surprising

- Oh, it was very interesting! I want to the sea world

- It was fun! Went out with my classmate

Read carefully the dialogue below then practice with your friends

Rosa : How was your school party, Zenny?

Alia : It was fun! We sony song and danced