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Take a look at the following list of stressed and non-stressed word types.
Basically, stress words are considered CONTENT WORDS such as
? Nouns e.g. kitchen, Peter
? (most) principle verbs e.g. visit, construct ? Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting ? Adverbs e.g. often, carefully
Non-stressed words are considered FUNCTION WORDS such as
? Determiners e.g. the, a, some, a few ? Auxiliary verbs e.g. don't, am, can, were ? Prepositions e.g. before, next to, opposite ? Conjunctions e.g. but, while, as ? Pronouns e.g. they, she, us
Content or Function?
Write down 'C' for content and 'F' for function.
? went ? with ? just ? quickly ? the ? hard ? next to ? CD ROM ? open ? had ? for
? information ? in order to ? difficult ? much ? exacting ? in front of ? Jack ? he ? however
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Salon 25 Vocabulary Picture photograph compare describe remind illustrate
Exercises
We often compare things using the words and/but. And is used to link two things that are similar, while but is used to link two things that are different. For example: Similar: She is a student and I am a student. Different: She is a tall girl but I am a short girl.
Compare the following objects or people. State something that is similar and something that is different.
You and Your Father: Similar: Different:
High School and University Similar: Different:
Monday and Saturday Similar: Different:
Summer and Winter Similar: Different:
Chinese and Australians Similar: Different:
Hunan and Shandong Similar: Different:
Old men and young women Similar: Different:
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Salon 26 Please familiarise yourself with the following vocabulary:
Recipe, fry (deep/shallow/stir-fry), boil, steam, roast, bake, barbecue, pot, pan, wok, fork, spoon, chopsticks, knife, spatula, stove, oven.
Are you good at cooking? What can you cook? Think about the steps needed to cook a particular dish.
Salon 27 What is ?Small Talk?? What are some good topics for small talk?
When making small talk, rather than asking one question, getting an answer, then moving onto a different topic, it is normal to ask some ?follow-up? questions.
For example, if you ask “What are you doing this weekend?” and the answer is “I?m going to the cinema.” What are 3 follow-up questions you could ask? 1. 2. 3.
Salon 28 Write down 3 types of clothing or footwear you can wear:
1. on your upper-body;
2. on your lower-body;
3. on your feet.
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Salon 29 Check the meanings of these words and phrases before you come to class:
Dry-clean, Stereo, Decorate, Dye, Adjust, Tattoo, Stress, Massage, Straighten, Pierce, Iron, Deliver, Polish.
Salon 30 Answer the following questions:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
What makes you feel happy? What makes you feel angry? What makes you feel unhappy? What makes you feel frightened? What makes you feel nervous? What makes you feel disappointed?
Salon 31 Vocabulary Interesting fun angry wallet
Exercises CAN
Can is used to discuss possibility. Can you fly? No, I cannot.
Can you go to dinner on Saturday? Yes, I can. When should we meet? What can you do? I can sing very well.
What can your father do? He can fall asleep while watching tv.
Write down 5 Can questions and answers below:
1.____________________________________________________________________________? ______________________________________________________________________________. 2.____________________________________________________________________________? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3.____________________________________________________________________________? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
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