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You are or get engaged to someone:
He is engaged to a lovely woman.
Grammar
Countable or uncountable?
• News is an uncountable noun and is followed
by a singular verb:
The news was not very good.
• News is used with the singular form of words such as
this and that:
He was shocked when he heard this news.
✗Don’t say: these news
Prepositions with the news
• If someone or something is on the news, they appear
or there is a report about them on a television or radio news programme:
The minister was on the 10 o’clock news.
I saw the pictures of the crash on the news.
• If someone or something is in the news, they are
being discussed in newspapers and on news programmes:
Education has been in the news a lot this week.
p. 84
ex 1)
Monica’s fiancé.
A few days ago.
Family.
Go clubbing.
Stay in + read wedding magazines.
Their mums.
It’s serious but only a few months together.
He may not want to stay in NY.
Ex. 2)
Favour: meeting one of Rob’s friends and take him to
his flat
Large latte
She hasn’t changed
(Right) The perfect English gentleman
Meet someone
Settling down and getting married
Week
Wild
I’m looking forward to meeting him
fortnight /ˈfɔːtnaɪt $ ˈfɔːrt-/ ●●○ S3
noun [countable usually singular] British English
two weeks
- a fortnight’s holiday
keen /kiːn/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective
1 WANT SOMETHING especially British English wanting to
do something or wanting something to happen very much SYN eager
keen to do something
- He told me that he was keen to help.
Just one other thing
Paul’s a laugh
You’re real star.
gonna /ˈɡɒnə, ɡənə $ ˈɡɒːnə, ɡənə/
spoken informal
a way of saying ‘going to’
- This isn’t gonna be easy.
wanna /ˈwɒnə $ ˈwɑː-/
a short form of ‘want to’ or ‘want a’, used in writing
to show how people sound when they speak
got‧ta /ˈɡɒtə $ ˈɡɑːtə/ spoken informal
a short form of ‘have got to’, ‘has got to’, ‘have got
a’, or ‘has got a’, which most people think is incorrect
- We gotta go now.
I speak a little bit of English
I speak English a little bit
I speak a little English
I speak English a little
c)
Mind
Course
OK
Can
Sure
Favour
Meeting
Not
Could
Problem
ya /jə, jʌ/ pronoun spoken informal
you
- See ya later!
Cu l8er
4u
2morrow
I’m l8
Miss u
p. 102 – Grammar
shoot /ʃuːt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past
tense and past participle shot /ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt/)
PHOTOGRAPH/FILM [intransitive, transitive] to take
photographs or make a film of something SYN film
- The movie was shot in New Zealand
He noticed two policemen coming towards (/təˈwɔːdz $ tɔːrdz, twɔːrdz/ - in
that direction) him.
doorbell /ˈdɔːbel $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun
[countable]
a button outside a house that makes a sound
ap‧pear‧ance /əˈpɪərəns/
GRAMMAR: Comparison travel
• You use travel
to talk in general about the activity of travelling:
- Long-distance travel has become much cheaper.
- My interests are travel and photography.
• Travel is
only used as an uncountable noun. ✗Don’t say: a travel
| the travel
Travels
• Someone’s travels are their journeys to many
different places:
On her travels, she visited Egypt ,
Jordan , and South Africa
I’ll call you when I get back from my travels.
• Travels is always
used as a plural noun in this meaning. ✗Don’t say: her
travel | my travel
trip
• You use trip to talk about an occasion when someone
travels somewhere:
-He has gone to New
York
- They have made several trips to Europe .
• Trip is a countable noun and can be used in the
singular with ‘a’ or in the plural. Don’t use travel in this meaning. You say:
Have a nice trip!
✗Don’t say: Have a nice travel!
THESAURUS
Trip noun [countable] a visit to a
place that involves a journey, done for pleasure, business, shopping etc
- The trip to the coast took longer than we expected.
- Did you have a good trip?
Journey noun [countable] especially
British English an occasion when you travel from one place to another,
especially a long distance
- a long train journey
- We continued our journey on foot.
- They made the journey across the plains in a covered
wagon.
Travel noun [uncountable] the general
activity of travelling, especially over long distances for pleasure. Don’t confuse travel and trip
- a special ticket for train travel around Europe
- Foreign travel is becoming increasingly popular.
Travels noun [plural] trips to places
that are far away
- She told us about her travels in South
America .
how come?
used to ask someone why or how something happened
- How come you’ve ended up here?
No way José! (=used to emphasize that you will not do
something)
Homework: p.
94, ex 1 b and c
o‧ver‧take /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●○○ verb (past tense
overtook /-ˈtʊk/, past participle overtaken /-ˈteɪkən/)
1 [intransitive, transitive] to go past a moving
vehicle
in plaster
British English if you have a leg or arm in plaster,
you have a plaster cast around it
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