2 What do you remember? File 2

Key
Grammar
a.
1 already 2 long 3 Since 4 Have 5 yet
b.
1 been working 2 just made 3 more expensive 4 carefully as
5 the most

Vocabulary
a.
1 bank 2 mortgage 3 hungry 4 awful 5 travel 6 helmet 7 railway station
b.
1 filthy 2 tax 3 rush hour 4 lend 5 platform 6 inherit 7 boarding pass/ card 8 tiny
c.
1 off 2 out 3. for 4 back 5 by

Pronunciation
a.
1 coach 2 tiny 3 charge 4 cycle 5 earn

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a.
1 a 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 b
b.
fortunate: lucky

charity: an organisation which collects money to help people who are poor.

volunteer: somebody who offers to do something without being forced or paid.

orphanage: an institution where children without parents livew and are looked after

deposit: a percentage of the price of sth you are buying which you pay in advance.

annoyed: made angry

adopted: taken by a family and looked after as if they were their own childre.

useful: having a practical use.

definitely: certainly, without doubt.

Publicado por Inglés R41/I22 en 07:04

Numbers

Click on the word NUMBER  and go to the link


Nought, zero, nil etc

The figure 0 is usually called nought in British English, and zero in American English. When we say numbers one figure at a time, 0 is often called oh.

My phone number is nine three two five oh six (= 932506)

In measurements of temperature , 0 is called zero in both British and American English.

Zero scores in team games are called nil. In tennis and similar games, the word love is used for zero.

And the score is: Brazil three, Italy nil.
Forty-love: Nadal to serve