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English in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

Anne’s daughter, our family

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
		Say the house belongs to both your parents.
Say the house belongs to both your parents.
		Refer to the male cat’s home.
Refer to the male cat’s home.
		Use the possessive form without an apostrophe.
Use the possessive form without an apostrophe.
		Use the contraction for it is.
Use the contraction for it is.
		Refer to the home belonging to us.
Refer to the home belonging to us.

For one owner, add apostrophe plus : , , . The owner comes first. A plural ending in -s normally adds just an apostrophe: .

Compare (ownership) with (). The following words show which meaning the contraction has. Possessive has no apostrophe; means or .

Review before a noun. Family words such as , , , , and are countable.

I’m thirty, on the tenth of July

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Form	Example	Meaning
		State your age.
State your age.
		State the baby’s age.
State the baby’s age.
		Give the exact birthday date.
Give the exact birthday date.
		Give the birthday month.
Give the birthday month.
		Give the birthday date, ten July.
Give the birthday date, ten July.
		Say the birthday date twenty-eight March.
Say the birthday date twenty-eight March.

Express age with : , . Do not use for English age. For a baby say .

Ordinal numbers give positions and dates: , , , then usually -th. Learn , and with the story. In British English is spoken .

Use for a particular day or date, for a month or year: , , . is an early birth-date chunk; is taught at the end of this module.

have got, has got, long hair

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Describe Jack’s eyes.
Describe Jack’s eyes.
		Describe your hair.
Describe your hair.
		Describe hair as an uncountable amount.
Describe hair as an uncountable amount.
		Describe Anne’s height.
Describe Anne’s height.
		Describe more than one person with glasses.
Describe more than one person with glasses.
		Refer to one individual cat hair.
Refer to one individual cat hair.

Use for appearance: , . With , use ; with , use .

Head hair is normally uncountable: , . Individual hairs are countable: . and are plural.

For a characteristic use and an adjective: , . English adjectives do not change with the person’s sex or a plural subject.

give her a present, give it to her

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Say you know the woman.
Say you know the woman.
		Say you receive Jack’s help.
Say you receive Jack’s help.
		Give a present to the man.
Give a present to the man.
		Name the recipient of the object.
Name the recipient of the object.
		Say who the present is intended for.
Say who the present is intended for.
		Say Anne helps our group.
Say Anne helps our group.

Subject pronouns do an action; object pronouns receive it: I → me, he → him, she → her, we → us, they → them. and stay the same. Say , not the subject form after the verb.

A gift can be expressed in either order: or . With two object pronouns, the second pattern is usually clearer: .

Use when naming who a gift is intended for: . names the recipient in the giving pattern.

was, were, wasn’t, weren’t

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Form	Example	Meaning
		State your past location.
State your past location.
		State the listener’s past location.
State the listener’s past location.
		Say who owned the flat before.
Say who owned the flat before.
		Ask about Jack’s past location.
Ask about Jack’s past location.
		Say our group was not hungry.
Say our group was not hungry.
		Use the fixed phrase for a birth year.
Use the fixed phrase for a birth year.

The past tense of is with and with . It is the same for a male or female speaker: .

Negatives are and . For a question, put the verb first: , Do not add to questions with past .

Time words give the past context: , , . Learn as a useful life-information phrase.

Practice 1/6 · Finding words

Notice the patterns

Tap the form described in this unit.

.
Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
.
State your age.
.
Describe Jack’s eyes.
.
Say you know the woman.
.
State your past location.
As Lukas
. .
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
. .
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
. .
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
. .
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
.
Refer to the male cat’s home.
.
Give the exact birthday date.
.
Describe hair as an uncountable amount.

Practice 2/6 · The right form

Choose the form

Choose the right word for the gap.

This is daughter.
Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
I thirty years old.
State your age.
Jack got brown eyes.
Describe Jack’s eyes.
I know .
Say you know the woman.
I at home yesterday.
State your past location.
As Lukas
Lukas my neighbour. He’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Lena my neighbour. She’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Lukas is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Lena is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
Milo loves home.
Refer to the male cat’s home.
My birthday is the tenth of July.
Give the exact birthday date.
Jack has got black .
Describe hair as an uncountable amount.

Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps

Complete a short message

Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

This is daughter.
Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
I thirty years old.
State your age.
Jack got brown eyes.
Describe Jack’s eyes.
I know .
Say you know the woman.
I at home yesterday.
State your past location.
As Lukas
Lukas my neighbour. He’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Lena my neighbour. She’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Lukas is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Lena is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
Milo loves home.
Refer to the male cat’s home.
My birthday is the tenth of July.
Give the exact birthday date.
Jack has got black .
Describe hair as an uncountable amount.

Practice 4/6 · Building sentences

Build useful sentences

Put the words in order.

Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
State your age.
Describe Jack’s eyes.
Say you know the woman.
State your past location.
As Lukas
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
Refer to the male cat’s home.
Give the exact birthday date.
Describe hair as an uncountable amount.

Practice 5/6 · In situations

What would you say?

Choose the right words for the situation.

Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
You say:
Identify the daughter belonging to Anne.
You say:
State your age.
You say:
State your age.
You say:
Describe Jack’s eyes.
You say:
Describe Jack’s eyes.
You say:
Say you know the woman.
You say:
Say you know the woman.
You say:

Practice 6/6 · Matching

Connect messages and meanings

Match the pairs.

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