O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker

Grammar Notes
18.1
18.2
18.3
18.4
18.5
18.6
18.7
18.8
18.9
18.10
Words and Expressions
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS (to go on a diet / to lose weight / to give up smoking / to get more exercise /
to go to bed earlier / to get up earlier / to save more money / to spend less money)
EXPRESSIONS (New Year's Eve / New Year's Day / New Year's Resolutions / I'm going to try. / Good
for you! / Good luck! / What about you? / I'm going to think about it. / Happy New Year! /
The same to you!)
Examples in Grammar Notes
18.1
18.2
18.3
18.4
18.5
18.6
18.7
18.8
18.9
18.10
I'm going to lose ten kilos.
by the end of the year
I'm going to get up at six o'clock
less coffee - no more than two cups a day
two cups a day
an hour
I'm going to get a bicycle.
I'm going to stop eating meat.
I'm going to think about it.
before breakfast
Oral Practice 18
"going to" for intention
"by" in time expressions
phrasal verbs: "get up", "give up", "grow up", "put off"
"less" and "more"
indefinite article in time (measuring) expressions
"a" + consonant sound; "an" + vowel sound
"get" + direct object
"stop" + -ing
"think about" and "think of"
prepositions "before", "after"; adverbs "first", "then", "afterwards"
What are you going to do this afternoon? / I'm not going to do anything until I finish writing this
letter. / What are we having for dinner? / I'm going to make spaghetti.
I hope to get home by six o'clock. / We have to finish by midnight. / Please give us your answer by
next Friday at the latest.
What time did you get up this morning? / I got up at seven o'clock. / I want to give up smoking. /
I gave it up years ago. / I was born in Scotland, but I grew up in England. / What are you going to
be when you grow up? / You shouldn't put off doing things. / Never put off till tomorrow... / what
you can do today. (proverb) // I gave up it...
He should drink less whisky. / He should drink less. / They should do more homework. / They
should study more. / I like jazz more than classical music. / Tom works less than Jack. / Isn't Susan
a vegetarian? / More or less - she sometimes eats fish.
She can type forty words a minute. / The speed limit here is fifty miles an hour. / How much do you
smoke? / A packet a day. / We're open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three
hundred and sixty-five days a year.
She practises the piano for an hour a day. / He was an honest man. / My sister is a university
professor. / Greece is a European country.
Did Tom get the tickets for the concert? / Yes, he got some very good seats. / What did you get for
Christmas? / I got this sweater from my aunt. / What did Mary get on her math exam? / She got a
B+ (B plus). / I'm going to the supermarket. / I have to get some milk.
It stopped raining an hour ago. / She stopped writing to me after I forgot her birthday. / We should
stop wasting so much time. // stop to eat
We need time to think about their proposal. / What are you thinking about? / I'm thinking about
you, of course! / What do you think of the new sales manager? / He seems to be quite
competent. / What did you think of that book I gave you? / Oh, it was very interesting.
I have to take these green pills before lunch, / and these yellow ones after dinner. / First we went to
Boston, / then we went to Washington. / Afterwards, we went to New York.