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

Grammar Notes
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
Words and Expressions
"There is…" / "There are…"
prepositions
telling the time (using numbers only: no "half", "quarter",
"past", "to")
ordinal numbers 1st to 10th
"How much…?" for prices
demonstratives ("this", "that", "these", "those")
object pronouns ("it" and "them")
saying prices
spelling of plurals: special cases
BUILDINGS AND PLACES (a church, an art gallery, a museum, a theatre, a cinema, a post office, a bank,
an underground station)
IN A DEPARTMENT STORE (the men's department, the women's department, the children's department,
the stairs, the escalator, the lift - UK, the elevator - US)
CLOTHES (a coat, a jacket, a sweater, a shirt, a tie, a pair of trousers, a pair of shoes, a pair of socks)
COLOURS (black, white, brown, red, yellow, light blue, dark blue, green, grey - UK, gray - US)
EXPRESSIONS (What time is it? / Sorry I'm late. / That's all right. / That's OK. / Can I help you? /
Just looking, thank you. / How much is it? / Thank you very much. / Not at all. - UK /
You're welcome. - US)
Examples in Grammar Notes
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
Is there a coffee bar here? / Yes, there is.
near the bank / across the square
What time is it?
The first floor
How much is that sweater?
How much is that sweater?
Have you got it in green?
It's £89.99 (eighty nine ninety-nine)
watch - watches
Oral Practice 4
There's a good film on TV tonight. / There are two mistakes in your translation. / Is there a problem?
/ Are there any mistakes in my dictation? / Is there a bank near here? / No, there's not. / No, there isn't.
/ Are there any mistakes in my written test? / No, there aren't. // there're not
Where's the bank? / Across the street. / Where's the post office? / It's in the next street... / near the station.
/ Where's the cinema? / In Leicester Square. / He's in London. / She's in New York. / We've got
a house in Bristol... / and an apartment in Boston. / On the left. / On the right. / On the corner.
What time is it? / 2.15 (two fifteen) / 3.25 (three twenty-five) / 4.52 (four fifty-two) / 6.00 a.m. (six a.m.)
/ six o'clock in the morning / 6.00 p.m. (six p.m.) / six o'clock in the evening / six o'clock / 2 p.m. /
two o'clock in the afternoon / 7 p.m. / seven o'clock in the evening / 10 p.m. / ten o'clock at night /
Sorry I'm late. / The traffic's terrible today. / That's all right. / It's only 9.10. / The meeting's at 9.30. /
Well, in that case, / we've got time for coffee. // one ten o'clock / one and ten / fourteen o'clock
first, 1st / second, 2nd / third, 3rd / fourth, 4th / fifth, 5th / sixth, 6th / seventh, 7th / eighth, 8th /
ninth, 9th / tenth, 10th / The men's department is on the first floor. / The bank is in the second street
on the right. / My office is on the third floor on the left. / This is the fourth lesson. / Fifth Avenue is a
famous street in New York. // at the first floor
How much is the ticket? / How much is it? / How much are the tickets? / How much are they?
This sweater is pure wool. / That watch is £84 (eighty-four pounds). / These sunglasses are very cheap.
/ Those trousers are perfect for you.
This sweater is a bit small. / Have you got it in extra large? / These shoes are perfect. / Have you got
them in brown?
This shirt is $15.95 (fifteen ninety-five). / These earrings are $60.00 (sixty dollars). / That skirt is £25
(twenty-five pounds). / Those shoes are only £19.99 (nineteen ninety-nine). / $0.50, 50¢ (fifty cents) /
£0.50, 50p (fifty pence, fifty p) // fifty pences
address, addresses / church, churches / baby, babies / party, parties / boy, boys / toy, toys / wife, wives
/ life, lives