She told her the whole story.
Those are nice trousers. I like them very much.
I don’t need this bag. You can have it.
Answer the phone, it can’t be for me.
We’re going to the beach, do you want to come with us?
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Possession
This is my girlfriend. She’s mine!
I’m her boyfriend. I’m hers!
I Me My Mine
You You Your Yours
He Him His His
She Her Her Hers
We Us Our Ours
They Them Their Theirs
This is my book. It’s mine!
Our car didn’t start, so I took yours
No, that’s not our luggage, ours is over there
Their dog is bigger than his
Her bag is more expensive than mine
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Questions
People who?
Who switched off the television? – I did, the film was boring.
Who did you see at the party? – I saw lots of interesting people.
Who are going with? – I’m going with Johan.
Things what?
What’s that? – It’s my new computer.
What are you doing tonight? – I’m playing tennis.
What did you do last night? – I played tennis.
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Places where?
Where did you go on holiday? – We went to St.jean de Luz.
Where is Iain? – He’s at home in bed.
Time when?
When did you last go on holiday? – In 1999.
When is your birthday? – On the eleventh of June
Reason why?
Why did you do that? – Because it was fun.
Why do you like American films? Because they have a lot of action.
Why is London so expensive? Because everyone wants to live there.
Way, Manner of doing something How?
How do you turn on this computer? – There’s a red button, press it.
How can I get to Manchester from here? – Take a train from Kings Cross
Station
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Age
| old/young
| How old?
| Weight
| heavy/light
| How heavy?
| Quantity
| much/a little
| How much?
| Quantity
| many/a few
| How many?
| Length
| Long/short
| How long?
| Time
| long/short
| How long?
| Distance
| far/near
| How far?
| Height
| high/low
| How high?
| Height
| tall/short
| How tall?
| Width
| wide/narrow
| How wide?
| Depth
| deep/shallow
| How deep?
| Size
| big/small
| How big?
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Unit 25
how much/many
We use how + adjective to ask some questions:
How old are you? – I’m 18 years old
How tall are you? – I’m 1 metre 75
How big is the box? – It’s pretty big!
Note that we usually use the ‘superior’ adjective to ask questions:
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Unit 26
on Friday/in June
Time prepositions
On
Monday, Tuesday
The weekend
The first
The second
In
January
The morning
The afternoon
The evening
The week
Spring
At
The weekend
Night
10 O’clock
I’ve got an appointment on Friday at 3 O’clock
I always feel sleepy in the afternoon
In the summer there are too many people on the beach
I always watch the news in the evening
I was born on the eighteenth of April
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Unit 27
What would you do?
Conditionals
If you won the lottery, what would you do?
- I’d (=I would) buy a Ferrari!
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