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| Fun Easy English Classroom March 28 |
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Classroom
Today
Learn about
English
intensive pronouns |
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Today in the Fun Easy English classroom you are going to learn about
intensive pronouns an important part of English
grammar. |
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 Grammar:
Definition of an
intensive pronoun. |
- An intensive pronoun is a word that is:
- used to emphasize its antecedent
- identical in form to a
reflexive pronoun
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- I myself believe that studying is the key to
learning English.
- The librarian herself said that this book
was interesting.
- They themselves promised to work on the
project.
- The following words are intensive pronouns
- myself, himself, herself, themselves
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 From
YOUR Teacher:
These pronouns are used to emphasis or add strength to a
statement.
They themselves promised to work on the
project.
sounds stronger than
They promised to work on the
project. |
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Additional Lessons |
 About These
Lessons
The following classroom lessons are great for students
who want additional conversation, listening, and reading
practice. |
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Conversation Lesson -
Beginner Level. Dialogs for everyday use.
Short situational dialogs for students of English as
a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language with a
written conversation and a conversation notes
section.
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 Conversation Lesson
5 - Time
(Beginner -
Conversation, Reading)
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language. |
Time
Margaret: What time is it?
Toni: It’s a quarter to five.
Margaret: Aren’t we supposed to be at Jim’s house
by five o’clock?
Toni: Five or fivethirty.
He said it didn’t make any difference.
Margaret: Then maybe we could pick your suit up at the cleaners.
Toni: Sure, we have plenty of time. |
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Conversation Notes |
- It’s a quarter to five
- This is probably the most common way of stating this
time.
- Other possibilities are It’s a quarter of five or It’s
fifteen till five. (It’s four fortyfive is rarely heard in casual conversation.)
- Fifteen minutes
after the hour would usually be expressed thus: It’s a quarter after five or
It’s a quarter past five. We also hear It’s fivefifteen (though this is less
frequent in casual conversation).
- An alternative form for fivethirty is
halfpast five. For times other than the quarterhours or halfhour, numbers are
used: twenty past five or twenty after five, ten to five or ten till five, etc.
- Frequently the speaker will omit the It’s or It’s a and answer simply A quarter
to five or Quarter to five.
- Some speakers omit or obscure the a: It’s (a)
quarter to five.
- Aren’t we supposed to be
- Note that the negative question here indicates, as it
usually does, the speaker’s belief that his assumption is true. He expects
an affirmative reply, a confirmation of his assumption.
- supposed to
- Meaning is expected to; obliged to (not as strong as
required to). This meaning of suppose occurs only in the passive. Other
examples: I’m supposed to prepare a program for our English Club meeting
next week. They were supposed to be here an hour ago—I don’t know where they
can be. We’re supposed to practice the dialogues at home, too. Children are
supposed to obey their parents.
- Note the difference in intonation between the yesno question in line c (rising intonation) and the
whquestion in line a (falling intonation).
- by five o’clock
- Means no later than five
o’clock.
- He said it didn’t
- In conversation the conjunction that (He said that it
didn’t…) is generally omitted in reported speech, as here. Notice the
sequence of tenses: said… didn’t. Where the verb in direct speech would be
in the present tense (“Shall we come at five or fivethirty?” “Either one. It doesn’t make any
difference.”), it is past tense (didn’t) after a past tense introductory verb
(said): He said it didn’t make any difference.
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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Additional Conversation |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 36 situational conversations
which focus on spoken American English in a relatively
natural way....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 30 situational conversations. Each conversation is
accompanied by language notes....these
lessons are for advanced students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 52
lessons covering pronunciation, speaking,
writing, and grammar topics....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 30
lessons focusing mostly on communication and
grammar topics....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
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