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| Fun Easy English Classroom March 29 |
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Classroom
Today
Learn about
English
interrogative
pronouns |
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Today in the Fun Easy English classroom you are going to learn about
interrogative pronouns an important part of English
grammar. |
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 Grammar:
Definition of an
interrogative pronoun. |
- An interrogative pronoun is:
- a "wh" question word that acts as a
pronoun and is used to ask questions
- a word that:
- acts as the
subject of a
verb (who)
- acts as the
object of a
verb or
preposition (whom)
- refers to animals or things (what, which)
- refers to people (who, whom, which - occasionally refers
to people)
- The compound of an interrogative pronoun is formed with
"ever" (whoever, whomever, whatever, whichever)
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- Who is that?
- You gave the book to whom?
- What is that?
- Which is that?
- The following words are interrogative pronouns
- who, whom, what, which, whoever, whomever, whatever,
whichever
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 From
YOUR Teacher:
These pronouns are used only for asking questions. |
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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
6 - A Telephone Call
(Beginner -
Conversation, Reading)
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language. |
A Telephone Call
Barbara: Hello.
Fred: Hello. May I speak to Alice Weaver, please?
Barbara: Just a minute… Alice, it’s for you.
Alice: Hello.
Fred: Hi, Alice. This is Fred.
Would you like to go to a movie
tonight?
Alice: Thanks, I’d love to. I haven’t been to a movie for a long time.
Fred: Good. I’ll pick you up
around seven thirty, then. The movie starts at
eight.
Alice: Fine, I’ll
be ready. |
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Conversation Notes |
- Hello
- A simple and usual way of answering the telephone.
- Business firms, however, frequently identify themselves
when answering the telephone: Jones Construction Company, or Good morning,
Jones Construction Company, or, possibly, Jones Construction Company, Mr.
Smith speaking.
- May I speak to Alice Weaver,
please
- A possible alternative is I’d like to speak to Alice
Weaver. Or the person calling may identify himself: Hello. This is Fred
Young. May I speak to Alice Weaver, please?
- Would you like to
- This is a polite form of do you want to…? It should be
carefully differentiated from do you like to…? which has quite a different
meaning.
- I’d love to
- Meaning is I would love to, a somewhat more enthusiastic
response than I’d like to. (All of these are polite equivalents of I want
to.)
- Care should be taken to include ’d in these expressions
in both speech and writing, to differentiate them from I love
to and I like to, which differ from them in meaning as well as in
form. I haven’t been to… = I haven’t gone to…. Other examples:
I haven’t been to England yet, but I hope to go there soon.
Have you been out today? We’ve been to the theater three
times this week. We hadn’t been there at all until last weekend.
This use of BE is rather strictly colloquial and is generally limited to the
perfect tenses.
- I’ll pick you up
- Meaning is I’ll come to your house so that we can go
together. Pick up is a separable two word verb.
- around seven thirty
- Meaning is about seven thirty—perhaps
a few minutes before or after 7:30. To indicate a more precise time, the speaker
would say “at seven thirty.” (Notice that o’clock is often omitted in these expressions.)
- Fine, I’ll be ready
- Although this dialogue ends with the line Fine, I’ll be
ready, a telephone conversation usually ends with each speaker saying
goodbye.
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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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