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dackala
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Help with grammar and vocabulary
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Dear all, I have some issues with punctuation, words, grammar: Should I write: 1) p.24; p24 or with space p 24 ( meaning page 24)? Then for example: Please turn on the p 24? Do I need the at all? 2) Ss will consolidate their knowledge? Is this verb �consolidate � ok? 3) Can I write : Teacher writes � take � on the board and elicits phrases related to it? Or writes down? 4) How do you call a couple who are not married but have children and live together? 5) Do I say: Ss read the text �Imagine � quickly on p24? |
18 Dec 2014
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isa2
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1) p.24 / Please go to p. 24.
2) ok 3) writes the word "take" 4) ? cohabitant parents / unmarried parents
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18 Dec 2014
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yanogator
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On #2, do you mean that the students will put their knowledge together? If so, then "pool their knowledge" would sound better. Bruce |
18 Dec 2014
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dackala
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Thanks all. I mean in a sense to make it better to revise what they already know, is it at all possible to say �consolidate sb �s knowledge �? Isa2, why there �s always in Teacher �s book written p24 without space and full stop? Are maybe both ways correct? |
18 Dec 2014
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cunliffe
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1) p.24. �Please turn to page 24�. Or �open your books at page 24.� 2) Fine. Or �students to consolidate their knowledge �. 3) Fine. No real need for �down �. 4) Mmm ... it �s rare to make this distinction! Partners, if there is no mention of children. Maybe �cohabiting parents �. 5) Is it a written instruction for someone to give? If so, �Students to quickly read the text �Imagine � on p.24.
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18 Dec 2014
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dackala
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Thanks cunliffe, for 5) It �s for a lesson plan so it is written instruction. Here in Serbia we make a distinction between married couples with children and unmarried couples with children, both cases living together. Is then he/she still your husband/wife although you didn � marry him/her? |
18 Dec 2014
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cunliffe
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Yes - a �common law � husband or wife. The thing is - nobody asks, so nobody knows! |
18 Dec 2014
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dackala
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And when I introduce let �s say Lazar to my friend, do I say: Hi, this is my husband Lazar? And what I previously wrote I mean �turn on � the page haha ok, it happens. |
18 Dec 2014
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Jayho
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Hi Dackala
In the land dowunder:
1. The �official� or �legal� way is p. 24 (with a space after the full stop) but in real everyday life all of those are used.
2. Ok. I also use that term.
3. Ok.
4. In Oz: De facto. But really, these relationships are so common these days that this term is only used for legal purposes. Husband /wife is not used and partner is the usual term, with/without chn. Wikipedia outlines the different terms in different countries. 5. Ok.
6. Ok. (Lazar)
Cheers
Jayho |
18 Dec 2014
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dackala
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Wow what an extensive answer, thanks a lot Jayho! |
18 Dec 2014
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