CLASSROOM LANGUAGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 31 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

 

A Equipment and uses You use a rubber to rub something out, e.g. writing. You use a ruler to measure something. You use a pencil sharpener to sharpen pencils. You use a highlighter pen to highlight a word. B Classroom activities Teachers or students do these things in the classroom. look up a word in a dictionary [find the meaning of a word] borrow someone’s dictionary or rubber [use it and then return it] plug in the DVD player [put the plug in the electric socket] turn up the volume on the DVD player [increase the volume; make it louder; opp turn (it) down] correct students’ English [give the correct English if students make mistakes] Language help   If you lend someone something, you give it to them for a period of time; if you borrow something from someone, you get it from them. Could you lend me your pen? means the same as Could I borrow your pen? Teachers may ask students to do these things in the classroom. I’d like you to work with a partner [someone else, i. e. another student]. Henrique, could you swap places with Lorena? [change seats / sit in each other’s seats] Kim, could you share your book with Petra? [use it together at the same time] Repeat this sentence after me. [say it again] C Questions about vocabulary   EXERCISES 31.1 Match the words on the left with the words on the right. 31.2 Answer the questions. 1 What do you put in a DVD player? ________________ a DVD______________________ 2 What do you use a dictionary for? _____________________________________________ 3 What do you put in a socket? _____________________________________________ 4 What do you use a rubber for? _____________________________________________ 5 Why do you share a book? _____________________________________________ 6 What do you use a highlighter pen for? _____________________________________________ 7 What do you use a pencil sharpener for? _____________________________________________ 8 What do you use a ruler for? _____________________________________________ 31.3 Here are some answers about swap. Write the questions. 1 A: What does ‘swap’ mean? B: It means to change something for something else. 2 A: ____________________________________________ B: Like shop or stop. 3 A: ____________________________________________ B: S-W-A-P. 4 A: ____________________________________________ B: You could say: I can’t see the board from here. Could you swap places with me? 31.4 Read the sentences on the left, then write a suitable request on the right. 1 You want to look up a word. 2 You can’t hear the DVD player. 3 You need to borrow a dictionary. 4 You didn’t hear what the teacher said. 5 You want to know the difference between  lend and borrow. 6 You need to use someone’s ruler. 7 You want to sit in someone else’s seat. Could I borrow your dictionary? Could you ________________________________ Could you ________________________________ Could you ________________________________ Could you ________________________________   Could I ________________________________ Could we ________________________________ 31.5

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