Language log 6

Vocabulary checklist

Nouns
a bench
(to have) a craving for something
a gadget
(bad) habits
hugs and kisses
a key (on the keyboard of a computer)
a stain (on your clothes)
a worktop

Verbs
to feel sleepy
I'm getting hungry
to have ants in your pants
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner
to have a headache
to have a lie in
to have a shower
to know how to do somrthing; to be able to do something

Adjectives, adverbs etc
appetising
burnt
each other
(to be) hungry (not to have hunger)
a long time ago
the other way round
so good (si bon)
too big (not too much big), too good to cook with (trop bon)

Prepositions
to have chicken for lunch; what do you want for breakfast

Can you remember the difference between:
- to hear/to listen to (to hear a sound, to listen to a CD)
- to remember and remind (I never remember people's birthdays; can you remind me to buy some milk; this reminds me of my holiday)
- to review (what you have learnt) and to record (a TV programme)
- history (World War II) and a story (Snow White)
- to be asleep and to fall asleep
-a stranger (someone you don't know) and a foreigner (from another country)
- soup and soap
- sweet and savoury
- a cloud and a clown

Things to watch
- singular/plural: everyone has
- conditionals: zero conditional: if you heat water, it boils (every time); first conditional: if we go out, we will get wet (now, because it's raining)
- modals: must/can do something (not must/can to..)
- relative clauses: which is called..., whose name is...
- questions:
*when did you last (see John), when was the last time you (saw John), how long is it since you (have seen John)?
* Have you (already) had breakfast? (Present perfect)
- indirect questions: I don't remember who he is (not who is he)
- structures with verbs: to want someone to do something (where do you want me to put this?)
- tenses: present continuous for something happening now (Yolanda is jogging)
- before: before I came, before coming (not before to come)

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