Speaking - discussion - extreme weather and car trouble
Writing - formal and informal emails at work. Identifying sender and reader
(Source: Business Advantage p. 116)
Vocabulary
Lexcial Set - Weather Conditions
Snow
Rain
Hail
Sleet
All of these can be used as nouns and verbs.
Lexcial set - Changing a tyre
Spare (tyre)
Jack (noun), to jack (up) (verb) = machine for lifting heavy objects.
(Gas) tank
Bolt
Spanner
Phrases from the emails
To mess someone around
The drinks are on me = I am paying for the drinks
Give us a ring = phone us
Corrections
Pronunciation
Uncountable Nouns
Luggage
They had a lot of luggage
They had 3 pieces of luggage: a backpack, a trolley and a suitcase. (use a piece of luggage to express countability)
Practice
I've done a lot of practice this week.
I went to three practice sessions. (Here practice is an adjective. Practise - note the change in spelling - is also a verb so when you hear He practises many times during the week it is the third person singular being used not a plural noun)
Homework
Continuing on from last week - choose another podcast and prepare a short report on your experience and its effectiveness to present to the rest of the group.
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