Small Talk

simple present tense How do you

like the weather What do you do
Small Talk
1 Where to Where are you going to?It's so
hot.It is so hot.(contractions)
How are you I'm very fine., I'm excellent.,
I'm very good., I am very great. I'm fine.,
Not bad, Pretty good., Nothing to complain about
Hobbies & Household chores
1 Shirley
gogo to museums, go to several concerts and ballets, go shopping and
sightseeinggo
1. go + gerund (+ing) go hiking, go swimming, go jogging and go shopping

a. SarahI go shopping every weekend.

b. TammyI go window shopping in my spare time.
2. go to + a place
c. Tom: I always go to the gym.
d. Terri: Let's go to the pub.
e. Mr. Lee: I'll go to the cinema. There's a good movie.
3. go for something go for a coffee, go for a drink

f. Tom: Let's go for a drink.

g. May: I'll go for a coffee. Do you wanna (i.e. want to) come?
godo + gerund

h. I have to do the washing.

i. Who's doing the cleaning?
j. I'll let my helper do the ironing.

I'm going out

go play ball games
play tennis play badminton
Ill go to play.

playI go to play.
Shopping
Salesaleson sale
salesales
common error
(a) Mei-yee: I'm a sales.
sales(noun)
sales assistant/shop assistant

(b) The sales assistant/shop assistant is very efficient.

()
(c) Mei-yee is a sales assistant/shop assistant.

Shop assistant: You can try it on.

these/them
trousersjeans(plural)
(d) Shop assistant: You can try these on.
(e) Customer: The jeans look nice. Can I try them on?
maycan modal verbs()Modal verbs
modal verbs
I must gomust

May I + V? Can I + V?
May I Can I
Shop assistant: May I help you?
Customer: Oh, yes. Can I try these on?
May I Can I()
?CanMay()MayCan
May I()
May I Peter
Mr. LEE: Peter, may I use your new car tomorrow?
Going to the doctor
achesorepainfulache

ear-ache()stomach-ache()toothache()backache()
headache()
sore(adj.)sore(i.e. body part)a sore
fingera sore toeI've got sore gum()
painful(adj.) Body part()+Verb()+painful
(a) My feet are painful. I walked 3 miles yesterday.
I'm uncomfortable
comfortableuncomfortable

(b) Mary: That man's staring at me, I feel uncomfortable.

Friend: Let's get off the next stop.
(c) John: This chair is broken, I feel uncomfortable.
Friend: Let's ask for another chair.
I'm not well.I don't feel well.I feel ill.
I'm going to see the doctor.
go to see the doctor I'm going to the doctor.
I'll see the doctor.

(d) I have a cough. (gh /f/)

(e) I'm taking some cough syrup. ()
(f) Doctor, there's something in my throat. I've been coughing for a few days. (
)
Restaurant

(a) I'm afraid

I'm afraid the restaurant is full now.
()
I'm afraid the fish is off today.
()
Would you like?I would likeI
would likeI want

(b) Would you like

Would you like to order now?
I'd like a glass of white wine
- go for something
(c) Customer: I'll go for the salmon and rice.

(d) rare
medium rare
medium
well done
Let's go to drinks tea
drink tea
(e) Let's go for dim sum.
past
participles
(f) Steamed
pan-fried-
deep-fried-
blanched-
AA

AA
= Let's split the bill.
= It's my treat. It's on me.

= I'll get it next time.

Moods
I'm tired tired past participle
past participle
a. May: I'm tired.
b. Linda: I'm exhausted.
(exhausted very tired)
c. Ah Ming: I entered the women's toilet by mistake. I was so embarrassed.
d. May: I got a pay rise. I was really surprised.
e. Ah Ming: Mr. Lau was dismissed, but he is a very capable man. We were all shocked.
(surprised shocked)


f. May is fed up at work. (May )
g. My boss is pleased with my performance. ()
h. My younger brother is bored at home. He wants to go abroad for a change. (
)
common error pity pity
I've had bad luck, I'm so pity pity
(What a pity) ( My mom pitied the beggar and gave him food every day.)
I feel sorry for myself.
present participles () interesting, embarrassing, exhausting,
shocking
i. Linda: I walked round Lamma Island three times yesterday. That was exhausting!
j. Ah Ming: Mr. Lau has a criminal record. That's really shocking.
Present participles past participles
past participles present participles (-ing for things)

Sports
Transitive Verbs Object() S(subject)V(verb)
O(object)'I got'? object /
object'I got a job.''I got the result.'
Intransitive Verbs object , I laugh. She cried.(laugh, cried)
object
transitive verb intransitive verb '''Can
you repeat?''repeat' transitive verb repeat object
'Can you repeat the sentence?''Can you repeat it?'
object, 'learn'
transitive verb
(a) John is learning (V) Japanese (Obj.).
John
('')
'learn' intransitive verb
(b) Oh, when will they ever learn? ('Where have all the flowers gone?)

('learn' object

)
'play sports''sports'

1. play ball games (e.g. play soccer; tennis / football player )

2. go + gerund (+ing) go swimming, go jogging
3. do (something)
(c) I do tai chi every morning.
(d) Derek does judo.
What about you? Do you play any ball game? Do martial arts? Or go
dancing?
Ghosts, believe it or not
believebelievebelieve inbelieve
believe in believe in luck (),
believe in fortune-telling () believe in God (
)

(a)I believe John. ( John John )

(b) I believe I can fly. (
)
(c) I believe in Jesus. ()
ghosts
(d) Do you believe in ghosts? ()
Halloween Halloween ?

(e) first(1st); second(2nd); third(3rd)

(f) th, fourth(4th), fifth(5th)
Halloween 10 31 thirty-first of October
July the seventh month in the
Chinese calendar
simple past tense() passive voice ()
? simple past
tense
(g) It was 3 am and I felt ice cold! Then I saw the figure!

Spirits are allowed out. Be + past participle (are +

allowed)
passive voice (Spirits) Be + past
participle
(h) Smoking is strictly prohibited.