Prepositions III. How to Use Prepositions 3.2 Noun + Prepositions Nouns age, attempt, point need, reason, responsibility changes, differences, increase inquiry, investigation, research Preposition at for into Examples Fisk is making his third attempt at the world record. Nobody seems to have responsibility for the budget. Changes in society have meant that young peaple leave home earlier. The police inquiry into the theft continues.Prepositions IIL. How to Use Prepositions 3.3 Adjective + Prepositions Adjective known for opposed (0 proud of remembered for responsible for scared of terrified of tired from tired of Examples She was known for causing problems. They are opposed to building a new road in the park. He was proud of having completed the marathon. She is remembered for protecting mountain gorillas. He is responsible for causing the damage. Tina is scared of being alone at night The surfer is terrified of being attacked by a shark. She is tired from working all day. Margaret is tired of making dinner every night.Prepositions TI. How to Use Prepositions 3.3 Adjective + Prepositions Adjective Examples discouraged by He was discouraged by not getting the jab. excited about The researcher was excited about going to Africa. famous for That actor is famous for being extremely weird. Sond of She is fond of having picnics. Srightened of She is frightened of being alone at night. guilty of The banker was guilty of stealing money. happy about He was happy about winning the lottery. interested in She is interested in becoming a doctor. involved in He was involved in making the movie.Prepositions IIL. How to Use Prepositions 3.3 Adjective + Prepositions Adjective accustomed to addicted to afraid of ansious about bored of capable of committed to concerned about content with Examples He is accustomed to having his own office. She is addicted to watching TV. She is aftaid of speaking in public. Norma is anxious about making the presentation. Lam bored of doing the same old job. He is capable of winning a gold medal, She is committed to improving her English. Nancy was concerned about being late. Tim is content with winning second place.Prepositions 1. Definition Preposition are words normally placed before nouns or pronouns. Prepositions can also be followed by verbs that must be in the gerund form. Prepositions are generally used to show the relationship between its object and other words in the sentence. IL. Recognition of Prepositions 2.1 Common Preposition at on in out to up for by till near with since from off about of below beyond despite during upon over under — without into toward against among down except__ toward — aroundPrepositions IIL. How to Use Prepositions 3.1 Different Ways On + something, day, date, or time It’s too late to see Mary; she’s already on the plane. (something) Come and see me on Monday. (day) I was born on May 4, 1974. (date) In + something, place (big), month, year, or season Your socks are in the drawer. (something) My friend is living in Phnom Penh. (a big place) His uncle and aunt were separated in 1995. (year) At+ something, place (small), or time We arrived at work place at 7 o'clock.Prepositions III. How to Use Prepositions 3.4 Verb + Prepositions Verb Examples abstain from The doctor advised me to abstain from the use of alcohol and tobacco. How do you account for the unusually cold weather we've been having lately? account for scuse (someo! P - . Geeyte (serene) He accused me of taking some important papers from his desk. of (something) aebptia When you travel you have to adapt to the habits and customs of the country you visit. adhere to This glue will not adhere to glass or leather. agree on They couldn't agree on the subject of foreign policy.Prepositions III. How to Use Prepositions over / above onto on away from —> on ee toward in beside to te inside of from within under / below / beneathPrepositions IV. Prepositional Phrase There are two kinds of prepositional phrases: adjective phrase: An adjective phrase modifies a noun or pronoun. It always comes immediately after the noun or pronoun it modifies: Examples . * . st / Joe is the student with the highest grade. [=p adverb phrases: An adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. It is used to tell when, where, how, or to what extent about the word it modifies: Examples oy Megan put her bird inits cage. fe) *Using WHEREAS & WHILE While and Whereas are conjunctions. They link two ideas that contrast with each other. Example Sentences Chicken meat is white, whereas that of an ox is red. My father is wealthy whereas we are poor. Whereas we did all the job, they enjoyed themselves. The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple. The south has a hot, dry climate, whereas the north has a milder, wetter climate. lam poor, whereas my sisters are very rich. * While you help her, she doesn't help anyone. * While | like pop music my husband hates it. * While | am lazy, my sister is really hard-working. * He is careful, while | take risks. * While roaming around the city we saw many interesting sights. While | was studying English, Mary sleeped. I'll prepare breakfast while you're having a shower.PARTI About Street market What do street markets sell? Are there many street markets in your country? What are the differences between street markets and supermarkets? Do you often go to the supermarket? PART1 About Break / holiday 1s short break or a long break more important? Which one do you prefer? What is the role of breaks? How many public holidays do you have in Thailand? Do you think people need more public holidays? How do you usually spend your holiday? Which holidays is your favourite? PARTI About Leisure Time What is your favourite leisure activity? What did you enjoy doing in your free time asa child? Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone? Do you think leiture time is important and why? PART 1 About Outdoor activity Do you prefer to be indoors or outdoors? Did you like to go outside when you were young? Did you often go over to your friends’ house when you were young? Is itimportant for children to play outdoors? PART 1 About TV Do you often watch TV? PART 1 ‘About Movies Which movies do you like? * Doyou think children should watch TV? ‘* How often do you go to the cinema? ‘* Favourite movie (films), do you watch them | * Do your friends like this movie? on TV or in cinema? ‘* Doyou want to be a movie star? ‘* Would you like to act in movies? Why not? PARTI PART ‘About Music ‘About Music © Doyou like music? ‘© What kind of music do you like? ‘* What kinds of music do you like to listen * Did you learn music at school? to? ‘© If you could learn a musical instrument, * When do you listen to music? what would it be? * How much time do you spend listening to Do you think music in important? music every day? Why we should teach music to our kids? ‘* Have you ever been to a concert before? PART 1 PART 1 About Voice About Reading Has your voice ever changed? Do you enjoy recording your voice and listening to it? Can you sing? . . Do you like reading? What kind of books do you read? Do you read electronic books? Do you read books related to your profession? Do you think it is important to encourage children to read?PARTI About Plan / Time management * Do you make plans every day? * Are you good at managing your time? * What is the latest plan you made? * What is the hardest part about making PART 1 About Daily routine © When do you usually get up in the morning? * Do you usually have the same routine every day? plans? ‘* What is your daily routine? Do you ever change your routine? * Doyou think it is important to have a daily routine? PARTI PART About Photos / Pictures About Memory * Doyou like to take photos? * Doyou prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos? * How often do you take photos? * In what situation do you take photos? * How do you keep your photos? * Would you say you have a good memory? © What is your earliest memory? * Have you ever forgotten an important date, such as a birthday, anniversary or deadline? © Which do you usually remember more clearly, happy moments or sad moments? * Doyou know anyone who has a “photographic memory’? PART 1 About © What's the most popular means of transportation in your hometown? * Can you compare the advantages of planes and trains? * How often do you take buses? * Is driving to work popular on your country? Would you ride bikes to work in the future? . PART 1. About Transportation * Doyou prefer public transportation or private transportation? * Doyou think people will drive more in the future? * What will become the most popular means of transportation in Thailand, still motorbikes? PART 1 About Crowded area © What places do you think are often crowded? © When was the last time you were ina crowded place? How do you feel when you are in crowded places? * Do you prefer to go to crowded places or places that have few people? * Would you say people with the same interests usually get along with each other when they are in a crowd? PART 1 About Going out * Doyou often go out in the evenings? © What do you like to do when you go out? © Doyou prefer going out on your own or with friends? * How often do you go out in a week? © Where do most young people like to go out in your country?PART 1 About Pens & Pencils + When was the last time you bought a pen or pencil? * Doyou usually use a pen or pencil? * Which one do you use more often? Pen or pencil? ‘* What do you think when someone gives you a pen or a pencil as a gift? PART 1 About Handwriting + Doyou often write with a pen? «Is your handwriting easy to read for other people? * Do yyou like to receive cards with hand- written words? © Can we tell someone's personality from his orher writing? © What's the difference of writing with a pen and typing on a computer? PART 1 About Cycling * How popular are bicycles in your home town? * How often do you ride a bicycle? * Doyou think that bicycles are suitable for all ages? * What are the advantages of a bicycle compared to a car? * Doyou think it’s safe to ride a bicycle in the city? PART 1 About Running & Exercise Do you like running? * Have you ever taken a running class? © When was your last long run? © What you need to run? * Where do you think is a good place to run? © Do you think running is a good way to stay healthy? * Do you like watching running race on TV PART 1 About Water sports * Have you done any water sports? * What water sports popular in your country? * What kind of water sports do people want PARTI About Walking © Doyou walk alot? * Doyou think people often take a walk more than in the past? totry? * Do you think people will take a walk more often or not? PART 1 PART1 ‘About Sky About Weather * How often do you look at the sky? * Doyou prefer the sky in the morning or the sky at night? * Can you see the moon and stars at night where you live? © Istherea good place to look at the sky where you live? © Do you prefer dry or wet weather? © What kind of weather do you like most? © What's your favourite season? © What kind of weather is typical in your hometown? PART About Pets / Wild animals * Are there many people keeping pets in your country? * Have you ever had a pet when you were young? ‘© What pet will you keep if you want? PART 2 About Wild animals * Do you think it is necessary to protect wild animals? © What wild animals do you like? * Do you like to go to the z00? * Doyou often go to the 200?PART 1 About Home * What kind of housing / accommodation do you live in? ‘© What is the difference between where you are living now and where you have lived in the past? How long have you lived there? ‘* Doyouplan to live there for a long time? ‘© Are the transport facilities to your home PART About Home ‘© Can you describe the place where you live? Do you prefer living in a house or a flat? Which room does your family spend most of the time in? Please describe the room you live in? What part of your home do you like the most? very good? ‘© What do you do in your house? PART 1 PART1 About Hometown About Hometown, ‘© Where do you come from? ‘* Has your hometown changed much these © What's the most attractive part of your years? hometown? ‘© What's the weather like in your hometown? * Doyouknow much about the history of your hometown? * Would you say your hometown is a big city ‘ora small town? ‘* For you, what benefits are there living in a big city? © Doyou think you will be still living in your home country in the future? PARTI. About The area you live in * Doyoulike the area that you live in? ‘© What are some changes in the area recently? * Do you know any famous people in your area? ‘* Where do you like to go in that area? PART About Place ‘* Where do people in your local area often choose to meet? * Doyou prefer a meeting point which has an appealing beauty? * Doyou prefer to choose stunning hotel or resort room views? ‘= Whats the most breathtakit you have ever been? ‘* Do you snap photos of great views when landscape you visit? PART 1 PART1 About Work / Study About Work / Study © Areyoua student or do you work now? ‘© Areyoua student or do you work now? ‘© What subject are you studying? © What work do you do? ‘* Why did you choose that subject? ‘* Why did you choose to do that type of ‘© Isthere anything that you don’t like about job? it? © What would you like to do in the future? ‘© What are the most popular subjects in your country? ‘© What are your favourite classes / courses / subjects at schoo! / university? ‘* Doyou think it’s important to choose a subject you like? Do you like your jab? What do you like best about your job? Do you miss being a student? Prefer to work in the morning or afternoon? = Have you changed your work before?PART 1. About Computers * Doyou often use a computer? PART 1. About Newspapers © How do you usually get your news? * How do you usually get online? * Doyou often read the newspapers? * Doyou prefer desktops or laptops? ‘© What kind of news do you usually follow? * What do you use your computer for? ‘* How do most people get the news in your * Do you think it is important to learn how to country? use a computer? © Doyou think international news is important? PART1 PARTI About Social Network * How often do you use social networking applications? About Internet * How often do you go online? What do you use the internet for? * Why do you use social networking apps? © How do you get online? * What are the disadvantages of social * Doyou have your own computer? networking apps? ‘© What's your favourite website? * Doyou think it is good to make friends ‘* Doyou think children should be allowed online? unsupervised access to the internet? PART1 PARTI About Science About Language * Have you ever taken science courses? © Isscience important? © What language can you speak? Do you think it’s difficult to learn anew * Should we learn science? language? * Did you have any science classes in © Will you learn other languages in the elementary or high school? future? PART 1 PARTI. ‘About Numbers About Math? * Are you good at remembering numbers? * Doyou often use numbers? © Isthere any special number you like? * Are you good at Maths? *® Doyou think mathematics is important? © Doyou think it’s difficult to learn mathematics well? Are girls generally good at mathematics? Do you often use a calculator? PART About Art * Doyou like arts © Are you good at art? * Have you ever visited an art gallery? © Is there any artwork on the wall in your room? * Isart popular in your country * Doyou think children can benefit from going to art galleries? PARTI About Teacher * Doyou have a favorite teacher? © Have your teachers helped you? ‘© What's the difference between young and old teachers? © What are the qualities of a good teacher?PART 1 About Family * Doyou have a big or a small family? © Doyou live together or nearby? © What activities do you like to do together? © Whois your favourite family member? PART1 About Visit relatives * Doyou often visit your relatives? ‘© What do you do when visiting relatives? © When was the last time you visited a relative? ‘* Why do people visit their relatives? PART1 About Friends ‘© What kinds of people do you think you will make friends with? © Doyou think you are a good friend for others? PART1 About Family & Friends © Doyou spend much time with your family? © Who are you closest to in your family? © Doyou prefer spending time with your family or friends? Who is your best friend? Are you still friends with people from your childhood? Is family important in your country? PART 1 About Borrowing / lending Have you borrowed books from others? * Have you ever borrowed money from others? * Doyou like to lend things to others? * How do you fee! when people don’t return things they borrowed from you? PART1 About Sharing © What things do you like to share with others? ‘© Did your parents teach you to share when you were a child? * Do you have anything to share with others recently? ‘© What kinds of things are not suitable for sharing? PART 1 About Museum Have you had any field trip to museums to learn history? * Doyou learn much history at school? * What was the last time you read a history publication? PART1 ‘About Scenery © Isthere any beautiful scenery in your hometown? * Doyouwant to live in a house with a good view? * Do people like to take photos of beautiful scenery? * Why do people prefer to use mobile phones to take photos of beautiful scenery? PARTI About Travelling * Doyoulike travelling? * Which cities have you travelled to? © What kind of cities do you like to travel to? ‘* What is the piace that left you the deepest impression when travelling? PART1 About Parks * What do people often do in the park? * Did you often visit the park when you were young? * Why don’t /do you visit there now? © What do you intend to do at the park if you are there now?PART 1. About Cakes © Doyou like eating cakes? © Have you ever made cakes? * Is there any kind of special cake in your country? PART 1. About Food * What's your favourite food? PART 2 About Sweet © Do you like to eat sweets? ‘* Doyou like sweets now compared to when you were a child? Have you ever tried to make sweets? Why people like sweets? PART 1. About Tea / Coffee * Do Thai people like to drink tea or coffee? * Have you always liked the same food? * Do you prepare tea or coffee for the « Isthere any food you dislike? guests at home? What is a common meal in your country? * When was the last time you drank tea or © Doyou havea healthy diet? coffee? © What do you think of fast food? PART 1 PART 1 ‘About Hair About Jeans © What's your favourite hairstyle? * How often do you have your haircut? © Doyou often change your haircut? * Doyou wear jeans? ‘* How often do you wear jeans? * Why do you think jeans are popular in your country? PART 1 About Clothes * Are clothes important to you? © What kind of clothes do you usually wear? © Doyou ever wear the traditional clothes of your country? © Where do you usually buy your clothes? © Have you ever worn a uniform? © Do most people in your country follow fashion? PART About Shopping © Doyoulike shopping? * What's your favourite shop? * Doyou prefer shopping alone or with others? ‘* What kinds of shops are there where you live? © Doyou think men and women have different opinions about shopping? PART 1 About Fashion ‘© How important is fashion to you? © What influence has the fashion industry had in your country? © Are the fashions of today different from those when your parents were young? © What do you think will be the effects of the fashion industry in the next ten years? PART 1 About Fashion ‘* Doyou like to wear watches? ‘© Why do people like expensive watches? * Doyoulike shoes? * Doyou prefer comfortable or good-looking shoes? * Doyou like bags? * Doyou have different bags for different occasions?PART 1 About Family * Doyou have a big or a small family? © Doyou live together or nearby? © What activities do you like to do together? © Whois your favourite family member? PART1 About Visit relatives * Doyou often visit your relatives? ‘© What do you do when visiting relatives? © When was the last time you visited a relative? ‘* Why do people visit their relatives? PART1 About Friends ‘© What kinds of people do you think you will make friends with? © Doyou think you are a good friend for others? PART1 About Family & Friends © Doyou spend much time with your family? © Who are you closest to in your family? © Doyou prefer spending time with your family or friends? Who is your best friend? Are you still friends with people from your childhood? Is family important in your country? PART 1 About Borrowing / lending Have you borrowed books from others? * Have you ever borrowed money from others? * Doyou like to lend things to others? * How do you fee! when people don’t return things they borrowed from you? PART1 About Sharing © What things do you like to share with others? ‘© Did your parents teach you to share when you were a child? * Do you have anything to share with others recently? ‘© What kinds of things are not suitable for sharing? PART 1 About Museum Have you had any field trip to museums to learn history? * Doyou learn much history at school? * What was the last time you read a history publication? PART1 ‘About Scenery © Isthere any beautiful scenery in your hometown? * Doyouwant to live in a house with a good view? * Do people like to take photos of beautiful scenery? * Why do people prefer to use mobile phones to take photos of beautiful scenery? PARTI About Travelling * Doyoulike travelling? * Which cities have you travelled to? © What kind of cities do you like to travel to? ‘* What is the piace that left you the deepest impression when travelling? PART1 About Parks * What do people often do in the park? * Did you often visit the park when you were young? * Why don’t /do you visit there now? © What do you intend to do at the park if you are there now?PART 1. About Computers * Doyou often use a computer? PART 1. About Newspapers © How do you usually get your news? * How do you usually get online? * Doyou often read the newspapers? * Doyou prefer desktops or laptops? ‘© What kind of news do you usually follow? * What do you use your computer for? ‘* How do most people get the news in your * Do you think it is important to learn how to country? use a computer? © Doyou think international news is important? PART1 PARTI About Social Network * How often do you use social networking applications? About Internet * How often do you go online? What do you use the internet for? * Why do you use social networking apps? © How do you get online? * What are the disadvantages of social * Doyou have your own computer? networking apps? ‘© What's your favourite website? * Doyou think it is good to make friends ‘* Doyou think children should be allowed online? unsupervised access to the internet? PART1 PARTI About Science About Language * Have you ever taken science courses? © Isscience important? © What language can you speak? Do you think it’s difficult to learn anew * Should we learn science? language? * Did you have any science classes in © Will you learn other languages in the elementary or high school? future? PART 1 PARTI. ‘About Numbers About Math? * Are you good at remembering numbers? * Doyou often use numbers? © Isthere any special number you like? * Are you good at Maths? *® Doyou think mathematics is important? © Doyou think it’s difficult to learn mathematics well? Are girls generally good at mathematics? Do you often use a calculator? PART About Art * Doyou like arts © Are you good at art? * Have you ever visited an art gallery? © Is there any artwork on the wall in your room? * Isart popular in your country * Doyou think children can benefit from going to art galleries? PARTI About Teacher * Doyou have a favorite teacher? © Have your teachers helped you? ‘© What's the difference between young and old teachers? © What are the qualities of a good teacher?