Make a reservation

 

TRAVEL — Travel Vocabulary

 

	In order to write about a trip,  you need to know some common travel vocabulary and expressions.  The following pages give you the steps to travelling and the vocabulary and expressions used.
	Prepare to travel pack a suitcase  |   check your passport confirm your flight  (reservation/ticket) make a reservation,  book (a ticket/a room), reserve

 

	WRITING TIPS Brainstorming
	Brainstorming is a way to think of new ideas. Brainstorming means you write every idea that is in your head (your brain). When you brainstorm, you write all your ideas and all the words you can think of about a topic. Do not say "This idea is a bad idea." When you are brainstorming, all ideas are good ideas. You do not write complete sentences when you brainstorm. You just write words or phrases. Write all the things that you think of. Here is an example of what an office worker wrote when he brainstormed about the topic Daily Routine.

Hamburger Paragraph Writing

 

How to write a basic paragraph

(1) Indent ( the first line )

(2) Capital letter at the beginning of every sentences .

(3) Use a period at the end of every sentences.

e.g     I am a teacher.My name is Ronnie.I live in Canada.

(4) Don't use point form .

5 Basic Rules of English writing

 

Basic Writing and Introduction

 My name is Mei. I am from China . A lot people say our language is Chinese but there are a lot of dialects or forms of Chinese . I speak Mandarin. China have over 1 billion people and most people speak Mandarin, but  not everyone does. Mandarin has over 800 million speakers. What about you? 

My name is Suzi. I am from Burma .There are 56million people in our country .We have 135 nationalities, different nationality have different dialects. Burmese language is the official language of Burma and the English is the second language for official use. The majority of people speaks Burmese language. I speak Burmese language. Sometimes speak my dialect with my parents.

The Frequency adverbs

 The frequency adverbs are 

1. always
   
2. almost always
3. generally
4. frequently
   
5. usually
6. sometimes 
7. occasionally
8. seldom
9. rarely
10. hardly ever
11. not ever
    
12. never 

The frequently adverbs usually come after the verb be and before other verbs 

1.     Timothy is always interested in languages . 
   
2. He sometimes finds native speakers to talk to. 

 We can put sometimes at the beginning of the sentences too. 

1. Sometimes  he finds native speakers to talk to.
2. Sometimes I go to my aunt restaurant. 

seldom , rarely ,hardly ever , almost ,never have the same meaning 

seldom , rarely are more formal 

 Generally , we use hardly ever and almost never in conversational English and informal writing 

1. Do you ever speak English with your parents ? 
2. No , I almost never do. or I hardly ever do .
   

The Simple Present

(1.2) The Simple Present 

Form 

(we use the base form of the verb with I , we ,you , they ,and Plural subjects.) 

I like English  

You know Mandarin 

We come from China.

I come from Burma.

The people of Iran speak Farsi. (people is a plural word)

We use the -s form with he she ,it, and singular subjects.

Timothy lives in New York. 

He studies Languages.

We use the -s form with subjects beginning with every and no.

Every language shows something about the culture . 

No one in the class speaks Ojibwe. 

Every one in the class speaks English. 

Timothy family lives in New York . ( Family is singular word) 

Observe the seven patterns with the base form 

AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT :  

1. You speak Urdu.
2. He speaks Spanish.
3. She speaks many languages.
4. He knows too much information.
   

NEGATIVE STATEMENT: 

1. You don't speak Hindu.
2. I don't speak English.
3. She doesn't speak Farsi. 
4. She doesn't come to work.
5. She doesn't go to school.
6. She doesn't come to birthday party.
   

YES/NO QUESTION : 

1. Do you speak Farsi?
2. Do you know Lindsay?
3. Do you know how to do ? 
4. Do you know how to go ? 
5. Do you know the address? 
6. Do you know where he lives? 
7. Do you know how to contact her?
   

Short answer :  

1. Yes, I do.
2. No , I don't .
   

WH QUESTION : 

1. Where do you speak Urdu? 
2.     Where do you live ?

NEGATIVE WH QUESTION : 

1. Why don't you speak Spanish ? 
2. Why don't you come to work ? 
3. Why don't you go to school? 

SUBJECT QUESTION : 

1. How many people speak Hindi? 
   

Observe these seven pattern with -s form 

AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT : Timothy studies Farsi .

NEGATIVE STATEMENT : He doesn't study Spanish . 

YES/No QUESTION : Does he study French ? 

SHORT ANSWER :Yes he does . 

WH    QUESTIONS ; Where does he study French ? 

NEGATIVE WH QUESTION : Why doesn't he study Spanish  ? 

SUBJECT QUESTION : Who studies Spanish?  

Have has an irregular -s form. 

1. I have a language dictionary. Timothy has many language dictionaries.

The -s form of go is goes 

1. We go to college . My sister goes to high school. 

The -s form of do is does . The pronunciation is  /d-s/.

You do your homework at home . She does her homework at the library 

 

When we ask questions about meaning ,spelling  ,cost and take + time we use normal question word order.

 

What does challenge mean? 

How do you say challenge in your language . 

How do you spell challange ? 

How much does a dictionary app cost ? 

How long does it take to learn another language ? 

 

USE : 

We use the simple present with facts , general truths ,habits and customs .

Timothy speaks 20 languages 

He likes language but he doesn't like maths. 

 

We use simple present with regular activities and  repeated actions

(1) Timothy often practices with native speakers.

(2) He always tried to learn languages.

(3) Does he ever use videos?

(4)How often does he use a dictionary ? 

 

The Amazing Timothy Doner

Timothy Doner looks like an average student in his T-shirt and jeans. But there is something very special about him. He speaks 20 languages. He doesn't speak all of them equally well, but he is very comfortable in many of them . He feels most comfortable with Hebrew , Farsi, French and Arabic . At any one time , he is studying three to four languages. 

    Videos of him are going around the Internet. In one video, he is riding in a taxi and talking to Haitian taxi driver in French. In it , he is telling the driver that he wants to learn Creole, a language of Haiti. In another he is speaking Russian with the owner of video store in New York, where he lives. In another he is speaking Farsi with the owner of a book store. He is asking a Farsi speaker for more information about that language. In other videos , he is studying Mandarin or discussing the similarities between Hebrew and Arabic with native speakers of these languages. He also speaks Urdu, Indonesian, Swahili, and Ojibwe and an American Indian language.
    Doner spends almost all his time trying to learn languages.To learn some languages , he takes classes . To learn others, he studies on his own. He always looks for opportunities to practice with native speakers. Sometimes he uses video chats to practice with native speakers in other countries. He uses other methods to improve language ability: He memorize the lyrics of songs or watches movies in other languages. He really enjoys himself. He thinks that language helps you connect to other people. When he speaks another language, he feels like a different person.

    Interestingly, he doesn't study Spanish. For him Spanish isn't challenging enough.

Herbrew: an official language spoken in the state of Israel 

Farsi: The official language of Iran 

Urdu: an Official language spoken in Parkistan

Swahili: a language spoken in Kenya and other countries of the African Great Lakes region 

Lyrics the words of  a song 

(1.1 ) The Present of Be  ( Be has 3 form in the present am/is /are )

I  + am  + from New York

He + is + from New York.

She + is + from New York. 

You are from New York.

They are from New York.

We are from New York.

Subject pronouns and most singular nouns can contract with a present form of be . 

(I'm , He's , She's , It's , You're , We're ,They're , Timothy's 

 I am surprised about Timothy's abilities. 

Timothy's an amazing person.

He's is very intelligent.

( We use a form of be with  ) + description , classification , location ,weather , reaction to the weather , place of origin , physical states , age, time , there 

1. description
2. a classification 
3. a location
4. a weather 
5. reaction to weather 
6. place of origin 
7. age 
8. physical states 
9. time 
10. there 
    

Timothy is smart

Mandarin and Cantonese are languages of China. (classification )
 

Haiti is southeast of Florida.(a location ) 

1. What part of Africa you come from ?  
2.  
   

It is warm in Haiti all year.(weather ) 

I am hot . Let's turn on the air-conditiong.(reaction to the weather)

Timothy Doner is from New York . ( Place of Origin) 

How old is Timothy now ?  (age ) 

I am hungry. ( Physical states) 

What time is it in New York now? (time )  

There are many language in India . (there) 

1. There are two official language of Cameroon are French and English.
   

 

 

Observe these pattern with the verb be 

Subject Question : 

Negative WH Question (Why isn't Spanish a challenge for Timothy ?)

Wh Question : ( Why is Spanish easy for Italians)

1. What is your native language? 
   

Affirmative Statement  ( Spanish is the official language of  Columbia ) 

Negative Statement  ( It isn't the language of Brazil)  

Yes/No question ( Is Spanish is easy for Italians? )

 Language Note : 

We don't make contraction with is if the noun ends in s, se, ce, ge, ze , sh ,ch or X 

example :   FFrench is one of Timothy's language ( Not : Franch's )

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