I've Got So Much to Do Today

This chant provides examples of the use of much and many. It also offers practice in the sound of the reduced vowel in to and today, the plural s in things and the contractions I've and don't.

I've Got So Much to Do Today

I've got so much to do today,

So much to do.

So much to do today.

So much to do.

I've got so much to do.

I don't know what to do first.

 

I've got so much to do.

I don't know what to do first.

I've got so much to do.

I don't know where to begin.

I've got so much to do.

I don't know where to begin.

 

I've got so many things to do.

I've got so many things to do.

I've got so much to do.

So many things to do.

So many things to do.

So much to do.

 

Will You Be Here Next Year?

This chant provides examples of the future with will and the real conditional if all goes well, I will. It includes the contractions what'll, doesn't and won't. Students should note the shift in stress in what'll you do/What are you going to do?

Will You Be Here Next Year?

Will you be here next year?

I will, if all goes well.

If all goes well, I will.

Yes, I will, if all goes well.

What'll you do if it doesn't go well?

If it doesn't go well,

I won't be here.

What about you?

What are you going to do?

I haven't decided.

What about you?

PRACTICE

I. Listen carefully as your teacher reads the sentences. Then listen again as your teacher repeats them. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Check your answers in the Appendix.*

1. What _____________ ______________ _______________ _______________

do ____________________ you finish ________________________ course?

2. ________________ not ___________________ sure. What ________________ _______________ going ___________________ do?

3. I _________________ decided. What _________________ you?

4. ___________________ all ________________________.

5. ______________________ we get _______________________ tomorrow __________________ three?

6. I'm ________________, that's _________________ little _______________________ early _________________ me. How ______________________ eight?

7. _____________ a _________________ too _____________________.

8. ____________ love ____________ see _____________. ______________ are you _________________?

9. __________________ me ____________________. I ___________________ at ___________________. ________________ three___________________?

10. _____________________ you ___________________ is ______________ with

________________.

II. Listen carefully while your teacher reads the sentences. Write them in the blanks below. Note the suggestions for careful listening. Check your answers in the Appendix.*

 

1. ______________________________________________________ (four words)

Listen for the sound of the contraction and the indefinite article a.

2. ____________________________________________________. (five words)

Listen for the sound of the contraction and the reduced vowel sounds.

3. ____________________________________________________ (seven words)

Listen for the reduced vowel sounds.

4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (thirteen words)

Listen for the sound of the contractions and the reduced vowel sound in to.

5. _____________________________________________________ (eight words)

Listen for the sound of the contractions.

 

III.

Which Should I Do First?

Listen carefully while your teacher reads a list of three activities and put them in the logically correct order. The complete lists of activities appear in the Appendix.*

 

A 1._________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________

B

1.__________________________________________________ ____ ___________

2._________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________

C

1._________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________

D

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________________________

 

 

Part III

Appendix

 

UNIT 1

Practice I

1. Hi, Mary. How's your mother?

2. She's fine, thank you. How's Bill?

3. He's fine. How are thechildren?

4. They're fine. How's your job?

5. It's fine. It's so good to see you.

6. It's good to see you.

7. I'm so glad you're back.

8. So am I. I haven't seen you for a long time.

 

UNIT 3

Practice I

1. Bye-bye.  See you tomorrow.

2. So long. Have a nice weekend.

3. It's getting late and I've got to go home.

4. I really hate to say good-bye.

5. It was nice seeing you again.

6. Say hello to Jack. Tell him I miss him.

7. Say hello to Mary. Tell her I miss her.

8. We're going to miss you. We really are.

9. I'm going to miss you too. I really am.

Practice II

1. I'm thinking of a word that starts with G.
It has four letters.

It's very expensive.

It's very beautiful.

Wedding rings are made of this.

(Answer: gold)

 

2. I'm thinking of a word that has three letters.
It's something that everybody will someday be,

and lots of people already are.

It starts with O. It's the opposite of young.

(Answer: old)

3. I'm thinking of a word that ends with O.
It has three letters.

It's bigger than one.

It's a number.

It rhymes with blue.

(Answer: two)

 

4. I'm thinking of a word that ends with D.
It has four letters

It has two legs.

It flies.

Sometimes it sings. (Answer: bird)

 

5. I'm thinking of a word that starts with B.
It has four letters.

It's a part of your body.

Sometimes it hurts.

Many people lie on it when they sleep.

 (Answer: back)

 

6. I'm thinking of a word that starts with Y.
It has six letters.

It's a colour.

Sometimes cats' eyes are this colour.

It's the colour of some flowers.

 It's the color of a lemon.

(Answer: yellow)

 

7. I'm thinking of a word that starts with E.
It's a little word.

It has three letters.

It ends in D.

It means no more. (Answer: end)

 

Answer Key

1.        G  OL   D

2.              O LD

3.      TW O

4.   BIR D

5.          B ACK

6.          Y ELLOW

7.          E ND

 

UNIT 4

Practice I

1. You look wonderful today.

2. Thanks, so do you.

3. Thai's a nice colour on you.

4. I'm glad you like it.

5. That's a nice sweater. Is it new?

6. Oh no. I've had it for years.

7. It's beautiful.

8. You haven't changed a bit.

9. I like your gloves. Are they new?

10. Yes, they are. I got them at Macy's.

 

Practice II

1. I'm thinking of a word that starts with G.
It has five letters.

It's the color of spring.

It's the color of grass, trees, and leaves.

(Answer: green)

 

2. I'm thinking of a word that starts with R.
It has three letters.

It means stop.

It's the color of fire.

(Answer: red)

 

3. I'm thinking of a word that ends in E.
It has five letters.

It's the color of a cloud, an egg, and sometimes a

rabbit.

It's the opposite of black.

(Answer: white)

 

4. I'm thinking of a word that ends in E.
It has four letters.

It's the color of the sky.

It's the color of a ribbon for a baby boy.

(Answer: blue)

 

5. I'm thinking of a word that ends in N.
It has five letters.

Sometimes beautiful eyes are this color.

 It's the color of wood. (Answer: brown)

Answer Key

 

1.              G REEN

2.              R ED

3.   WHIT E

4.    BLU E

5. BROW N

UNIT 7

Practice I

1. I give up. I can't do it.

2. I read it once. I couldn’t understand it.

3. Will I ever learn to speak English?

4. Of course you will. You a re getting better all the time.

5. Don't give up. Try it again.

6. Am I doing all right?

7. Of course you are. You are doing fine.

8. Can she speak French?

9. Of course she can. It's her native language.

10. She was born in France.

Practice II

1. I give up. I can't do it.

2. Don't give up. Try it again.

3. You can do it just as well as I can.

4. Believe me, it's not that hard.

5. You're getting better all time.

 

Practice III

1. Bob can go with us.

2. We can't leave on Thursday

3. We can leave on Thursday.

4. I can't help you with that problem.

5. They can do it easily.

6. She can't come to your dinner party.

7. He can give you a lesson tomorrow.

8. I can't be there before ten.

9. I can be there before ten.

10. Bob can't go with us.

UNIT 9

Practice I

1. I think I'll have a large bowl of chicken soup today.

2. What are you going to have?

3. I think I'll have the same.

4. What are you going to drink?

5. I haven't decided yet.

6. I'd like a tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat toast.

7. That sounds good.

8. Pass the bread and butter, please.

9. Please pass the pepper, please pass the salt.

10. I'd like rice and beans.

UNIT 10

Practice I

1. It costs a lot to live in the city.

2. How much does it cost?

3. It costs an awful lot.

4. Why don't you buy it?

5. It's too expensive. I can’t afford it.

Practice II

1. It costs a lot to eat out these days.

2. It's not worth it.

3. I can’t believe how much it costs.

4. I'll get it this time.

5. You got it last time.

Practice III

1. I'm thinking of a word that starts with M.
It has five letters.

You need it to live well.

They say it cannot bring happiness.

(Answer: money)

 

2. I'm thinking of a word that starts with О.
It has three letters.

It rhymes with cough.

It's the opposite of on.

(Answer: off)

 

3. I'm thinking of a word that starts with N.
It has five letters.

It rhymes with clever.

It's the opposite of always.

(Answer: never)

 

4. I'm thinking of a word that starts with E.

It has four letters.

It has two syllables.

It's the opposite of difficult.

(Answer: easy)

 

5. I'm thinking of a word that starts with Y.
It has four letters.

It has 365 days.

It rhymes with here.

(Answer: year)

Answer Key

1. M     ONEY

2. O      FF

3. N   EVER

4. Y   EAR

 

UNIT 12

Practice I

1. How long does it take?

2. It t akes a long time.

3. Does this bus go downtown?

4. Is there a newspaper stand near here?

5. Yes, there is. Walk two blocks and turn left.

6. Is the post office open tomorrow?

7. It's open from nine to five.

8. When does it open?

9. It opens at nine.

10. Are the stores open tomorrow?

UNIT 13

Practice I

1. Thank you so much. It’s  just what I wanted.

2. I'm glad you like it.

3. That was very nice of   you.

4. I’m glad I was able to help.

5. Thanks again. I appreciate it.

6. Don't mention it. It was my pleasure.

7. You shouldn’t have done it.

8. I wanted to. The pleasure was mine.

Practice II

1. Thanks a lot for everything.

2. You shouldn't have done it

3. That was awfully nice of you.

4. I'm so glad you like it

5. It's just the right color.

Practice IV

1. I'm thinking of a word that starts with T.
It has five letters.

It rhymes with rough.

It's the opposite of tender.

It's difficult to eat a__ steak.

(Answer: tough)

 

2. I'm thinking of a word that starts with H.
It has five letters.

It has two syllables.

It's the opposite of sad.

(Answer: happy)

 

3. I'm thinking of a word that starts with A.
It has five letters.

It has two syllables.

It's the opposite of before.

(Answer: after)

4. I'm thinking of a word that starts with N.
It has four letters.

It rhymes with rice.

It's the opposite of nasty.

(Answer: nice)

 

5. I'm thinking of a word that starts with К.
It has four letters.

It rhymes with steep.

It ends with P.

Some people can't___ a secret.

(Answer: keep)

 

6. I'm thinking of a word that starts with S.
It has eight letters.
It ends with E.
It has two syllables.
It's something you do not expect.
(Answer: surprise)

Answer Key

1. T OUG   H

2. H APPY

3. A FTE R

4. K EEP

5. S URPR   ISE

UNIT 14

Practice I

1. This is confusing. I can't understand what he's saying, can you?

2. No. I can't. He's talking too quickly.

3. I'm very confused I can't understand him.

4. I'm totally lost.

5. So am I. I'm all mixed up.

6. Where's the hotel? Where do we go?

7. I’m not quite sure just where we are.

8. What shall we do?

9. Don’t ask me. I was counting on you.

10. I thought you knew.

Practice II

1. This is confusing. I can't understand him.

2. I thought you had the tickets.

3. I can't figure it out, can you?

4. I'm not quite sure just where we are.

5. What are we supposed to do?

UNIT 15

Practice I

1. What are you going to do when you finish this соurse?

2. I'm not quire sure. What are you going to do?

3. I haven't decided. What about you?

4. It all depends.

5. Can we get together tomorrow at three?

6. I'm sorry, that's a little too early for me How about eight?

7. That's a little too late.

8. I'd love to see you. When areyou free?

9. Call me tomorrow. I finish at three. Is three OK?

10. Whatever you say is fine with me.

Practice II

1. Let's make a date.

2. I'd love to see you.

3. Can we get together tomorrow at three?

4. I've got so much to do I don't know what to do first.

5. What'll you do if it doesn't go well?

Practice III

A Go shopping

Cash a check

Go to the bank

В Invite ten friends for dinner

Look at your date book

Check your financial situation

С Go to the supermarket

See what's in your refrigerator

Make a shopping list  

D Get married

Look for a good job           

Have a few kids

 

 

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