Tricky point ~15 min of the core left

Review 3 (lessons 13–17)

Start the lesson Core 13–15 min · steps: 3 · optional: +1

Declared core time. Two of the core blocks carry no figure at all, so the real lesson is longer than this sum.

The irregular verbs block does not apply.

Tricky point

3 min

very, really, too — three words that make a word stronger, and one changes the meaning.

It's very expensive. It costs a lot — but maybe I'll buy it.
It's really expensive. The same, with a little more feeling.
It's too expensive. It costs more than I want to pay — so I won't buy it.

too does not make a word stronger — it says "no": it means there is more than you need or want. too has a second meaning as well, "also", and then it goes at the end: I like tea too.

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Exercises on lessons 13–17

10–12 min

1. Mixed gap fill.

  1. a café near my house. café is new
  2. Is there milk in the fridge? — No, there isn't
  3. two windows in my room
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There is, The; any, any; There are.

2. Error correction.

  1. In my room a table.
  2. I eat a bread every day.
  3. How much apples do you want?
  4. This books are new.
  5. It's two hundreds pounds.
  6. Is there some juice?
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There is a table in my room / In my room there is a table; I eat bread every day; How many apples do you want?; These books are new; It's two hundred pounds; Is there any juice?

3. Word order.

  1. [ in my room / a table / there / is ]
  2. [ much / this bag / is / how / ? ]
  3. [ please / a coffee / , ]
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There is a table in my room. How much is this bag? A coffee, please.

4. Matching.

  1. How much is it?
  2. Is there any milk?
  3. Anything else?
  4. How many rooms?
Show the answers
`How much is it?` — `Ten pounds.`; `Is there any milk?` — `Yes, there is some.`; `Anything else?` — `No, that's all.`; `How many rooms?` — `Two.`
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Summary

Covered: lessons 13–17 in full. Next — lesson 19: what I like and what I want.

End of the core

The lesson counts as done once the exercises are done. Everything after this is optional.

Lesson 19

optional

Mini production

Talk aloud and then write down six or seven sentences: what there is near your home, what you buy there, how much it costs, what you eat in the morning.

Checklist before lesson 19:

  • is it a the first time you name a thing, and the the second time?
  • is there no article before an uncountable noun?
  • is it any in a question and some in a statement?
  • is it many with things you count, much with things like bread or water and with a price?
  • does a sentence about what is there have there is or there are?
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Practise this lesson in the other sections

Dictationbased on this lesson Write down what you hear. The check shows every word that differs, and how. Write the dictation Reading and listeningA1–C1 Texts at every level with comprehension questions; the transcript opens after you answer. Try it

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