Oxford basic lesson – Lesson 10

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 another
another + singular noun
another + few/number + plural
Another is one word. noun

He's bought another car. {NOT . . . an other car.)

Normally, we only
use another with
Would you like another potato?
singular countable
Would you like some more meat? {NOT ... another meat?)
nouns.
Would you like some more peas?'(NOT . . . another peas?).

But we can use another

before a plural noun in I'm staying for another few weeks. We need
expressions with few or a another three chairs.
number.
'Nice day.' 'Yes. Bit cold, though.'
 Another
Use the words on the right Some more
to create the sentences.
Another few
Another two
Sarah Another three Jenny

SARAH WANTS TO OFFER SOME PIZZA

SLICE TO JENNY .
SARAH WANTS TO OFFER SOME
CUSTARD TO JENNY
SARAH WANTS TO OFFER SOME NUTS
TO JENNY .

Would you like to …………

Please have ….
Why don’t you ……….
any ( = 'it doesn't matter
which')
Any can mean 'it doesn't matter
'When shall I come?' Any time.' which'; 'whichever you like'.
'Could you pass me a knife?' 'Which
one?' 'It doesn't matter. Any one.'.

She goes out with anybody who

asks her.
'What would you like to eat?' 'It
doesn't matter. Anything will do.'
'Where can we sit?' Anywhere
you like.'
We can use anybody, anyone,
anything and anywhere in the
same way
 Can I come to your place to watch that movie? Oh sure ! You can …………..

Who can help me with this report ? I guess …………………

…
Does ……………………( notebook) You can ask john .

When did you finish the work , I though you had left ?
No, thanks . I am ok
Anytime
Anyone
Did you find the t-shirt you were looking for in the market ? Oh no !! ………………………..
Anybody
Anything
Anywhere
any and no: adverbs

any/no + comparative any/no

different any/no good/use
You don't look any older than your
daughter. ( = You don't look at all older . . .)
I can't go any further
I'm afraid the weather's no better than
yesterday.
We also use any and no with
different.
This school isn't any different
from the last one. 'Is John any
better?' No different Still very ill.'

Note the expressions any good/use

Was the film any good? This and no good/use.
watch is no use It keeps stopping.
 Sarah has some comments about jenny’s matters . She is commenting on
them, you have to form the comments in the same way as the example .

Any better Example

His car
Any older You don't look any older
You look than your daughter.
Any good
Sarah Your dress Jenny
Any bigger
Your son
Any faster
Your bike
Any happier
Your friend
Any different
Your shirt
No different
The washing
machine Any use

The boyfriend No good

No use
 appear
subject + appear (to be) + adjective") He Appear can mean
appeared very angry. (NOT . . . very 'seem'. In this case, it is
angrily.) a 'copula verb' (see 91),
subject + appear to be + noun She and is followed by an
appears to be a very religious person. adjective or a noun.
We often use the
structure appear to be,
especially before a
subject (+ adverb) + appear (+ noun.
adverb/adverb phrase) A face suddenly
appeared at the window.
Appear can also mean
'come into sight' or
'arrive'. In this case, it is
Mary appeared unexpectedly this not followed by an
morning and asked me for some adjective or noun, but it
money. can be used with
adverbs.
Try to imagine the situations and
give answers by using the
pictures on the right
How did Jenny feel when she found the
house dirty ?

How did john feel after coming back from

the business trip ?

How did you meet with the car accident, even

though You drive carefully ?

Why was everyone surprised to see Jenny at

the Party ?

John’s co-workers were astonished to see

him at the Meeting at 9 o clock , what
happened ?
Possible answers She appeared to be angry when
she found that the house was
dirty .

He appeared to be relaxed after

he came back from his business
trip .

My car hit the tree as a dog

suddenly appeared on the road .

We had not seen her for long ,

we were all surprised when she
appeared at the party ,

We were not expecting john to

come to office , however he
appeared suddenly at 9 oclock
and we were all astonished .
(a) round and about

We all sat round the table. I walked We usually use round to

round the car and looked at the wheels. movement or position in
'Where do you live?' 'Just round the a circle, or in a curve.
corner.'

We also use round when

we talk about going to all
We walked round the old part of the town.
(or most) parts of a
Can I look round?
place, or giving things to
Could you pass the cups round, please?
everybody in a group.
 (a) round and about

The children were running around/about We use around or

everywhere. aboutio express
Stop standing around/about and do movements or positions
some work. that are not very clear or
'Where's John?' 'Somewhere definite: 'here and
around/about' there', 'in lots of places',
'in different parts
of'/somewhere near'
We also use round when and similar ideas.
we talk about going to all
(or most) parts of a
place, or giving things to
everybody in a group.

And around/about can mean

Stop fooling around/about We're late. 'approximately', 'not exactly'.

There were around/about fifty people there.

'What time shall I come?' Around/about eight.'
 Read the following sentences

The family sat round the

He walked round the room
table to eat their dinner .
to look for his lost keys .

She kept standing around and

wasted her time .
 He walked round the
children, distributing
them sweets .

There was mess all

around the place .

He fooled around the

house and broke
many precious things
.
 summary

In this lesson we discussed about some grammar forms .

We tried to use the same forms for the speaking tasks .