A knife, a fork, and a spoon are the utensils we usually use when we eat. Look at the picture and choose the correct option.
The girl is using a _____to eat spaghetti.
Look at the pictures and complete the statement.
In this picture, the girl* “
is using a ______
When we get a table ready for dinner, we usually put a knife, a fork, and a spoon by each plate. Look at the picture and complete the sentence.
We use knives, forks, and spoons so we don’t have to eat our food with our hands. Look at the picture and complete the sentence.
When a person gives you a hand, that person helps you do something.
When you HOLD something, you have it and control it in your hands. When you use a knife and a fork to eat, you have them and control them in your hands.
A helping of any kind of food is the amount you get at one time.
Meat loaf is delicious. It’s one of my favorite things to have for dinner. Look at the picture and complete the sentence.
If you eat some food and you like it, you can say it’s tasty.
More of something is an additional amount of that thing. After I eat someof my mom’s meat loaf, I always want an additional amount of it.
Everybody is every person.
You learned that a lot of something is a large number of that thing. Another way to say a lot of is to say lots of. There were a lot of people at my house for my birthday dinner. Say that in another way.
Something that is empty has nothing in it.
The opposite of empty is full. When something contains all that is normal or possible, it is full.
People say they are full when they eat a lot of food and they don’t want to eat any more. Complete the dialogue.
Sally: Come on, Jim. Have some more meat loaf.
Jim: No, thanks, Sally. I had a second helping, and I really can’t eat any more. I’m
When you do something on your own, you do it without any help from other people.
A man or a boy who looks attractive is handsome.
A poster is a large picture or printed notice. A lot of teenagers decorate their rooms with large pictures of their favorite bands or athletes, for example.
A flier is a small printed notice you can give to people. Look at the picture and complete the statement.
When people are sure about their abilities, qualities, and ideas, we say they are confident. Complete the sentence about a guy I know.
Energy is the enthusiasm and determination to do things.
When a person has a friendly relationship with another person, we say he or she gets along with that person.
When you say you bet something is true or will happen, you mean you are very sure that it is true or will happen.
A locker is a small metal compartment with a key where you temporarily leave clothes, books, and other personal things, for example, when you are at school or playing a sport.
A group of students that makes decisions about student activities at a school is a student council.
An occasion when people vote to choose a person for an official position is an election.
The decision you make in an election is your vote. Complete the sentence about my vote in our student council election.
When people elect a person, that person wins an official position because enough people voted for him or her.
A lot of my classmates and I voted for Robert for the student council.
We ed Robert for the student council.
The president of an organization or a country is the leader of that organization or country
A speech is a formal talk which a person gives to a group of people.
Before the election for student council at our school, Robert gave a formal talk to all of the other students.
Robert gave a to all of the other students before the election because he wanted to be on the student council.
Let's look at an informal way of asking a question. Another way to ask “Did you vote for Robert?” is to ask “You voted for Robert?” Complete the question using an informal way to ask
“Did Gail go to the movies yesterday?”
“Gail
to the movies yesterday?”
We use actually to emphasize what is really true or what happened in reality. Imagine you thought Robert was going to give his speech tomorrow, but in reality he gave his speech yesterday. Complete the dialogue with your friend Dan.
You: Are you going to see Robert give his speech tomorrow?
Dan: Well,
, he gave it yesterday.
you / to call / last night
“I called Margie. I wanted to know why she wasn't at the party.”
you / to call / last night
“My father did. He always calls me when I'm not home by midnight.”
you / to help / with your history assignment
“Amy did. She always gives me a hand with my homework.”
you / to help / with the science assignment
“I helped Natalie. I always give her a hand with her homework.”
A person wants a second helping of meat loaf.
A person voted for a dog to be on the student council.