Wednesday, 03 November, 2010: What's this called in English?

In our first lesson, we practiced asking and answering a few question and simple dialogues.  We also learned how to ask how to say something in English:

What's this called in English?
It's a ....

We also practiced some questions with who, what, where, and how:

Who's that?  That's Mark.
What's your email address?  It's marieinmongolia@gmail.com.
Where do you come from?  I come from Canada.
How old are you?  I'm 28 years old.

We practiced some yes/no questions:

Are you a teacher?  Yes, I am.
Is she from America?  No, she isn't.  (or 'No, she's not.')

Remember that when you ask a question, your voice goes up at the end of the last word of the question:

Are you a teacher?
Is she from America?

Some vocabulary from this lesson:

double check --> in Mongolian: "Dahiad Shalgay"
first name --> given name; proper name; Christian name (so, my first name is 'Marie', since my full name is 'Marie Eaton')
last name --> family name, surname (so, my last name is 'Eaton', since my full name is 'Marie Eaton'.)
sharpener --> a tool to make something sharp:
sharp (Adj.) + en --> sharpen (V.)
sharpen (V.) + er --> sharpener (N.)
Mr --> the title we give to a man
Mrs --> the title we give to a married woman
Miss --> the title we give to a single woman
Ms --> the title we give to a woman when we are uncertain whether she is married or not

Remember!:  In English, use always use someone's last name after their title, not their first name:
Tom Cruise:
Mr. Cruise (correct)
Mr Tom (wrong)

Katie Holmes
Ms Holmes (corrent)
Ms Katie (wrong)

Euphegenia Doubtfire
Mrs Doubtfire (correct)
Mrs Euphegenia (wrong)

Marie Eaton
Miss Eaton (correct)
Miss Marie (wrong)

Map

Scarf

We also talked about the pronunciation of the words 'daughter' and 'carbohydrate':
daughter --> sounds like /dahder/
carbohydrate --> sounds like 'car-buh-hi-drit/  (but you can just say 'carb', like what most English-speakers do)

Don't forget your homework!
Please do pages 1-3 in your workbooks.