ANNE and SARAH plan a meeting.
SARAH is working at her computer. ANNE knocks at the open door.
SARAH : Come in Anne.
ANNE : Good morning!
SARAH : Good morning. Are you feeling better today?
ANNE : Yes thank you.
SARAH : What’s on the agenda?
ANNE : I’m thinking about this trip to the wineries. I want to meet your main suppliers and talk to them about the market.
SARAH :Great. They’ve been dying to meet you. When do you want to go?
ANNE : As soon as possible. How about tomorrow?
SARAH :I can’t tomorrow. I’ve got some other appointments. What about the day after tomorrow?
ANNE :Yes, that’s good. It’s Monday today, so that will be Wednesday. What date is that?
SARAH : The fifth of November.
ANNE: Okay. What time shall we meet?
SARAH: I’ll pick you up at nine o-clock.
ANNE :Good. How many wineries do you think we’ll be able to see?
SARAH: I’m not sure, four or five. Definitely our biggest suppliers, and maybe a few surprises.
ANNE: I can’t wait. Will it take all day?
SARAH: Most of the day. I’ll start ringing now, and let them know we have a very important client all the way from Singapore.
ANNE: Thankyou. I’m looking forward to it.
SARAH: Me too.
EPISODE NOTES
1. Making Arrangements
- 2.
Shall - 3. Adjectival Numbers
- 4. Dates - 5.
At, On & In - 6. Fractions
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1. MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS |
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To make plans or arrangements we have to find out the time
that is best
by asking: When do you
want to
go?
When do you want to meet? When
asks about the time. |
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Want to asks about what the person you’re
asking
hopes to do.
Often that person will reply: When
do
you want to meet?
As soon as possible.
This means that they want to go very soon or in the next few
days.
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To work out what day and time is best for both people you need
to make
suggestions. You can say: When
do you
want to meet?
As soon as possible. What about tomorrow?
or When do you want to meet?
As soon as possible. How
about
tomorrow?
Tomorrow is the day after today.
If today is Monday, tomorrow is Tuesday. |
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SARAH
When do you want to go?
ANNE
As soon as
possible. How
about tomorrow?
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2. SHALL |
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We use the word shall when making suggestions
about
the future. What time shall
we meet? |
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ANNE What
time shall we meet?
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We use the word shall in questions about what
is going
to happen. It has the same meaning as will. |
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You could say What shall
I wear to the party?
or Where shall
we go?
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The word shall is only used with I
and we. What shall
I wear to the party?
Where shall we go?
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3. ORDINAL NUMBERS |
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These sorts of numbers tell us the order of things in time.
Monday is the first day of the week.
Tuesday is the second.
Wednesday is the third.
Thursday is the fourth.
Friday is the fifth.
Saturday is the sixth.
Sunday is the seventh.
Sunday is also the last or final
day
of the week.
All of the adjectival numbers except for first, second and
third have
a th on the end.
For example
ninth
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
And so on.
Numbers with a v – five and
twelve –
change their vs
to fs and drop the e when
adding th
five/ fifth, twelve/
twelfth.
Numbers such as twenty, thirty and forty change their ys
to is and add eth
twenty /twentieth
thirty/ thirtieth
forty/ fortieth
And so on.
For numbers such as twenty-three and
thirty-one we say and write
twenty third
thirty first
We also write these numbers like this:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
20th
21st
And so on. |
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Listen to the ordinal numbers. first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
seventeenth
eighteenth
nineteenth
twentieth
twenty first |
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4. DATES |
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When we say a date, for example November 5, we use the
the
fifth of
November
and the ordinal number for the day the
fifth of November
and say of the
fifth
of November
and then the month: the fifth of
November
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SARAH The
fifth of November. |
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5. AT, ON & IN |
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When we talk about the time, we use the words in,
on
and at in different ways. |
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For exact times we use at: I’ll
see you at nine o’clock. The
meeting is at eleven o’clock.
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For days and dates we use on: I’ll
see you on Friday.
Let’s meet on Monday.
Let's meet on the fifth of November.
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We often use at and on like
this:
I’ll see you at
nine o’clock on Friday.
The meeting is at eleven o’clock on
the fifth of November.
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We use in to talk about the amount of time
that will
pass before something happens. I'll
see
you in a week's time. |
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SARAH I’ll
pick you up at nine o-clock. |
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6. FRACTIONS |
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Fractions are numbers that are less than one. |
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We
call something like this complete circle a
whole. |
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This
is a
half
of a circle.
We can also say that it’s one
half of a circle or use the symbol ½
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This
is a quarter
of
a circle.
We can also say that it’s one
quarter of a circle or
use the
symbol ¼ . |
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This
is an eighth
of a
circle.
We can also say that it’s one
eighth of a circle or
use the
symbol 1/8 |
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Except for a half and a quarter the
numbers are the same as the numbers we use for dates and the
order of
things, but we always say an or a
or
one before them: an
eighth / one
eighth
/ 1/8
a sixteenth / one
sixteenth / 1/16
a twentieth / one
twentieth / 1/20
We say an eighth because eighth begins with a
vowel sound.
We will explain how to use an and a
in episode 14. |
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