2016-02-24 Vocabulary: dating idioms, madlibs

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Write a list of five slang words or idioms you hear or see outside of class (in music, movies, TV, books, or other people’s conversations) and find out what they mean.
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Listen again to the conversation on p. 121, then identify the standard English from the reduced pronunciations.

“probably” can be pronounced “probly” or “prolly”
“supposed to” can be “supposta”
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have to -> hafta
has to -> hasta
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p. 122 - Complete the paragraph with “hafta” and “hasta”, and then practice reading each sentence.
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p. 127 - Write answers for each prompt, then write them in the story on p. 128 and share that story with the class. (These types of activities are sometimes called “Mad Libs”, and you can find books of them for sale.)

What “should” the answers be?
1 man, guy, boy, jerk
2 (any man’s name)
3 smile
4 nice, beautiful, gorgeous, cute
5 pasta, rice, pizza
6 sauce, milk, cheese
7 wine
8 woman
9 dress
10 eyes
11 taxi, Uber, subway
12 phone
13 jerk, asshole
14 chance, date, opportunity
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Homework: make a list of five more idioms or slang words that you notice outside of school