Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Dates and Numbers

Lesson Notes August 19, 2025 (Elementary)

Words & Phrases

• The doctor gave her an IV drip for her condition.

• The next day, he stopped the IV.

• ‘IV’ means ‘intravenous’, which is medicine or fluids put directly into a vein through a tube. ‘IV drip’ is the full term, but often people just say ‘IV’.

• Yesterday, I had a bit of a fever. (= A bit of means “a small amount”, not very strong.

• I felt a bit of pain in my stomach.

• She has a bit of a headache today.

• Yesterday, I went to play mahjong. (We don’t need ‘go’ after ‘went’)

• I went to see a movie yesterday.

• He went to visit his grandparents last weekend.

• The members who are in their 70s wanted to play for a long time. (NOT 70s members)

• My nephews could feed the fish at the aquarium.

Appropriate Language

Temperature Vocabulary (Hot)

• WARM (adjective) = a little hot, but comfortable

• It’s warm outside, let’s sit in the park.

• The soup is still warm, be careful when you drink it.

• HOT (adjective) = high temperature, not comfortable

• Be careful, the tea is hot.

• It’s too hot to walk outside today.

• BOILING (adjective) = very hot, like water at 100°C

• The kettle is boiling, time to make tea.

• It was boiling in the classroom without the fan.

• SCORCHING (adjective) = extremely hot, burning heat

• We stayed inside because it was scorching outside.

• The scorching sun made the road shine.

• BURNING (adjective) = very, very hot, like fire

• I touched the pan and it was burning.

• The burning sun made my skin red.

• ROASTING (adjective) = uncomfortably hot, like being cooked

• I was roasting in my winter clothes.

• It’s roasting in here, can you open a window?

• SWELTERING (adjective) (ˈswel.tər.ɪŋ / SWEL-ter-ing) = hot, sticky, and uncomfortable

• It was sweltering in the train.

• We walked slowly in the sweltering heat.

• BOILING HOT (informal phrase) = really, really hot

• It’s boiling hot in this classroom.

• The soup is boiling hot, wait a minute.

• SIZZLING (informal) = very hot, like food cooking on a pan

• It’s sizzling outside today.

• We walked in the sizzling sun.

Dates & Numbers

• When is Peter’s birthday?

• It’s October 2nd.

• It’s the second of October. (This version is slightly more formal; used on documents and the news)

• His birthday is on Monday October second.

• His birthday is on Monday the second of October.

Next lesson

Unit 8, section 1 and section 3; you can do section 2 on your own but we won’t look at it in class