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Lesson Notes December 26, 2025 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

Words & Phrases

• You can’t imagine how many cars there were at the shop.

• Each place has twenty spaces for parking.

• I bought a few kinds of flowers for New Year’s. (“Some kinds of” is grammatically correct, but in everyday English we usually say “a few kinds of” or just “some flowers.”)

• Sophie is licking her paws and then washing her face.

• I bought some flowers to put (at / by) the entrance of my house.

• I bought some flowers for the entrance of my house.

• Did you have a good Christmas? (We normally use Christmas in the singular, not “Christmas days”. If you want to include several days, we usually say ‘Christmas holiday’ or ‘Christmas break’.

• Did you have a good Christmas break?

• What seasoning(s) did you use on your roast chicken?

• He drank half a beer. Any more and his face turns bright red.

• My stomach was rumbling after eating fresh oysters. (It suggests stomach noise or discomfort)

• I had a bad experience with oysters on the half shell.

• I sometimes reuse cooking oil. I filter it and use it again.

• My family was out last night, so i cooked dinner for myself. (NOT I cooked myself)

• I cooked too much food, so I have some leftovers.

• I often use leftovers for breakfast or lunch.

• I bought a new phone because the battery in the old one drains so quickly.

Appropriate Language

• “No alcohol (beer / wine / etc)” is understandable, but it sounds unnatural and is not standard English.

• In everyday use, people say:

• ‘non-alcoholic' beer

• ‘non-alcohol’ beer in casual speech

• You may also hear ‘alcohol-free’ beer