Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Health & Lifestyle

Lesson Notes July 1, 2025 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• A lot of young people these days cannot read or write cursive. I believe they are only taught block letters.

• The volunteer group helps students once a week. The students go there because they want to study.

• The students aren’t forced by their parents to study, the students want to study. (See Grammar below)

• Neutral and best: ”…they want to study.”

• Use “go” if they are leaving home to study somewhere.

• Use “come” only if they are coming to where you are to study.

Grammar

• Correct version with “go”:

• “The students aren’t forced by their parents to study, they want to go study.”

• Use this when the focus is on the students leaving home or going to a location (like school or a library).

• Correct version with “come”:

• “The students aren’t forced by their parents to study, they want to come study.”

• Use this only if the speaker is at the place where the students are coming to study, like a tutor or teacher.

Health & Lifestyle

Grammar 3B

• “a gradual process” (noun phrase); Something that happens slowly over time, with small changes or steps instead of all at once.

• Learning a new language is a gradual process.

• Healing from an injury can be a gradual process.

• Changing habits is often a gradual process.

• “get something across” (phrasal verb); To successfully communicate an idea, message, or point so others understand it.

• The teacher used simple words to get the idea across.

• I’m trying to get my feelings across, but he’s not listening.

• Her speech really got the message across to the audience.

• Developed (an allergy) (verb phrase); To gradually begin to have an allergy to something, often after repeated exposure.

• She developed a peanut allergy in her twenties.

• He recently developed an allergy to pollen.

• Some people develop allergies later in life.

• Cut down on something (phrasal verb); To reduce the amount or frequency of something.

• I’m trying to cut down on sugar.

• You should cut down on smoking.

• We’ve cut down on eating out to save money.

• Cut out something (phrasal verb); To completely stop doing or using something.

• I’ve cut out caffeine completely.

• The doctor told him to cut out salty foods.

• She cut out dairy from her diet.