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What's This?

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Classroom objects
board
book
book bag
calculator
cassette player
chair
clock
desk
(English) dictionary
encyclopedia
eraser
map
notebook
pen
pencil
table
wastebasket

Personal items
address
(electronic) address book
bag
briefcase
camera
CD player
cell phone
earring(s)
glasses
(car) keys
newspaper
pager
purse
stamp
sunglasses
(tele)phone
television
umbrella
wallet
watch

Other
box
chopsticks
classroom
door
exercise
location
pocket
restaurant
sentence
thing
wall
window
Pronouns
Demonstratives
that
these
this

Subject pronoun
they

Adjectives
gone
great
interesting
nice

Articles
a/an
the

Verbs
bet
open
relax
spell

Adverbs
still
very

Prepositions
behind
in
in front of
next to
on
under

Interjections
hmm
No problem.
Oh, cool!
Oh, no!
OK.
See?
uh
Wait!
Wow!

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EXPRESSIONS

Identifying objects
What's this called in English?
    I don't know.
    It's a/an . . . .
What are these called in English?
    They're . . . .

Finding the owner of an item
Is this your . . . ?
    Yes, it is./No, it's not. It's . . . .
Are these his?
    Yes, they are./No, they're not. They're . . . .

Asking for and giving location
Where is . . . ?
    It's under/. . . the . . . .
Where are . . . ?
    They're under/. . . the . . . .

Checking information
How do you spell that?

Making a request
Let me . . . .

Thanking someone
Thank you.
    You're welcome.

Realizing something
Wait a minute!

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