Warm ups (Remember to go over these warm ups several times this week)
Alphabet letters
c x w m l k j
Hundreds
236 569 875 426 135 354 999 821 562
Say number differently
Seventy six hundred 7,600
5,200 3,400 1,600 9,800 7,200 8,400 6,600
For Since During
I have worked with them for a long time.
They have not seen him since the trip began.
I will be in Montreal during the jazz festival.
I saw him during the trip.
During our vacation I played tennis.
Remember
Once, twice, three times (thrice, but not common), four times, five times, six times, seven times, etc…
Most common first names male
Michael, Mike, Joshua, Anthony, Christopher, William, Bill, Nicholas, Alexander, Andrew, Tyler, Ethan, Christian, Dylan, James,
Gabriel, Brandon, Kevin, Evan, Hugh, Sean, Shawn, Jack, Jimmy, Richard, Frank, Robert, Bob, Ian, Donald, Roy, Jason, Ryan,
Justin, Jerry, Gerald, Bruce, Howard, Victor, Norman, Glenn, Ricky, Barry, Gregg, Gordon, Sam, Harvey, Mathieu, Daryl,
Perry, Kirk, Kurt, Blake, Grant, Ed, Burt, Toby, Terry.
Reflexive Pronouns
You should go to New York yourself.
He moved to Melbourne by himself.
They do all their finance work themselves.
She started up a company herself.
They work for themselves.
She will prepare it herself.
He did it himself.
She tried to do it by herself.
It might not correct itself.
George should help himself.
He is proud of himself.
The company wants to measure the results themselves.
The department was making itself better.
We really have to take care of ourselves.
She wants to do it herself.
The team must prepare itself.
She worked by herself on the project.
Expressions
Miss the boat
You miss the boat if you miss an opportunity.
If you do not send the report to the sales person you may miss the boat.
Money to burn
They are rich if they have money to burn.
That company has money to burn. They just bought a new IT system.
Mover and shaker
Someone who has influence is a mover and shaker.
He met with the movers and shakers at the party.