Vocab item (include stress, phonemic |Definition |Context (story, dialogue, picture etc) and |Clarification of meaning (ccqs etc) |Problems and solutions | |transcription [if necessary] and part of | |eliciting question | | | |speech | | | | | |Sentimental value |To say smth has sentimental value, it is |Last week I lost the ring. It wasn’t too |Is its price important? No. Sts may try to pronounce the word with two | | |not worth much money, but it is important |expensive or valuable but it was my | |stresses.
| | |to you because it reminds you of someone |granny’s present. She gave it to me to my | |Russian speaking sts can use another | | |you love or happy time in the past |entering the University. I was so sad | |preposition after the phrase sentimental | | | |(downcast).It was of great sentimental | |value. Ask them to use TO smb | | | |value to me.
| | | |Huge |Extremely large / to a very great degree. |Last summer I went to Thai. The weather was|Was it big? |Huge success/ huge disappointment | | | |splendid. The sea was like milk.
But | | | | |suddenly something changed quickly. I saw a| | | | | |wave. This wave was unusually great in | | | | | |size. You know I even thought I was a | | | | | |tsunami. | | |Enormous |Extraordinarily large in size |I will grade the definition; use the | | | | | |previous situation/story | | | | | |The amount of paperwork involved is | | | | | |enormous | | | |To loathe sb |To hate someone or something very much |I loathe spiders/ I loathe having to get | |(Not in progressive) | | | |out of bed so early on a Sunday. |We use Ving-form after verb | |To pull the house down |To destroy a building that is no longer |The old chapel is dangerous and will have | |Phr v.
Pay attention to the construction: | | |used |to be pulled down (be level ed) | |pull SMTH down | | |to make flat with the ground | | | | |Reference Material |Longman dictionary of contemporary English ,2001, Person Education Limited |
