English for Everyday Activities A Picture Process Dictionary Lawrence J. Zwier Returning Home to an Preparing Cold Cereal Apartment cereal box & es ‘She pours in some milk Dan got bck to his building. He walked down the hall 10 Jenny looke up Kate's phone “Then she dialed the number. his apartment ‘number inthe phone book. 3.24 = Sea ics New Readers PressContents To the Student 5 First Thing in the Morning gs 6-7 Brushing Your Teeth/Flossing @ Taking a Shower ae 9 Getting Dress 5 Getting Dressed—A Woman a = _ 12-13 Making a Bed i ee ? ‘Making Breakfast a Making Coffee/Making Tea 15 Preparing Cold Cereal/Making Toast 16 Frying an Egg = = sass 17 _Eating Breakfast ‘ = tii 18 Leaving the House i 19 Taking a Bu Driving a Car Starting Out Operating a Car Driving Along Taking a Train ‘Taking a Taxi Making Dinner — Making a Salad Preparing Vegetables Making Spaghetti 34- “Doing Dishes Relaxing at Home Playing a CD (Compact Disc) 40 Using a Personal Cassette Player a Reading 4231 Watching Television 32 Watching a Video: 33 Babysitting _ 34 Going to Bed 35._Doing Laundry 36 Cleaning the House Taking Care of a Cat Taking Care of a Lawn ard Cleaning aCar Taking a Car to a Garag san shanging a Flat Tire Dealing with a Power Working with Wood Joining Things with Bolts/Screws Shopping for Gro Paying for Things 6 Using an ATM ae QS gaga2ees 51 Making a Phone Call 68 52. Answering a Telephone 69 53 Leaving a Message 70 54 Taking a Message 1 55__Using an Answering Machine —= 72 56 Writing a Lu nie 73 57__ Mailing a Letter ss. 74-75 ips rea a $9 Going toa Dinner Party aa __, 60 Going to a Movie 78 61 Eating at a Fast Food Restaurant nl 79 Appendix on American and Metric Measurements 80 Index 81-89 Notes on Irregular Forms 90 Processes : My Way 91-95 Notes to the Teacher 96Key Vocabulary VERBS brush dry off eat flush get dressed get out of go into leave make ring shave take (a shower) use wake up wash NOUNS. alarm clock toilet bow! apartment tooth [teeth] bathroom —_ towel bed breakfast hair hand razor shaving cream shower toilet For Special Attention + wake up = stop sleeping + wake up + get out of bed = “get up,” as in “What time did you get up?” “At 7:00." take a shower ~ wash yourself In a shower. You can also take a bath. + Other polite ways to say use the toilet are “go to the bathroom” and “use the bathroom,” ‘+ When you flush a tollet, water cleans the toilet bowl. After using the toilet and flushing it. che washes his hands,He brushes his teeth (sce p. 8),.. shaves... He dries himself off with a towel. ‘Then he brushes his hair. He gets dressed (see pp. 10-13). He makes breakfast (see pp. 15-17)... sand eats it (see p. 18). ‘Then he leaves the apartment (see p. 19).Key Vocabulary VERBS — brush floss move pull out put back rinse rinse off run water over. slip : : spit squeeze < swish x NOUNS faucet floss mouth a piece of rack sink tooth {teeth) toothbrush | toothpaste ce OTHERS back and orth iverbial long (ad opand wn adverb) For Special Attention + You run water over something by using water from a faucet or pipe and ne the water flow away aes the lng. ees + Something goes back and. forth by going from one side to another (~ and) many times. + Something goes up and down by going in these directions and 1) many times. + You slip something some- ‘where by moving it gently into a small space. tube water on. A Jenny runs some water over her toothbrush. She moves her toothbrush up and down... She squeezes toothpaste onto her toothbrush. sand back and forth, To rinse her mouth, she takes some water... _-swishes it back and forth In her mouth. She rinses off her toothbrush. --and spits it into the sink, Then she puts it back in the toothbrush rack. She flosses her teeth by . ~ pulling out a long piece of floss,.. slipping it between her teeth... and moving it back and forth and up and down,SIMPLE PRESENT Key Vocabula VERBS dry turn on dry off wash pull wrap a a rinse off step take (a shower) shampoo shower shower head “soap towel water blow-dryer body curtain deodorant A hair 7 knob rack é (the) rest (of) ADJECTIVE % shut For Special Attention + Use dry off only if the water stays on top of the thing that is wet. You dont ry off your hair or a towel. You "dry" them or “dry them out,” + Pull something shut ~ pull it ‘unl itis shut + Take some students out of your classroom, The others (those still in the room) are therastof the class. + After you tum something on, itruns or works, Alter you tur it of, it stops. + Addeodorant is something that takes away bad smells, Dan pulls the shower curtain shut. ..itnd the rest of his body with soap, By turning the knob, he turns the water on. le ‘Then he rinses off with water. she steps out of the shower. He wraps a towel around himself... He takes a towel from the towel rack. and he dries his hair. After turning the water off. He puts some deodorant under his arms.VA oe] 0 La VERBS buckle slip button snap choose step ‘lasp straighten, fasten tie get dressed tuck lace up zip up pick up pull © pull up Put on NOUNS arm (a) pair (of) belt pajamas beltloop —_pant leg buckle ants button shirt button hole shoe clasp shorts, clothes sleeve collar snaps cuff sock fastener T-shirt fly underpants glasses underwear jacket waistband lace zipper ADVERB together For Special Attention + Usually a pair of something means 2. “A pair of cats” means cats.” BUT ‘Some items of clothing are called a pair even though they seem like 1 thing: “a Pair of pants.” -»some underwear, .a Tshirt, ey Some SOCKS, Some pants, ‘These mean the same. ‘Tom puts on his underwear, ‘Tom puts his underwear on. Tom chooses some socks and puts them on. With it or them, “on” s i moves away Tom picks up his shirt and [ from “put. puts iton. Some? A some pants pair of pants pair of? some socks a pair of socks some shorts a pair of shorts some underwear some underpants a pair of underpants You can say: “a sock” “a shoe” a Tshirt some shoes a pair of shoes ‘a jacket some pajamas a pair of pajamas a shirt some glasses CoE a pair of glasses BUT when talking about clothes, do NOT say: ‘a pant”, “a pajama”, ‘an underpant”, “a short”, “a glass”Putting on a Pair of Pants He slips a belt through and zips up the fly. the belt loops... -»and buckles it. Putting on a Shirt Fasteners What you do sleeve You snap things ‘naps You zip something up. Tom slips an arm He buttons the shirt... 2ipper into each sleeve, button hole You button something, You lace something up and then you tie edt the laces. and the cuffs, He straightens his collar. You clasp things together, OR You fasten something. clasp « You buckle something, He tucks his shirt into his par buckle llbra building cap clothes coat cotton dress dress shoe fabric glove hat jacket jeans mitten neck nylons (a) pair (of) pants panties pantyhose OTHERS ‘casual (ad)},) cold (adj.) cool (adj.) heavy (adj.) hot (adj.) people plant running shoe sandal scarf sheep shirt shorts, skirt sleeve sock stockings suit sweater sweatshirt Tshirt te weather wool indoors (adv.) ight (adj) ong (adj.) long-sleeved (ad}.) outdoors (adv.) short-sleeved (ad}.) thick (adj.) warm (adj) --some panties, sat Dra, 1a dress, << OR] a louse/a shirt, skirt, .-some pants, [ann] [ox \ OR Some socks, ..some nylons ..some pantyhose. (stockings), For Special Attention + Someone who goes barefoot walks around with no shoes or socks on his/her feet. His/Tier feet are bare. +f something keeps her coot, it helps her stay cool. +*Some ways to talk about the weather: 1, Use it + BE + an adjective: It’s hot, It’s hot outside. 2. Use i+ BE + the-ing form of a weather verb: it’s raining, It’s snowing. After you put on your clothes, you wear them. ‘sweatshie feans: running ‘These people are wearing casual clothes.