English for Catholics of Other Languages

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Vocabulary and phrases

There is a ...meeting...                   wedding...                   mass...                          .. on Tuesday. Adverbs of frequency:      usually/often/never/always conjunctions:       or/with/and/because/so selection of ... biscuits                      furnature                      cakes to take:   Do you take milk and sugar?   One sugar and no milk for me   Barry doesn't take sugar. to have a sweet tooth = to like eating sweet things. to drink: I drink, he drinks to dunk = to dip a biscuit into hot tea to make it soft. to go ..on trips         ..to the seaside         ..on holiday         ..to the park They are going = future tense They will = future tense My/your/his/her/our/their husband - wife Last month - this month - next month

There is a meeting for retired parishioners every Wednesday lunchtime.  They usually have tea or coffee with milk and sugar.  There is always a good selection of biscuits too.  Barry doesn't take sugar in his tea and doesn't eat any biscuits because he has diabetis.  Kathleen has a sweet tooth and takes three spoons of sugar in her coffee.  Her husband doesn't like coffee.  He drinks tea and dunks his biscuits.  Maureen is lactose intolerant so she cannot have milk in her tea or coffee. They often go on trips.  Last month they went to the seaside.  This month they are going on a walk in the Yorkshire Dales.  They will all take some food for the picnic.  Here is a list of what they are taking.

a flask of tea orange juice a packet of biscuits some cheese and cucumber sandwiches some ham sandwiches some sausage rolls some pork pies some cornish pasties some carrot cake

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