describe it

• Corkscrew – the thing you use to open a bottle of wine
• sun cream – cream that you use to protect your skin from the sun
• postman – the person who brings letters to your house. He works for the Post Office.

Useful Phrases (it’s what you call ........)

a kind of, it’s a kind of... a sort of, it’s a sort of ...

What do you do if you don’t understand the word that is being used ?

1. Ignore it and guess from context e.g He is a chilopy man ..he has 6 houses, 8 cars and 2 private planes.

2. ASK .."what does xxxxx mean ?