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Real English ESL - Lesson 6 - Introductions - Exercise 1 - Vocabulary

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Lesson 6: Vocabulary we hear in this video: Read, and click on the play button to listen.

Vocabulary Term
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brother-in-law (1)
countable noun		  

brother-in-law
 Prepare your microphone. Click on the red button. Speak into your microphone. Click on stop. Then click on play. Listen to yourself. Listen to the teacher.

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Record:

 
brother-in-law (2)
countable noun		  



Jess is Kathleen's brother-in-law
This example is from the video: Jess is Kathleen's brother-in-law. Kathleen is Jess's sister-in-law.
Jess is Susan's husband. Kathleen us Louis's wife.

Record:

 
Can and could for asking for information (for making requests).

This is very different from can as presented in
lesson 15. 		 

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Can you...? is polite. Could you... ? is more polite.
 		 Record:
 

husband
wife

countable nouns

  



husband and wife 		 Record:
 
You got it wrong.
got it wrong
is an expression

wrong = false
adverb
(wrong is also an adjective, noun and verb)		  

You got it wrong.
 Record:
 
apostrophe
countable noun

 The sign ( ' ) used for contractions, the possessive case, for certain plurals, and abbreviations.


apostrophe		 Record:
 

introduce
verb

  

an introduction

Helen is introducing Jim to Laura. 		Record:
 

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