Unit 5

Parents and Children

 Names
A nickname is an informal name that your friends or family call you.
Unisex names are for both men and women.
A pseudonym is a false name that someone uses.
A middle name is a second name that some people have between
their first and family name
A stage name is like pseudonym , for actors.
Patronymics is the system in which children are given their fathers
name (or possibly their grandfather's or earlier male ancestors
name), usually with a suffix added , eg if the fathers name is
William, then the sons name might be will+son=Willson
In matronymics, the mothers name, grandmother's name or earlier
female ancestor's name is used.
A maiden name is the original family name of a woman who now
uses her husband's family name.
A username is a name used by someone for operating a computure
program.
 Will for present habits
We can use will to talk about general truth and regular actions and
habits in the present.
Crops wont grow with out sufficient water.
In the week well eat things like pasta and rice dishes and at the
weekend well cook meals that take more time.
We often use the adverbs of frequency such as usually, often and
sometimes with this meaning of will.
On a Sunday he will always go to the same caf. He will usually order
coffee and he will read a newspaper.
On spoken English we can also use will to criticise or express
disapproval of regular habits. When will is used like this, it is
stressed.
Those children will keep banging the door.
She will watch TV late at night and fall asleep on the sofa.
He just wont listen.
 Used to would and past simple
We use both used to and would to talk about repeated actions or
habits in the past that dont happen now.
I used to drink lots of milk as a child. I wouldnt drink juice.
Would is not very common in questions with this use.
We use used to to talk about habitual states in the past. We dont use
would to talk about habitual states.
I would love ice cream.(wrong)
I used to love ice cream.
We use the past simple to talk about one event at a specific time in the
past. We also use the past simple to talk about something that
happened at a fixed number of times or for a fixed length of time.
He bought an ice cream. (one time)
He bought me an ice cream three times.(several times)
He bought me ice creams all summer.(=for a fixed length of time)
He would buy me an ice cream every weekend. (=regular action)
 Adjectives to describe taste and texture
crunchy: making loud noise
dry
smooth
bitter
delicious
spicy
bland: not having strong taste
chewy
disgusting
greasy
lumpy: containing lamps(a piece of a solid substance , usually with
not particular shape. Eg . a sugar lamp)
Soggy: unpleasantly wet
sour
sticky
 Changing the topic
Speaking of.
That reminds me ...
By the way..
Before I forget.
I have just remembered something.