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Everyday verbs
This picture dictionary reviews all the collocates of the verbs have, go and get you've seen in the course so far. You also:
. revise the past tenses
. practise pronunciation of the sounds /b/, /g/ and /k/
HAVE
A breakfast/lunch/dinner (= eat)
B a meal/a snack/a sandwich/a drink (=consume)
C a good time/a good journey/a birthday (=pass)
D a shower (US = take)
E (got) a motorbike/a large family/a girlfriend/the time/an appointment (= possess)
F children (= produce)
GO
G away (for the weekend)
H by car/by plane/by train/on foot
I on holiday
J out (on Saturday night)
K out (with someone)
L home (by bus)
M to bed/work (early/late)
N to university/hospital/church/prison
O to a (restaurant/conference)
P to the beach/cinema
Q for a walk/run
R running/shopping/swimming
GET
S married/fat/ready/(un)dressed/tired (= become)
T a newspaper/a stamp (= buy)
U a taxi/photocopies/a job (= take)
V an email/a letter (= receive)
W home/to work (= arrive)
X back (from work) (=return)
Y up (late)
Z out (your books)
1 Before you look at the dictionary, list six more items which collocate with each of the verbs have, go and get.
| have | go | get |
| a baby | cycling | divorced |
2 Compare your have list with the ones here. How many are the same?
HAVE
breakfast/lunch/dinner (= eat)
a meal/a snack/a sandwich/a drink (=consume)
a good time/a good journey/a birthday (=pass)
a shower (US = take)
(got) a motorbike/a large family/a girlfriend/the time/an appointment (= possess)
children (= produce)
3 Match the have collocates and pictures, A to F. Listen and check.Professional Tip
. When you teach have/go/get expressions, introduce them in groups like this together with their more formal equivalents or alternative versions (in brackets). That way students shouldn't need to translate so much. They also get 'two for the price of one': one should help them to remember the other!
4 Why do we use no article in group A but an article in group B?
5 Compare your go list from #1 with the ones here. How many are the same?
6 Match the go collocates and pictures, G to R. Listen and check.7 Explain the non-use of the article in groups L, M and N. Do you know any other expressions like these?
8 Compare your get list from #1 with the ones here. How many are the same?
9 Match the get collocates and pictures, S to Z. Listen and check.10 Which of the get collocates are phrasal verbs?
11 Test yourself. Cover the words and remember all the phrases in pictures, A to Z, and their equivalents where appropriate.
A = have breakfast - consume
12 Pronunciation. Listen and repeat. Which are voiced/unvoiced of /k/, /g/ and /b/?
| /k/ | /g/ | /b/ |
| back | bag | beach |
| become | big | book |
| motorbike | dog | cab |
| snack | flag | club |
| take | good | pub |
| work | got | Rob |
| walk | jog | verb |
Spelling tips
. /g/ sound is usually spelt g or gg. Sometimes gh (ghost) and gu (guest). The g can be silent in a word (sign)
. /k/ sound is spelt c or k (in first position), cc or ck (in middle position), k, ck, c and ch (ache) (in final position). Sometimes it's spelt qu (quick) and x (six)
It can be silent at the beginning of words like knife.
. /b/ sound is spelt b or bb. It can be silent in a word (bomb)
. /k/ sound is spelt c or k (in first position), cc or ck (in middle position), k, ck, c and ch (ache) (in final position). Sometimes it's spelt qu (quick) and x (six)
It can be silent at the beginning of words like knife.
. /b/ sound is spelt b or bb. It can be silent in a word (bomb)
13 Tongue twisters. Listen and repeat three times, once in an English accent, once in an American accent and finally, in your own accent.1. I take snacks in my back-pack to work.
2. Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
3. A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
4. Black background, brown background.
5. Big black bugs bleed blue blood but baby black bugs bleed black blood.
14 Update your Portfolio. Talk about yourself for at least three minutes, using all the pictures. Answer the questions below. Record your answers on your cassette.
1. When was the last time you did these things?
2. Which ones do you often do?
3. Which ones didn't you do yesterday?
Example: The last time I went swimming was two days ago. I went to the beach with my daughter. We often go swimming together.
à go to Unit 7D