Mix-n-Mingle

What part of town are you from?

Why are you in this program?

What's your name?

What do you do?

What do you hope to get out of this class?

How long have you been trying to speak English, seriously?

Grammar and Expressions

For three months

Since last week

(For) is used with a period of time / ...for two weeks; ...for a year; ...for 21 days

(Since) is used with a point in time / Since yesterday; ...since last Wednesday; ...since December.

Grammar
Incorrect: Although they have muchmoney...
Correct: Although they have a lot ofmoney...

Expressions

Bouncing ideas off of each other

Bounce some ideas off of each other. = work together

Simple Present = routine

Present Continuous = now (verb + ing)

Action / non-Action verbs / Stative Verbs = States of Being 

Indirect Questions: May I ask you...; Can I ask you...; Would you mind if I asked you...

Personal questions (How old are you? How tall are you? Are you married? etc.) must be asked in the above manner, that is indirectly.

I was in the first 10 week part of the program.

Vocabulary

Hail

Where do you hail from?

I come from... / I hail from...

cut down on = reduce

I don't eat for pleasure, I eat out of necessity.

necessity

1.

something necessary  or indispensable: food, shelter, andother necessities of life.

2.

the fact of being necessary  or indispensable;indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing.

3.

an imperative requirement or need for something: thenecessity for a quick decision.

Phrasal Verb:

hail from

To come or originate from: She hails from Texas.

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[Middle English heilen, from (wæs) hæil, (be) healthy; see wassail.]

2.	hail - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"