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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:
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Vocabulary Term
Audio
 Definition
brother-in-law (1)
countable noun		 audio/brother-in-law.ra
brother-in-law
brother-in-law (2)
countable noun		 audio/brother-in-law.ra
 

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.

can and could for asking for information.

This is very different from can as presented in
lesson 15. 		audio/can-you.ra
 can-you-with-horse.gif
Can you...? is polite. Could you... ? is more polite.
 

husband
wife

countable nouns

 audio/husband.ra

audio/wife.ra
 husband and wife 
You got it wrong.
got it wrong
is an expression

wrong = false
adverb
(wrong is also an adjective, noun and verb)
audio/you-got-it-wrong2-correct-formula.ra		 You got it wrong.
apostrophe
countable noun 		audio/apostrophe.ra
 The sign ( ' ) used for contractions, the possessive case, for certain plurals, and abbreviations.

apostrophe

introduce
verb

 audio/introduce.ra
an introduction

Helen is introducing Jim to Laura.

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