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Unit 22: Looking to the future
Future continuous

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  1. 1Pop-ups
  2. 2Hidden talents
  3. 3Can't buy me love
  4. 4Travellers' tales
  5. 5The colleague from hell
  6. 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
  7. 7Career changes
  8. 8Art
  9. 9Project management
  10. 10The dog ate my homework!
  11. 11The diary of a double agent
  12. 12Fashion forward
  13. 13Flat pack skyscrapers
  14. 14Extreme sports
  15. 15Food fads
  16. 16Me, my selfie and I
  17. 17Endangered animals
  18. 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
  19. 19I'm really sorry...
  20. 20Telling stories
  21. 21Fakes and phrasals
  22. 22Looking to the future
  23. 23Becoming familiar with things
  24. 24From rags to riches
  25. 25Against the odds
  26. 26Our future on Mars?
  27. 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
  28. 28Dodgy dating
  29. 29Annoying advice
  30. 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks

Session 1

If you hurt yourself, what would you shout out in your language? In English it's ouch! or ow! At least, those are the polite things we shout! Learn more about English interjections in this session.

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Activity 2

Yuck!

That's disgusting!

In 6 Minute Vocabulary you heard about some English interjections. There are quite a few so here are some more.

Here's a conversation between a mother and her teenage son. See if you can work out the meaning of the interjections. 

Mum: Tom?

Tom: Mhm!

Mum: Do you want broccoli with your tea?

Tom: Yuck!

Mum: How about peas?

Tom: Eww!

Mum: What about some carrots?

Tom: Meh!

Mum: Don't you want any vegetables?

Tom: Duh!

Mum: Humph!

Tom: Whatever! 

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Meanings

Do you think you understood the meanings? Here are the definitions.

Mhm! = Yes, expresses acknowledgement

Yuck! = Expresses disgust or strong dislike

Eww! = Another interjection for expressing disgust or dislike

Meh! = Expresses indifference or means that something is not terrible but is not very good

Duh! = Expresses annoyance about something that should have been obvious, commenting that the other speaker is being stupid.

Humph! = An expression of disatisfaction or annoyance.

Whatever! = A dismissive, sometimes rude comment showing that the speaker doesn't care about what the other person says.

To do

In the quiz choose whether the statements about this conversation are true or false.

Interjections.

5 Questions

Are these statements about the conversation between Tom and his mother true or false?

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Next

Great! You've finished the quiz. Hooray! Now for some more interjections and another quiz, try the next activity.

 

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Session Vocabulary

  • More interjections

    Mhm!
    Yes, expresses acknowledgement

    Yuck!
    Expresses disgust or strong dislike

    Eww!
    Another interjection for expressing disgust or dislike

    Meh!
    Expresses indifference

    Duh!
    Expresses annoyance about something that should have been obvious, commenting that the other speaker is being stupid.

    Humph!
    An expression of disatisfaction or annoyance.

    Whatever!
    A dismissive, sometimes rude comment showing that the speaker doesn't care about what the other person says.

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