Session 4

Vocabulary: 8 uses of 'right'

Enjoy our version of Emma and her attempts at matchmaking – and learn 8 different ways to use the word 'right'.

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

ድምር ነጥቢ ናይዚ ክፍለ-ስራሓት 4

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Activity 2

Who's getting married to Emma and Harriet?

Is it the right ending for the story for Emma?

How do you think the story ends?

A) Emma marries Mr Elton and Harriet ends up alone
B) Emma doesn't get married, but Harriet marries Mr Knightley
C) Emma marries Mr Knightley and Harriet marries a farmer
D) No one gets married

To do

Watch the video and find out which option is correct. And listen out for four more uses of right.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ኣርእይዎ ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ሕብእዎ

Mariam
Hello again. I'm Mariam. Let's continue with our story about Emma. She's trying to find a perfect husband for her friend but claims she does not want any romance for herself.

Emma is keen to see her romantic plans for Harriet right through to the end but they start to fail when she realises that Harriet is not interested in Frank Churchill. Harriet confesses to being in love with Emma's good friend, Mr Knightley. It's now that Emma realises that she actually loves Mr Knightley too but she feels she has no right to stop Harriet getting romantically involved with him.

However, it turns out that Mr Knightley is actually interested in Emma and he attempts to tell her this – but Emma wants to do the right thing and give Harriet the opportunity to marry him, so she stops him making any romantic proposals to her.

All these misunderstandings are finally cleared up and right away Emma marries Mr Knightley. And Harriet - she ends up marrying the man she first loved – a farmer called Robert Martin.

So now you can see the consequences of trying to organise someone else's relationship – although everything worked out for the best in this story. I hope you'll join me again soon for another one. Bye for now.

To do

So, the correct answer was C) Emma gets married to her friend Mr Knightley and Harriet marries a farmer called Robert Martin.

Now it's time for you to do the right thing and answer these questions that help you practise the different uses of right!

What's the use of 'right'?

6 Questions

Choose the best expression with right to fill each gap.

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
x / y

Write a story right away!

How was that? Now it's time for you to tell us a story! It can be a true story or an imagined one - but it must be your own original work. Try to use as many of the phrases with right as possible:

  • right
  • in her own right
  • right through
  • has no right
  • do the right thing
  • right away

Email your story to us at [email protected]. Make sure you write 'right story' in the subject line and in your email too. Unfortunately, we can't give individual feedback, but we do read every email, and we'll publish our favourites here or on our social media sites.

Your stories

Ana

This is the story ofa woman who divorced from her husband to do in her own right. But after she thought she was doing the right thing for her daughter and herself. Right through the year, she began to feel alone and treid to find someone, she met a man who had a strong feeling with her but he didn´t want a compromise and in order to do the right thing she let him run away.

Right away she still fealing alone but she dosen´t want be on a relationship which dosen´t bring something positive.

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Session Vocabulary

  • right (B1)
    exactly

    in her own right (C2)
    not relying on anything or anyone else

    right (B1)
    most suitable

    right (B2)
    morally acceptable

    right through (C2)
    all the way

    has no right (C1)
    does not have a good reason

    do the right thing (B2)
    take action that is morally correct

    right away (B1)
    immediately

    KEY

    A1 = Beginner
    A2 = Elementary
    B1 = Lower Intermediate
    B2 = Higher Intermediate
    C1 = Towards Advanced
    C2 = Advanced