Main Topic 11: Housing/Corporate Policy Lesson 65: Home Services (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to HOME SERVICES. 2. Review Pronouns. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. Then practice using the words in your own sentences. 1. The plumber is here to repair the sink. a. fix b. remove c. furbish d. replace 2. The refrigerator is broken so all the food in it got spoiled. a. disrupted b. disturbed c. damaged d. detached 3. According to the electrician, the remedy is to replace the burnt fuse. a. solution b. solvent c. situation d. substitute 4. The blockage in the vacuum cleaner caused its breakdown. a. mastery b. malfunction c. magnitude d. movement 1
5. The cable man had to fix all the wiring so we can have internet connection again. a. building of wires b. making of wires c. arrangement of wires d. programming of wires Exercise 2: What s the word? (5-7 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Mr. Sato, a landlord, asked the plumber Kawa-san to inspect one of his apartments upon receiving a complaint from one of his tenants that the pipes in the basement were making a lot of noise. Mr. Sato: Thank you for coming today, Kawa-san. I really need your help with the. I received a call from one of my tenants and he said the pipes have been making a lot of noise lately. Shall we go down to the basement and check them out? Kawa-san: It s my pleasure, Mr. Sato. Let me ask you some questions while we walk to the basement. How often do you conduct work in your apartments? Mr. Sato: This is a zone, so I limit it to the minimum. I have them checked just once a year unless I receive a complaint from my tenants, just like this one. Kawa-san: That is good. However, to prevent your from being damaged, I suggest you have them checked twice a year. You know what they say; Prevention is better than cure. Mr. Sato: That is an excellent suggestion. I will keep that in mind. Kawa-san: It will also help your apartment units from deteriorating in general. You can prevent other damages caused by rust and even pests like termites. Mr. Sato: Thank you Kawa-san. I will arrange for a bi-annual inspection from now on. Hopefully, I will not receive any more complaints from my tenants. Kawa-san: You are most welcome, Mr. Sato. 2
Choices: a. utilities b. protect c. wiring d. plumbing e. residential f. maintenance II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Pronouns (5-6 minutes) A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or pronoun. Below are the different types of pronouns: 1. Personal replaces nouns representing people, places, things, or ideas Examples: I, you, he, she, it, etc. 2. Demonstrative points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas Examples: This, that, these, those 3. Indefinite replaces nouns without specifying which noun they replace Examples: anybody, all, etc. 4. Intensive emphasizes a noun or another pronoun Examples: myself, yourself, himself, etc. 5. Interrogative begins or introduces interrogative sentences Examples: who, whom, whose, what, which, etc. 6. Reciprocal shows a mutual relationship Examples: each other, one another, etc 7. Reflexive points back to the subject of the sentence; same as Intensive, but they don t emphasize Examples: myself, yourself, himself, etc. 8. Relative begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another noun that precedes it Examples: who, whom, whose, etc. 3
Remember: Pronouns usually refer to something that was already mentioned in previous sentence or understood by the listener or reader. They are very useful words because when you use them, you do not need to repeat nouns all the time. Examples: Personal Demonstrative Indefinite Intensive Interrogative Reciprocal Reflexive Relative Alice works at the university. She is a professor. This is a heavy suitcase. Many bought tickets to the show. The instructor himself ordered this product. Which did you prefer? We are commanded to love one another. I bought myself a new shirt. The girl whom I choose will get a present. Comprehension Check: What is the advantage of using pronouns instead of the actual noun? Construct two sentences that use pronouns. 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (5-6 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. My sister and called a plumber when we found a leaking pipe in our kitchen. a. I b. me c. mine d. myself 2. The refrigerator being repaired is. a. you b. your c. yours d. yourself 3. My husband took a picture of and my son. a. I b. me c. mine d. myself 4. I want to have television repaired as soon as possible. a. they b. this c. these d. those 5. did you call to fix the washing machine? a. Who b. Which c. Whom d. Whose 5