A day for Mom

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5True or false?Reading comprehension
6. 6Read and thinkReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Tony's messageListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the 'sGrammar exercise
11. 11The possessive 'sGrammar rule
12. 12The Rivera familyGrammar exercise
13. 13Where does the ' go?Grammar exercise
14. 14Say it rightSpeaking practice
15. 15A special daySpeaking practice
16. 16Let's talkDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which word?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: 's or '?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a cardDiscussion

Words

• holiday/ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

  a special day, often with no work or school

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  celebrate/ˈseləbreɪt/

  to do something special and fun for an important day

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  card/kɑːrd/

  a folded paper with a picture and a message for someone

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  gift/ɡɪft/

  something you give to a person, for example for their birthday

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  flowers/ˈflaʊərz/

  the colorful parts of a plant; a nice gift for someone

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  bake/beɪk/

  to cook bread, cakes or cookies in an oven

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  brunch/brʌntʃ/

  a late breakfast or an early lunch

• take a day off/ˌteɪk ə ˌdeɪ ˈɔːf/

  not to go to work for one day

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  grandmother/ˈɡrænmʌðər/

  your mother's mother or your father's mother

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  spa/spɑː/

  a place where people relax, with massages and warm water

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about special days.

1. What is your favorite holiday?
2. Do you like to give gifts or to get gifts?
3. Who is a very important person in your family?

Grammar rule

The possessive 's

		Examples
one person	+ 's	Gloria's restaurant · my mom's birthday · Tony's son
two or more, with -s	+ '	my parents' house · the students' books
two or more, with no -s	+ 's	the children's cards · people's names

We say my mom's car (not the car of my mom).

Whose…?

Whose gift is this? — It's Tony's. (It's Tony's gift.)

Be careful

• 's can also mean is: Mom's here! (= Mom is here.) · It's Sunday. (= It is Sunday.)
• Whose and who's sound the same: Whose bag is this? / Who's that? (= Who is that?)