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Prepositions – English Grammar – 1
Learn Prepositions of Place… with Winston Churchill
Prepositions An On In
Booking a hotel room
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Booking a hotel room
I´d like to book a room please.
| Receptionist: | — | Good afternoon, San Felice Hotel. May I help you? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Yes. I´d like to book a room, please. |
| Receptionist: | — | Certainly. When for, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | March the 23rd. |
| Receptionist: | — | How long will you be staying? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Three nights. |
| Receptionist: | — | What kind of room would you like, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Er… double with bath. I´d appreciate it if you could give me a room with a view over the lake. |
| Receptionist: | — | Certainly, madam. I´ll just check what we have available. . . Yes, we have a room on the 4th floor with a really splendid view. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Fine. How much is the charge per night? |
| Receptionist: | — | Would you like breakfast? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | No, thanks. |
| Receptionist: | — | It´s eighty four euro per night excluding VAT. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | That´s fine. |
| Receptionist: | — | Who´s the booking for, please, madam? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Mr and Mrs Ryefield, that´s R-Y-E-F-I-E-L-D. |
| Receptionist: | — | Okay, let me make sure I got that: Mr and Mrs Ryefield. Double with bath for March the 23rd, 24th and 25th. Is that correct? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Yes it is. Thank you. |
| Receptionist: | — | Let me give you your confirmation number. It´s: 7576385. I´ll repeat that: 7576385. Thank you for choosing San Felice Hotel and have a nice day. Goodbye. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Goodbye. |
The Past simple
Irregular Verbs
Listen and Repeat to Learn Verb Conjugation and Pronunciation
sit, sat, sat
spend, spent, spent
ring, rang, rung
wear, wore, worn
sell, sold, sold
beat, beat, beaten
win, won, won
hurt, hurt, hurt
sing, sang, sung
blow, blew, blown
rise, rose, risen
ride, rode ridden
fly, flew, flown
drink, drank, drunk,
forget, forgot, forgotten
throw, threw, thrown
hang, hung, hung,
swim, swam, swum
Irregular Verbs
Listen and Repeat to Learn Verb Conjugation and Pronunciation
feel, felt, felt
hold, held, held
stand, stood, stood
understand, understood, understood
lose, lost, lost
catch, caught, caught
buy, bought, bought
send, sent, sent
fall, fell, fallen
choose, chose, chosen
sleep, slept, slept
speak, spoke, spoken
meet, met, met
lead, led, led
bite, bit, bitten
hit, hit, hit
drive, drove, driven
break, broke, broken
Irregular Verbs
Listen and Repeat to Learn Verb Conjugation and Pronunciation
take, took, taken
put, put, put
tell, told, told
give, gave, given
read, read, read
keep, kept, kept
begin, began, begun
let, let, let
hear, heard, heard
cut, cut, cut
eat, ate, eaten *
run, ran, run
bring, brought, brought
become, became, become
grow, grew, grown
draw, drew, drawn
show, showed, shown
mean, meant, meant
* Note that I clearly pronounced the “t” in “eaten.” Sometimes people don’t, especially when speaking at a normal speed.
At the post office
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At the post office
Air mail, please.
| Postal clerk: | — | Yes, ma´am? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | How much is a stamp to send a letter to France, please? |
| Postal clerk: | — | Air mail or surface mail? |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Air mail, please. |
| Postal clerk: | — | That´ll be eighty-five cents. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | Four stamps, please. How much is that? |
| Postal clerk: | — | Three dollars and forty cents. |
| Mrs Ryefield: | — | There you go. |