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Lesson 61 / Friends & activities
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Inflate the balloons, join the game and end the party with your friends.
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Can you help me blow up these balloons?
Can you help me blow up these balloons?
We blew the balloons up before the class party.
We blew the balloons up before the class party.
In the lesson, the balloon is inflated with air; phrase also means explode in other contexts. Past tense “blew”.
You can count me in for the class game.
You can count me in for the class game.
We counted Leo in because he wanted to join us.
We counted Leo in because he wanted to join us.
Middle pronoun: “count me in”. This is about agreeing to participate, not just counting people.
Cambridge Dictionary · count in
I have another class, so count me out this time.
I have another class, so count me out this time.
Please count me out of the noisy game.
Please count me out of the noisy game.
In the lesson, the request is not included in the activity. Put the pronoun between the verb and “out”.
Cambridge Dictionary · count out
A short game will liven up the party.
A short game will liven up the party.
We livened the afternoon up with music.
We livened the afternoon up with music.
Emphasis on making an event less dull and more vibrant; It's not just about increasing the volume.
Let us wrap up the party before our parents arrive.
Let us wrap up the party before our parents arrive.
The teacher wrapped the discussion up with a quick summary.
The teacher wrapped the discussion up with a quick summary.
In the lesson, it means the end of an event or work; different from gift wrapping in "wrap up a present".
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 12, 29, 29, 80, 140. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Phúc used a hand pump to inflate the balloon, with Minh helping him.
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Phúc raised his hand and wanted to be included in the class game.
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Phúc politely asked not to participate in the game because he had other things to do.
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Phúc plays music and adds games to make the party more fun.
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Phúc and his friends cleaned up and ended the class party.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Are you joining the class party game?
Are you joining the class party game?
Count me in, but count me out of the singing contest.
Count me in, but count me out of the singing contest.
All right. We will wrap up the games before lunch.
All right. We will wrap up the games before lunch.
“Count in” includes someone in an activity; “count out” excludes them. Put pronouns in the middle: “count me in” and “count me out”.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A class offers a quiz and a singing contest. A pupil wants the quiz but refuses the singing activity.
Write her quiz response.
Count me in for the quiz.
The pupil wants to join the quiz, so “count me in for the quiz” asks to be included.
Correct: Please count out me for the singing contest.
Please count me out for the singing contest.
“Me” is the person declining the singing contest and goes between “count” and “out”.
Write a message that makes both choices clear.
Count me in for the quiz, but count me out of the singing contest.
“In for the quiz” accepts that activity, while “out of the singing contest” declines the other.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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