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Lesson 91 / Classroom & supplies
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Settle into a class, explore a learning kit and combine ideas.
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A randomly assigned, fixed male or female synthetic voice for each phrase or sentence · Slow playback at 0.7× preserves pitch.
It took me a few days to settle in at my new school.
It took me a few days to settle in at my new school.
Our new classmate is settling in well.
Our new classmate is settling in well.
This means gradually becoming comfortable, rather than just moving belongings. Use “settle into” before a routine or environment.
This strong box can act as a small table.
This strong box can act as a small table.
The picture acts as a reminder of our plan.
The picture acts as a reminder of our plan.
This describes a role or function, rather than necessarily acting on stage. The function follows “as”.
The sketchbook comes with a pencil.
The sketchbook comes with a pencil.
Does this game come with instructions?
Does this game come with instructions?
Here this means being supplied with an extra item, rather than a person accompanying you. The past form of “come” is “came”.
Cambridge Dictionary · come with
My drawing kit consists of pencils and a ruler.
My drawing kit consists of pencils and a ruler.
The club consists of six students.
The club consists of six students.
Do not separate the phrase. This use normally avoids continuous and passive forms. Say “consists of”, not “is consisted of”.
Cambridge Dictionary · consist of
We can combine our drawings with short stories.
We can combine our drawings with short stories.
She combined music with movement in her activity.
She combined music with movement in her activity.
Put the first item between “combine” and “with”, followed by the second item. The two parts are used together.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 115, 6, 27, 27, 23. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Bảo now works comfortably with two friends in his new class; a small earlier inset shows him looking shy.
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Bảo places a light book on an upside-down sturdy box that serves as a small table.
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Bảo opens a sketchbook set with a pencil supplied in the same packaging tray.
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Bảo points to a kit consisting only of pencils and a ruler, laid out as two clear groups.
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Bảo combines a drawing with a short story to make an illustrated story page.
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Choose a phrase to begin.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Does this kit come with a storage bag?
Does this kit come with a storage bag?
Yes. The kit itself consists of five tools.
Yes. The kit itself consists of five tools.
Two of them can combine with the stand to make a small holder.
Two of them can combine with the stand to make a small holder.
“Come with” describes what is supplied alongside something; “consist of” describes its components. An included accessory need not be part of the main item itself.
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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 drawing set contains four pencils. A separate case is supplied with it, but the case is not one of the pencils.
State what the drawing set consists of.
The set consists of four pencils.
The four pencils are the set’s components, so use “consists of”; the separate case is additional.
Complete: The set comes ___ a separate case.
with
“Comes with a separate case” identifies an included accessory; “with” does not make it one of the pencils.
Explain the difference to a customer.
The set consists of four pencils and comes with a case.
The clauses distinguish the pencils from the accompanying case, avoiding counting it as a fifth pencil.
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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