Module 5: Entertainment
Summary: Where Shall We Go?
Key points
- Places for a day out: zoo or animal park, circus, fun fair, aqua park, beach, museum.
- Activities: watch wild animals and acrobats, go on rides and water slides, windsurf, have a picnic.
- There are many ways to make a suggestion.
- Accept: Good idea! / Why not? Refuse politely: I’d rather… / Sorry, I can’t.
- Word stress: two-syllable nouns are stressed on the 1st syllable, verbs on the 2nd (REcord / reCORD).
Rules to remember
+ base verb
Shall we go? · Let’s go. · Why don’t we go? · Why not go?
+ verb-ing or noun
What about / How about going to the beach? What about the circus?
I suggest that
I suggest that + subject + base verb: I suggest that we take the bus.
How to do it
- Choose the expression.
- Check what follows it: base verb, verb-ing or noun.
- Add a question mark after Shall we / Why don’t we / What about.
Example
Shall we go to the fun fair? — I’d rather go to the beach. What about windsurfing?
Common mistakes
- What about go to the zoo? ✗ — What about going to the zoo? ✓
- Shall we to go out? ✗ — Shall we go out? ✓
- Why we don’t play? ✗ — Why don’t we play? ✓
Key words
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