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4. A. Happy Birthday!

When is your birthday? -My birthday is May 2. When is yours? -My birthday is in the fall, in November. When is your Mom's birthday? -My mom's birthday is in the summer. It is August 9. When is your mom's? -Her birthday is February 10. When is your dad's? -His birthday is January 12. It is in winter. If this conversation were taking place in Australia, remember that autumn (fall) would be the months of March, April and May and winter would be June, July and August! Your mom's birthday. The apostrophe plus "s" is used to indicate a possessive in English. A possessive means that something belongs to something or someone as in the car's door, my dog's collar, my brother's book. If you have two brothers, you would write my brothers' book.




4. B. What would you like for your birthday?

I would like...a bicycle, some books, some toys, some games, some CDs, a CD player, a TV set, a watch, a hat, a T-shirt, sweater, a computer, or sports equipment. What about you? -Hmmm...let me think. My birthday is in summer. I would like some swim gear. I can go swimming! And you, what would you like for your birthday? A sweater in Australia is called a jumper



4. C. What do you have?

I have a computer and a bicycle. I don't have a CD player. I need a watch and I need some sports equipment. My brother has some games. He has many fun games. We like to play games in the winter. We can play many games because it is cold. My sister has a nice watch. My family has a lot of things. We are a lucky family. The verb to have is formed like this: I have, you have, he/she/it has, we have, you (all) have, they have.

4. D. For my birthday...

I want to eat chocolate cake with ice cream. At my party, my friends want to eat pizza. We don't want to eat fruit, vegetables, chicken or fish at the party. I want to drink...water, milk, juice, pop. My mom wants to drink coffee with skimmed milk. My dad wants to drink sparkling water. Pop is also called soda or soda pop in some regions of the English-speaking world.

4. E. Descriptions of my friends

Ben is coming to my party. He is fun! He is helpful and generous. Becky is coming to my party, too. She is smart and funny. Charlie is coming to my party. He is musical and artistic. He likes sports and is very athletic. Betsy is friendly. Ben is tall and thin. He is dark-haired. Becky is tall, too. She is blond Charlie is average. He is light-haired. Betsy is short. She is red-headed. The verb to be is formed like this: I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, you (all) are, they are. In Australia and the U.K. this would be spelled blonde.






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