Errands Example

OK.

Now let’s go through our real example of Aaron’s we should be very comfortable with how to describe household chores and the words related to doing laundry.

We should be pretty comfortable with some of the phrases that we use to describe errands.

But let’s actually look at how we can put them into practice with a real example.

OK.

Yesterday I had to run to yo Mart.

I just made up that name.

I don’t think there’s a real yo mark to pick up a few things we need.

I bought vegetables and eggs for a dish.

I’m planning to cook tonight dishes one sort of thing I want to cook a dish I’m planning to cook tonight.

I also grabbed some milk and eggs because we were running low on both.

We’re running low on both milk and eggs.

My wife asked me to get some chocolate.

So I bought her a few Dove chocolate bars and I also got several big cartons of almond milk for the week.

That means we probably drink several cartons of almond milk in one week in one week.

Maybe it’s Monday OK.

A carton is something usually made of cardboard or paper and it has a liquid inside orange juice milk on the way home I stopped by the U.P.S. store stopped by the U.P.S. store to drop off a package I need to send to my friend in Colorado so to drop something off is to go to a place to stop by a place usually for a short time maybe only a couple of minutes and leave something there to drop off a package at the U.P.S. store I’ll be there tomorrow I’ll drop it off I can only stay for a minute and then I need to go.

OK sure sure.

Drop it off.

Could you drop it off later.

Yeah.

No problem.

So it’s usually something that happens quickly and it’s the opposite of pickup.

We can use it also when we’re talking about the train station situation.

I need to go to the train station to drop off my friend.

I have to drop off my kids at school drop off my kids at school.

OK.

So I stopped by the U.P.S. store to drop off a package.

I need to send to my friend in Colorado my friend in Colorado.

So we’ve used most of the phrases that we learned just before this.

Again they’re very very common.

I hope that you can pay attention to how they’re used and try using them yourself.

Next time you describe your routine.

OK.

So to practice this try using the phrases that we learned to describe Aaron’s to describe or explain the errands that you need to run today or tomorrow or sometime maybe this week.

Be very detailed if you want to explain it to a friend.

Record yourself.

Record yourself doing it and speaking naturally trying to use these phrases and then listen to the recording again so that you can catch small mistakes and work on improve your speaking habits.

Recording is a great way.

As I’ve said several times before to help yourself get in the habit of catching small mistakes and fixing those things.

It’s a great way to improve your awareness awareness.

All right.

Good luck.

See you in the next lesson.