English Through Pictures
English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities
There are four burners on Dan’s stove.
He turns on the gas and one of the burners lights.
He puts a frying pan on the burner and melts some butter in the pan.
He cracks an egg into the pan …
and throws the shell into the garbage.
The egg fries.
Dan flips it over once with a spatula and then takes it out of the pan.
He puts the egg on a plate.
An egg: the white, the yolk, the shell
School Registration Form
1.Name 2. First name 3. middle initial 4. last name
5. address 6.apt.# = apartment number
7. city 8.state 9. ZIP code
10. area code 11. telephone number
12. sex 13.male 14.female 15. Social Security number
16.date of birth (month – date- year)
17. place of birth 18. signature
A. Spell your name
B. Fill out a form
C. Print your name
D. Sign your name
Making a bed – English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities
I put a bottom sheet on the mattress:
If I have a fitted sheet, I slip it over the mattress.
If I have a flat sheet, I tuck it under the mattress.
Then I tuck the top sheet under the mattress at the foot of the bed.
I pull the top sheet tight, spread a blanket over the bed and smooth it out.
I spread a bedspead over the bed. I fluff up the pillows and lay them at the head of the bed.
I pull the bedspread over the pillows and smooth it out.
A buy
B return
C exchange
D try on
E pay for
F get some information about
1 sale sign
2 label
3 price tag
4 receipt
5 discount
6 size
7 material
8 care instructions
9 regular price
10 sale price
11 price
12 sales tax
13 total price
Tom puts on some underwear, a T-shirt, some socks, some pants, and a shirt.
Tom steps into his pants then he pulls them up.
He fastens the waistband and zips up the fly.
He slips a belt through the belt loops and buckles it.
Tom slips an arm into each sleeve.
He buttons the shirt and the cuffs.
He straightens his collar.
He tucks his shirt into his pants.
– Usually a pair of something means 2. “A pair of cats” means ” 2 cats”
But Some items of clothing are called a pair even though they seem like 1 thing: ” a pair of pants”
some pants/a pair of pants , some socks/ a pair of socks
some shorts/ a pair of shorts, some underwear/ some underpants/ a pair of underpants.
a T-shirt/ some shoes, a pair of shoes
a jacket, some pajamas/ a pair of pajamas
a shirt, some glasses/ a pair of glasses
You snap things together.
You zip something up.
You button something.
You lace something up and then you tie the laces.
You clasp things together / You fasten something.
You buckle something.