Speaking Club Names
emergent language
prenatal/postnatal care
questions
1 How did you get your name? Were you NAMES AFTER anyone?
2 Do you know any words that are p_ t__ a geographical area? What is an object you call differently from someone who lives in another city?
3 Does one’s name a_ one’s personality? If so, in what way? If not, why not? What about one’s future?
4 Why do you think performers adopt st_ n__s? Do you know the real names of your favourite celebrities?
5 How easy is it to change your name where you live? Do you know anyone who changed their name? Have you ever wanted to?
6 How important is it for a name to have s_ m__ or a connection to history? What do you make of names like “Peaches’n’Cream” or “X Æ A-12”?
7 Do you think using a person’s name and patronymic in Russia is o_ its w__ o__ or will this tradition continue?
8 Would you call a pet a human name? Do you know any unsp__ r__ about naming pets and human beings?
9 Are p n_s a thing in your family? Why do you think that is? How do you feel about couples using them in public?
10 Have you ever had an email address or social media account that uses a nickname rather than your real name? How did you c u w_ it?
Changing your name can be CUMBERSOME and bureaucratic.
feedback
Coca Cola is a HOUSEHOLD NAME around the world.
- Samuel Clemens Wrote under the PSEUDONYM / PEN NAME Mark Twain.
- Samuel Clemens Wrote under the PSEUDONYM / PEN NAME Mark Twain.
3. A marriage is not legal if someone married under a FAKE / FALSE / FICTITIOUS name.
4. I didn’t like my name in my childhood, but I GREW INTO it as a teenager (=IT GREW ON ME).
5. His real name is G.N. Lycov, but few know what the INTIALS G.N. STAND FOR.
6. It wouldn’t go amiss to CONSIDER / CONTEMPLATE all possible NICKNAMES when choosing a name for a baby.
7. Nowadays many parents FALL PREY TO trends and give exotic or unusual names to their children, which later sound ridiculous.
- Sometimes couples have to UPHOLD the family naming tradition to please their relatives.
toy dog / lap dog
A NEWS ANCHOR - especially American English someone who reads the news on TV and introduces news reports
SYN newsreader British English
BE OUT OF LINE informal
a) to say or do something that is not acceptable in a particular situation
You just keep quiet! You’re way out of line.
Are there grounds for dismissing him?
The factory was closed on health and safety grounds.
UK Do you have any ground for suspecting them?
This tendency of giving Slavic names to young children is EASY TO SPOT.