Warm-up
In this lesson, your tutor will help you go over this topic: secrets. First, go over the following vocabulary and expressions with your tutor. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| secret | (n) keep information from others; don’t tell others Don’t tell your mom about the birthday party. It’s a secret. |
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| keep | (v) to have for yourself; not tell anyone Can you keep a secret? |
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| reveal | (v) to make a secret known to others I need to reveal a secret to you. I’m looking for another job. |
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| tell | (v) to say something to another person; give information I have a secret. Do you want me to tell you? |
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| spread around | (v – phrase) to tell many people news about something News about my new job has spread around my company. |
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| my lips are sealed | (idiom) something you say to let someone know you will not tell their secret Please don’t tell anyone about my secret. My lips are sealed. |
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| spill the beans | (idiom) to give a secret away We are having a surprise birthday party for dad. Please, don’t spill the beans. |
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| leak | (v) to give information to someone else like a secret Please don’t leak my secret to other people. |
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| whisper | (v) to speak very softly I want you to whisper the secret into my ear. |
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| private | (adj) not known to other people Secrets are private information between certain people. |
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Conversation
Use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Tell me about a time someone asked you to keep a secret.
- Do you keep a lot of secrets to yourself? Why or why not?
- Do you use your real name on the internet or do you keep it a secret? Why?
- Do you think your personal information should be private? Why or why not?
- Tell me about a time you spilled the beans.
- Tell me about a time you whispered to someone.
- Are you good at keeping secrets? Why or why not?
- If your best friend stole something, would you keep it a secret? Why or why not?
- When is the last time you told someone a secret? Why?
- If you had a secret, who would be the first person you would tell? Why?
Wrap-up
Go over any new expressions or vocabulary that you learned today.
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