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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

'closing the door using a key' definition for 'locking'

Hi teachers,
Would, 'closing the door using a key' be an appropriate definition for 'locking' in the following sentence?
Now it's almost eleven o'clock. He is locking the front door.

Thanks in advance.

I have no intention to substitute that phrase for the original 'locking' at all. It is just to explain the meaning to the students. That phrase would be much more easier (for?/to?) the students than 'fasten the door' which I found in some dictionaries. I just have to be sure that I'm not teaching something which is odd, not logical or very unnatural.
  

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I wouldn't say that, because then how will you teach the simple acts of opening the door and closing the door . Have you considered simply miming closing a door and then locking it by turning the key? Or better yet, going to your classroom door and using that a teaching tool?

— Clive

  • I wouldn't say that, because then how will you teach the simple acts of opening the door and closing the door .
  • Have you considered simply miming closing a door and then locking it by turning the key?
  • Or better yet, going to your classroom door and using that a teaching tool?
  • A practical illustration is worth a thousand words!
  • Clive
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I wouldn't say that, because then how will you teach the simple acts of opening the door and closing the door.

Have you considered simply miming closing a door and then locking it by turning the key?
Or better yet, going to your classroom door and using that a teaching t
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Tenacious LearnerWould, 'closing the door using a key' be an appropriate definition for 'locking' in the following sentence?Now it's almost eleven o'clock. He is locking the front door.
No. The door might already be closed, and many doors are locked by turning a latch that needs no key. Also, to close a door simply means to move it until there is no opening, a
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CliveA practical illustration is worth a thousand words!
Hi Clive,
Thanks! How right you are.

TL
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Hi ennon,
Thanks for your reply and correction.

TL
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'Fasten the door' does not necessarily mean locking it. It is more like closing securely.
If you want to teach "lock", use other objects that are commonly secured: your bicycle, your car, the garden gate, etc.

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Hi AlpheccaEmotion: stars,
Thanks a lot for the illustrations. They are great!
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Tenacious LearnerHe is fastening the front door with a key'?
That is not natural English. Perhaps a description of the actions would do:

He closes the front door, puts the key in the lock, turns the key, takes the key out, and checks that he cannot open the door.
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AlpheccaStars Tenacious LearnerHe is fastening the front door with a key'?That is not natural English. Perhaps a description of the actions would do:He closes the front door, puts the key in the lock, turns the key, takes the key out, and checks that he cannot open the door.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your help. The description is great!

TL
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