Demo Class Notes (Casey – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

Singapore

Last year my mother and I go to the singapore because we think there was clean and when we stay here I think this city is small. I just think there is clean. Wake up and eat some food and take a train to here because I want to improve my English and listen to my class. I will go shopping with my mother after this class and maybe we will go to the hospital to visit my father.

Last year my mother and I went / traveled / took a trip / went on holidays / went on vacation to Singapore which is near Shanghai because /  we thought it was clean and when we stayed there I thought “this city is small”. I just thought it was clean. When I woke up, I ate some food which was delicious and took a train /  here because I want to improve my English (speaking level) and listen to / take / have / experience / check out your class. I will go shopping with my mother after this class and maybe we will go to the hospital to visit my father.

Vocabulary

because of = due to 
because = since / as / due to the fact that
eg. I was late due to the weather
eg2. I was late due to the fact that the weather is bad today
eg3. As it was raining, I brought an umbrella

what? sorry?

hygienic – clean and safe

I have a friend who is fat = I have a friend and he is fat.
I have a computer which is black = I have a computer and it is black
I just bought a computer which took 2 hours = I just bought a computer and it took 2 hours

guilty pleasure – sth you enjoy but it isn’t good for you
eg. mcdonalds is one of my guilty pleasures that I enjoy when I’m tired from work

tired – feeling
tiring – makes you feel sth

bored – feeling
boring – makes you feel sth

Grammar

here / there / home
eg. I come here / I got there / I go home / I come home
eg2. I am here / I am there / I am at home

Pronunciation

girla – girl – pronounce the L at the end with your tongue