Demo Class Notes (Jerry J – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

In morning I wake up in 8:30. I eat breakfast. Dumplings. It’s meat. It’s yummy. I go to the square to learn guitar.

a girl, a toothpaste, a toothbrush, a mirror, a sink, a table. She is brushing teeth because she is waking up. She is tired. He is reading a book because he want to read a story to the girl. She is sleeping.

He has a toothache because he eats many snacks and it’s night, it’s time to sleeping. He is watching TV with the bear. His tooth hurts. He is sad.

In the morning I woke up at 8:30. I ate dumplings at / for breakfast. They were meat and yummy. I went to the square to learn guitar.

I can see a girl, a toothpaste, a toothbrush, a mirror, a sink, and a table. She is brushing her teeth because she is getting ready to sleep and she is tired. He is reading a book because he wants to read a story to the girl. She is sleeping.

He had a toothache because he ate many snacks and it was night, it was time to sleep. He was watching TV with the bear. His tooth hurts and / so he is sad.

It is raining so I get wet.
I get wet because it is raining.

past – guo qu shi

I have class now
I had class yesterday
I will have class tomorrow
I have had class many times in my life

I go to Japan
I went to Japan yesterday
I have been to Japan

reason = yuan ying
for + noun
to + verb
eg. I come here for English
eg2. I come here to learn English

How long have you lived in Shanghai for?
How long have you played guitar for? = when did you first start learning guitar?
eg. I have played guitar for 6 months. 

at + time
on + day 
in + period / month / year 

in the morning

in the afternoon

in the evening

at night

plan 
eg. I have a plan to go to Japan
plane
play
game

vision – shhhh / zhhhhh

run
red
her