F2F Class Notes (Celeste)

Continue learning ā€œtheā€ uses in your next class. Review the grammar below.Ā 

Vocabulary

This weather letĀ makes me not have energy.

player – usually a guy who flirts with many girls

snoop / snooping / snooped / will snoop v. –Ā toĀ lookĀ around aĀ placeĀ secretly, inĀ orderĀ toĀ discoverĀ things orĀ findĀ outĀ information about someone or something

sexting –Ā theĀ activityĀ ofĀ sendingĀ textĀ messagesĀ that are aboutĀ sexĀ orĀ intendedĀ toĀ sexually exciteĀ someone
eg. Mia snooped through her boyfriend’s phone and found that he was sexting his coworker.

My friend sends me pictures of muscular guys / body builders from the waist up.Ā 

Grammar

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/determiners/a-an-and-the

Have you been toĀ anĀ ice rink?

Have you ever been toĀ anyĀ ice rink? (anĀ doesnā€™t make the nounĀ ice rinkĀ specific)

Have you been toĀ theĀ ice rink?

The speaker and listener know the ice rink which is being referred to (e.g. the one in their town/the local one).Ā TheĀ makes the nounĀ ice rinkĀ specific.