F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Topic: If you had more free time, what would you do with it?

(http://iteslj.org/questions/freetime.html)

I have a phone. It is black. = I have a black phone. I have a phone which is black.
I bought a phone. It took 1 hour. = It took 1 hour to buy a phone. / I bought a phone which took 1 hour.
I bought a phone. I use it every day. = I bought a phone which I use every day.

Me and  my husband decided to go to the shops and buy a phone which was made in China.

Grammar

i like listen to music – I (really / quite) like listening to music

wo hen kai xin = I am very happy

Making sentences from IELTS speaking topics

I read books which are fairytales because she likes them so everyday we read books together.

example: I bought a book which is named Cinderella for her as a birthday gift and she really enjoyed it and she told me that Cinderella was very beautiful because she has a blue dress and glass shoes and my daughter likes blue a lot.

Vocabulary

I like – I’m really into / I’m a big fan of / I’m crazy about 

a lot – tons / heaps / plenty of / a large amount / a number of 

because – due to the fact that / as / since 
because of – due to
eg. As (because) we just had a meeting yesterday, I was hoping to change today’s meeting to next week.

I’m so into it that I never stop thinking about it = saying how much I like it
I’m quite into playing piano and have been for years.

conjunctions: and / but / so / because / when / if / which – use to connect your ideas