F2F Class Notes (Raph)

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Vocabulary

Keep up (v): 1- to be able to understand or deal with something that is happening or changing very fast.
E.g.: I read the papers to keep up with what’s happening in the outside world.

Litter (v): 1- to drop rubbish on the ground in a public place.
E.g.: People shouldn’t litter.
E.g.: The government is trying to reduce littering in the city.

Astronomy (n): 1- the scientific study of the universe and of objects that exist naturally in space, such as the moon, the sun, planets, and
I’ve always had an interest in astronomy.
Then people studied astronomy, and they thought about how the Moon changed.

Grammar

From what we have done what I learn. – What I’ve learned from what we have done.

Pronunciation

Astronomy: /əˈstrɑː.nə.mi/

Professional:/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/

Manage: /ˈmæn.ədʒ/

Mechanism: /ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/

Handwriting: /ˈhændˌraɪ.t̬ɪŋ/

Letter: /ˈlet̬.ɚ/

Later: /ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ/

Litter: /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ/

Liter: /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ/

Lighter: /ˈlaɪ.t̬ɚ/

Short Vowels Sounds: A, E, I, O and U

Short A:

  • car
  • apple
  • umbrella
  • Mark
  • lack

Short E:

  • umbrella
  • net
  • pet
  • pen
  • red
  • let
  • energetic
  • everyday

Short I:

  • pig
  • big
  • suspicious
  • tricky
  • energetic

Short O:

  • octopus
  • odd
  • clock
  • October
  • chocolate
  • knock

Short U:

  • umbrella
  • bug
  • but
  • plum
  • truck
  • run