F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Polite (adj): 1- behaving in a nice way; not rude.
E.g.: He wasn’t very polite to her.
E.g.: She sent me a polite letter thanking me for my invitation.

Else (adv): 1- used after words beginning with any-, every-, no-, and some-, or after how, what, where, who, why, but not which, to mean ‘other’, ‘another’, ‘different’, ‘extra’.
E.g.: Everybody else has (= all the other people have) agreed except for you.
E.g.: If it doesn’t work, try something else (= something different).
E.g.: Let’s go before they ask us to visit anyone else (= another person).
E.g.: It’s not my bag. It must be someone else’s (= it must belong to another person).
E.g.: The book isn’t here. Where else (= in what other place) should I look?
E.g.: He came to see you. Why else (= for what other reason) would he come?
E.g.: After I’d thanked them I didn’t know what else (= what other things) to say.

Sibling (n): 1-  a brother or sister.
E.g.: I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
E.g.: There was great sibling rivalry (= competition) between Peter and his brother.

Niece (n): 1- a daughter of your brother or sister, or a daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister.
E.g.: My niece is really cute and she sings very well.

Nephew (n): 1- a son of your sister or brother, or a son of the sister or brother of your husband or wife
E.g.: We went to see my nephew’s football game last Saturday.

Grammar

TOO vs. EITHER

We use “too” for positive sentences:

A: I like ice cream.
B: I like it too.

A: I hate mushrooms.
B: I do too (=I also hate mushrooms).

A: I stayed in Shanghai during Chinese New Year.
B: I stayed in Shanghai too.

We use “either” for negative sentences:

A: I don’t live in London.
B: I don’t either (=I also don’t live in London).

A: I didn’t travel during Chinese New Year.
B: I didn’t travel either.

A: I don’t like boxing.
B: I don’t like it either.

I don’t like that too. – I don’t like either.

My work was busy. – I was busy with / at work.

My niece singing is very good. – My niece sings very well.

With my friends poker. – I played poker with my friends.

I with my brother together signing. – Me and my brother sang together.

Because I sang not is good. – Because I don’t sing very well. 

For Chinese New Year I’m stay home. – For Chinese New Year I stayed home.

My husband’s mother is ill and she dies. – My husband’s mother / My mother-in-law was ill and then she died / passed away.

The audit from Singapore two weeks at my company. – An auditor from Singapore was at my company for two weeks.

Pronunciation

Finance: /ˈfaɪ.næns/

Polite: /pəˈlaɪt/

Colleague: /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/

Favorite: /ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/

Sushi: /ˈsuː.ʃi/

Delicious: /dɪˈlɪʃ.əs/

Culture: /ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/

Relative: /ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/