F2F Class Notes (Raph)[W]

Vocabulary

Writing exercise

Original:

Last Saturday,There was a typhoon. I was afraid of go out had dangerous , So I canceled my gym class at afternoon .
When I got up ,It’s been windy and rainy outside ,My mather celled me phone and let me not go out. After breakfast , I saw the news , Many places had heavily serious Because of the typhoon, Even some people had been die.How bad results it is ,So I felt very sad.
It’s didn’t stop rain until we went to sleep.I think it would continue on sunday , As a result ,It was a sunny day.My friends and I drove to choose the goods , Because we have a bag shop, so we need to take some new bags put on the shop. when we were shopping ,I saw a bag that I liked it very much ,So I bought it immediately. Backed to the shop , when finished the work, We decided to have hot pot for dinner. A friend’s sister happens to be working in the hotpot restaurant for the summer,It could give us a 60 percent discount.
Finally, although we ate a lot, we didn’t spend a lot of money,It was a happy day!!

Edited:

Last Saturday there was a typhoon. I was afraid to go / of going out because it was dangerous, so I canceled my gym class in the afternoon . When I got up, it was windy and rainy outside. My mother called me on the phone and told me not to go out. After breakfast, I saw the news. Many places had serious problems because of the typhoon, and some people  even died. I felt very sad at/because of the bad news.
It’s didn’t stop raining until we went to sleep. I thought it would continue on Sunday, but instead it was a sunny day. My friends and I went shopping, because we have a bag shop and we needed to get some new bags to put on the shop. when we were shopping, I saw a bag that I liked very much, so I bought it immediately. We went back to the shop, and when we finished work, we decided to have hotpot for dinner. A friend’s sister happens to be working in the hotpot restaurant for the summer, so she gave us a 60 percent discount. In the end, although we ate a lot, we didn’t spend a lot of money. It was a happy day!

Grammar

Adjectives – Comparatives – Superlatives

tall – taller – tallest

small – smaller – smallest

smart – smarter – smartest

big – bigger – biggest

easy – easier – easiest

funny – funnier – funniest

hot – hotter – hottest

nice – nicer – nicest

quick – quicker – quickest

long – longer – longest

short – shorter – shortest

healthy – healthier – healthiest

beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful

intelligent – more intelligent – most intelligent

comfortable – more comfortable – most comfortable

difficult – more difficult – most difficult

expensive – more expensive – most expensive

boring – more boring – most boring

famous – more famous – most famous

embarrassed – more embarrassed – most embarrassed

good – better – best

bad – worse – worst

little – less – least

many/much – more – most

far – farther / further – farthest / furthest

Pronunciation

Typhoon: /taɪˈfuːn/

Serious:  /ˈsɪr.i.əs/

Experience: /ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/

Problem: /ˈprɑː.bləm//ˈproh.blem/

Discount:  /ˈdɪs.kaʊnt//dis.kaunt/

Dangerous: /ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs//dein.ge.rus/

Canceled: /ˈkæn.səl.d/ /kan.sold/

Instead: /ɪnˈsted//ins.ˈted/

Immediately: /ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/

Felt: /felt/