F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

Mr. Williams

Ms. Liu

I’m an Editor, I edit the copy for

i like American evaluation values

Jesse asked me to tell a story

so I tell him this story


evaluate – judge the value or quality of something

eg: We will evaluate your performance.

eg: They evaluated my work, and it was all good.

Copy – the writing in an AD

Ad – short for advertisement

abbreviation – a short form of the word.

eg: Sth. is the abbreviation for something.

eg: Ad is the abbreviation for advertisement.

contraction – when you put two words together to form one word. Use an Apostrophe ( ) to do it.

eg: The contraction of DO NOT is don’t.

Can’t – Can not

Wouldn’t – Would not

Shouldn’t – Should not

Wouldnt’ve – Would not have

Haven’t -Have not

smog – smoke and fog, from pollution in the air

eg: L.A. has a lot of smog, but not as much as Beijing.

Grammar

I have ever lived in GZ for 5 years. – I lived in GZ for 5 years.

so I tell him this story – Usually, Always

so I told him this story – the one time that you did this


Simple Present: Usually or Always

I don’t eat anything in the morning.

I usually don’t eat anything.

I eat a sandwich from Starbucks before work.

Simple Past:

I didn’t eat anything yesterday morning.

I ate a sandwich from Starbucks before work.   Yesterday /Last week

BOTH:

I usually don’t eat anything in the morning but I ate a sandwich from Starbucks yesterday.