F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

Yesterday, I had a party. We played a game. 

You need 9 to 15 people to play the game.

Everyone needs to say something.

There are 4 bad men and 8 good people. Among the 8 good people there are 2 different kinds.

There are 12 cards and everyone needs to pick one, the cards will tell you if you are a good or a bad person.

Yesterday we played for 6 hours.
Because it takes about 1 or 2 hours to play once/to play one round. Everyone needs to hide who they are/their identity.

My friends asked me if I wanted to play the game the year before last year / 2 years ago.

I can’t distinguish who is who. For may its the first time I see them so I can’t remember who they are.

Maybe I will plan on Wednesday or Thursday about what to do on the next week end.

Maybe I will plan my next week end on Wednesday or Thursday.

Yesterday there were 15 people to play the game and I only knew 2 of them.

But finally I don’t remember them because there were so many people.

In a company. On everyone’s desk there is a tag with their name/ name tag so every time I talk to one person I will see who they are.

There is a singing teacher and many times I go to a karaoke box in the shopping mall.

I haven’t tried it because I don’t listen to English songs very often.

She didn’t tell me how to sing but how to breathe how to use your voice.

You practice on words, not a whole song.

I am not ready to join a competition yet.

I don’t think I’m good enough to join a competition.

Vocabulary

To invest

Tissue

Do you need a tissue?

Hear / listen

He heard a noise when he was sleeping and he woke up.

I heard a dog bark and I got scared.

John listened to the radio all night.

David heard the radio and got angry.

He listened to music on his way to work.

Me too / me neither

I am not good with faces / me neither

I like ice cream / me too.

Steal (steal/stole/stolen)

He stole a phone and the policeman caught him.

Some people buy stolen goods because they are cheaper.

Catch caught caught 

Luggage

How many pieces of luggage do you have?

Luggage tag

Name tag

Identity / ID card 

Please show me you identity card.

Werewolf (wolf) / werewolves

The man turned into a werewolf under the full moon.

First half / second half.

I usually plan my weekend in the second half of the week.

He was reading the second half of the report when he had to leave.

I don’t like to drink beer / I don’t like drinking beers.

Round(s)

He won the first round but I won the second round so we had to play a third round.

A boxing match is usually in 5 rounds.

This game is played in 3 rounds.

Tense:

Past 

Present

Future

Person  – people

I talked to 1 person but there were 50 people in the room.

Among

There are 6 apples on the table, among them 2 are red.

Grammar

Duration – time – use for

I went to Japan for 2 weeks

We played for 6 hours.

Time – take

It takes 4 hours to go to BJ by High speed train.

It took me 2 weeks to complete the project.

Highway.

He drove on the highway to arrive as fast as possible.

High speed train / bullet train

It takes 4 hours to go to BJ by High speed train.

Using enough:

Do you have enough water?

I didn’t sleep enough last night, I will have a rest this afternoon.

He is 15. He is not old enough to get married.

He is not experienced enough to be a manager yet.