Online Class Notes (Joe) (s)
Today we focused on:
We talked about family and children while focusing on comparisons like ‘less’ and ‘fewer’.
Homework
Write 50 to 100 words about your family.
You can write about your cousins, siblings, nieces and nephews.
Vocabulary
siblings – brothers and sisters.
I have two siblings.
cousins – children of your grandmother’s children who are not your brothers and sisters
I see my cousins on Chinese New Year’s.
gender – male or female
What is your gender? I am female
population – the people in a place/region
The male population in Beijing is higher than the female population.
Pronunciation
fewer / fever – continue to practice these words and make sure the /w/ is clear in ‘fewer’.
siblings – si blings (there is no /m/ in this word)
job – countable noun
People have different jobs.
work – uncountable noun
We all have work to do.
Grammar
Do you do – this means usually
Do you work?
Could you – this is question to ask someone for something politely
Could you tell me about your job?
Speaking exercise
Do you tell me about your family?
Could you tell me about your family?
I have less children than him
I have fewer children than him
My family has 3 people
There are 3 people in my family (more natural)
I with my cousins eat dinner
I eat dinner with my cousins
My cousins and I eat dinner
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