Online Class Notes (Joe) (S)
Today we focused on:
We role played being friends who bump into each other at the bookstore and supermarket
Next Class Focus
Let’s focus more on using comparatives like ‘later’ and ‘earlier’
Homework
You need more practice using the past tense.
Make 6 sentences about what you did yesterday.
You may like to the verbs ‘got’, ‘went’ and ‘felt’.
Vocabulary
Get up (verb phrase)
Can mean ‘get out of bed’ or ‘stand’ depending on context
I get up at 8 every morning
Client – buys a service
Customer – buys a product
Many customers are waiting to buy books
The hairdresser has many clients
Bump into (verb phrase)
Can mean ‘meet unexpectedly’ or ‘hit something’ depending on context
I bumped into my friend at the shopping mall
I bumped into the table and hurt my foot
What brings you here? (expression)
Means ‘why are you here?’ or ‘what are you doing here?’
Pronunciation
Later – lay ti
make sure the /t/ is clear
Exercise – ek si saiz
Heard – same vowel sound as ‘third’ or ‘word’
I heard the third word
Found – same vowel sound as ‘sound’
I found a good English book
Started – stɑːt ɪd
Studied – ˈstʌdɪd
Cleverer – klɛvərə
Speaking exercise
Yesterday I don’t sleep well because I worry about my daughter
Yesterday I didn’t sleep well because I was worried about my daughter
I worried about my daughter go to school late
I worried about my daughter going to school late
My daughter have read this book
My daughter has read this book (remember ‘read’ is verb 3)
I started taking English class half a year
I started taking English class half a year ago
She get up late
She gets up late
Writing exercise
I have been learning English in this first half of the year
I have been learning English in the first half of this year
Have you been taking exercise recently? (a little old-fashioned)
Have you been doing/getting exercise recently? (more modern)
I have read this book
He has watched the movie
I had eaten dinner before he visited me
The glass of wine has been drunk by this man
The piano has been broken by the visitors
The piano has been repaired by my father
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