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