VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Fiona needs to focus on building sentences using prepositions and conjunctions to add simple ideas… also needs to fill in her vocabulary so should be reading simple articles regularly. Here is a good option

Susan likes to eat apples. She likes to eat big red apples. She likes to wear a blue hat. She wears a big blue hat on her head. She wears a hat and eats an apple. She drinks some water from a white cup. Susan drinks water and eats apples. She doesn’t cut the apple with a knife. A knife is sharp. She just eats the apple. She holds the apple in her hand. She bites into the apple with her teeth. She licks her lips. She drinks more water. She wipes her mouth with her hand.

Read this. Any words you don’t know look them up in the dictionary. Write a short story using the words.

Grammar

i have many friends to play to talk – I play with my friends / I have many friends to play and talk with.

I play and talk with you. = You are my friend and I play and talk with you. = You are my friend who I play and talk with. – You are my friend with who I play and talk.

i have not a lot of homework – I don’t have much homework

I like you < > I don’t like you

start to get a job – start working

I started to live in China

when I come here I’m really happy.
I’m happy because I’m here. / I’m here and therefore I’m happy.

Vocabulary

these days = now = recently = in the last few years / months / days

earn my own money / own living – to get my own salary

ever + even don’t really add meaning, just make it stronger

This is the best coffee.
This is the best coffee ever.

The student didn’t know the word and the teacher didn’t know it either.
The student didn’t know the word and even the teacher didn’t know it.

20% discount – you pay 80% of the price
eg. I got a big discount because I worked at the shop

specific – te ding de
eg. use more words to be more specific so people know what you mean

When I was 20, I thought the best age was 15. I was studying until in middle night and got up at 6 a.m. everyday, I still had energy to play with my classmates even I was tired, but I felt happy. It’s a good time to think about our future. When we were talking about it, teachers always gave us some suggestion. We were listening carefully, but we just accepted part of opinions because we had our own ideas.

When I was 25, I thought the best age was 20. My lessons were not busy during the college, so I got a part-time job. After I worked for a few weeks, I realized there was absolutely difference between study and work, boss and teachers. I was determined to study hard because I knew earning money was so difficult.

Almost all the people like to say if they did something a few years early which was good for them , they would get more salary or have a better life. So I think the best age is five years younger both of women and man.

When I was 20, I thought the best age was 15. I was studying until midnight and got up at 6 a.m. everyday, when I still had energy to play with my classmates and even though I was tired, I still felt / was happy. When I was 15 it was a good time to think about our future and when we were talking about it, our / the teachers always gave us some suggestions. We were listening carefully, but we just accepted part of their opinions because we had our own ideas.

When I was 25, I thought the best age was 20. My lessons were not busy during college, so I got a part-time job. After I worked for a few weeks, I realized there was a huge / big / obvious difference between studying & work / working, and boss & teachers. I was determined to study hard because I knew earning money was so difficult.

Almost everyone / everybody likes to say if they did something a few years earlier which was good for them , they got more salary or had a better life. So I think the best age is five years younger both of women and man.

Almost everyone likes to talk about how they did something to improve themselves a few years earlier and therefore were able to get a higher salary or have a better life.

Today is a rainy day and when I got up I check weather and brought umbrella to take a bus to my office. When I got up I chose a tshirt and I opened my mobile and listened music when i washed my teeth.

Today is a rainy day and when I got up I checked the weather and brought an umbrella to take a bus to my office. When I got up I chose a t-shirt and I used my mobile to listen to music when i was brushing my teeth.