VIP Class notes (Joe)

Homework

Do some writing and focus on the grammar you learned in class today.

Make sentences about things which started in the past and continue to happen. Example: I have been working for 5 years. Use the structure ‘have been + verb + ing’.

Grammar

Where are you come from?
Where do you come from?
Where are you from?

I have been work for recently company for 5 years
I have been working at my most recent job for 5 years
I have been working for this company for 5 years

South Africa is a famous country that product diamonds
South Africa is a famous country that produces diamonds

China has a famous animal which it called panda
China has a famous animal which is called panda (OK)
China is home to the panda (natural)

Vocabulary

most of the time = usually
I shop online most of the time

brand-name = a famous brand (used as an adjective)
These are brand-name shoes

Character
The main character is a priest

Recent – adj
My most recent job is a bit boring

Recently – adv
I have been bored recently

Pronunciation

produces
pro’du siz (place the emphasis on the second syllable)

recently
ree sint lee (the second syllable should start with an /s/ sound and not a /z/ sound