VIP Class notes (Joe) – JJ

Homework

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

Write 5 sentences about something your family members do.  Be careful to only use the topical subject once (e.g. My parents they take care My parents take care). After writing these sentences it is important to say them aloud and practice saying the correct structure.

Vocabulary

destitute

Many people lost their jobs and became destitute.

Cumbersome

The piano is too cumbersome to carry up the stairs.

They raised up the ceiling of profit sharing.

They raised the ceiling of profit sharing.

Grammar

My parents they take care of my baby

My parents take care of my baby

On the left top

On the top left

It’s not possible and neccessary

It’s not possible or necessary

Pronunciation

mechanism

Place the stress on the first syllable.

The stress is on the second syllable in ‘mechanical’ and ‘mechanic’.

Reading

Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for the rest of his life