VIP Class Notes (Li)

Next Class Focus

telling time + adjectives

Today we focused on:

“a/an/the”

Grammar: The Definite Article (‘The’) with Names of Places

Articles Exercises (A, An, The) – Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced

Vocabulary

financial securities – 券商

last morning/last night/evening of month – final day

on the night of 30th September

6: 45 am/pm – six forty-five am/pm/fifteen minutes/quarter to seven

Grammar

a/an – first time you mention sth/not specific/not very clear/only countable/singular  

ex. There is a homeless dog sleeping under the bridge.

the – after the first time you mention sth/specific/clear/both countable and uncountable/singular and plural     

ex. I have a cat. The cat is white.

ex. The cars in this car park are very expensive.

ex. We need to finish this quickly because the deadline is coming.

ex. We will give feedback on the results to you in 3 days.

no article needed – not specific/uncountable/plural + countable

ex. Love is great.

ex. Rice is important to many people.

ex. Cars on the road are white.

ex. There are many buildings in SH.

“the” for countries – if there are states, unions, republics, kingdom in their names

– if there’s an ‘s’ at the end of the country name,

ex. The US/UK/UAE/Netherlands/Philippines/Republic of Ireland/Korea

also use “the” with – mountain ranges/river/seas/oceans/deserts

ex. The Nile/The Pacific Ocean/The Black sea/Sahara Desert/The Himalayas

not with – lakes or mounts

ex. West Lake/Lake Ontario

ex. Mount Fuji

names with “of” – universities, island…

ex. University of SH

ex. The island of ….

ex. The Republic of Congo

countable – you can count “1,2,3,4” (apples, oranges, cookies, cars, people)

uncountable – you cannot count (milk, water, butter, time, money, stress)

singular – one only (no ‘s’)

plural – more than one (with ‘s’)

talk to sbd/chat with sbd – more casual (have a conversation)

speak to/with sbd – in between (for more serious matters)

contact – formal (emails/clients)

Speaking exercise

Sometimes only the watching tv and relax and sometimes will travelling very near the SH area. This holiday I will be travelling to GS. On the night of the end of the September.

Revised: 

Sometimes only the watching tv and relaxing. Other times, I will travel to places nearby SH/close by. This holiday I will be travelling to GS. On the last night of September.