VIP Class Notes (Li)

Homework

1)Tell me about your university life.

2) Look at the picture below and describe what is happening.

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Vocabulary

authentic – real/original

ex. These sneakers have been proven to be authentic.

bump into – meet a friend by chance

ex. I bumped into my old classmate at the market last week.

documentary – video

take a screenshot – capture a picture of your screen on the phone/laptop/tablet etc.

Grammar

-ing present tense

Uses: 

-sth is happening now/at the time of speaking

-habits (often/always)

-things that are taking place over a period (must still be happening at the time of speaking)

-ing past tense

Uses: 

-things that took place in the past over a period of time (I was reading this book for 2 weeks)

-interrupted actions (My mother was cooking when the phone rang)

-descriptions of the past (What were you doing at 3pm yesterday?)

is/are – singular/plural 

ex. There is a man sitting on the chair.

ex. John and Jimmy are brothers.

ex. It is raining.

ex. They are laughing loudly.

ex. I am very sad today.

Speaking exercise

I get more careful when I speak or writing

I’m keep working for a month

I’m working a lot recently

I was working for a Nike project

I was working on a Nike project

We leaving in different times. When I wake up, she already left. We don’t meeting each other in the morning.

We leave at different times. When I wake up, she has already left. We don’t meet/bump into each other in the morning.

I like watching/I like to watch

Since I was go to a college

Since I went to college