VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

chickenpox – æ°´ç—˜

infirmary – the nurse’s room in school for students who are injured or feeling sick

you can go to the hospital to get an injection/to get a jab – to have a needle put in your skin

male teacher – boy/man

female teacher – girl/woman

strict – tough, not friendly to people

ex. The swimming teachers are very strict with us.

degrees Celsius (°C)– æ‘„æ°åº¦

ex. It is 10 degrees now.

jacuzzi – bathtub with bubbles

Grammar

swim -> swam (past tense)

some similar endings: 

tell -> told

sell -> sold 

get -> got 

forget -> forgot 

come -> came 

become -> became 

buy -> bought 

bring -> brought 

think -> thought 

drink -> drank 

sink -> sank 

put on – put on (past tense)

take off – took off (past tense)

go out – went out (past tense)

take – for transport

ex. We took the bus to go to swimming class.

ex. I take the subway here.

Speaking exercise

Our classmate has chickenpox. 

Her mother tell the teacher and the second day we need to go to the infirmary. 

Her mother told the teacher and on the second day, we had to go to the infirmary. 

Yesterday, many children go to hospital to like this.

Yesterday, many children went to the hospital to get an injection/get a jab.  

I forget to take a white card.

I forgot to bring a white/my health card.

Our classroom is class 4 in grade 4.

Our class is grade 4 class 4. 

We went to swimming class and it’s like one, two, three, grade 4 and four, five, six grade 4.

We went to swimming class and three classes went together each time. But, four and five didn’t go to class.  

We can use the bus.

We can take the bus.

3 is teach the boy and 3 is teach the girl.

3 teachers teach boys and the other 3 teach girls. 

That swimming pool’s water is very cold maybe 27.

That swimming pool’s water is very cold, it’s around 27 degrees.  

Last time I swim is October 2019.

Last time I swam was in October 2019.