VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

Latin dance – the dance style that you learn

hip-hop – street style/dance

ballet – the other dance style that you learn

I like both (Latin dance and ballet)

instruments – guitar, violin, piano and so on

ex. I can play 2 instruments.

minion – xiao huang ren

pigeon – ge zi

driver – someone who drives a car/bus/train

Grammar

choose – chose (past tense) 

ex. I chose Latin dance.

using the past tense: 

from questions –

What did you do yesterday? 

Where did you go last week?

What did you eat?

Who came to see you?

keywords to help you choose the right tense (past tense): 

just now

last week/month/morning/night/class

5 minutes/2 days before/earlier/ago  

this morning/afternoon (only if it’s the evening/past this time)

yesterday/the day before yesterday

money – uncountable

much money

Because I had first.

Because I won the competition/I got first place. 

I choose at 5 years.

I chose this when I was  3 years old. 

At 3 years old, I chose ballet and at 6 years old I chose Latin dance.

I try two. I try violin and guitar but I don’t try guzheng.

I’ve tried both. I’ve tried the violin and guitar but I haven’t tried the guzheng.

We do this one.

We did this. 

Mr Bean sees a pigeon fly up and have a poo to Mr Bean’s car. Mr Bean wants to wash his car and he washes it nicely. He sees a man. The man wants to wash his car and he sees Mr Bean. Mr Bean is washing his car and he tells Mr Bean to wash his car. He makes a machine to wash the man’s car. The man sees the car is very nice and the man gives Mr Bean the money. After that, many people see it and they want to wash their car. Mr Bean washes their car and he has many money. One man is the Queen’s driver and he wants to wash her car. But, at Mr Bean put the car nicely, many pigeons come and have many poo. Mr Bean have a machine, he put the car to white. Then the Queen says, “Very good!” and give Mr Bean many money. But, old woman put the money herself.

Revised: 

Mr Bean sees a pigeon fly in the sky and it poos on Mr Bean’s car. Mr Bean wants to wash his car so he washes it nicely/well. He sees a man. The man wants to wash his car and he sees Mr Bean. Mr Bean is washing his car and he tells Mr Bean to wash his car. He makes a machine to wash the man’s car. The man sees that his car is washed very nicely so the man gives Mr Bean some money. After that, many people want to wash their car. Mr Bean washes their car and he gets/earns much money. One man is the Queen’s driver and he wants to wash her car. But, when Mr Bean finished washing the car, many pigeons come and poo on the car. Mr Bean has a machine and he makes the car white. Then the Queen says, “Very good!” and gives Mr Bean lots of money. But, the old woman takes the money for herself.