VIP Class Notes (Raph)

Today we focused on:

We discussed lots of basic grammar, which she should review and expand on next class.

Vocabulary

Work on  sth (phr. v): 1-  to spend time repairing or improving something:
E.g.: His dancing technique is good, but he needs to work on his energy.
E.g.: I need to work on my pronunciation to pass the exam.
E.g.: The meal tasted great, but you should work on the presentation (=how pretty the food looks).
E.g.: The service is not great, but the company say they’re working on it.
E.g.: If you worked on it, you could have a really good singing voice.

Capacity (n/adj): 1- the total amount that can be contained or produced, or (especially of a person or organization) the ability to do a particular thing:
E.g.: The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.
E.g.: The game was watched by a capacity crowd/audience of 50,000 (= the place was completely full).
E.g.: She has a great capacity for hard work.

Localization (n): 1- the process of making a product or service more suitable for a particular country, area, etc.:
E.g.: Technology has taken television meteorology to a whole new level of localization and accuracy.
E.g.: The company specializes in translation and localization services for educational institutions.

Infinitive (n): 1- ä¸å®šå¼

Grammar

Noun = a name of a person, a thing, an animal, a place, etc.
E.g.: cup, computer, table, Shanghai, Emma, flower, umbrella, etc.

Pronoun = a word we use instead of a noun.
E.g.: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, my, mine, their, his, her, hers, yours, our, etc.

Verb = an action = anything you do.
E.g.: to do, to be, to play, to run, to go, to make, to help, to study, to speak, etc.

Adjective = a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
E.g.: small, smart, big, beautiful, ugly, stupid, great, good, nice, terrible, hot, cold, sunny, etc.

Adverb = a word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb and answers one of the following questions:

  • How: easily, happily, loudly, quickly, well, slowly, sadly, etc..
  • How often: never, always, every day,  frequently, seldom, often, sometimes..
  • When: now, after, before, early, yesterday, today, soon, since, etc..
  • Where: here, there, home, inside, near, outside, away, everywhere, etc..

Irregular Adverbs

Adjective Adverb
good well
fast fast
hard hard
late late
early early
daily daily
straight straight
wrong wrong, wrongly

Subject and Object

Subjects

In grammar, we use the word ‘subject’ to talk about the pronoun, noun or noun phrase that does the action of verb. In English, the subject is usually before the verb.

The simplest English sentences have only a subject and a verb.

  • John arrived. (Subject = John, verb = arrived. ‘John’ is a proper noun. ‘John’ is also the subject of this sentence, because John is the person who arrived, so he is the person who did the verb.)
  • Lucy smiled. (Subject = Lucy, verb = smiled. ‘Lucy’ is also a proper noun, and is also the subject of the sentence, because she is the person who smiled.)

Here are a few more examples. The subject is often a pronoun.

  • I love chocolate. (The subject is ‘I’.)
  • They went to the cinema. (The subject is ‘they’.)

The subject can also be a group of words.

  • The scientist looked out of the window. (The subject is ‘the scientist’.)
  • An orange cat was sitting on the grass. (The subject is ‘an orange cat’.)

Object

In grammar, we use the word ‘object’ to talk about the thing or person that the verb is done to, or who receives the verb. It can be a noun, a noun phrase, a pronoun or a longer complex object, which is modified (in a similar way to a complex subject).

  • I love chocolate. (The object is ‘chocolate’.)
  • David met Lucy yesterday. (The object is ‘Lucy’.)
  • I put the orange cat into the garden. (The object is ‘the orange cat’.)
  • We saw the man whose house my brother built. (The object is ‘the man whose house my brother built’.)
  • The boys threw away the toys that they no longer played with and all the clothes that had become too small. (The object is ‘the toys that they no longer played with and all the clothes that had become too small’.)

Possessive Pronouns  and Adjectives

Subject Object Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
I me  my mine
you you your yours
he him  his his
she her  her hers
it it its
we us  our ours
they them  their theirs

I must talking with my foreigner boss. – I must talk with my foreign boss.

I’m charge of our brand with another brand collaboration things. – I’m in charge of our brand‘s collaboration with another brand.

In last Friday. – Last Friday.

The shoe over popular, so our website break down. – The shoe is overly / too popular, so our website broke down.

Our brand have popular to young people – Our brand is popular with young people

We still communication with IT department. – We are still in communication with IT department.

We just waiting their fix this. – We are just waiting for them to fix this.

Our brand have much collection. – Our brand has many collections.

Pronunciation

Register: /ˈredʒ.ə.stɚ/

Expose: /ɪkˈspoʊz//ex.pouz/