VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

[ I’m home. / I’m at home ]


work

eg: I have a work.  I have work. (Uncountable) /  I have a good job.

eg: I work at home.

eg: I have work to do during the holiday.

eg: I always work at night.

eg: I go to work at my client’s office. / I’m at work at my client’s office.

contact – to communicate with someone, by calling, e-mailing, sending a message…

eg: I need to contact my client during the holiday.

It’s a big week – many important things that week

Yesterday was a big day – important things happened that day

lonely -sad because you are alone

eg: Lunch is very lonely, because I have no friends to eat with. 🙁

alone – with no other people

eg: I eat lunch alone.

Capital Letters – the bigger letters.

eg: You need to Capitalize (v.) the “T” in Tuesday.

Grammar

I eat together with her.      I together.

I eat with her.

I eat with her together.

We do yoga together.

We do yoga with her. (Two people, and One more girl)

We will have dinner with their family.

We will have dinner together their family.

We paint together.

we just had dinner together

I just had dinner with my family


Go to (a place)

Go back to (a place you have been before)

Move to Shanghai.

Move back to Shanghai. (You lived in SH before)

What day did your kid go back to school?

he went to back school – Yesterday my son went back to school.


Present Simple

1. Don’t need to change the word

Go, Eat, Think, Run, Check, Wake up

2. Usually, Always, Sometimes, Often (Regularly)

eg: I go to the company at 9am.

eg: I wake up at 6am. = I (usually or always) wake up at 6am.

eg: We paint together. (Usually)

eg: We paint together on Tuesdays. (Every Tuesday, Many Tuesdays)

eg: When he is in town we cook.

eg: When he is home we watch movies.

Pronunciation

Consecutive – Ken Sek Kya div

tough – Tuff

How to Connect Words:

Vowels: A, E,I,O,U

If a Vowel is with another letter it should be pronounced together.

eg: I’m at work. –   I   Matwork

eg: Trump administration. – Trum   Pad Ministration

eg: Fell in the – Fel’  Lintha

eg: In it’s annual report.  Innits’An Nyoo Wull

Writing exercise

My friend got married and I saw her Marriage certificate.
we from colleagues to friends and I saw her first I don’t like her. Now I like her and I envy her.
She has many friends. She can chat with everyone and everyone likes her.
She came back from studying in England. She can speak good English and very fashionable and has ideas for everything.
Last year I introduced my colleague to her. But, my colleague has a girlfriend. Now she’s married. I’m really happy. I hope she will be happy in the future.


My friend got married and I saw her marriage certificate.
We went from colleagues to friends and when I first saw her I didn’t like her. Now I like her and I envy her English and style.
She has many friends. She can chat with everyone and everyone likes her.
She came back from studying in England. She can speak good English and she’s very fashionable and has ideas for everything.
[ Last year I introduced my colleague to her. / Last year I tried to set up my colleague with her. ] But, my colleague has a girlfriend. Now she’s married. I’m really happy. I hope she will be happy in the future.

[ She can speak good English and she’s very fashionable and has ideas for everything. / She can speak good English, she’s very fashionable and has ideas for everything. ]