VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (S)
Homework
Revise the past and present tense words that we learnt today.
Vocabulary
sink (v) 下沉
I watched a short video today about how the Titanic started to sink
captain (n) 船长
There was a captain on board the Titanic ship
Horn (n) 角
Rhino has a horn on its head
Intelligent (adj) smart èªæ˜Ž
A dolphin is a very intelligent animal
Shell (n) 壳
The turtle has a shell on its back
Australia (n) 澳大利亚
Jesse, Whitney and koalas are all from Australia.
Past Tense
In the morning, he made coffee
Earlier, the ducklings followed their mother.
Last year, profits decreased
Present Tense vs. Past Tense
Cut / Cut – only cut stays the same even when referring to the past.
Stand / Stood
Lose / Lost
Talk / Talked
Move / Moved
Throw / Threw
Forget / Forgot
Study / Studied
Add / Added
Speaking exercise
Original
The Titanic hit the iceburg at 11:50PM. Then this ship is ____ and has many water. So some people got onto the small boat but some people fell into the ocean. They died because of in the water too long and cold. The captain died on the boat. Another boat Carpathia come to pick up the people in the small boats.
Corrected
The Titanic hit an iceburg at 11:50PM. Then this ship started to sink is and was full of has many water. So some people got onto the lifeboats small boat but some people fell into the ocean. They died because they were of in the water too long and got too cold. The captain died on the boat. Another boat called Carpathia come came to pick up the people in the small boat  lifeboats.
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