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.