F2F Class Notes (Tony)
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/apostrophe
Vocabulary
double confirm check
possess (V) – to have or own something
eg: He possesses the skill to do it.
except – all acceptable but not some or one
eg: I like all food except tofu.
take credit for – to say that you are responsible for doing something, usually good
eg: I got all the info for that report, but she tried to take credit for it. She told the boss I only helped her do it.
Grammar
What color is your laptop?
My laptop’s color is grey.
I went to the gym
I went to a gym just opening which is new
I went to another gym which is close(adj) to my company
I went to 3 gyms yesterday and they were all too expensive.
I’ve been to France
Possessive – shows who or what owns something
eg: The possessive form of the word shows who owns it.
This is Vikki’s class.
Exception: If a word ends in S then you simply put the apostrophe at the end, and not another S
Pronunciation
Bordeaux – Bore Doh
Boss’ – bAAs ess
Boss – bAAs
Listen and Spell
a prosturfee
a postrufee
a postruphe
Speaking exercise
You must use these words:
Drank
Except
Take Credit for
I went to London two weeks ago with my son and my friend. I took credit for the trip planning the trip was wonderful expect the last day my friend be stolen. We visit the london eye the london tower it was pity the big ben was they are redoing the outside and the first day in london we went to the hyde park. And we visit the london zoo and the kids were very exciting and the second day we went to london eye and we took the boat on the thames river. We’ve been in a india restaurant the food very special and I drank a special tea, the waitres suggest me to try. But I dont like.
I went to London two weeks ago with my son and my friend. I took credit for the trip planning. The trip was wonderful expect except the last day my friend got something stolen from her. We visited the London eye the London tower. It was a pity the they were redoing the outside of Big ben and the first day in london we went to the hyde park. We went to the london zoo and the kids were very excited and we took the boat on the thames? river. We went to an indian restaurant, the food very special and I drank a special tea, the waitress suggested I try it. But I didn’t like it.
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