Demo Class Notes (Carolyn – Jesse)
Speaking exercise
i just been to Nz this winter and i was traveling with my mum we arrived there the day after chinese new year i think thats a great trip because ive never been to that country. … over the xray… carry ons…
i went to / was in Nz this winter and i was traveling with my mum. we arrived / got / touched down there the day after chinese new year. i think / i consider / i reckon / i felt like it was a great / awesome / super exciting / enjoyable trip because / since / due to the fact that / as I had never been to that country. … over the xray… carry ons…
speaking focus: focus on past tense – remember verbs are powerful
Grammar
because of + noun / phrase
eg. due to the weather today it was hard to get a taxi
because + sentence
eg. because the weather sucked I was late
I went to / I traveled to / I took a trip to / I went on a vacation to
carry on luggage
eg. we had a lot of carry on luggage that day which had to go through the xray
have done = past – time is not the point
did = past – time is the point
had done = past of another past time
i was listened to – I was listening to
Vocabulary
luggage pickup
ways to go around with the rules – get around the rules / circumvent
it’s gona be a bit blurry – vague
it’s a bit blurry in my mind so maybe i will be a little vague
fit with the meeting – to be suitable for the meeting
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