F2F Class Notes 11th March (Tony)

Vocabulary

I need to do some shopping today,because I couldn’t get to it last weekend.

status symbol – an item to show someone’s position in society

eg: “Watches are a common status symbol.”

commute – to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back:

eg: “My commute takes about 30 minutes.”

Grammar

Present Participle: Using Ing as ADJ.

Bore V. – to make someone feel uninterested

Present Participle: Boring ADJ. – Something that makes you feel uninterested (used with a noun)

Bored ADJ. – how you feel because of something. (used with a verb, usually after

learning + N. – “computers are useful as a learning tool.” Alphago is a chess learning machine.”

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