F2F Class Notes 16th April (Tony)

Vocabulary

interested in

i don’t use it anymore

turn/switch on

I’m an accountant(position)

I work in accounting(field)

Region/Sector

Have +V. : have eaten (ate it at least once before)

I have eaten pizza. (once before)

I have been eating pizza. (still eating, don’t know when you started)

I have been eating pizza for(how long) one hour.

I have been eating pizza since (a moment in the past) 2001. (doesn’t need to be continuous)

Have been to:

Have been – Past particple, sth started in the past and is still going now.

Have been eating

I have been working in Shanghai for 6 months. (I’m still in SH)

Simple past :

I worked in SH for 6 months. (probably not in Shanghai, but definitely finished working)

have been – strictly for grammar use, doesn’t mean to posses sth.

have had – used for something you possessed in the past

I haven’t had a holiday

Desert – D’Zert

Dessert – Deh Zert

Your desert will melt fast in the dessert.

Read the article and discuss it with your next teacher.

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/working-out-on-words-to-the-wise-74674.html

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