F2F Class Notes 28th April (Tony)
Vocabulary
Free day – a day with no work or plans
eg: Are you free today?
day off – no work or school day
eg: When are your days off? My days off are Monday and Tuesday.
half day off – only work or school for half the day
eg: I just work a half day tomorrow.
assume – to believe something is true, but don’t know for sure
eg: I assumed he was single, but really he had a girlfriend.
take a break – stop doing sth. and start again later
eg: We will take a lunch break
get some rest – means you are tired, need to relax, lay down, sleep, take a nap
eg: You need to get some rest for your interview tomorrow.
tired of – don’t like this thing anymore
eg: I’m so tired of noodles.
Grammar
Do you have the day off?
Do you not have the day off? (You are assuming they do) (you want to make sure)
Don’t you have an apple (Using a Contraction, so the sentence changes a little, meaning is the same)
Don’t have a day off?
You don’t have an apple. No rising tone. It is a Statement
You don’t have an apple? with Rising tone, it is a Question
Pronunciation
clingy – K-ling yi
cai dan S Cats
yu
ang – Ay-ng Bang G at the end of the word, makes the Vowel a stronger sound
Ping – Peeng
Pin – Pihn
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