F2F Class Notes 5th November (Tony)

English Name is Alice

I’m a 16 year old high school student. I am 16 years old. (If you use a number as an adj. don’t add S)

This class has two students. This is a two student class.( # Adj before N. , don’t add S)

I’m a 32 year old English teacher.

Q; Are your parents from Shanghai?  (Yes, they are.    No they’re not.)

A: No, my parents are not from Shanghai. My dad is from Yangzhou, and my mom is from Zhejiang.

Contraction – a contraction is when you add two or more words together, to make one word.

I + am = I’m

I have = I’ve

She is = she’s

Can not = can’t

Do not = don’t

I live in xuhui district.

I’ve played badminton for four years

I Like/I don’t like I like pizza. I don’t like tofu. I don’t like pizza, but I like tofu.I really like milk tea.     I very like  I really like… I love(v) playing badminton. I like(v) drinking milk tea.

I don’t really like – you like or dislike it only a little. “I don’t really like riding the subway, but it’s very convenient.”

…Is like / isn’t like Dalian isn’t like Shanghai, because Dalian is by the sea. Dalian is like Qingdao because they both have beaches.

I like Qingdao because it has beaches like Dalian, but the food is better. I like Korea because it has delicious food like Japan.

I like Korea because the boys are handsome.

Badminton is like Tennis but the racket is longer and smaller.

Phrase – ci zu – words often used together in a sentence.

Racquet – the thing you hit the ball or birdie with in tennis and badminton. I have three badminton racquets and two tennis racquets.