F2F Class Notes #6 (Celeste)

Speaking exercise

I have the whole day off = no work for 24 hours

I had the morning and afternoon off

Grammar

How many(time eg. seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years) have you been ____?

eg. How many years have you been teaching yoga? I have been teaching yoga for 4 years.

eg. How many years have you been living in Shanghai? I have been living in Shanghai for 3 years.

eg. How many years have you been studying (stuh – dee – ying ) Chinese and French?  I have been studying Chinese for 5 lessons and French for 3 years.

Will you living/staying live/stay in France with your husband later?

Will you go out tonight?

Will you work tonight?

Will you do exercise tomorrow?

 an + vowels!!! (a, e, i, o, u)

a apple > an apple

a elephant > an elephant

a octopus > an octopus

past tense verb + to verb

eg. I made reservations to celebrate

eg. We bought champagne to drink

eg. He did homework to learn

eg. She did yoga to exercise

eg. He fixed the bread machine to make bread

Grammar Review:

to get sth ready

eg. I want to get some food ready for dinner tonight.

eg. He needs to get some stuff ready for travel his trip/vacation/holiday.

Get ready! = order or command to prepare

We are so late for yoga class! Get ready!

eg. We will have last 15 minutes for plane. The plane is going to take off in 15 minutes. Get ready!

Pronunciation

ordered ( or – derd )

curiously ( kyer – ee – iss – lee )