F2F Class Notes 7th April (Tony)

Vocabulary

put them in jail

If you keep telling a lie it will become true.

He says whatever he is thinking.

shortcoming N – a lack of skill or ability

eg: You should work on improving your shortcomings.

slander – the act of making a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone

eg: You can be arrested for slander, but it’s not easy to prove.

unpredictable – something you can’t guess what will happen.

eg: He is completely unpredictable, you never know what he will say.

post – to put something, writing or image, in a  public place, such as online

eg: Some rumors were posted and reposted over 500 times.

tact -the ability to do or say things without offending or upsetting other people, tactful (have tact)    tactless  (without tact)

eg: You shouldn’t ask a woman if she is pregnant, that is a tactless question.

eg: He gave a tactful criticism of her story.

Grammar

be + V. + ING      I am going.    She is eating.   She was eating noodles.  They were talking to me.

eg: I’ve been working on this project all day.