F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

on last Thursday –>
last Thursday

I should present (past tense) –>
I had to present

They called me for the work. –>
They called me for work.

I need to answer. –>
I needed to answer

They breaked our rules. –>
They broke our rules.

What I want is you please follow the rule. –>
1. I want people to follow the rules
2. What I want is that people follow the rules.

I don’t like people disturb me in the weekend. –>
1. I don’t like when people disturb me at/during the weekend.
2. I don’t like people disturbing me during the weekend.

–

Only ONE verb per clause 句子
I like he sings –>
I like when he sings
I like his singing

People wake you up at 5 am is horrible. –>
People waking you up at 5 am is horrible.

Be sick is horrible. –>
Being sick is horrible

I don’t think you include your boss could solve this problem. –>
I don’t think (you) including your boss could solve this problem.

–

I am not very important role in that company. –>
1. I am not very important role in that company.
2. My role is not very important.
3. I don’t have an important role.

The client is important than me. –>
The client is more important than me.

I didn’t reply their messages. –>
I didn’t reply to their messages.

They want to include other boss in that chat group. –>
They included other bosses in that chat group.

There’s some urgent things need to do. –>
There’s some urgent things that we need to do.

What I want is please consider other people. –>
What I want is them to consider other people.

in US. –>
in the US

Our company is in the progress of raising salaries. –>
Our company is in the process of raising salaries.

—

HAVE BEEN DOING = have done for a long time

I have been waiting = I have waited for a long time
I have been working on this for a whole month.

Vocabulary

respond to (v) = give a response, to address a problem, to react
When the fire broke out, I calmly responded by calling the firefighters.
When they saw the mouse, the two women reacted by screaming and jumping, while the man calmly responded by picking it up and taking it outside.

address = to try to solve a problem
I am addressing the problem of people being late but I haven’t solved it yet.