F2F Class Notes March 24th (Ben)

Vocabulary

We talked about directions

I am good at / bad at directions.

Grammar

talk about something

Who do you speak with?

• In English, one sentence has one subject and one verb

My English not good. –> My English isn’t good.

My progress very slowly –> My progress is very slow / I progress very slowly.

My questions very more –> I have more questions.

形容词 adjective = slow, happy, bad, good, boring, tall, short

They go with nouns or things

A happy woman, an interesting class, a boring teacher. The man is tall. The child is naughty. Learning English is interesting.

副词 adverbs = adjectives + ly

They say HOW an action is done. It goes with verbs 

sad –> sadly

boring –> boringly

happy –> happily

quick –> quickly

bad –> badly

例外:

good –> well

fast –> fast

He works slowly. She ran happily. The student boringly watched the teacher. She sings badly but her husband sings well.

General rule: adjective + verb –> adverb

This song is slow. You must sing slowly.

This job is quick. You must work quickly.

Claire is polite. She spoke politely.

I understand well.

Exceptions: be, feel, taste, smell, look

He is handsome. He looks handsome (not “handsomely”)

This food smells good. (not “well”).

This chair feels comfortable.

to here –> here

to there –> there

to home –> home