F2F Class Notes (Tony)

http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/apostrophe

Vocabulary

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possess (V) – to have or own something

eg: He possesses the skill to do it.

except – all acceptable but not some or one

eg: I like all food except tofu.

take credit for – to say that you are responsible for doing something, usually good

eg: I got all the info for that report, but she tried to take credit for it. She told the boss I only helped her do it.

Grammar

What color is your laptop?

My laptop’s color is grey.

I went to the gym

I went to a gym just opening which is new

I went to another gym which is close(adj) to my company

I went to 3 gyms yesterday and they were all too expensive.

I’ve been to France

Possessive – shows who or what owns something

eg: The possessive form of the word shows who owns it.

This is Vikki’s class.

Exception: If a word ends in S then you simply put the apostrophe at the end, and not another S

Pronunciation

Bordeaux – Bore Doh

Boss’ – bAAs ess

Boss – bAAs

Listen and Spell

a prosturfee

a postrufee

a postruphe

You must use these words:

Drank

Except

Take Credit for

I went to London two weeks ago with my son and my friend. I took credit for the trip planning the trip was wonderful expect the last day my friend be stolen. We visit the london eye the london tower it was pity the big ben was they are redoing the outside and the first day in london we went to the hyde park. And we visit the london zoo and the kids were very exciting and the second day we went to london eye and we took the boat on the thames river. We’ve been in a india restaurant the food very special and I drank a special tea, the waitres suggest me to try. But I dont like.

I went to London two weeks ago with my son and my friend. I took credit for the trip planning. The trip was wonderful expect except the last day my friend got something stolen from her. We visited the London eye the London tower. It was a pity the   they were redoing the outside of Big ben  and the first day in london we went to the hyde park. We went to the london zoo and the kids were very excited and we took the boat on the thames? river. We went to an indian restaurant, the food very special and I drank a special tea, the waitress suggested I try it. But I didn’t like it.