F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
I get sleepy if someone is boring
it’s shorthand
it’s a shorthand way to say it.
Yawn – open your mouth wide and breath, usually because you’re tired
eg: I always end up yawning in the car, it makes me sleepy.
Alert (ADJ) – ready for anything, paying attention to everything
eg: All drivers should be alert, at all times.
eg: You need to stay alert
eg: Sometimes loud music can’t keep you alert (ADJ.)
eg: Music can’t help you focus. (V.)
extreme – to a very high degree, much more than VERY. Extremely (ADV)
eg: It is (V) extremely (ADV) cold (ADJ) in Shenyang. Shenyang has extreme (ADJ) temperatures.(N)
It is extremely hot in Shanghai in the summer.
Grammar
Give me phone. (Sounds strange) (We ALWAYS want to know whose phone or which phone)
Give me the phone on the desk.
Give me a phone. (Any phone, doesn’t matter which one)
Give me your phone.
Give me this/that phone.
EXCEPTION: Uncountable words
Give me (some) water.
I need (a glass of ) water.
I need (a) water.
I want a (cup of) coffee.
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