F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

I went to the shipyard for a meeting

We had dinner and drank (alcohol) all night.

(It is strongly implied that they were drinking alcohol)

I don’t drink. (alcohol)

I don’t drink coffee, milk, soda.

My boss asked me and I answered to my boss /him

I felt a little proud of me myself

Natural English:

I got it – I will (take care of it/ handle it/ do it/ pay for it)

eg: Don’t worry about lunch, I got it.

eg: You don’t need to do the dishes, I got it. (I will wash the dishes)

Jeff’s eg:  Let’s go to the steakhouse, I got it the bill.

Let’s go to the steakhouse, don’t worry about how much it will cost, I got it.

She told me her car was broken broke-down, I told her “I got it.” Then I fixed it for her with a potato.”    Tony: “What, no way. You fixed it with a potato?”

Grammar

I drank a lot because we celebrated his birthday. / I drank a lot because we were celebrating his birthday.

Suggestion:

Use Finished Tense, to describe events in order on a timeline.    A, B, C,    1, 2, 3. I went home. I wrote an email, then I went to the store.

Use Continuous Tense, to describe events happening at the same time, or in the middle of sth. else

A (while) B.                      A,  (F),   B, C

I was cooking and listening to some music.

I was cooking then Jeff dropped the bowl.

Jeff was working when his son called, and said, “dad, you missed my college graduation. ”