Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

unforgetful – unfortgettable

unforgettable = sth that you shouldn’t / can’t forget because it was so good
fortgettable = sth is able to be forgotten = it wasn’t very good
forgetful = full of forgetting things – sb who always forgets things
able = can

Grammar

very less homework – very little homework / I don’t have a lot homework / I don’t have much homework

I have a lot of money < > I don’t have a lot of money / I don’t have much money

I have less homework than usual / These days I have less homework than last year

conditionals – 4 

1-2 real things

If it rains, water falls from the sky – fact
It I become a teacher, I will meet lots of students – possible / future

3-4 – not likely / not possible

If I was rich now, I would buy 10 houses. – impossible
Yesterday it rained. If it hadn’t rained, I wouldn’t have gotten wet – impossible, because it didn’t happen.

Yesterday morning / yesterday afternoon / yesterday evening / last night
This morning / this afternoon / this evening / tonight
Tomorrow morning / tomorrow afternoon / tomorrow evening / tomorrow night

I went to a restaurant and the restaurant was really good.

Jesse asks me: how was the festival last week? – zhong qiu jie

verbs – what time?

which = and it
eg. I have a pen which is black = I have a pen and it is black.
eg2. My mum took me to school by car and she does it every day =  My mum took me to school which she does every day.
eg3. I have a pen and I use it for writing = I have a pen which I use for writing

I very want – I am very happy
I really want – I am really happy 

Vocabulary

you are feared = other people think you’re scary
eg. spiders are feared

you are scared / fearful / afraid = you feel the scared feeling

i went to school by car / in my mum’s car
my mum drove me to school 

because my teacher they’re very kind. – because my teachers are very kind

last friday I went to the restaurant and i had dinner with my family and we have a great time. today morning I had a math class. my teacher says i’m better than before now. in the afternoon i had my dinner and then i went to have a physics class, then I came back home and have lessons now. I want to be an English teacher because i can teach my students a lot of English.

Last friday I went to a restaurant and i had dinner with my / the family and we had a great time. This morning I had a math class and my teacher said i’m better than before now. In the afternoon i had my dinner and then i went to have a physics class. Then / After that I came back home and am having lessons now. I want to be an English teacher because I will be able to / would be able to teach my students a lot of English.

First i very miss my primary school friends, because we’re the best friends in the class, and I feel a little feared because I don’t know what my new classmates be like, and i don’t know if they are very bad or… now i have some friends in my middle school but not very many. I can make a lot of jue ding for myself, but i’m not comfortable about my decision making ability and it makes me alone because everyone thinks me very weird.

First i really miss my primary school friends, because we were the best friends in my class / in class, and I felt a little afraid / scared because I didn’t know what my new classmates would be like / how my new classmates would be, and i didn’t know if they would be very bad or… now i have some friends in my middle school but not very many. I can make a lot of decisions for myself, but i’m not comfortable about my decision making ability and it makes me alone because everyone thinks me very weird. 

Pronunciation

think – tongue out
fink – teeth on your lip