Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Grammar

is / was / to be – why we use them

He is my friend – describes sth
It is time – describes sth
I am here – location
I am happy – feeling / adjective
I am running – current action

I am walked yesterday
I was walking yesterday

did / have done / had done / was doing 

I _had done_ my homework 10 minutes before you called me.
I _have traveled / have done_ to Japan many times in my life.
I _ate / did_ dinner at 5PM last night.

I moved to Australia when I was 22 years old. Before I moved to Australia I had never been to Australia.

I met my wife in 2012 and I married her in 2013. I had met my wife 1 year before I married her.

conjunctions to connect ideas
for every 2 ideas you need 1 conjunction

I am happy because you are here.
I go to work because I want money but I’m lazy.

hear / listen

I hear a sound / I hear someone’s voice – it’s happening to you / experience
I listened to your video – the action / focused on a point

see / look or watch
see – experience / ability
look – the point
watch – moving / focus

Vocabulary

skyrocketing
eg. COVID cases are skyrocketing at the moment
eg2. COVID cases have skyrocketed recently
eg3. COVID cases had skyrocketed for / had been skyrocketing for 2 months before last Christmas

Grammar

the same to my boss – the same as my boss

I am doubt it – I doubt it / I am skeptical / I am doubting it / I’m doubting whether this report is true or not

Pronunciation

carpet – “kar peht”