Online Class Notes (Jesse) [30 hours]

Grammar

Mia doesn’t know

a news
a homework
a water 

some news – a little or a lot
some homework – a little or a lot
some water – a little or a lot

a piece of news = 1
a piece of homework = 1
a cup of water = 1

spaghetti / icecream – not countable!

I like chicken – food
I like chickens – animal

I like water – drink
I like waters – oceans, rivers, lakes

I go outside and walk to the shops
I go outside to walk to the shops but it’s raining so I can’t

He goes outside and walks to the shops
He goes outside to walk to the shops

He can do
He can does

I want to do
He wants to do

no “and”
I went to the park and saw a man walking a dog – When I went to the park, I saw a man walking a dog
I went to the park and saw a man walking a dog – I went to the park, seeing a man walking a dog
I went to the park and saw a man walking a dog – I went to the park, where I saw a man walking a dog
I went to the park and saw a man walking a dog – I went to the park with me seeing a man walking a dog.
I went to the park and then saw a man walking a dog – I went to the park, before seeing a man walking a dog
I went to the park and then saw a man walking a dog – Before seeing a man walking a dog, I went to the park

I have 2 pens with the red one being for mistakes, and (with) the black one being for writing.

Writing exercise

MB took out that newspaper about rental rooms with him circling another one with a red pen. Soon he arrived at a simple house by car with a tiny suitcase, but he met a problem. On the door was a clear sign which forbids teddies. Finally poor Bean drove away to a place like a palace and rang a doorbell on the door.  He tried to make himself look good. A housekeeper opened the door to take him to a horrible place with mud, pigs, and a chicken. Plus I guess it doesn’t smell very good. Near a little old house with a dirty grandfather clock with a chicken on it, laying a disgusting egg onto the bed inside that little house.