Online Class Notes (Jesse) [45]

Add a lot more detail to the background about what he had done before and how he was feeling and how it connects to now.

Background – use past + past perfect + past perfect continuous / past continuous
Action – use present + present perfect + present perfect continuous / present continuous

Review writing from mum

Seeing some woods, feeling cheerful, making some furniture, MB was quite delighted as he had a new home which is comfortable and he had already had all the stuffs he needed. Then he had some soup which he thought is awful so he added some carrot. He had already felt a little bit tired so he went to bed.

MB had been homeless for a long time and he had been looking for a home recently so he was feeling disappointed as all of the houses were not suitable for him. Seeing some wood, feeling cheerful, and making some furniture after having left the fake house, MB was quite delighted as he had a new home which was comfortable and he had already gotten all the things / stuff he needed. Then he had some soup which he thought was awful so he added some carrot. He had already felt / he was feeling a little bit tired so he went to bed.

Vocabulary

grow – plants / hair / things
grow up – people

get = become / to find / to buy / to be given / to make and now you HAVE it.

thing(s) = countable
stuff = uncountable

wood = uncountable – the material
woods = countable – forests

water = material – the thing we drink / the stuff in an ocean
waters = oceans / rivers / lakes

disguise – something we wear to hide our real appearance
costume – make us look like someone else

scarecrow – we put them in fields to scare crows / birds away

Grammar

I have class for 2 hours – amount of time
I have class 3 times a week – the number of times

Background – use past + past perfect + past perfect continuous / past continuous

did
had done
had been doing
was doing

MB was sleeping but suddenly there were some dark clouds and it rained heavily so MB had to took all his luggage and sat in the car. He had been feeling disappointed and sad as until now he hadn’t found a suitable home yet.

Action – use present + present perfect + present perfect continuous / present continuous

does
has done
has been doing
is doing

He is sitting in the car, thinking how can he get into the house. He has made the old woman angry so he doesn’t want the old woman to recognise him so he goes back to the field and gets the scarecrow’s clothes which looks a little bit strange and scary. Then he rings the doorbell and the old woman opens the door. She has been sleeping for a long time so she may feel a little bit curious about the stranger and a little annoyed because MB interrupted her sleep.