Open F2F Class Notes 24th February (Tanya) [s] [w]

Vocabulary

Brother in law = boyfriend’s brother

Suspicious – strange in a manner that makes you suspect someone

Speaking + writing

Original

I went to Xian. My boyfriend and me have a friend’s couple, a Catalan couple. We went with them to Xian. 7 hours by fast train. Well, it was okay. It’s China. Maybe we went on the special dates to visit. All the people are at home to have dinner with the family. I really don’t like with China. The way the people drive is crazy. Last year, I was living with my sister for ten months. I thought that when I went (came) here, that China will be easy for me. I have had to learn Chinese because it is impossible to buy something.

Correction

I went to Xian. My boyfriend and me are friends with a couple.

My boyfriend and me have a friend’s couple

, a Catalan couple. We went with them to Xian. 7 hours by fast train. Well, it was okay. It’s China. Maybe we went on the special dates to visit. All the people are at home to have dinner with the family. I really don’t like with China. The way the people drive is crazy. Last year, I was living with my sister for ten months. I thought that when I went (came) here, that China will be easy for me. I have had to learn Chinese because it is impossible to buy something.

Grammar

‘s: possessive (relationship)

Tanya + class = Tanya’s (1) class (2)

(1) whose thing (2) thing you’re talking about

when someone or something owns something

my boyfriend has a brother -> my boyfriend’s brother: you’re talking about the brother (who is the brother of the boyfriend)

correction

I don’t know what will happen when my boyfriend and I go back to Spain. I met him almost two years ago when he was working in Singapore and now is our first time living in the same country. We would like to go back to Spain after one more year here but we don’t know where we will go. We both are from Spain, but I’m from Barcelona and he is from Vasque country. We have never lived in Spain together so we don’t have a city to go back to. I would love to go back to Barcelona.

original 

I don’t know what will happen when my boyfriend and I will go back to Spain. I met him almost two years ago when he was working in Singapore and now is our first time that living in the same country. We would like to go back to Spain after one more year here but we don’t know where we will go.
Both are from Spain, but I’m from Barcelona and he is from Vasque country. We never have lived in Spain together so we don’t have a city to go back. I would love to

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