VIP Class Notes 7th May (Jesse) [W / S]

Homework

Write about the first time you colored your hair, and other times you have done it. What do you want to do with your hair in the future?

Vocabulary

I am on a diet

i gave up on it = i couldn’t keep doing it

content (the main information) / details (specific things)

Event – big
Activity – small
Promotion – business discount etc

excel – app
.xls = file name
spreadsheet = the type of document

remember: excel is excellent!

Writing exercise

One day in the past , I taken a rest at home and suddenly found I have nothing to do which was so boring ,so I have downloaded an app which is about how to spend the weekend by learning something or outing together . I have chose to play the ukulele which I think is easy to learn . I have reserved a lesson of playing a ukulele from that app . The teacher is a long hair man and have so many tattoo which is very artistic .He can play the guitar and ukulele and do it well . So I paid for the course for half a year . So far I have learned to play a lot of songs and it has enriched my life .

One day in the past , I took a rest at home and suddenly found I had nothing to do which was so boring, so I downloaded an app which was about how to spend the weekend by learning something or going out/ going on outings. I chose to play the ukulele which I thought was easy to learn. I reserved a how to play the ukulele lesson from that app. The teacher was a long haired man and had so many tattoos which were very artistic. He could play the guitar and ukulele really well. So I paid for the course for half a year. So far I have learned to play a lot of songs and it has enriched my life.

Grammar

I do = no special time
I did = past + specific
I have done = past + general
I am doing = now

I like Australia. = no time…maybe now… maybe past…. maybe future.
I have been to Australia = experience…in my life
I went to Australia last year. = past…specific time
I am talking to you about it now = now.

Verb: ask yourself – what is the most important time in this sentence?

Speaking exercise

Our company had an activity at Liscardo that we have worked overtime on today. The activity was about discussing economics. I prepared some files and I made the sheet of all our clients names because when they came here they should write down their names in that excel and then we give them a business card and a gift.

Our company had an event at Liscardo that / which we have worked overtime on today. The event was about economics / the event was based on economics and involved speeches and presentations on the subject. I prepared some files and I made some spreadsheets of all our clients names because when they arrived they needed to / had to write down their names in that spreadsheet and then we gave them a business card and a gift.

We worked on an event today
We had an event today that we worked on.