VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [R, W]

Using ‘Where you can find amazing shops..’ using ‘where’ in this context.

Me/I

Review the corrections from last classes assignments
Verbs present tense in a story contect (painting)

Write about your three favorite hobbies and how you became interested in them.

Vocabulary

slid (past tense of slide)

run out … of something – to not have anymore of something
eg. In a small space I feel like I might run out of air.

Deep breathe – to take a slow and large breath of air

Slot – a small opening where something can be plugged in (headphones) or something comes out like (receipt)

strip – long and narrow (chicken strip, strip of paper)

gender [jenn-der] – if you are a boy (Male), girl (female)

flag down  – get the attention of somebody (by waving your hands in the air)
eg. He flagged down the police to get help.

Beyond – to go past something (can mean to do more than what is expected or asked)
eg. He was more helpful than others and went beyond what I could have asked.

Initially – at the start
eg. Initially I thought China was very different and weird, but now its home.

Fall/fell for – to be tricked, believe a joke, or get scammed
eg. I can’t believe you fell for that joke.

approach – to go towards something and get closer to it. (getting very close or arriving at)
eg. As I approached the Japanese restaurant, I got very excited.

faint – something that is hard to notice (very small, for quite)

Grammar

Double comma rule – adds an extra sentence inside a sentence to give more information

The person, whose age and gender the authorities did not provide, did not know quite what to do. (extra sentence is underlined)

These magnificent pictures, where you can see their perspectives, shadows and brightness are amazing
These pictures are magnificent, you can see their perspectives, shadows and brightness.

Would vs will (both have future tense)
Would like
Will (this means something 100% will happen)

Pronunciation

transaction [Trans – action]

driving [dri-ving]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/us/man-trapped-atm-machine.html

Original

Is beautiful to see how many people like paint pictures in all forms, with oil, acrylic, watercolor or simply to the charcoal drawing.
Are magnificent pictures where you can see their perspectives, shadows and brightness. How the painter is be able to melt down colors and to draw smiles in a faces or a tear on an eyes.
I wold will like drawing and painting like they. So I need to practice increasingly, but I have a big problem: I like to do some hobbies and I can’t to chose only one.
I’m fortunate because I have access to internet. Internet give you the opportunity to learn free. Some times I has been whole afternoons to watch videos one after another trying to learn a little bit more about how paint, take photos or play guitar very well.
I do that because I don’t have enough money to pay for a school, are too expensive. But I think that perhaps a day I get a trophy when I take a amazing photo, to draw awesome picture or I can to play a song.
The heat today is very strong, it makes I think too much.

Edited

It’s beautiful to see how many people like painting pictures in all forms, with oil, acrylic, watercolor or simply to the charcoal drawing.
Are These magnificent pictures, where you can see their perspectives, shadows and brightness are amazing. How the painter is be able to melt down colors and to draw smiles on a faces or a tears on eyes.
I would will like to drawing and painting like them. So I need to practice increasingly, but I have a big problem: I like to do some many/a lot of hobbies and I can’t to choose only one.
I’m fortunate because I have access to the internet. Internet gives you the opportunity to learn free stuff/things. Sometimes I have been spent whole afternoons to watching videos one after another trying to learn a little bit more about how paint, take photos, or play guitar very well.
I do that because I don’t have enough money to pay for a school, they are too expensive. But I think that perhaps one day I will get a trophy when I take an amazing photo, to draw awesome picture or I can to play a song.
The heat today is very strong, it makes me think too much.