VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Write about what you did after class tonight. What did you have for dinner. How did you get home? What time did you do everything? What will you do tomorrow? Make longer sentences with because, if, but, so, and, when, and then, which, who…


Hello

say this to make people happy, and feel we care. 

How are you? / How’s it going? / How have you been?

Great
Very good / Really good
Pretty good / Good
Not bad / Fine
Not great

Thanks / thank you

And you? / How about you? / What about you?

Speaking exercise

I get up at 8 o’clock in the morning because I was tired. I eat an egg because I am hungry. I ate some bread because I was hungry, and I drank a bowl of milk because I was thirsty. I went to look my teeth at 10 o’clock but I went to 2 hospitals. They didn’t look children’s teeth. Then, I had lunch with my mother and father. We ate at home. We ate the delivery food / we ordered some food. They were very yummy. My parents liked it too.

I got up at 8 o’clock in the morning because I was tired. I ate an egg and some bread for breakfast because I was hungry. Then, I drank a bowl of milk because I was thirsty. I went to the dentist to look at my teeth but I went to 2 hospitals which didn’t look at children’s teeth / and they didn’t look at children’s teeth. Then, I had lunch with my mother and father at home / which was at home. We ate the delivery food / we ordered some food which was very yummy so my parents liked it too.

Pronunciation

to – teh
2 / too = tooooo
I have to go too, with 2 friends to school.

th – tongue out!

Vocabulary

if / when / so / and / because / but

who – person / people (he / she / they)
eg. I have a friend. He is fat. – I have a friend who is fat.

which – thing / sentence (it)
eg. I have a computer. It is black. – I have a computer which is black.
eg2. I had lunch at home / I had lunch with my parents at 1 PM which was at home.

then / after that / and then
eg. I ate some bread and then, I drank some milk.
eg2. I ate some bread and it was good. After that / Then, I drank some milk and it was great!

When I am here, I am happy.
If I had a lot of money, I would be happy. / If I come here, I will be happy.
I ate some biscuit but I am still hungry.

hospital – yi yuan

hai shi / hai you – still
eg. I still have some money
eg2. I am still hungry

dentist – ya yi
doctor – yi sheng

7:30 – half past 7 / 7 30 
4:13 – 4 13 
9:55 – 5 to 10 / 9 55

so = suo yi
eg. I ate some bread so I was / am full.
eg2. I went to sleep very late, so I am tired now.

Grammar

in the weekendat the weekend / on the weekend 

at time
on day
in month / year / period

I was born on the 31st in March in 2009, at 8AM in the morning
I was born on the 31st of March, 2009