VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Grammar

describing verbs by using verb nouns + verb noun sentences  

English is fun
Learning is fun
Learning English is fun
Me and Heidi learning English is fun

Jesse teaching English at SE with Heidi and the other teachers is fun

Going out with unimportant people at night is tiring

For me, doing a months teacher training is exhausting

Traveling alone in India is dangerous but not in Australia

lost confidence in him

finish – verb
eg. I finish the project
finished – verb past
eg. I finished the project
finishing – verb now
eg. I am finishing the project

Heidi has been bored by Jesse – v – passive
Heidi is bored – adj

The project has been finished by me. – v – passive
The project is finished. – adj

The fruit has been seeded by the process of creation
The fruit is seeded

The clothes have been colored by the clothing company
The clothes are colored

Vocabulary

renege / “indian giver”
eg. he said I reneged on the offer

conspire – to team up with someone to secretly attack someone

probation period – the first period of working at a company that is like a test

get on my nerves – annoy me

it was brutal – very angry / aggressive / crazy

put yourself in sb’s shoes / put yourself in sb’s position

poetic – like a poem

picturesque – looks so beautiful like it’s a photo or painting
eg. Switzerland in winter is picturesque

like a leaf floating slowly down

engage your thigh to your hip and move your leg up as a unit / as one piece into the pose

let your grounded leg act as a spring to bounce you up