VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Use the words from the picture in some writing. What do you do every day?

near – you add the place
eg. I live near JingAn Temple
nearby – don’t add the place
eg. My office is in JingAn Temple and my house is nearby.

Vocabulary

I work today < > I don’t work today

contract – he tong
eg. I checked the contract for 2 hours

You do it for how long? / How long do you do it for?
I do it for 10 minutes
I study English for 1 hour

reason / details – yuan ying / nei rong
I come here for work and life English = for + noun
I come here to study English = to + verb

often – jing chang
not often – ou er
I am happy < > I am not happy

I do my makeup / I put my makeup on

actually – qi shi

practice – lian xi

lie / lay / laid (lay)

I need < > I don’t need
I have < > I don’t have 
I like < > I don’t like 

take = you choose to do it
eg. I take a trip to Japan
eg2. I take a break at 1PM for lunch
eg3. I take class with Jesse

I get up / I get dressed / I get married / I get rich – become / bian cheng

make = rang / create
eg. I make a cake
eg2. I make Judy happy
eg3. I make the bed

I have breakfast
I have milk and cake = I eat cake and I drink milk

Grammar

do – no time
did – past + you know the time
have done – past + you don’t know the time 
am doing – now
will do – future 

I work = every day / sometimes / often / always … = no time 
I worked = past + you know the time
I have worked = past + time is not important < > I haven’t worked
have you eaten? 

I want to drink water

I lived in Japan until 2012

today I stayed at home because I didn’t need to work. I woke up at 8 o’clock and I was very lazy so I lay on the bed until 8:30 and then I got up to wash my face, brush my teeth, and do my makeup.