VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write a diary about your day today. Tell me all the details and things you did at what times, for how long etc. Do you often do these things? Describe the weather as well and say how it affected your day. Past tense!! 

last weekend i went to take part in the test of driver licence. it’s really a hard time for me to wait for being tested and i had waited for approximately 6 hours because so many people like me wait there as well. when i was waiting, i find nothing to do. if i like to sleep i felt nervous, if i like to do something else like playing the mobile phone, they will cancel my score because it’s the rule. at first when i was selected to do the test i felt so nervous that my feet were shivering but fortunately i at first passed the most difficult part of the test and i feel easy to deal with it. i had do mode before the exam and the mode is not good, actually I failed so i feel really nervous when the real test is in front of me, but i’m so lucky that i had passed the test successfully. the past practice experience helped me a lot so i feel lucky.

last weekend i went to take part in the driving / driver’s licence test. it was really a hard time for me to wait to be tested and i had waited for approximately 6 hours because so many people like me waited / were waiting there as well. When i was waiting, i found / fund nothing to do. If i wanted to sleep i felt nervous so i couldn’t, if i wanted to do something else like playing with my mobile phone, they would cancel my score because it’s the rule. at first when i was selected to do the test i felt so nervous that my feet were shaking but fortunately i passed the most difficult part of the test and then i felt confident to deal with the rest. I had done practice tests before the exam and the result was not good, and actually I failed so i felt really nervous when the real test was in front of me / before me, but i’m so lucky that i (have) passed the test successfully. the past practice experience helped me a lot so i feel lucky.

vocabulary confusion
past tense
some chinglish sentences

remember: longer individual words = more formal. longer sentences with shorter words = casual. shorter sentences with specific words = formal

Pronunciation

found – long “ow”
fund – like “under”

Grammar

have learned English for 10 years
have been learning English for 10 years – definitely continuing

had done – definitely before sth else in the past
did 

i felt that the rest would be easy. = i felt confident to deal with the rest

to / with / at 
talk to sb – normal
talk at sb – indirect / cold
talk with sb – direct / warm

playing with sth
playing sth

REASON 
to do (verb)
for sth (noun) for doing

I waited – specific past time
I have waited – general past time
I had waited – a general past time before a specific past time

Vocabulary

ask for directions – to ask people how to go somewhere

too remote = in the middle of nowhere

i can’t went back home because it is nearly 2 hours drive

model (adj) = ideal
eg. I have done many practice tests based on model answers

practice test / trial / demo – prepare for the real test

shaking – common
shivering – cold
trembling – fear