VIP Class Notes (Li)

Today we focused on:

Read “The Plan” & “In the Kitchen” pg. 153

Needs more review

immensely – very, extremely

ex. Bruno and his parents are immensely fat.

ex. She’s immensely scared of witches.

a flight of stairs – the collective noun for stairs

Vocabulary

to have your mouth full – to stuff your mouth full of food

bait – something that is used to to attract others and get them to do sth

appetiser – something you’ll have at the start of a 3-course meal

main course – main dish

Grammar

collective nouns 

a box of cereal/cookies

a loaf of bread

a pile of money/paper

a cup/glass/bottle of water/juice/coffee/tea

Speaking exercise

They thought that she’s a super silly, old woman and they wanted to let she go away, out of this building.

They thought that she’s a super silly, old woman and they wanted to force her out of this building. 

Clever than before he was a boy.

She said that she’s more clever than before when he was still a boy.

Because they’ll see Bruno since he is super fat.

Because they’ll see Bruno since he is super/immensely/extremely/absolutely fat.

They will listen the cooks and cooks can say what the witch like to eat.

He will listen in on the cooks to hear what they say about what the witches like to eat.

The sound is too small.

Their voices may be too quiet.

Put wrong and the guests will turn into a mouse.

If he puts them in the wrong plates then the guests will turn into mice.

No, because the cooks will hear that Bruno is eating something and they will run away and the Boy can see what the witch wants and put the things in it.

No, because the cooks will hear that Bruno is eating something and they will try to catch him the so Boy will have the chance to find the witches’ plates and add the potion into them.