VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Homework

Write about some interesting things you have done.

Write about some things you have been doing for a long time or a recently started doing.

Next Class Focus

Review:

Have Done (Finished, At least one time)

eg: I have not flown a plane. But I want to try.

eg: I have flown a plane. I was 16 years old.

(Past Simple) ( I did that) (eg: I flew a plane)  (Sounds like recently)

Have been Doing (Still doing now, from the past)

eg: I have been driving for 10 hours. I’m so tired, I started driving at 8am and it’s 6pm now.

Needs more review

Reviewed “Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, for Continuous Grammar”

Vocabulary

[ Can you give me a better sentence? / Is there a better way to say this? ]


immediately –  as soon as possible

eg: When I heard the noise, I immediately jumped up.

eg: When Jack Ma announced his retirement Alibaba stock price immediately dropped.

rush – to do sth. quickly

eg: I rushed these documents as soon as possible because they’re it’s needed for the next meeting.

eg: He was late to the meeting, so we rushed through some important points that he missed. But I think he still needs to know more about the details.

Grammar

Present Simple

(Always, Usually or Sometimes Do sth.)

eg: I go to work at 8am.

Present Continuous

(doING Now)

eg: I am going to work.

eg: Jumping on the bed.

Past Continuous

(was doING)

What was the monkey doing?

The monkey was jumping on the bed.

eg: I was going to work when they called and said we don’t need to come to the office today.


I go came to this lesson hurrily in a hurry. / I rushed over here. / I flew over there.

I will help you to do that.

I finished my meeting and come came here in a hurry

I come here in the afternoon.

these two is are

I was tolding telling my son, “don’t be naughty in the class” / I was telling him to not be naughty in class.

Speaking exercise

Try to use the past continuous.

What were you doing last weekend?

Last weekend I took my son to his class for Le Gao. Lego. to Lego lessons in the morning. And I saw he was doing his best to understand what the teacher said. At the end he finished his lego, what his teacher told him. I saw the teacher was encouraging him to do the best next time. after class I took him to the KFC and was drink a coco-cola orange juice. We was having a happy weekend.


Last weekend I took was taking my son to his Lego class for Le Gao. Lego. to Lego lessons in the morning, and telling him to not be naughty in classAnd I saw he was doing his best to understand what the teacher [ was saying / said ]. At the end he finished his lego castle, what the one his teacher was helping him make told him. I saw the teacher was encouraging him to do the best next time. After class I took him to the KFC and he was drinking a coca-cola orange juice. We were having a happy weekend.