VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

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GUESS THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE, and use it in a NEW SENTENCE.

Her story didn’t add up, I think she was lying, it didn’t make sense.

When I said I couldn’t go to her party, she blew up.

Don’t bring up the fight again, please!

Maria called off the wedding, she decided she didn’t love him

Sorry I interrupted, carry on talking!

Julia came across as a bit bossy.

I tried to sound happy but it came across as over-excited.

Luis was leaving the fruit shop and he came across Tom, what a coincidence.

We finally came up with a solution to the problem.

Yvonne is always lying, I can’t understand how she gets away with it.

Vocabulary

I didn’t have a big workload today.

Michelin Star guest chef

since I joined started at the company

my leader boss called a meeting

what was wrong with him.

A man living in the village was ill. He often felt nauseous and nothing he could eat except some water. He went to see a lot of doctors including the famous ones with much experience and tremendous titles. But none of them could figure out what the wrong was with him. He was under stress every day but still he had a strong desire to combat the illness. One day he was told that there was a wizard in the village who was able to heal every strange disease in the world. So he decided to have a try and went to visit the wizard according to the address. Finally there it was, a very old and small house in front of him. He went closer and the door was open, it was very dark inside. He knocked at the door. “Please come in.” a man’s voice with low tone came over. He stepped in and looked around, but no one was there. Suddenly he saw a cat jumping from the bed and came to him. “Don’t worry man.” The cat began to talk, “I had used to be a human being as well. One night in the mountain I came across an alien, a short and strange being in pink colour. It said something unintelligible and I become what I was looking like now. However, I had got a special skill since then that I could heal every strange illness. ” The cat jumped onto the man’s shoulder in an effortless motion and began to knead the muscles. Five minutes later, the cat jumped off the man’s shoulder and said, “The treatment was finished, you can go home now.” Doubtfully, the man went back. A few days had passed and he really felt better. He began to write a book about his incredible experience and soon his work had become one of the bestsellers at bookstores. He began to receive invitations for lectures and appeared on televisions and radios. His life had totally changed.

A man living in a village was ill. He often felt nauseous and there was nothing he could ingest except some water. He went to see a lot of doctors including the renowned ones with much experience and tremendous credibility. But none of them could figure out what the problem was. He was under stress every day but still he had a strong desire to combat the illness. One day he was told that there was a wizard in the village who was able to heal every possible disease in the world. So he decided to try it and went to visit the wizard from the address. Finally there it was, a very old and small house in front of him. He went closer and the door was open, it was very dark inside. He knocked on the door. “Please come in.” he heard a deep voice from the shadows.  He stepped in and looked around, but no one was there. Suddenly he saw a cat jumping from the bed and coming over to him. “Don’t worry man.” The cat began to talk, “I used to be a human being as well. One night in the mountains I came across an alien, a short and strange pink being. It said something unintelligible and I became what I am now. However, I got a special skill since then, I could heal every possible illness. ” The cat jumped onto the man’s shoulder in an effortless motion and began to knead the muscles. Five minutes later, the cat jumped off the man’s shoulder and said, “The treatment is finished, you can go home now.” Doubtfully, the man went back home. A few days had passed and he really felt better. He began to write a book about his incredible experience and soon his work had become one of the bestsellers at bookstores. He began to receive invitations for lectures and appeared on television and radio shows. His life had totally changed.

Grammar

had eaten

ate

had passed

passed

A useful way to use HAD, is when something happened in the past and was finished, THEN another thing happened in the past after that, but still before now.

We had achieved all of the goals before the end of that year.

I’d finished my homework before I went the office this morning.

He had done all the tasks, but he was still not finished.