In today's class we:
- Looked at some basic course information
- Signed up for the class
- Talked about rules of the course
- Created groups of 4 people
- Discussed some common mistakes of Thai-English (see slide)
- Looked at a famous sentence of the day (see below)
- Looked at a general sentence of the day (see below)
- Covered basic parts of English (nouns, adjectives etc.) (p10)
- Looked at prefixes (p14)
- Discussed the importance of idioms
- Looked at some essential idioms:
It was a piece of cake- It was easy
Hook, line and sinker- To be completely tricked by something
Get on like a house on fire- People who get on with each other really well
Like water off a duck’s back- When someone is not affected at all by something negative
Snake in the grass- Someone deceitful
It’s not all it’s cracked up to be- Something which fails to be as good as promised
He’s rolling in it- Someone who is very rich
I’m over the moon- Someone who is extremely happy
To fall by the wayside- To fail or give up on something
Check here for an online database of idioms: www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com
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Photos from today's General Sentence of the Day
