When you are talking about a few different types of fish, you can say 'fishes'.
For example:
I like all the different fishes in that fish tank.
To show possession, we can say fishes'
For example:
The fishes' scales are silver.
scales 鳞
Do all of you understand how to use 'fish' and 'fishes' now?
1. In elementary school, I used to ...
In elementary school, I used to be a quiet student.
I used to be... , but ...
I don't anymore.
This is short for:
I don't have happiness anymore.
Or we can say:
I don't have it anymore.
We don't usually repeat the same verb.
Play badminton and play tennis. This does not sound natural.
Its better if we say:
Play badminton and tennis.
After school my best friend and I used to go shopping, but now we often go running or go to the gym.
Who would like to try the last one?
My parents never used to travel, but you like it.
This is not a great sentence.
My parents never used to travel, but these days they travel a lot.
Used to
Use to
They are pronounced the same way.
We never pronounce the 'd' in 'used'
Used to 发音是 Use to
Reading is a very good way to improve our vocabulary and learn new grammar. It also helps us understand more about a language.
Compound nouns
These are words that are made by joinging two different nouns together.
For example:
Subway + station = subway station
Subway station is a compound noun
Do all of you understand this so far?
Make this a compound noun by adding a word from List B
Bicycle lane自行车道
Bus stop
Bus lane
Bus station
Bus stand
Bus garage
Bus system
Sometimes we can make a lot of compound nouns
You don't have to make free time to read the article.
It's very easy to find a few minutes here and there during our day.
In the bus, taxi, subway, during lunch, even in the bathroom
The more we read, the quicker we will improve