[English study] Situational topic - Important Personal Situation

Here are some expressions like vocabulary, useful expression, grammar related important personal situation topic in English. I had reviewed the English class, and left the consequence of the class.

Vocabulary

• go on strike/vacation/holiday/a hike/a trip/a picnic
• perform a song/a play/surgery/operation/a piece of music
  **In this case, play means something like a role playing in the theater.**
• make a discover/a profit/a reservation/an appointment/a plan
• break a record/a promise/a contact/the rules
• come into fashion/money/my heart/one's own
  **come into fashion means a trendy fashion is popular now.**
• develop an idea/a product/an illness/a skill/one's vocabulary
  **develop an illness means an illness is getting worse than ever**
• have a duty/plastic surgery/a cold/a meal/relationship/party
• win a race/a competition/a match/the lottery/an argument/a debate
  **we normally don't use someone after the verb, "win".**
• cause trouble/an accident/concern/the effect
• commit a crime/suicide/an agreement/an offense/a plan to dedicate oneself.

Useful Expression

• 'coming into money' vs 'making money'
  **Coming into money means some money is coming without any effort, on the other hand, making money means somebody tries to get some money with his or her effort.**
• repay
  eg) I forgot to repay my cousin.
• break a leg
  **This can be used in the case that someone is performing something. This seems to be similar to the expression, 'good luck'.**

Grammar Focus - Past simple vs Past continuous
<The past continuous>
Use the past continuous to talk about what was happening at a particular moment in the past.

• eg) What were you doing at 6 o'clock last night?

It is often used at the beginning of stories to explain the situation.

• eg) This happened several years ago, I was staying by the sea with friends.

Use the past continuous for temporary actions and situations

• eg) I was living in Barcelona last summer.

<Past simple>
Use the past simple for complete, finishd actions in the past, and for long or permanent situations.

• eg) I lived in Berlin for ten years when I was a child.

<Past simple and past continuous together>
When the past simple and past continuous are used together, the past continuous refers to the longer, background action or situation, the past simple refers to the shorter action or main event that happened to interrupt it.

• eg) I was walking through the park when the storm began.

Speaking Mistakes

• I became a senior at university.
• I've quit my job to work abroad.
• I forgot the value of being awake.