Arranging time with your teacher

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.
Are all of these acceptable when you are arranging time with your teacher?
"I can't come to class tomorrow. My friend also probably can't. (I think I should change it into "My friend probably cannot come to class either.) I was wondering if we can make it another day. How about Friday? (Or "Can you do Friday?) If not we will have to make it another day and time."

 

[Yankee]

Hello.

Are all of these acceptable when you are arranging time with your teacher?

"I can't come to class tomorrow. My friend also probably can't. (I think I should change it into "My friend probably cannot ("can't" would be most common) come to class either.)I like your alternative.

I was wondering if we can make it another day. How about Friday? (Or "Can you do Friday?) Either one is OK.

If not we will have to make it another day and time.(OK)"

Y

 

[Rachel Adams]

Are you talking about private lessons with a paid tutor, Rachel?

Yes, I am. I found these phrases in my notebook but I don't think it was a conversation between a student and a teacher. I was wondering if they would be acceptable in such context as well.

 

[Tarheel]

You are not talking about arranging time with the teacher. It's more like the opposite. You want to tell the teacher you will have to miss a session.

 

[emsr2d2]

It would be more natural, to me, to say "I can't come to tomorrow's lesson and I don't think my friend can either".

 

[Rachel Adams]

It would be more natural, to me, to say "I can't come to tomorrow's lesson and I don't think my friend can either".

Would it be wrong to you "tomorrow's class"? Or "to class tomorrow"?

 

[Rachel Adams]

We don't normally refer to a private lesson with one or two learners as a class.

Oh, interesting. I didn't know that.

 

[Rachel Adams]

You are not talking about arranging time with the teacher. It's more like the opposite. You want to tell the teacher you will have to miss a session.

I removed some parts.
"I was wondering when we are going to have a lesson this week. Is it going to be Friday or will we have to make it another day?"

But in the right context would all of these sentences below be correct? If I had to miss my lesson.
"I was wondering if we can make it another day. How about Friday? (Or "Can you do Friday?) If not we will have to make it another day and time."How about Friday? (Or "Can you do Friday?) If not we will have to make it another day and time."

 

[Rover_KE]

I thought we'd already answered that.

Did you not notice that I improved the format of your text in post #2 to make it easier to read?

 

[Tarheel]

If I was going to tutor somebody the first thing I would do was set up the meeting times. If my pupil has to miss a session then he or she would tell me that, giving me plenty of notice. (You can't just assume that I can reschedule the session for a different day. I might not be able to.) You might say:

I can't make it to the tutoring session this week on the regular day. Can we do it on a different day?

I might say:

Yes, I can do it Thursday this week.

Or I might say:

No, I can't. We'll just skip this week's session.

 

[Rachel Adams]

If I was going to tutor somebody the first thing I would do was set up the meeting times. If my pupil has to miss a session then he or she would tell me that, giving me plenty of notice. (You can't just assume that I can reschedule the session for a different day. I might not be able to.) You might say:

I can't make it to the tutoring session this week on the regular day. Can we do it on a different day?

I might say:

Yes, I can do it Thursday this week.

Or I might say:

No, I can't. We'll just skip this week's session.

I have a question regarding grammar. You said "The first thing I would do was set up..." Why is there "was" before "set up"?

 

[Rachel Adams]

We don't normally refer to a private lesson with one or two learners as a class.

But if a private tutor teaches a group if students and there are 3-5 students would a native speaker call it a class?

 

[emsr2d2]

But if a private tutor teaches a group [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] of [STRIKE]students and there are[/STRIKE] 3-5 students, would a native speaker call it a class?

Note my changes above.

I would call that a class. Mind you, unlike Piscean, I used to call the private lessons I gave to one person or two people a class too.

 

[GoesStation]

I have a question regarding grammar. You said "The first thing I would do was set up..." Why is there "was" before "set up"?

I'm sure Tarheel meant "is", not "was".

 

[Tarheel]

I have a question regarding grammar. You said "The first thing I would do was set up..." Why is there "was" before "set up"?

It's what came to mind at the time. (Read post #16.)

 

[Rachel Adams]

Note my changes above.

I would call that a class. Mind you, unlike Piscean, I used to call the private lessons I gave to one person or two people a class too.

Would you also say "I can't come to tomorrow's class" instead of "lesson"? If I don't use "tomorrow's class" can I use "my" or "our" "class"?

 

[Tarheel]

Rachel: I can't make it to tomorrow's lesson.
Ron: But we were going to do it over the phone.
Rachel: Well, I'm going to be sick tomorrow.
Ron: You are? How do you know?
:-D

 

[Rover_KE]

Would you also say "I can't come to tomorrow's class" instead of "lesson"?

We'd call it what your teacher calls it.