E10/11 Sept 17

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Today’s agenda

1. Continue review of sentences – complex -noun clauses

2. Poem - “This is My House”

3. Quiz #1 Short paragraph (50-70 w) (20m)

Friday: adjective clauses

Types of sentences:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX – adverb clauses

- noun clauses

- adjective clauses

Noun – person, place, thing, idea

your mother, British Columbia, a tent, happiness

bicycle, kitchen, hat, equality

noun clause – group of words with S V, a noun

how

that

what

why

who

I don’t know how the dog got the chicken out of refrigerator. noun clause

Sarah understands why her sister is mad at their mother. noun clause

I believe that space aliens are living under the sink in my bathroom. noun clause

verbs that have to do with the mind, brain, cognition, thinking: know, understand, believe, remember, forget, get (casual), think, imagine, recognize (thinking), suppose, claim, say, promise

Sarah remembers how her little sister would sing when she was going to sleep. noun clause adverb clause

I forgot that I had to pick up my mother-in-law at the airport last week. noun clause She is still there waiting.

get – understand (casual) I get that you are tired, but we still have to do this work. compound complex, noun clause

I get what you are saying. noun clause I understand the opinion you are stating.

I don’t get you sometimes. SIMPLE You’re kind of strange sometimes.

Types of sentences:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

COMPOUND COMPLEX – the most complicated type

think

Dave thinks that his wife is the kindest person he has ever met. noun clause adjective clause

Dave thinks that he should get a haircut.

I think that you should apologize to your sister.

imagine

The little boy imagines that he will be a star player in the NBA.

recognize (thinking)

I recognize that learning English online is not as effective as learning in the classroom; however, we can still learn a lot together using this new medium. COMPOUND COMPLEX

suppose

I suppose that you can borrow my bicycle; just be careful when you lock it up.

claim

The man claimed to ICBC that I scratched his car when I was parking.

say

Michelle said that she would be late for work today.

promise

I promise that I will come to your class every day.

I promise that I will not eat all of your chocolate when you are out. noun clause adverb clause

I promised my grandmother that I would/will take care of her 27 cats while she was in jail.

reason (v) – not used much, ‘think, ‘ deduce’, high-level thinking, science, philosophy

The scientist reasoned that the COVID-19 vaccine was still 18 months away. 

For homework, try a few of your own. Try some new styles, harder ones. Push yourself. We can share them tomorrow.

Quiz #1 Short paragraph (50-70w)

Email it to me by 10:00am.

“In your opinion, why did Canada accept Vietnamese refugees, ‘the Boat People’?