Monday, 13 September 2021

EF34 11:00

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Reminder:

From today, we will all be together.

No more online, Zoom, classes. All of the classes are in-person.

 

Temporary parking code: 12003

Instructions on the ticket machine.

1.    Enter your car’s licence plate

2.    Enter the code 12003

 

Today’s agenda

1.    Begin sentence overview

2.    NO TIME “Election Day”. I emailed this to you last week.

3.    Partner intros – You introduce your partner (~1m).

4.    About 10 phrasal verbs

https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/

 

 

 

Tuesday

·      Begin simple sentences

·      Continue with “Election Day”

·      Every class - 10 phrasal verbs

 

Quiz#1 on simple sentences – soon, maybe Thursday

 

I climbed Laundry Mountain on Saturday.

 

Reptile Expo, Delta  -snakes, lizards, spiders, gekkos, scorpions

 

We need 26 people. We have 21 right now.

We will stay hopeful and optimistic.

Cross our fingers.

I have not had a class cancelled in 12 years ago.

 

 

SENTENCE TYPES THAT WE WILL BE LEARNING IN DETAIL IN THIS COURSE: over the next three weeks

- really important for people devleoping their writing skills, 3/4 level

 

Quick overview today, starting in in detail from tomorrow

 

-SIMPLE – most basic sentence, one clause

subject + verb ‘The snake was very beautiful.’ SV

-SSV subject+subject+verb ‘Vancouver and Victoria are nice cities.’

-SVV subject+verb+verb ‘The dog was shaking and hiding.’

-Imperatives- command ‘Close the door, please.’

‘Come in.’ ‘Be quiet.’ ‘Turn on the light.’ ‘Make your bed.’

-Interrogatives- questions ‘What time is it?’ ‘

‘What day is it today?’ ‘How are you?’ ‘Can I borrow your car?’

 

COMPOUND – two independent clauses together, two simple sentences put together

‘Mai likes ice cream. Joe likes cake.” 2 simple sentences

Join them together: , for , and , nor , but , or , yet , so FANBOYS

SOBA – more useful than FANBOYS

,SOBA , so , or , but , and

‘Mai likes ice cream , but Joe likes cake.” shows difference

‘Mai likes ice cream , and Joe likes cake.” shows extra information

Mai said ‘Yes’, so Joe said ‘No’. different ideas, bad relationship

 

MAYBE, depends on the class    ;  semicolons (I usually teach this in EF56)

 

-COMPLEX

-adverb clauses – because  when  if  since (I will teach you 10-15.)

Joan isn’t going to play volleyball tonight because it is going to rain.

Because it is going to rain, Joan isn’t going to play volleyball tonight.

 

-noun clauses – think, feel, know, believe, remember, forget, say

Junko said that she would be late today.

Mei thinks that she can make some food for the party.

We don’t know why our boss is in a bad mood today.

Shirin forgot that she had a doctor’s appointment today. It slipped her mind.

slip your mind (idiom) – you forget

Sorry, I forgot to pick up my son at school. It slipped my mind. I was 30 minutes late.

 

adjective clauses – who that which

Jen’s neighbours who are very noisy often have arguments late at night.

Mariam has a puppy that has white paws and black ears. complex

Mariam’s puppy has white paws and black ears. simple

 

He is a runner who has prosthetic legs.

prosthetic- artificial leg or arm or body part

Terry Fox- famous Canadian, ran partially across Canada on one leg

statues at BC Place

 

I want to teach you how to write sentences in all three styles.

If you can When you learn them, your writing will be really good.

 

 

Quick review of the sentences that we will be covering in the next few weeks.

** 10-minute break**

 

 

Free word processors for writing on computer:

Microdoft Word – paid

Googledocs -online, probably most popular

OpenOffice

Windows- Wordpad

Mac- Textedit?

 

Grammerly- (paid) grammar teaching, proofreading app

NOT FOR CLASS! Cheating.

It is a crutch- be careful about letting a computer fix your grammar.

 

 

Introduce your partner from last week.

Interviews:

1.Home

2.Family

3.Job

4.Hobbies

5.Travel

6.Future plans

 

I will ask for volunteers.

Some people- talking out loud to a group – no problem, happy to talk, not shy

Other people- very nervous, shy, hyperventilating, crying, run out of the room

 

Opportunity to talk- low cost, low stakes situation

 

Grab your opportunities, especially about using English.

 

veterinarian assistant

 

Good job. That went really well!

Good work volunteering to speak. You showed some courage.

For the people who chose not to speak, my advice is to change that.

 

 

Phrasal verbs

Every class, teach about 10 phrasal verbs

-extremely useful, idioms, used daily

- many of these you will already know, some new ones

 

phrasal verb  

verb + preposition

look (v) + at (prep) = look at

look + after (prep) = look after COMPLETELY NEW MEANING

look + forward to = anticpating   The little girl is looking forward to her birthday party.

look up – search, look upward, be hopeful    Things are looking up for you.

look up to- respect, admire   She really looks up to her parents.

 

Phrasal verbs – heart of English  If you want to know English well, you have to know a lot of phrasal verbs.

 

https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/

 

 

I am going to ask her out. – date ‘Do you want to go to a movie Friday night?’

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