Thursday, 10 February 2022

EF34 4 class- preview of sentence types, simple sentences

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Continue stories “Indigenous People Simple Present”

·      Preview of the 3 sentence types that we will be learning

·      Begin simple sentences

Practice

·      Listening exercise- 6 questions and answers

 

Friday

·      Continue simple sentences- bit more practice

Prepare for Quiz#1 on Monday

·      Begin work on simple verb tenses

simple present, simple past, simple future

·      Small group discussion

·      HW   Read ?

 

Monday

·      Quiz#1 (25m)

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

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

 

- sentence types, really important for people developing their English writing and skills, 3/4 level

 

Quick overview today, start to go into detail

 

 

Three main sentence types: simple, compound, complex

 

*SIMPLE SENTENCES – most basic sentence, one clause = subject + verb

 

-SV subject + verb

The snake was very beautiful. SV

Covid 19 is a big worry for all of us. SV

My pen was a gift from a student. SV

 

-SSV subject+subject+verb

Vancouver and Victoria are nice cities.’

The dog and the cat are friends.

North Vancouver and Chiba, Japan are sister cities.

 

-SVV subject+verb+verb

‘The dog was shaking and hiding.’

The little girl was playing and was laughing.

I went to my son’s house and played with my granddaughters.

We were laughing and having a good time.

 

SV   SSV   SVV

 

-Imperatives- command, tell someone to do something

‘Close the door, please.’

‘Come in.’

‘Be quiet.’

‘Turn on the light.’

‘Make your bed.’

‘Watch out.’

You watch out. Watch out.

You come in. Come in.

Head’s up! Be careful.

Take a shower.

Look up.

Sit down.

Turn around.

Watch your head!

Wash your hands.

Wear your mask.

Be quiet.

Shut up!

Keep your voice down.

Speak up.

 

-Interrogative- question

‘What time is it?’ ‘

‘What day is it today?’

‘How are you?’

‘Can I borrow your car?’

‘How much does that cost?’

‘Where is Room 202?’

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES- SV   SSV   SVV  Interrogative   Imperative

 

 

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

 

Mei likes ice cream. Joe likes cake. 2 simple sentences

 

Join them together: FANBOYS 

7 words that we use for compound sentences:

, for , and , nor , but , or , yet , so

FANBOYS – easy to remember

 

Some of the FANBOYS word are not used very much for compound sentences: for   nor   yet

We are going for a hike tomorrow, for it will be a nice day. UNUSUAL

We are going for a hike tomorrow because it will be a nice day. COMMON, AUTHENTIC ENGLISH, REAL, NATURAL-SOUNDING

 

‘for’ in simple sentences are commonly used-  I have a gift for you.

 

The most useful words for compound sentences are these:

, so   , or   , but   , and  (98% of the time)

SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and

SOBA – more useful than FANBOYS

, SOBA , so , or , but , and

 

Mei likes ice cream. Joe likes cake. 2 SIMPLES

Mei likes ice cream, but Joe likes cake. COMPOUND shows difference

Mei likes ice cream, and Joe likes cake. COMPOUND shows extra information

 

 Other ways to make compound sentences: EF56 (maybe in this class, too)

; semicolon

; TRANS,

 

EF34 – focus will be , SOBA

 

* COMPLEX SENTENCE

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

Shirin is drinking coffee because she is tired.

Because she is tired, Shirin is drinking coffee.

*Some teachers will tell you to not start a sentence with ‘because’. You can smile and say ‘Thank you.’

Your choice.

 

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.

 

2.noun clauses –

brain- think, feel, know, believe, remember, forget, learn

tongue- say, yell, whisper, talk, remind

that why how

 

Junko said that she would be late today.

You said that this is my classroom.

Mel 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.

Nasrin is learning how to drive.  

 

3. 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

 

I have a pen that has red ink.

I have a pen which my grandmother gave me.

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

 

FOCUS OF THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THIS COURSE:

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

It is really important to learn these sentence styles.

These are the sentences styles what you will need for school, university, college, work, business, life in Canada.

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

MY ADVICE: Learn it now. Don’t wait until English 10, 11 ,12 to learn how to write sentences. The time is now!

 

You can do it!

It’s hard, but you can do it.

 

Review, review, review!

Practice, practice, practice!

 

Do you have something you practice everyday?

Mastery comes from steady daily practice.

 

Do you have a goal?

It will take steady daily work.

You will be amazed at what you can accomplish in six months or a year.

 

 

 

 

For me, it’s music.

mandolin -25 years

pedal steel guitar -eight years

electric guitar- two years

 

persistence, perseverance – keep working, don’t quit

Pursue your goals. Chase after your goals.

 

Practice with simple sentences:

SV   SSV   SVV   Imperative   Question (interogative)

Choose vocabulary from the stories:

1. SV                     singer

She is a singer.

Justin Beiber is a popular Canadian singer.

2. SSV                   love

My sister and my dad love driving a lot.

 

3. SVV                   music

Nasrin is learning and playing music.

 

4. Question         country

What is your favourite country?

What is your home country?

What country do you come from?

Do you miss your country? Are you homesick?

What countries have you visited?

 

5. SV                      modern

I like modern home design.

She is a very modern person.

Canada is a modern society.

Technology has changed in modern times.

 

6. SVV                   artist

Some artists sing songs and write songs.

The artist paints and sculpts.

 

7. SSV                    stories

Joe and David read English stories everyday.

Some stories and movies are sad.

 

8. Imperative      painting

You must Paint the room.

Make/Create a beautiful painting.

Do a painting of me!

 

9. SV                      community

Sarah works in a community centre.

We are part of a Persian community in North Vancouver.

I enjoy seeing different communities in Vancouver.

 

10. Imperative    message

Send the message now.

Send me a message.

You should Send a message.

At the beep, leave a message.

 

wants + infinitive “to go to eat”

wants to go

wants to eat

wants to learn

My sister wants to learn English.

 

 

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