Thursday, 10 March 2022

EF34-23 class - verb tenses, articles, pronouns

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Test#3 process paragraph

·      Review verb tenses

·      Begin noun clauses

·      Small-group talking/listening

 

Friday

·      Return paragraphs

·      Midterm reports

·      HW   I will email you some story to read for when we come back.

 

SPRING BREAK

 

Test#3 process paragraph

process paragraph – teach, explain how to do something

 

Topic sentence

3,4,5 supporting sentences

Concluding sentence

(100-125 words)

 

-doublespace

-write in pen

-indent the first word

 

 

 

 

 

Submit it to me by 12:15

Choose one:

“How to Learn English Really Well”

“How to Choose a Career/Job”

 

Break until 12:25

 

 

Midterm recommendation tomorrow

Midterm average based on your marks so far.

Quiz1- simple                                    6pts

Quiz2- compound                            6pts

Quiz3- adverb clauses                     6pts

Test1- narrative paragraph            12pts

Test2- descriptibe paragraph        12pts

Test3- process paragraph               12pts

Spoken mark                                     10pts

 

AVERAGE: % percentage

 

Midterm average 65% and higher- recommendation to register early for the next level

Midterm average 64% and lower- recommendation to stay in your current level

The 65% cutoff just refers to early recommendation.

Final passmark is 50%.

 

If you are a good speaker and a good writer, you’ll probably be ok.

If you are a very very quiet person, you had better be a great writer to make up for those lost spoken marks.

 

We will have short one-on-one meetings tomorrow.

 

Grammar Test 1

Verb tenses

subject verb agreement- #1 error

She have has two dogs. agr

The bus doesn’t come until five o’clock. 5:00

until – preposition

til- casual, good for speaking

because

cause- very casual, good for casual speaking, not for writing

 

GOOD RULE: like, want, have, know – can not be used with ‘ing’

 

possible exception ‘have’ She is having a party. We are having a test today. -different meaning of ‘have’

 

child / children     childs  He has two childs children.

person / people   persons very seldomly used  people

 

 

Exercise 4

 

John   I  - “I’ goes last – politeness

Me and John are going to the game tomorrow. COMMONLY USED-

John and I are going to the game. NICER SOUNDING, HIGHER LEVEL

You can choose which way you want to say it.

 

I can’t understand him.

him – object

me- object

he- subject

He can’t understand me.

I can understand him.

She can talk to her.

He can talk to them.

They can hear us.

We can hear them.

*subject and object forms of pronouns

 

Sarah and me like to go ballroom dancing. XXX

Sarah and I like to go ballroom dancing.

The coach called Sarah and me last night.

 

subjects and verbs S+V

objects

 

She is the best friend that I have ever had.

have ever- present perfect

That is the cutest dog that I have ever seen.

This is the worst coffee that I have ever drunk.

You are the tallest person that I have ever danced with.

 

Articles   a   an   the

 

Do you want an ice cream cone from the store? Why ‘an’ ‘a’

 an  vowel sound    an orange

the- you know and I know what it is

Do you want an ice cream from the store?

Do you want some ice cream from the store?

 

They picked up the puppy / a puppy from the pet store.

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