EF23 Class 10 - Sentences, Why Do We Yawn

 

 Good morning, everyone.

 We will get started at 11:45.

 

I forgot to put Friday’s notes on the blog. They are up there now.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Simple sentences “Use Your Skill” 4

Go over your sentences from homework

·      Continue verb tense- simple present and present continuous

·      Facts and Figures “Why Do We Yawn” p36

·      Word List 1.2

·      HW   Read “Why Do People Laugh?”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue verb tense- simple present and present continuous

Practice

·      “Why Do People Laugh?”

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These are some of the sentences that you sent to me for homework:

SIMPLE SENTENCES

SV   SSV   SVV   Command   Question

1.    Do you watch a lot of TV?

2.    I have interesting jobs.

I have an interesting job.

 

3.    Are you going to join us tonight?

4.    It was wonderful.                                   

5.    My wife takes our son to school every day.

6.    My family and I are watching English movie every night.

My family and I watch English movies every night.

My family and I are watching an English movie right now.

*are watching = present progressive / present continuous

     happening right now

*watch= simple present   usually, always, daily, habitually

 

7.    I usually go to work by bus every day. simple present

I usually going to work by bus. XXX

I am going to work by bus this morning.

 

8.    I am studying and doing my homework at the moment.

at the moment= right now

I‘ll call you in 10 minutes. I am washing the dishes at the moment.

 

9.    Tony shook hands with me.

The politician shakes hands with a lot of people everyday.

politician – government leader in politics

 

Because of covid, people do not shake hands as much as they used to. Now some people do a fist bump or touch elbows.

 

10.                       Snowmen are fun to make in winter.

snowman   snowwoman

snowperson

 

11.                       Singers have interesting jobs.

12.                       she skook hands with me.

She shook hands with me.

13.                       Snowpeople are fun to make in winter.

14.                       Artists have interesting jobs.

15.                       I am baking cookies at home.

16.                       I like to drinks coffee every day.

like to drink  OR like drinking

I like to drink coffee every day.

I like drinking coffee every day.

 

like   love   hate   begin   continue   prefer   + infinitive OR gerund

 

like + infinitive “to walk”

The old man likes to walk around the mall.

like + gerund “walking”

The old man likes walking around the mall.

 

My sister loves to take care of animals.

My sister loves taking care of animals.

 

Shira began to work in the office last year.

Shira began working in the office last year.

 

Mei will continue to practice her English.

Mei will continue practicing her English.

 

prefer – like more, choose

I prefer to read a book.

I prefer reading a book.

Jun prefers paying cash.

 

 

17.                       I studied law.

18.                       I will learn the English language.

I will learn English.

I want to learn Spanish.

I want to learn how to detail a car.

 

detail a car- clean a car until it looks brand new

 

 

Very good sentence.

Good work!

Great! Fabulous! Excellent! Wonderful! Amazing! Terrific! Outstanding! Unbelievable! Fantastic!

So so. Okay. Not bad. Fine.

Terrible. Awful. Horrible. Disappointing.

 

 

 

Verb tenses:

simple present- usually, always, habitually

present progressive- happening right now

 

10 WORDS OF VOCAB

I will say the words out loud. You listen and write the words down.

1. sends

2. safe

3. tea

4. hot

5. push

6. chew

7. eat

8. knock

9. fix

10. meat

Choose a few (3-4) of these words. Write some sentences that use simple present and present progressive verb tenses.

1.    sends          Mei sends her kids to school.

Mei is sending a letter to her sister. Shira is sending an email to her boss.

Email me a few of these sentences by tonight. We can share them tomorrow.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

 

Facts and Figures “Why Do We Yawn?” p36

 

I don’t know. I don’t really know. I really don’t know.

 

contagious – spreads, people can catch it

Covid 19 is contagious.

I had Covid. I am not contagious anymore.

 

alert – awake, not sleepy

 

Amber Alert- text on your phone

 

bored(adj) – not interested, your feeling

The teenager is bored by school.

 

boring(adj)- not interesting, describing the thing

The movie was boring.

 

excited/exciting

Jun is excited about her vacation.

Meeting new friends is exciting.

 

interested/ interesting

Mei is interested in yoga.

Yoga is interesting to her.

 

The yoga teacher breathes deeply.

You can swim in deep water.

You can swim in shallow water.

The little kids swim in the shallow end of the pool. The adults swim in the deep end of the pool.

 

might – maybe yes, maybe no, 50/50

I might go to the party today. suggests the future

She might study French next year.

I might get married.

I might eat lunch with my friend.

Some people can’t sleep when they are worried.

Some people can’t sleep when they drink too much coffee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Word List 1.2

I will say a word. You listen and guess which one I said.

1. wise

2. dinner

3. came

4. same

5. think