Wednesday, 16 November 2022

EF45 Class 3 - simple sentences, classmate introductions

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Period 2 (12:00-2:15 am) class for these courses:

English Foundations 4

English Foundations 5

 

We will get started at 12:00.

 

Teacher: Al Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Distribute Know More English

Record name and number

·      Begin simple sentence work

·      Classmate introductions- volunteer BONUS PT

 

Thursday

·      Begin goalsetting module

·      Continue simple sentence work

 

Friday

·      Continue goalsetting module

 

Know More English

-         sentence work

-         next few weeks

Please don’t write it the books.

Treat them gently.

We are a small school with no money for new books.

I have not checked book deposits yet. I will check them tomorrow on the computer.

Three kinds of sentences:

1.    SIMPLE

2.    COMPOUND

3.    COMPLEX

 

Simple Sentence

A simple sentence is one group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

Different types of simple sentences:

SV – 1 subject + 1 verb

SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb

SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs

Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something

Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question

 

* SV – 1 subject + 1 verb

Your friend is beautiful/handsome.

Sarah does her homework at night.

Your brother works in construction.

 

Begin with a capital letter.

End with a period or a question mark.

 

Don’t write in all capital letters. The only capital letters should be the first letter of the first word in a sentence and the first letter of proper nouns.

YOUR BROTHER WORKS IN CONTRUCTION. XXX

Your brother works in construction.

We go on vacation. SV

‘we’ plural- more than one, two or a thousand

 

proper nouns- caps

names of cities, days, months, countries, languages, people’s names, first person pronoun “I”, companies, landmarks

Vancouver, Tehran, Beijing, Friday, Monday, Christmas, Hallowe’en, April, June, China, Iran, Canada, Canadian, Mexican, Persian, Yemen, Yemini, India, Indian,  English, French, Mandarin, Turkish, Sarah, Ken, Dave, Mohamed, I, Nike, Starbucks, Under Armor, the Steamclock, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the CN Tower, the Taj Mahal.

 

seasons No

I love spring.

We have Spring Break in March.

We have Winter Break in winter.

 

 

* SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb

My sister and I go on vacation.

Your book and your pen are on the desk.

The dog and the cat are playing with each other.

The old man and the old woman are talking with each other.

The parks and the trees in Vancouver are nice.

 

*SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs

My wife cooks and washes the dishes everyday.

I clean the bathroom and do the laundry.

I drive my car to school and study English five days a week.

Sarah likes swimming but hates biking.

 

You are a teacher and a father. SV

Mohammad likes dogs but does not have a dog right now. SVV

Shira bought a new phone and sold her old one. SVV

Manuel is from Mexico but lives in Canada. SVV

 

** Thinking about SV helps to structure your sentence.

When I write for school or work, I always have SV in my mind.

SV = Subject Verb

 

I         subject pronoun, goes into S place of a sentence

me    object pronoun, goes into the O place of a sentence  

 

My friend and I/me go to the park.

My friend and I/me go to the park.

My friend and I go to the park.

 

My friend was talking to I/me.

 

SVO

 

 

 

* Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something

You close the door. omit the subject

 

Close the door. Please close the door. Close the door, please.

(You) Tell me about yourself.

Introduce yourself.

Speak up! Speak louder!

Hurry up!

Tell me about your school.

Please hurry up. makes it sound more polite

 

Please close the door.

Close the door, please.

 

AUTHENTIC USAGE FROM THE INTERNET

Please remain seated until the seatbelt sign is off.

Buckle your seat belt, please.

 

! – exclamation point – high energy, high emotion

Watch out!

Be careful!

Listen to me!

Please be quiet.

Be quiet!

Have a cookie! Have a cookie.

Come in. Sit down. Relax.

argument- Shut up! Go away! Stop!

 

What a nice day.

What a nice day! seems like too much emotion

 

What a beautiful baby!

 

Hello! – lot of emotion- haven’t seen each other in a long time

Hello.- talk to husband

 

 

*Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question

How are you?

What are you doing?

What does this word mean?

argument- What is your problem?

What happened?

What’s going on? How’s it going? What is happening? CASUAL TALKING

What time is it?

Is it 2 o’clock yet?

Where are you from?

Where is that?

Where is your phone?

Where is South Hill?

 

REVIEW of simple sentences:

SV

SSV

SVV

SSVV

Imperative

Interrogative

 

 

predicate = verb

 

Know More English p108-9

Ex. 27

1.    simple subject and predicate

1 subject  1 verb

SV

The tree is losing its leaves.

I will go to work in the afternoon.

2.    compound predicate

2 verbs

SVV

The old man is cutting his grass and trimming his hedges.

 

3.    SSV

4.    S ?

5.    SV

6.    SS

7.    SVV

8.    SVV ?

9.    SVV

 

HW   Write a few (3-4) simple sentences from your own imagination.

Try a few different styles of simple sentences: SV  SSV  SVV  SSVV  Imperative  Question.

Email them to me by 5PM. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

We will share them in class tomorrow.

 

SSV My mother and I went to the cinema.

My husband and I went to the gym.

My dog and my cat love each other.

 

My husband and I went to the gym.

I and my husband went to the gym. XXX

Me and my friend went to the gym. VERY CASUAL TALKING

 

Suddenly, the radio and the TV turned off.

 

 

SIMPLE

I like ice cream but hate white chocolate. SVV

 

COMPOUND

I like ice cream, but I hate white chocolate. SV , SOBA SV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examples of Simple Sentence:

1. Joe went to the store. SV subject+verb

2. Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV

3. The frog jumped and landed in the pond. SVV

The airplane took off and landed. SVV

4. Keep your eyes open for bargains.

Imperative- command, tell someone to do something

Close the door. You close the door.

Open the window.

Sit down here.

Use sanitizer.

Wash your hands.

Look right.

Be careful.

Wear your mask.

Let it be.

Make me some supper.

Please make me a sandwich.

Make me a sandwich, please.

Please open the door.

Open the door, please. *Use a comma

Watch out!

Come in. Sit down. Have a seat. Have some tea.

Shut up! Get out! Drop dead!

 

 

5. The pizza smells delicious. SV

6. There is a fly in the car with us.

there/here -not subjects

There is a fly in the car with us.

Here is/are your keys.

Here is/are your glasses.

My glasses are old.

scissors – The scissors are dull.

chopsticks- The chopsticks are made of wood.

The pair of chopsticks is made of wood.

The pair of scissors is dull.

 

 

7. Look on top of the refrigerator for the key.

Imperative, command

Look!

8. The printer is out of paper. SV

 

9. Will you help me with the math homework?

Interrogative – question

Are you hungry?

Do you want to drink water?

Do you want to have some/any water?

Did you call me?

You called me.

What is your name?

Your name is Jessie.

 

10. The music is too loud. SV

 

Adapted from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/

 

 

So far: SIMPLE SENTENCES

SV

SSV

SVV

Imperative (command) V

Interrogative (question)

 

 

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Introduce your partner.

Stand up.

TIPS FOR TALKING TO A GROUP

1.                         Speak up a bit. Talk louder than usual. Raise your voice.

2.                         Look around. Make some eye contact.

3.                         Speak a bit more slowly than usual.

 

TOPICS- No need to do all of the topics. Just choose some of them.

1.                         Name

2.                         Home

3.                         Family

4.                         Job

5.                         Travel

6.                         Hobbies

7.                         Future plans

 

She is eleven years old. She is an eleven-year-old girl.

This course is nine weeks long. This is a nine-week course.

-         hyphen

 

She works in a Japanese restaurant.

 

She has been here for five years. present perfect verb tense

She has lived here for five years. present perfect verb tense

 

present perfect- from then until now

 

He has worked at his job for four weeks. present perfect verb tense

He has been working at his job for four weeks. present perfect continuous/progressive verb tense ‘ing’

from then until now, probably will continue

 

I have lived here for six years.

I have been living here for six years.

 

Her hobby is listening to music.

Her hobby is NOUN. soccer/shopping.

listen(v)

listening(n) – gerund

 

Hiking is fun. I like hiking. noun

I am hiking. verb

 

The older daughter was born in China. passive voice

The older daughter borned in China. XXX

 

passive voice – the subject is not doing the verb

 

Marie ate a cookie. active voice

The cookie was eaten by Marie. passive voice

 

The older daughter was born in China.

 

Present                           Past                       Participle

eat                                   ate                         eaten

drink                                drank                    drunk

drive                                drove                    driven

read                                 read                      read

put                                   put                        put

pay                                  paid                       paid

bear*                               bore*                    born

*not commonly used, very old words

 

drunk (adj)  Your grandmother got drunk at the wedding.

drunk (v)  The orange juice has all been drunk.

 

 

 

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