EF3/4
FINAL WEEK!
Today’s agenda
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Return test- descriptive paragraph
RW for a bonus point , today or first thing
tomorrow
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Verb tense- present perfect
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Process writing
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Facts and Figures Facts and Figures “The
First Woman on Mount Everest” p232
Wednesday
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Continue verb tense- present perfect
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Continue process writing
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Thursday
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Collect books Facts and Figures
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Test #5- process paragraph
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Review of what we have done this term
Friday- final day of the term
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Collect books Facts and Figures
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Marks day
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One-on-one chat
OR
I give send you your mark by email during
class time- 12-2:15
Next term, Quarter 4, begins on Thurday, April 27th.
Hopefully, you have registered for your next course.
Test- descriptive paragraph
(80-120 words)
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences- describing the picture
Concluding sentence
Mix of sentence styles- simple, compound, complex
Good verbs – simple present, past, future, present
progressive, past progressive
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Use phone for vocab – finding just vocab words
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Copied too much from the internet- sentences and
phrases.
like(v) – admire, enjoy
She likes to dance. He likes ice cream.
Her eyes likes dark chocolate. XXX
looks like - resembles(v)
Her eyes look like dark chocolate.
Her eyes look like they are always smiling.
Her daughter looks just like her.
looks just like- really, strong resemblance
IDIOM the spit and image of
Joe’s son is the spit and image of his grandfather.
The son looks exactly like his grandfather.
Verb tenses:
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
Present progressive
Past progressive
NEW VERB TENSE
Present perfect-
present perfect –
started in the past, continues up to now
perfect – doesn’t
mean ‘Perfect!’, just a word, from Latin
Great! Wonderful!
PRESENT PERFECT –
started in the past, continues until now
VERY COMMON USAGE
of present perfect
Molly has lived in Vancouver since 1998.
has lived –
present perfect- two verbs- auxiliary plus participle
Molly and Dave has
have lived in Vancouver since 1998.
Example:
I have lived in Vancouver
since 2019.
I have lived in Vancouver
from 2019. sounds ok, not as good
I was living
in Ethiopia in 2012. past progressive
I have lived in Vancouver
since 2022.
I have lived in Vancouver
since last year.
I have lived in Vancouver
for two years.
I have lived in Vancouver
for more than 20 years.
I have lived in Vancouver
for about 30 years.
I have lived in
Vancouver for maybe 30 years.
about around
approximately
I have lived in Vancouver
since 1988.
I have lived in Vancouver
since I was 25 years old.
I have lived in Vancouver
since two years ago. XXX
FIX
I have lived in Vancouver
since 2021.
I have lived in Vancouver
for two years.
I moved/came to Vancouver
two years ago.
ago- simple past,
not a span of time
I moved to
Vancouver for ten years. XXX
EF6
PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE I have been living in Vancouver since 2018.
Molly lives in Vancouver since 1998. Poor English
level
Molly lives in Vancouver. OK, simple present
Molly lived in Vancouver since 1998. Beginner
English level, not great
Molly has lived in Vancouver since 1998. High-level
English level!!!
Molly has lived in East Van since 2014. High English
level
I have lived in my house since we moved from
Tunisia in 2018. adverb clause
VERB FORMS
Present Past Participle
live lived lived
She lives in Richmond. She lived in Richmond. She has lived
in Richmond for two years.
see saw seen
say said said
speak spoke spoken
She speaks French. She spoke French when she lived in Montreal.
She has spoken French since she was a kid.
think thought thought
catch caught caught
teach taught taught
bring brought
brot brought
begin began begun
ring rang rung
buy bought bought
drive drove driven
He drives a truck. He drove his truck to Calgary. He has
driven that truck since 2017 / since he bought it in 2017. ADV CL
work worked worked
Mei works in the office. She worked in Beijing before. She
has worked in Vancouver since she moved here / since 2021 / for two years.
I have worked at the airport since 2021.
I have worked at Persian Foods since February, 2021.
I have worked at VCC since last year.
present past participle
eat ate eaten
I haven’t eaten pork since I was a kid.
I haven’t climbed a tree for at least 40 years.
I haven’t eaten ice cream since for six months because
I am on a diet.
I haven’t eaten breakfast today/yet. I have eaten supper/dinner
already.
do did done
I do my homework most every day. I did my homework last
night. I didn’t do my homwork last night because I was tired. I haven’t done my
homework yet. I have done my homework already.
study studied studied
walk walked walked
talk talked talked
tell told told
try tried tried
paint painted painted
see saw seen
fly flew flown
run ran run
throw threw thrown
fall fell fallen
lie (tell a lie) lied lied
lie (recline on your own) lay lain
lay (place down gently) laid laid
buy bought bought
drive drove driven
teach taught taught
make made made
give gave given
speak spoke spoken
think thought thought
write wrote written
fly
flew
flown
ring rang rung
feel felt felt
FOR EXTRA LEARNING:
https://www.gallaudet.edu/tutorial-and-instructional-programs/english-center/grammar-and-vocabulary/verbs/irregular-verb-list/
HOMEWORK
Try a few sentence that use present perfect. Email them to
me. We can share them tomorrow.
Try some of the exercises.
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