Friday, 10 May 2024

EF45 Class 12

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Eurovision-singing contest

 

12th class today- almost 1/3 finished. On Tuesday, we will be 1/3 finished.

Time flies.

-Tests

-Quizzes

REMINDER In-class spoken mark is 25%.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Prepositions – phrasal verbs

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to a Dental Specialist”

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Continue to review verb tenses and modals

·      “Academic Vocabulary”

·      HW   Read new dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

Monday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

Wednesday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue “Going to an Eye Doctor”

 

 

Phrasal Verbs

https://www.espressoenglish.net/learn-500-phrasal-verbs-the-most-natural-way/

“Going to a Dental Specialist”

 

 

When I drink a lot of coffee, my heart pounds. I get nervous and jittery.

 

 

Compound sentences

 

SV, SOBA SV.

, SOBA , so   , or   , but   , and

 

Most teachers teach FANBOYS. for and nor but or yet so

 

SOBA -  much more useful   so   or   but    and

SOBA – high frequency words- We use constantly.

 

EXAMPLES:

He forgot his credit card, so he had to pay cash.

She will go to the party, or she will stay home with her 17 cats.

Maria wants to stay home, but she has an appointment.

Maris loves flowers, and she grows them in her garden.

 

; semicolon

He forgot his credit card; he had to pay cash.

She will go to the party; she will stay home with her 17 cats.

Maria wants to stay home; she has an appointment.

Maris loves flowers; she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

Maris loves flowers. She grows them in her garden. 2 simples

 

; TRANS, transitional word/term

He forgot his credit card; therefore, he had to pay cash.

She will go to the party; alternatively, she will stay home with her 17 cats.

Maria wants to stay home; however, she has an appointment.

Maris loves flowers; in fact, she grows them in her garden. 1 compound

Jun plays soccer; also, he plays badminton.

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Transitional Terms

Which ones do you know already?

Which one are new to you?

 

3 MODELS FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES

I like dogs, but she likes cats.

I like dogs; she likes cats.

I like dogs; however, she likes cats.

 

HIGHER LEVEL

I like dogs. However, she likes cats. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

 

*You don’t have a semicolon. You can use a period and a capital letter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSEQUENCE , so   ; as a result,   ; consequently,   ; therefore,

CHOICE , or   ; on the other hand,   ; alternatively,

CONTRAST , but  ; instead,   ; on the contrary,   ; however,   ; in contrast,

ADDITION , and   ; also,   ; furthermore,   ; in addition,

 

This is a good start for transitional terms. We can learn some of the other ones later.

 

 

“Academic Vocabulary Exercise 1”

1.peddler- someone who sells small things, peddle(v) sell inexpensive things

Sarah peddles phones cases in a kiosk in Metrotown.

2.When I go through airport security, I feel like cattle.

3.You are skinny. You are slim. He is very slender.

He is husky. husky- big  IDIOM body-shaming- being critical of a person body

body building – lifting weight for muscle gain

out of shape – poor cardiovascular health

in shape- good cardiovascular health

cardio-heart

vascular- veins,arteries

cardio- exercise

 

4.gigantic  - ji  gan  tic,  giant

5.naked- no clothes  IDIOM in your birthday suit

Someone knokced on the door, but I was in the shower in my birthday suit. I couldn’t answer the door.

 

 

 

 

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