Wednesday, 19 June 2024

EF45 Class 39

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Presentation Project- Group 1 submit writing

·      Return Quiz4- noun clauses

Optional RW for a bonus point

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      “Roses Sing on New Snow”

Talk about paragraph Test#4 Friday

 

Thursday

·      Presentation Project-

Group 2 submit writing

Group 1 present

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      Roses Sing on New Snow”

Talk about paragraph Test#4 Friday

 

Friday

·      Presentation Project-

Group 3 submit writing

Group 2 present

·      Continue adjective clauses, choose vocab for quiz Monday

·      Test#4- paragraph on “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Monday, June 24

·      Presentation Project- Group 3 present

·      Quiz on adjective clauses

 

Tuesday

·      Summary/wrap-up

·      Optional replacement quiz or test- I will explain this in detail today.

 

Wednesday, June 26, final day

·      Marks day, non-instruction day

·      One-on-one meetings

 

 


Quiz#4


Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.    think           family

She thinks that her family is the best.

2.    believe       problem

I believe that I can solve my problems at work.

3.    know          mother

4.    remember appointment

5.    say               weather

6.    decide        job

My husband decides that he will quit his job. simple present- always, usually

My husband decided that he will quit his job. simple past

I decided to go home early.

I decided that I would go home early.

 

remember/remind

She remembered to pick up some milk.

She reminded her friend about the party.

 

 

 

 


Sentence types:

*simple sentences SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative    Interrogative

*compound sentence SV, SOBA SV.    SV; TRANS, SV.

*complex sentence   -adverb clauses

                                         -noun clause

                                         -adjective clause

 

Final type of clause to learn about- Adjective clauses

 

adjective – describes a noun

the red hat - adjective

He is wearing a green hat.

 

 

COMMON ERROR FOR FARSI, ARABIC, AND SPANISH SPEAKERS

the hat red

 

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES/MODIFIERS: works 90% of the time

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

Stanley Park, Park Royal

 

SIDENOTE: We often use nouns to modify nouns.

a new laptop adj

a school laptop noun- modifier, acting like an adjective

a spray bottle noun

 

a laptop computer

a cell / a mobile - a cellular telephone

 

 

 

 

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES/MODIFIERS:

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

Examples:

This is my school book. adj noun acting like an adjective

What category is school? purpose

This is my old school book.  old

This is my boring old school book. 

 

She has a nice diamond ring.

What category are nice and diamond? opinion material

 

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

Junko collects ancient Japanese tea sets.

The dog had a cute fluffy tail.

My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.

Mariam bought a warm purple wool/woolen sweater.

Ling bought a new wooden spoon.

We had delicious Chinese dimsum.

Marian bought some golden Canadian maple syrup.

You have a clear plastic water bottle.

Mei likes her new blue silk gloves.

 

Let’s try some. Write a few sentences using 2,3,4 modifiers from your own imagination.

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

, commas – two modifiers in the same category use a comma between

e.g.

She went on an exciting European vacation.

She went on an exciting, fascinating vacation.

*This is a detail. Don’t stress about it.

She has a cute, beautiful baby.

She has a cute two-month-old baby.

 

 

single adjectives – good for simple ideas

 

For more complicated ideas- need an adjective clause  S+V

An adjective clause tells us about (describes) a  noun just like an adjective does.  Adjective clauses have subject and a verb.

 

Adjective clauses usually use these three words: who, that, which.

90% of the time you will be using who, that, which.

 

There are other words: whom whose where – not used often

NOTE: ‘whom’ very rarely used

MY ADVICE: You pretty much forget about ‘whom’, rarely used

EXCEPTION

Writing a letter- you don’t know who will be reading it:

For example- Letter of Reference

USE THIS EXACT PHRASE

To whom it may concern, 

 

To whom it might concern, XXX

To whom concern, XXX

To concern who is, XXX

Are you concerning who is what this, XXX

 

-a letter/message in a bottle

 

DON’T CHANGE IT. It is a convention.

To whom it may concern,

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE USE THESE WORDS MOST OFTEN WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:

*‘who’ - used for people, all people, sounds polite

* ‘that’ - used for things, things are not alive, plants, animals,

* ‘which’ is used for special things (special to you- only you can decide if it’s special or not), also for unique things (only one- city names, landmarks)

 

jewelry- bracelet, necklace, earrings, rings, noserings, bangles

 

I bought this at/from the Dollarmart that is on Fraser and 42nd.

I come from Tehran, which is the biggest city in Iran.

 

 

*POINT TO CONSIDER- POINT OF CONFUSION

‘that’ is multiuse word in English

‘that’ is used in many different ways

multi-use word, confusing

Examples

That sandwich was delicious. pronoun

That person is very tall. pronoun

The dog that lives next door is very cute. adjective clause

The man who lives next door is very friendly. adjective clause

That waterbottle is leaking. pronoun

The waterbottle that is on the table is leaking. adj cl

Which waterbottle? on the table

The waterbottle which my son gave me is leaking. special

She said that she would vring ice cream today. n cl

She said that she will be late tomorrow. noun clause

The sandwich that she made was very tasty. adjective clause

I think that that sandwich was scrumptious. noun clause, pronoun

 

It is a nice dog. She is a great horse.

The dog that lived next door barked a lot. adj cl

 

Crazy example:

She thinks that that sandwich that you made was so good that she wants to have another one.

confusing, overwritten, grammar is fine

noun clause, pronoun, adjective cl, adverb cl

 

That guy is really tall. pronoun

We saw a giraffe that had a really long neck. adjective clause

 

Adjective clause- The new earrings that you got for Xmas are nice.

The new earrings which you got for Xmas are nice. special

 

FOCUS who   that   which

- Examples of adjective clauses with ‘who’

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. COMPLEX adjective clause

2 pieces of information, 2 clauses in the sentence

1 Mei’s sister 2 who is a nurse lives in Burnaby.

1 Mei’s sister lives in Burnaby.

2 who is a nurse

 

MORE DETAILED LEVEL:

Using commas with adjective clauses:

A.   Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby.

B.   Mei’s sister, who is a nurse, lives in Burnaby.

Same meaning? Slightly different meaning. What is the difference.

 

 

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. several sisters

Mei’s sister, who is a nurse, lives in Burnaby. only one sister

 

Grammar book – restrictive and non-restrictive clauses

                               -essential and non-essential clauses

 

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a vibrant city. only one

 

 

Exercise A

4. The house that has the big garden is for sale.

The White House, which is the president’s domicile, is in Washington, DC.

The Frida Khalo lived in the Blue House, which is in Mexico City.

 

SPECIAL USAGE OF ‘that’ for people – shows disrespct, you don’t like them

My sister married a guy who comes from Northern England.

My other sister married a guy that has never worked a day in his life.

She went to Viji’s, which is a top place in Vancouver.

 

REVIEW who   that   which

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

Try Exercises B for homework

1.Mary is my friend. She lives next door.

SOLUTIONS

The girl who lives next door is my friend. Her name is Mary.

The girl who lives next door is my friend, Mary. appositive

The girl who lives next door is my friend whose name is Mary.

Mary is my friend who lives next door.

Mary who is my friend lives next door.

Mary who lives next door is my friend.

Mary and her three sisters who are my friends live next door.

The stadium is filled with 20000 teenagers who are all Taylor Swift fans.

 

We can share them tomorrow.

 

The movie was interesting that we watched last night.

misplaced modifier

The movie that we watched last night was interesting.

 

Sarah has a cat who is a pediatrician.

Sarah who is a pediatrician has a cat.

I gave a table to my sister that has three legs.

I gave a table that has three legs to my sister.

 

10. She completed the project, which surprised everyone.

Houses in Vancouver average is $1.3M, which is insane.

You got 98% on the test, which is amazing.

 

Three subtle differences in meaning:

She completed the project, which surprised everyone.

The woman who completed the project surprised everyone.

The project which/that she competed surprised everyone.

 

 

 

 

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