Wednesday, 14 May 2025

P2 EF56 Class 14

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Wednesday -SLANG “Hump Day”

There are cacti in the desert.

 

livestock- cows, goats, camels, sheep,

Cows have three stomachs.

Cows chew their cud.

Somalia exports goats and sheep to other countries.

Meat from sheep is called mutton.

Meat from cows is called beef.

Meat from lamb is called lamb.

Meat from pigs is called pork.

Meat from goat is called goat.

Meat from a baby cow is called veal.

 

A baby goat is a kid.

A baby sheep is a lamb.

A baby fish is called a fry.

A baby dog is called a puppy.

A baby cat is called a kitten.

A baby chicken is called a chick.

A baby horse is called a foal.

A baby donkey is called a ?

A mule is very stubborn.

IDIOM insult- My sister is as stubborn as a mule.

 

deer-

Deer meat is called venison. It has a strong gamey taste.

Male deers have antlers.

Goats have horns.

 

She is having an affair.

Chinese- He is wearing a green hat.

Spain- He has horns.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Quiz2 (first 25m)

·      Begin overview of sentence types HANDOUT

·      Finish “Asking for a Job Promotion” dialogues

·      HW   Review “Simple Sentences” HANDOUT

 

Thursday

·      Begin simple sentences

·      Begin descriptive writing

 

Friday

·      “Self Assessment Reflection” Week 3

·      Multiple Choice exercises

·      Continue simple sentences

Quiz3 Monday

Choose vocab to review

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      Fun listening

 

Monday

Victoria Day- Birthday of Queen Victoria

 

IDIOM Love is blind.

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz3- simple sentences

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      Begin compound sentences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2

Quiz 2

Write a sentence with an appropriate verb tense for each.

Pass in by 12:30.

1.    SIMPLE FUTURE                      change       room

2.    PRESENT PROGRESSIVE        talk              car              

3.    SIMPLE PAST                            meet           home

4.    SIMPLE PRESENT                    work           job

5.    PAST PROGRESSIVE                look             food

6.    SIMPLE PAST                            took            time

 

Overview of Sentence Types- next few weeks, pick away at them

 

*SIMPLE SENTENCE-  most basic, easiest style

one part, one independent clause, one main clause

usually short sentence

SV- subject verb

-subject- the main person, place, thing, idea in the sentence

-verb- action verb, state of being

 

SV- one subject and one verb

The sky is blue.

SSV

You and I are talking on the phone.

SVV

The dog is sleeping and is snoring.

SVVV (probably the maximum}

The kids are running, yelling, and eating.

SSSV (probably the maximum)

Joe, Sarah, and Michelle went dancing.

SSVV

The old man and his granddaughter go to the park and have fun.

Imperative, command sentence - tell somebody to do something

Come in. Watch out. Sit down. Open the window, please.

Interrogative sentence - question, interrogate (ask questions)

What are you doing? What time is it? Where did you park the car?

 

Source of confusion- ‘simple’

grammar vocab 1. simple verb tenses

2. simple sentences

 

*COMPOUND SENTENCES

-First level of compound sentences   , SOBA   , so      , or    , but , and

FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so RARELY USED

98% of the time , SOBA      , so   , or    , but , and

 

 

It is raining now, so we can't play soccer. SV, so SV.

 

MIX VERB TENSES:

She is lactose-intolerant, so she didn’t have any ice cream at the party.

She is = She’s CASUAL WRITING

You can come to school, or you can go to work. SV, or SV.

 

LATER- modals   can, could, should, would, will, etc

 

I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday.

Joan likes hiking, and she also likes skiing. SV, and SV. She is an outdoorsy person.

VOCAB outdoorsy(adj)- prefers to be outside doing things like hiking, walking, camping, cycling, etc.

He is an indoor cat. She is an outdoor cat.

This cat is an indoor and outdoor cat.

Some cats have several homes.

Cats are very independent.

 

-Next level of compound sentences: ; substitute semicolon for, SOBA

It is raining, so we can't play soccer.  , so  =  ;

It is raining; we can't play soccer.

I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday. , but = ;

I like chocolate; I don't eat it everyday.

Joan likes hiking, and she also likes skiing.

Joan likes hiking; she also likes skiing.

You can come to school, or you can go to work.

You can come to school; you can go to work.

 

-Next next level of compound sentences  

transitional terms   therefore   alternatively   however   also  nevertheless   to tell the truth   first   secondly   first of all, etc

 

 

 

 

YOU HAVE OPTIONS, CHOICES:

OPTION 1 It is raining, so we can't play soccer.

OPTION 2 It is raining; we can't play soccer.

OPTION 3 It is raining; therefore, we can't play soccer.

We can’t play soccer because it is raining. COMPLEX SENT- ADVERB CLAUSE

 

MODELS FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES:

You can come to school, or you can go to work.

You can come to school; you can also go to work.

You can come to school; on the other hand, you can go to work.

You can come to school; alternatively, you can go to work.

 

I like chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday.

I like chocolate; I don't eat it everyday.

I like chocolate; however, I don't eat it everyday.

 

You have choice. Choice gives you power! You have options!

 

COMPLEX SENTENCES

-Adverb clauses – because   if   when   unless   until   after   before   although, as, as soon as, even if, since, ever since, etc

main clause adverb clause

Call me when you get home. ADVERB CLAUSE

Call me immediately. ADVERB

adverb – modifies a verb ‘ly’   slowly   quickly   well

Call me as soon as possible. Call me as soon as you can.

 

Sarah doesn’t want to talk to Maria because they had an argument.

Because Sarah and Maria had an argument, Sarah doesn’t want to talk to her.

Although it is/was raining, we went for a walk.

We went for a walk although it is/was raining.

We will go for a walk although it is raining now.

 

We won’t go to the beach if it rains.

If it rains, we won’t go to the beach.

 

Your choice! I’ll show you how to do it both ways.

 

-Noun clauses - brain, tongue

brain- think, believe, know, guess, understand, imagine, remember, forget, etc.

tongue- say, whisper, state, yell, remind, claim, argue, etc.

Most commonly go with these words: that why how

 

Mohammed thinks that he should call his brother. noun clause

You can use whatever verb tenses you want to:

Mohammed thought that he should have called his brother. perfect tenses

Mohammed thinks that he should have called his brother.

 

He thought about how he could fix his car.

The little girl believes that there is a monster in her closet.

Maria said that we need more printer paper.

Junko didn’t tell us why she quit her job.

I believe that it will rain tomorrow.

He guessed that a guest is coming over tonight.

Sarah knows how to solve the math problem.

 

-Adjective clauses - describe nouns

90% of the time- who that which

9.999% of the time- where whose

.001% of the time – whom

who-people

that-things, animals

which- special things, unique things

 

Fatima's neighbour, who is 86 years old, still lives on her own.

Marta has some nice boots that she got from a fancy store in Tokyo.

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge ancient city

I am from Colombia, which is next to Equador, Brazil, and Venezuala.

 

HIGHEST LEVEL- COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES

Mei loves to eat chocolate, but Junko doesn't like it because she is allergic to it.  COMPOUND COMPLEX

I don't want to go to the party that Clara is throwing, but you should go if you want to. COMPOUND COMPLEX

 

We will learn about these sentence types for the next few weeks. Some of it you already are familiar with. Hopefully, there will be lots of new information, as well.

 

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Listening questions

1.    When you eat, food is broken down in your body. What is

this process called?

 digestion

2.    In the human body, is blood carried to the brain through

veins or arteries?

3.    Tess has a quarter and eight pennies. Joe has three dimes and nickel. Who has more?

 

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