Thursday, 5 June 2025

P2 EF56 Class 29

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Return Quiz5- adverb clauses

Go over

Optional RW for 1 bonus point

·      Review simple verb tenses

·      Continue opinion writing

·      Continue noun clauses

 

Friday

Fire Drill at 10am.

drill- practice

Exit by the rear door in the school.

Meet in the parking lot.

I will take attendance.

 

·      “Self-Assessment Reflections” Week 7

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Fun listening

 

Week 7

Next Tuesday – different teacher

Quiz6 – noun clauses


Test- paragraph

Verb tenses – present perfect and present perfect progressive

 

Week 8

Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz)

Spoken presentations (over three days)

Essay

 

Week 9

Tuesday, June 24

·      Optional replacement test and/or quiz

Will explain more later.

 

Wednesday, June 25

Final day

·      Final marks and meetings


 

 

 

 

P2 Quiz5

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because                believe

2.    until                      keep

3.    after                      job

4.    while                     wait

5.    although              difficult

6.    so … that              often

 

You have a deep understanding of human nature.

IDIOM You hit the nail on the head. You’re dead on. You’re right.

Bulls-eye.

 

fun sports – darts, bowling, lawn bowling, croquet, mini-golf, pitch and putt golf (QE Park), driving range

 

 

 

P2 Quiz5

Write a sentence with an adverb clause for each.

1.    because                believe

We believe her because she is an honest person.

IDIOM She is a straight-shooter. honest

She is crooked. dishonest

Trump “Crooked Hillary”

IDIOM “Honesty is the best policy”

IDIOM “Liars have to have good memories.”

liar- a person tells lies a lot

 

You will have to tell more lies to cover the first lie.

IDIOM- a white lie – a small lie that won’t hurt anybody, protect the person’s feelings

 

The truth hurts sometimes.

 

Shared wisdom about human nature.

 

Trump – lie bullshit

 

IDIOM I don’t buy it. I don’t believe it.

 

2.    until                      keep

I will keep studying until I feel prepared.

She kept her old love letters from her first love until she died.

IDIOM puppy love- young teenagers in love

 

3.    after                      job

After the English course finishes, I want to get a job.

After the English course finishes, I want to go to work.

 

4.    while                     wait

I waited while my friend locked up.

Lock up before you go to bed.

 

5.    although              difficult

She likes learning English although it is difficult sometimes.

She likes to learn English although it is difficult sometimes.

 

6.    so … that              often

so ADJ that

so that

It is so warm that she often drinks water.

He called me so often that I couldn’t focus.

The baby wakes up so often that the mother is exhausted.

 

IDIOM You can’t win. No matter what you do, there’s a problem.

 

EXAMPLES:

She looks like happy. XXX

FIXES

She looks like NOUN.

She looks like her father. She looks like a happy person.

 

She looks ADJ.

She looks happy.

She looks angry/worried/tired.

 

IDIOM She is putting on a brave face.

She looks happy/calm, but inside she is not happy/calm.

 

IDIOM She wears her heart on her sleeve. She shows her emotion to everyone.

 

The little kid is easy to fall down. XXX

FIX

The little kid falls down easily.

 

I am difficult to learn English. XXX

It is difficult for me to learn English.

English is difficult to learn (for me).

Learning English is easy for him.

Dancing is fun for her. It is not fun for me.

Cooking is relaxing for her.

Walking in the woods is therapeutic for her.

therapy- help, treatment

 

 

 

 

 

fasting- not eating, possibly not drinking

She is doing a two-day fast.

 

Tomorrow is religious holiday- Eid Adha

 

You can fast for health reasons.

You have to fast for 12 hours before getting a blood test. You can drink water.

 

breakfast-  You break your fast.

 

IDIOM Got you! ‘gotcha’

 

niece or nephew

 

 

I often think about why I feel so nervous that I can’t speak clearly. N Cl and ADV CL

She said that she is so happy that she can’t stop smiling. N CL & ADV CL

I am worried that English is so hard that I will never be able to speak fluently. N CL & ADV Cl

 

“Verb Tense Review 1”

Exercise 1

1. was jump  jumped

2. will sing, is going to sing   choir ‘qwire’   will be singing(future progressive)

3. runs(simple present) always

4. will leave (simple future)  are going to leave

5. sits(simple present) every day

6. talked(simple past)

They talk to their friends.

They talked to their friends.

 

Exercise 2

2. doesn’t study, does not study

3. didn’t hit, did not hit   swerve, zigzag

EXPRESSION I zigged when I should have zagged. I got into an accident. It was my fault.

 

4. do not wash, don’t wash

5. didn’t win, did not win

They are good sports. He is a bad sport.

Don’t be a bad sport.

 

6. won’t finish, will not finish

 

Exercise 3

2. eats

3. is, was

4. won’t arrive, will not arrive

5. will come

6. was not, wasn’t

I am not happy about …

would not be happy- MODALS- tomorrow

can could may might should, etc

7.    Are you going to call me? Will you call me?

Would/Can you call me? modal

8.    does not go, doesn’t go

 

 

 

 

 

9.    Did your brother visit you two weeks ago? SIMPLE PAST

Will your brother visit you next week? SIMPLE FUTURE

Is your brother going to visit you next week? SIMPLE FUTURE

Does your brother visit you often? SIMPLE PRESENT

Is your brother visiting you right now? PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Was your brother visiting you when your mother was in the hospital? PAST PROGRESSIVE

 

10.                       Does/Did she usually wear a dress to school?

 

 

 

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