EF5 Class 20

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Dialogue presentations 2

·      Quiz4- adjective clauses- FINAL QUIZ

·      Verb tense- present perfect FINAL VERB TENSE FOR THIS COURSE

·      Essay work- prepare for the test tomorrow

 

Wednesday

·      Dialogue presentations 3

·      Continue present perfect verb tense

·      Test 3- multiparagraph writing- NOT A FULL ESSAY

We haven’t covered essays in detail.

Test- several paragraphs

 

Thursday

·      Dialogue presentations 4

·      Return Test3, multiparagraph writing

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

Chance to replace one quiz and/or one test.

 

Friday- Final day

·      Return optional replacement quiz/test

No optional RW for bonus point

·      One-on-one meetings

·      Final marks and reports

I will submit final marks and reports to the office on Friday.

 

COMING UP

·      FINISH        “Odd Word Out 2” from two weeks ago

·      Verb tense- modals

 

 

 

Quiz4

Phones and devices away.

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Pass it in by 9:20

1.    country      which

2.    believe       who

3.    play             who

4.    drink           who

5.    report         that

6.    house         that

 

 

Verb tenses:

SIMPLE- simple present, simple past, simple future

PROGRESSIVE- present progressive, past progressive, future progressive- less commonly used

 

Confusion about simple present

-overusing simple present – habitual action

 

 

Next verb tense – present perfect – very useful

TIME FRAME- present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now

span of time – from then until now

 

Timeline   ------------------------------à

 

present perfect – doesn’t mean Perfect!’ perfection, just a word, from Latin

‘perfect’ does not imply perfection or great, fantastic

 

PRESENT PERFECT – started in the past, continues until now, span of time

 

VERY COMMON USAGE of present perfect

Molly has lived in Vancouver since 2022.

Molly has lived in Vancouver for three years.

has lived – present perfect verb tense

 

has lived- two words

auxiliary verb ‘to have’  OR ‘to be’   +  past participle ‘lived’

 

 

 

 

VERB FORMS:

PRESENT              PAST                      PARTICIPLE

live                         lived                      lived

put                        put                        put

He puts the kids to bed at 8.

He put the kids to bed already. CASUAL TALKING, AUTHENTIC

He has put the kids to bed already. HIGHER LEVEL

I put / have put the groceries away already.

 

set                         set                         set

read                      read                      read

She reads everyday.

She read the book last night.

She has read the book already.

 

I finished all of my work.

I have finished all of my work.

 

I have studied English for two years. I will keep on with it.

 

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NUMBERS and NUMERALS

Write them out: one two three four five six seven eight nine

Use numerals: 10 11 12 56 142

 

Different style guides give different advice.

Pick a style that you like and stick with it.

My style is one, two, three… eight, nine, and then 10, 11, 57, 12056

 

 

 

 

 

drive                      drove                    driven

He drives to school every day.

He drove to Burnaby yesterday.

He has driven 10000km so far/already this year.

 

eat                         ate                         eaten

She eats an apple every day. SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE

She ate an apple yesterday. SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE

She will eat/is going to eat an apple tonight. SIMPLE FUTURE VERB TENSE

She is eating an apple right now. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE VERB TENSE

She was eating an apple at lunchtime when she found a worm. PAST PROGRESSIVE VERB TENSE

IDIOM An apple keeps the doctor away.

She has eaten her apple already. PRESENT PERFECT VERB TENSE

 

The little girl’s mother gave her $5. She has spent it on candy already.

IDIOM Money burns a hole in your pocket. -love to spend

 

OPPOSITE frugal, good with money

NEGATIVE MEANING  stingy(adj) tight-fisted

Her uncle is a tight-fisted miser.

 

Her son is frugal. He is careful with his money.

 

She is very generous with her friends.

He often picks up the tab.

IDIOM It’s on me. Allow me. Let me get this. My treat. You get it next time.

 

IDIOM It’s on the house. The restaurant gives you something for free.

 

IDIOM Let’s split it. Let’s go halves. – one bill, each pay half

50% half

Separate bills

 

 

 

 

 

No substantial difference in meaning. Both convey the same meaning.

She has eaten her apple already. PRESENT PERFECT VERB TENSE

She ate her apple already. SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE

 

He has eaten an apple already, but he wants to have another one.

Ok, but not necessary.

 

 

“Irregular Verb List” HANDOUT

-hold- held-held

He has held his sister’s hand for the whole ride.

-forget-forgot-forgotten

He has forgotten my name since I last saw him.

I have forgotten a lot of my French.

-felt

He has felt sick since last Tuesday.

-woken

She woke up when her mother left.

She has woken up every morning at 5 for/in the past week.

She wakes up every morning at 5.

-sell sold sold

The saleswoman has sold three cars in the past two days.

Apple has sold 6000000 iphone 16s so far.

 

Can you smell burning toast?

It means you are having a stroke.

 

VERBS THAT ARE ALMOST THE SAME

-lie/lay

She will lie down for a catnap.

He lay the baby down for a nap.

-shut shut shut

The Bay has shut all of its stores since 2023.

I have shut all of the windows already.

She has shut down all of the laptops.

Starbucks has never shut a store in Vancouver. true?

My aunt has never shut her mouth since I met her.

IDIOM She is a motormouth(n).

My dad’s joke: When she dies, we will have to beat her mouth to death with a stick.

-throw threw thrown

He has thrown his recycling in the recycling bin since he came to Canada.

She has thrown a birthday party for herself every year for the past five years.

IDIOM throw a party

throw a fit- get very loud and upset

throw a temper tantrum- when a child loses their temper

 

-drink drank drunk VERBS

He has drunk three litres of water so far today.

She drank two glasses of wine; she was a little drunk. (adj)

VOCAB drunk- tipsy- a little bit drunk,

SLANG He was pissed.  very drunk

 

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-run ran run

She has run her family business for the past six years since her father retired. She will stay on as CEO for a few more years.

CEO chief executive officer – boss, head, president

CFO chief financial officer

COO chief operations officer

 

 

 

 

Try some for homework. We can share them tomorrow:

1.    I have finished/done/completed/lost/handed in my homework.

I haven’t finished my homework yet.

Have you finished your homework, yet?

2.     

3.    They have lived in this city for ten/10 years.

4.     

 

 

 

Essay writing, essay structure-

self-study

 

 

HOMEWORK

Brainstorm three good ideas for one of these topics.

Write a rough draft of an essay.

We can look at them tomorrow.

 

TOPICS:

1. How to be a good friend

2. How to stay healthy for your whole life

3. What is your favourite place to visit? Why?