Monday, 15 September 2025

EF23 Class 10

 

help for a cold- boil onion and ginger together

boil/hot water with honey, lemon, and ginger

 

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Review “Adult Ed Student Information Verification”

·      Continue verb tenses “Simple Present Verb Tense EF23”

Adverbs of frequency

·      Continue NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

·      IF TIME Begin compound sentences

“Compound Sentences Using SOBA”

·      HW “Grammar Worksheet: Adverbs of Frequency”

 

Tuesday

·      Attendance

·      Continue verb tenses- HW “Grammar Worksheet: Adverbs of Frequency”

·      Continue NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

·      Begin compound sentences

“Compound Sentences Using SOBA”

 

Wednesday

·      Continue verb tenses

Begin simple past verb tense

 

 

Review “Adult Ed Student Information Verification”

Check that all of the information is correct.

pupil- student

PEN- Personal Education Number: a nine-digit number

DOB- date of birth

Email

 

If there is an error, write the correct information underneath on the page. The office will make the change in your file.

Please pass them back to me with any corrections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE

*habitual action, something you do normally, everyday, usual activity, routine

 

Mei eats rice everyday. Rice is a staple.

VOCAB staple(n) a main food for a country or people, basic food

In most Asian countries, rice is a staple.

In Ireland, potatoes are a staple.

 

staple- connect paper together with a metal pin

 

stable(adj)- reliable, trustworthy

She grew up in a stable family.

He grew up in unstable household.

 

He has a stable job.

He has built a stable life. Everything is settled.

When you move to a new country, your life becomes unstable.

 

 

Jun takes a shower every morning.

She drinks green tea in the morning.

He gets up early every weekday.

She goes to school at 9 am.

 

YOUR EXAMPLES:

I brush my teeth two times / twice every day.

She drinks coffee every morning. Before that, she drinks two classes of water.

I do laundry once a week.

She goes swimming three times a week.

I work everyday except Sunday.

I eat take a vitamin every day.

vitamins- supplement, Vit A, B12, C, E, K

 

She eats takes medicine twice a day.

I usually sleep well.

She often has insomnia.

VOCAB insomnia- trouble getting to sleep

IDIOM She tosses and turns at night. She has trouble getting to sleep.

IDIOM nightmare(n)- a bad, scary dream

The little kid has nightmares about monsters.

He has to get up and go to the bathroom six times a night.

 

I drop off my children at school every weekday.

I work four to eight hours every weekday in a restaurant.

Everyday, I make food for my kids.

Every year, I go on vacation to Burnaby.

 

Adverbs of Frequency

I seldom / usually have a headache.

 

*state of being

She is very happy.

He is busy.

Sarah is tall.

 

*fact-true

The Prime Minister lives in Ottawa.

Victoria is the capital of BC.

He is my uncle.

Water boils at 100 degrees C.

She is from Mexico.

 

Take out a piece of paper. Write some sentence with simple present verb tense from your imagination. Let’s not use phones or devices.

I will come around and help.

 

Your examples:

She takes a bath/shower every night.

She takes a bath today. XXX

I always go to sleep early.

She goes to the gym.

She talks very politely.

I rarely drink coffee.

 

 

 

“Grammar Worksheet: Adverbs of Frequency”

Try these for homework. We’ll go over them tomorrow.

 

almost- amount, close to all, 90%

I almost finished my work.

She is almost done her homework.

 

always- FREQUENCY every time

She always finished her work.

 

 

**

**NEW DIALOGUE “Filling Out an Application”

Get into small groups of 4-5 people.

Discuss Warm-Up Questions and the Vocabulary Preview.

 

Very important skill for EF23: Ability to talk with other people in English.

This is the time to start speaking out loud in English. This is the time to begin having conversations in English.

The more practice you do, the more confident you will be.

 

Warm-Up Questions

1.     

 

Vocabulary Preview

1.    DL- a hard plastic card, flexible, special plastic, with photo

2.    birth certificate- You can get it reissued.

reissue, replacement

3.    ID- Your DL is ok for flying within Canada, A passport is necessary for international travel. You might need a visa.

4.    proof(n) -shows something is true

prove(v)  He proved that he loved her by buying her a house.

She proved the math theory was correct.

5.    She has her library card on her app.

6.    immigrant(n)

immigrate(v)- move to a new country

emigrate(v)- leave a country forever

She emigrated from Iran. She immigrated to Canada.

migrant(v) – a person who moved from their old country, not a legal process

7.    counter(n)- kitchen counter

He cut in line.

8.    estimate(n)- a quote, a quotation, a good guess about cost and time

estimate(v)-

Your estimated wait time is 5 minutes.

9.    clearly(adv) easy to read, easy to understand

clear(adj) The sky is clear today.

10.designated- assigned, given a job /responsibility

Hollie assigns classes to the teachers.

The teacher assigned a bit of homework.

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