EF45 Class 13

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue compound sentences  ; semicolons

·      Continue narrative writing, paragraphs from homework

Test 1 tomorrow

Discuss

I will give two choices. You can choose one of them.

·      IF TIME Overview of verb tenses- continue

·      “Top 100 Most Used Verbs”

·      HW   Try some of the compound sentence exercises.

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week3

·      Vocab exercises

·      IF TIME Listening fun

·      Test1- narrative paragraph (final 1 hour)

 

Monday

·      Prepare for Quiz2 compound sentences

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz2-compound sentences

 

 

 

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For homework, I asked you to write narrative paragraph for practice.

Please give me those. I want to check them.

 

 

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Continue compound sentences  ; semicolons

 

SV, SOBA SV.

, SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and

 

Practice, practice is the only way to get better.

Daily practice is the secret.

 

SV, SOBA SV.

I like dogs, but she likes cats.

 

Higher-level compound sentence

; semicolon

semi- half

: colon

; semicolon

 

colon :   make a list

She has three kids: two boys and a girl.

He has been to many countries: Canada, India, Japan, Thailand, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

;  compound sentences

I like dogs, and she likes cats.

, and = ;

I like dogs; she likes cats.

 

He likes Ferraris, but they are too expensive.

, but = ;

He likes Ferraris; they are too expensive.

 

It is chilly today, so she has a sweater on.

, so = ;

It is chilly today; she has a sweater on.

 

He can go to work, or he can go to school.

, or = ;

He can go to work; he can go to school.

 

High-level writing – We want to be able to write compound sentence in a few different ways.

 

 

Next level of compound sentences.

transitional terms- extremely useful, high-level English

 

In EF45, I give about 15 transitional terms. In EF6 I give about 60 of them.

 

These are very very useful and high-frequency.

Do you know some of them already?

 

 

EXAMPLES OF COMPOUND SENTENCES:

Mei wants to visit Japan, so she is saving money.

Mei wants to visit Japan; she is saving money.

Mei wants to visit Japan; therefore, she is saving money.

 

, so  =  ;   =  ; therefore,

You have your choice!

 

He doesn’t want to work, but he has to.

He doesn’t want to work; he has to.

He doesn’t want to work; however, he has to.

He doesn’t want to work; nevertheless, he has to.

 

There are three types of sentences: SIMPLE   COMPOUND   COMPLEX

 

Maris loves to go hiking, and she loves kayaking, too.

Maris loves to go hiking; she loves kayaking, too.

Maris loves to go hiking; also, she loves kayaking.

 

HIGHER LEVEL- transitional terms between simple sentences

Maris loves to go hiking; also, she loves kayaking. 1 COMPOUND

Maris loves to go hiking. Also, she loves kayaking. 2 SIMPLES

 

CHOICES:

Mei is hangry. She needs to eat something.

SLANG hangry(adj) angry and hungry

Mei is hangry. She needs to eat something. 2 SIMPLES

Mei is hangry, so he needs to eat something. 1 COMPOUND

Mei is hangry; she needs to eat something. 1 COMPOUND

Mei is hangry; as a result, she needs to eat something. 1 COMPOUND

Mei is hangry. As a result, she needs to eat something. 2 SIMPLES

 

 

 

The cat is cute, so I want to cuddle it.

The cat is cute; therefore, I want to cuddle it.

 

Exercise 1

1.    I love ice cream. I don’t like cake.

I love ice cream, but I don’t like cake.

I love ice cream; I don’t like cake.

I love ice cream; however, I don’t like cake.

Good enough for UBC.

 

2.    We went hiking. It started to rain.

We went hiking, but it started to rain.

We went hiking; it started to rain.

We went hiking; however, it started to rain.

NATURAL We went hiking; sadly, it started to rain.

NATURAL We went hiking; unfortunately, it started to rain.

NATURAL We went hiking; suddenly, it started to rain.

 

OTHER TRANS TERMS

unfortunately

fortunately

sadly

happily

suddenly

3.     

 

Exercise 2

1.    I wanted to go to the park, but it started to rain.

I wanted to go to the park; however, it started to rain.

2.     

 

 

 

 

·      Continue narrative writing, paragraphs from homework

 

 

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Test 1 tomorrow

Discuss

I will give two choices. You can choose one of them.

 

EF4- PLOS C2 “minimum of seven sentences”

ballpark figure- approximately 120-150 words

Good quality sentences.

 

EF5 – same criteria

 

I mark EF5 a little higher than EF4.

 

Test1

Full name, class, and date in top right corner

Title: Test 1

 

Doublespace.

Write in pen.

Indent the first word.

Write between the margins.

Write one block of writing.

 

 

 

 

 

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“Top 100 Most Used Verbs”

-most commonly used verbs- American, close to Canadian

-high-frequency verbs- commonly used verbs

-good for building vocabulary

 

Verbs that you do know

-provide(v)- give, offer, responsibility

I must provide food and shelter to my family.

The school provides free lunches.

The business provides day care.

He got a job offer. The job provides two-weeks vacation and a company car.

SHEC provides/offers secondary courses to adults.

 

She offered me a cookie.

 

offer(n)  I am selling a guitar. She made me an offer.

You put an offer in on a house.

 

The government provides student loans and scholarhships to postsec students.

The Canada Arts Council provides funding for filmmakers.

 

68. lead- go in front, people follow you

She led a hike up the mountain.

leader(n)

I lead the class.

Who leads your family?

IDIOM He wears the pants. She wears the pants.

She runs the show. She calls the shots. He is the boss.

 

lead(v)- cause

Smoking leads to / causes health problems.

High speed driving leads to accidents.

 

leadership(n) leader(n)

 

86. consider(v) think about, ponder

She is considering getting a new job.

He is considering getting married.

IDIOM weighing the pros and cons

 

If you want to go hiking, consider the weather.

There are a lot of things to consider.

 

IDIOM Consider it done. I will do it. Don’t worry.

SLANG I got you.

 

87. appear – show up, visible

A rainbow appeared in the sky.

disappear- more common

My phone disappeared. I can’t find it.

A ghost appeared at the end of your bed.

Brad Pitt will appear in a movie next year.

 

Wrinkles appeared on my face after I got married.

 

IDIOM crow’s feet- wrinkles at the corner of you eyes

IDIOM laugh lines

 

dimples – cute indentations on your cheeks

 

100. remain- not commonly used  , stay

We went downtown. He remained/stayed at home.

remainder- math term

 

remind- tell someone again, let someone know again

Please remind me.

 

remember-

 

 

Restaurant: Can/May I have a doggie bag? Can I have a to-go box/container for this?

 

93.expect- think something will happen, anticipate, hope

You expect respect.

I except you to clean up your room.

 

except