EF45 Class 4

 

TGIF! Thank god, it’s Friday!

It’s the weekend.

 

What are your plans for the weekend?

work

birthday party

wedding anniversary- nice dinner

skate park- skateboard, inline skates

studying

casino- gambling, blackjack,

soccer, football

get together, hang out with friends

go to Yaletown

walk on the Seawall

Richmond- U-Pick strawberry

practice music

 

music show – a gig

The musician has a gig tomorrow night. She is going to perform.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1

·      Vocab exercise- “Multiple-Choice Synonyms 1”

·      Start working on sentences “Three Kinds of Sentences EF45 HANDOUT”

·      Continue “Making Small Talk” dialogues

·      HW   Write a variety of simple sentences using the vocabulary.

 

Monday

·      Return Practice Paragraph

Go over format

OptionalRW for one point

·      Continue sentence work- simple sentences, exercises

Quiz1 on simple sentences- Wed

 

Tuesday

·      Continue sentence work- simple sentences

Quiz Wednesday

 

 

synonym- different words that have the same meaning

e.g. cold, chilly, frigid, icy, nippy, frosty

 

1. She was angry after hearing the bad news.

(a) furious- irate, mad

(b) happy

(c) calm

 

not as strong- annoyed, irritated, bothered, irked, disturbed

 

 

 

2. The firefighter was brave during the rescue mission.

(a) timid

(b) weak

(c) courageous

fireman – firefighter (gender neutral)

waitress/waiter- server (gender neutral)

stewardess/steward(on an airplane)- crew member

 

3. The test was so easy that everyone finished early.

(a) difficult

(b) simple-

(c) confusing

IDIOM Easy as pie. A piece of cake. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

 

 

4. He is always friendly to new students at school.

(a) kind- nice, polite

(b) mean

(c) rude- impolite

 

5. After the long hike, they were tired and needed a rest.

(a) energized

(b) happy

(c) exhausted-

IDIOM dog-tired

disgusted- I am disgusted by mushrooms. I think they are gross.

 

6. She is very smart and learns new things quickly.

(a) slow

(b) foolish

(c) clever- bright, intelligent, a fast-learner

VOCAB genius(n)- exceptional high IQ

expert- high skill level

wise(adj)- have good judgement, make good difficult decisions

 

foolish(adj) silly, childish, not mature

He likes to act foolish with his little children.

 

 

 

7. He was strong enough to lift the heavy box by himself.

(a) weak

(b) powerful- muscular, big muscles

(c) tired

 

8. The man was so rich that he owned three houses.

(a) wealthy

(b) poor

(c) simple

IDIOM loaded

She is loaded. She has lots of cash.

I am broke. I have no money.

 

The food was very rich.

 

 

 

 

 

9. The teacher asked the students to begin their homework immediately.

(a) finish

(b) start

(c) stop

 

 

 

 

10. The museum displayed an old artifact from ancient times.

(a) young

(b) modern

(c) antique  - over 50 years old

ancient- thousands of years old

He is interested in ancient civilizations.

ancient civilizations – countries and cultures from the far past

**Ten-minute break**

 

Sentence types for EF45

Three kinds of sentences that we will learn.

-SIMPLE SENTENCES

-COMPOUND so or but and    semicolons ;

-COMPLEX- adverb clauses- because when if

                     EF5

                     noun clauses

                     adjective clauses

 

I will give an overview today.

I will teach them in detail in the next few weeks.

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE- most basic

subject and verb  S+V

subject – person, place, thing, idea - noun or pronoun

 

verb- action word, to be, to have

 

 

SV

The dog is white.

 

SV

Examples:

She is smart.

I love dogs.

She has an old car.

Jun wants to buy some milk.

He is strong.

Mei needs some advice.

advice- uncountable , no ‘s’

Mei needs some advices. XXX

Mei needs some pieces of advice.

I need two cups / spoonfuls / pounds / plates / grains of rice.

 

REMEMBER – Begin with a capital letter and a period.

. period, fullstop

 

dot – email addresses and URLS

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

cbc.ca

cnn.com

 

What are some SV sentences that you wrote yesterday?

I am 43 years old.

I have two children.

She is a housewife.

My husband passed away 8 or 9 years ago.

 

SSV

My friend and I go hiking.

go -leave here

go hiking, go to get some lunch, go pickup some groceries

 

Sarah and Tom are good friends.

Maria and Emma drink coffee together.

Maria drinks coffee on her own.

drink- simple present verb tense- usually, always, often

We have coffee together every Monday morning. routine, schedule

I eat breakfast every day.

I drink have coffee every morning.

He drank had a beer.

She ate had a sandwich.

 

Did you eat have breakfast yet?

 

every day, every week, every year, twice a day

 

I brush my teeth twice a day, once at 6am and again at 6:15am.

She goes to her dentist every six months for a checkup.

I make lunch for my husband everyday in the morning.

I take a shower every night.

I usually wake up early.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

always

almost always

usually

often

sometimes

rarely

seldom

almost never

never

never ever- teenager

 

I usually visit my home country every year.

She watches/reads/listens to/ follows the news everyday.

 

She reads books. She listens to music. listen+to

 

She reads books. She listens to the radio. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

She reads books, and she listens to the radio. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE

She reads books, and I listen to the radio. 1 COMPOUND SENTENCE

 

 

What are some SSV sentences that you wrote?

 

My husband and I work together.

My sons and I go swimming.

GRAMMAR DETAIL go swimming  -leave this place

I am going to go pick some strawberries.

CASUAL TALKING I gonna go pick some strawberries. ok for talking, not for writing

gonna- not for school writing, ok for texting

wanna

going to

want to

I am going to go have a nice dinner at the casino.

 

SVV

The dog is running and barking.

My son is eating and talking.

He watched TV and listened to music.

 

A rooster says cock-a-doodle-do.

chicken- cluck

rooster- cockadoodledo

cat- meow

 

What are some SVV sentences that you wrote?

I was living in China and moved to Vancouver.

I do work and study here.

I am doing work and studying here.

I am going to shopping and have a coffee.

I have never been in Canada before. SV

 

 

SIMPLE- SV   SSV   SVV

 

 

 

 

-Imperative-command sentence, tell somebody to do something

Close the door.

Close the door, please.

Sit down.

Come in.

Please be quiet.

Go to bed.

Make your bed, please.

Don’t eat chocolate before dinner.

Don’t say curse words.

Wash your hands.

 

NOTE: please- the magic word

What’s the magic word?

Please, come in.

Come in please.

Please sit down

 

Watch your step. Be careful.

Watch your behaviour. Watch yourself.

Watch your mouth.

Hands up!

Behave yourself.

Have some cookies.

Help yourself.

Relax. Take it easy.

Clean your room.

 

-Interrogative- asking a question

How are you?

How is it going?

How are you doing?

How is everything with you?

How is your daughter?

How is the family?

Who are you going to the concert with?

Who did you go with?

I am going with my friend.

go+with

Do you want to go with me to Las Vegas?

go with- food

Ketchup goes with french fries.

This shirt does not go with these pants. They don’t match.

 

SLANG- casual taking, friendly, not for school, business What’s up?

FORMAL, BUSINESS How do you do? Please to meet you.

 

slang- words used by specific groups

idioms- used by eveTrybody

TEENAGER SLANG These kicks are lit.

kicks- shoes

lit-cool

 

SERVER Are you finished? Can I take that? Would you like anything else?

 

Do you have any children?

How old are you?

Are you busy?

Do you have any plans for the weekend?

Are you married? single?

Where have you been?

 

SIMPLE SENTENCES: SV   SSV   SVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

 

Monday continue with compound sentences.

 

HOMEWORK

Simple Sentence Exercises

 

Write a simple sentence using the vocabulary in each exercise. Try a variety of simple sentence types. Use a variety of verb tenses.

Remember: SV  SSV  SVV  Imperative  Interrogative

Write your sentences on your own paper.

1.    cat   sleep

The cat sleeps on the bed. SV

The cat and the dog are sleeping on the floor. SSV

2.    laugh   joke

3.    children   play

4.    sing   song

5.    do   homework

6.    read   book

7.    play   piano

8.    listen   sound

9.    walk   park

10.                       bird   fly