Tuesday, 25 November 2025

EF12SL12 Class 10

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Attendance

·      Continue “100 Most Common Verbs in English”

Practice sentence writing, reading aloud

·      Continue dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

 

Wednesday

·      Modals

·      Simple past verb tense

·      Listening work- vocabulary “Word List 1.1”

 

Thursday

·      Continue simple past verb tense

·      New dialogue

 

 

 

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“100 Most Common Verbs in English”

Last week – be & have

 

1.be- is are am

2.have – has have

 

Today- do   say   go

-         do- do does

We do yoga. She does yoga.

He does homework. They do homework.

I do work/the dishes.

You do work/the dishes.

He/She/It does work/the dishes.

We do work/the dishes.

They do work/the dishes.

 

3.do

You do exercise every day.

He does exercise twice a week.

 

13. take He takes a shower every morning/night.

 

4.say- say says

I say “Hello.”

You say “Good morning” to your coworkers.

HARDER EF45     He/She/It says that he/she likes Vancouver.

We say that we like/hate English.

They say that the food is good.

          We say the sentence again. We repeat the sentence.

          We say the homework is hard.

She says the homework is easy.

 

“ “  quotation marks- exact words that people say

 

5.go- go goes

I go to the mall. I go to shopping.  GERUND ‘ing’ no to

You go swimming. You go to the pool.

He/She/It goes to church every week.

He goes to church every Sunday.

She goes to the theatre every week.

She goes to work seven days a week.

We go to work Monday to Friday.

They go

The cat goes up the tree. EF12

The cat goes up the wall.

They go to the airport.

The cat goes to sleep.

She sleeps at 9pm. NOT ENGLISH PHRASING

She goes to sleep at 9pm. NATURAL ENGLISH

I go to sleep around 11.

She goes to sleep at 12.

We go shopping on weekends.

 

Our verbs so far:

1.be

2.have

3.do

4.say

5.go

 

6.can- ability, able to do something

can + VERB
I can speak Arabic.

You can speak Arabic.

He can speak Arabic.

She can speak Arabic.

We can speak Arabic.

They can speak Arabic.

 

MODALS- can, could might, should, would, will, may (POLITE)

 

GRAMMAR

She can speak Arabic.

She speaks Arabic.

 

I speak English. I can speak English.

He speaks Mandarin. He can speak Mandarin.

 

 

 

 

can + VERB

We can see the stars.

You can do it!

I can talk to you.

I can see you.

We can bring some food to the potluck.

He can bring his kids to school.

She can drive her car every day.

You can drive your car every day.

I can drive my car every day.

We can drive our car every day.

 

I can drive by car. XXX

I can go by car.

I can go to school by bus.

She can go to school by skateboard.

 

I can piano.

I can play piano.

He can play football very well.

I can try piano.

He can play guitar.

Mei can play pipa.

 

negative- can’t  can not

I can’t speak French.

She can’t play piano.

I can’t fly, but I can swim.

She can speak Farsi, but she can’t speak Urdu.

She can’t drive.

He can’t open the door.

We can’t run 10km, but we can walk it.

 

You can not sleep.

You can not sleeping.

 

I can’t drive a motorbike, but I can drive a car.

I can’t change the class.

 

You are a high-level class. You are almost ready for UBC.

 

I can go to school in the morning. I can’t go in the afternoon.

 

I can’t speak English easily.

She can speak English well.

He can speak English a little bit.

You can speak English fluently.

VOCAB fluently- very well, smoothly

I can understand English, but I can’t speak it fluently yet.

 

1.be

2.have

3.do

4.say

5.go

6.can

 

Let’s talk a few minutes. Let’s practice writing some sentences using these verbs. Use your imagination.

Work together. It’s more fun. I’ll come around and help.

 

Your examples:

She does like your idea.

She likes your idea.

She doesn’t like your idea.

 

 

She is going to school. present progressive/continuous EF34

 

EF12 simple present, simple past, simple future

We will focus on those.

 

 

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Continue dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

Let’s read the dialogues out loud.

Basic dialogue and other dialogue.

 

experience  expensive

organized  SPANISH or gan iz ed

administrators  administration

 

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Focus on speaking slowly and clearly. Focus on pronunciation. Focus on articulation.

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several  cell phone

 

HR – human resources – the people who deal with employees.

tech-savvy – savvy(adjective)- knowledgeable

tech- computers  She is tech-savvy. She is knowledgeable about computers.

AI – artificial intelligence

VOCAB artificial- not real

The sandwich has artificial crab in it.

He has artificial teeth.

IT- information technology

She studies IT at Langara College.

Are you tech-savvy? Are you knowledgeable about computers?

I am computer-savvy. I am not computer-savvy.

 

Try!

Good job!

 

benefits   beautiful

 

bonus – extra money for doing a good job

He got a $500 bonus at work. She got a Christmas bonus.

 

 

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