EF12SL12 Class 4

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Attendance

·      “100 Most Common Verbs in English”

Go over

·      Begin simple present verb tense

·      Capital letters

·      HW   Read the simple present tense stories “Jon likes volleyball”

and “My Sister Amy”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue simple present verb tense

simple present tense stories “Jon likes volleyball”

and “My Sister Amy”

Exercises

·      Listening work- vocabulary

 

 

SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE:

I watched a movie with my friend.

I went to a Persian restaurant with my husband.

I did English exercises.

I read our teacher’s blog.

I had guests from Iran. SIMPLE PAST

They are staying at my house.

I have guests from Iran. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

I visited my friend in Surrey.

I went to the library with my daughter.

I bought fresh fruits and vegetables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“100 Most Common Verbs in English”

-         most common, most used,

-         good for daily usage

-         every day, all day long

Let’s take a few minutes and look through these.

Which ones do you know already?

Which ones are new.

SUGGESTION- Focus on the first ones.

for example 1-20 extremely important

90-100 less important

 

1.be

SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE- THIS WEEK

SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE- NEXT WEEK

SIMPLE FUTURE VERB TENSE- IN TWO WEEKS

 

SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE- 1.usual action, every day, habit, again

and again

2. truth, fact

1. be – is are am

Jun is a student.

REMEMBER: Capital letter at the beginning of a sentence. Period/fullstop or question mark at the end of the sentence.

We/They/You are very smart and hardworking.

VOCAB hardworking(adjective) works a lot, does a lot of work

I am from Sri Lanka.

 

You’ll do some practice later.

 

 

 

 

2. have- own, possess

SIMPLE PRESENT VERB TENSE

-have

I/We/They/You have two children

You have a computer.

have – eat

I eat/have breakfast everyday at 7:30.  ‘have’ is more natural than ‘eat’

We have lunch together every day.

We drink/have coffee every morning. ‘have’ is more natural than ‘drink’

We eat have/take medicine every morning.

Most Iranians drink/have tea.

every day, every morning, every night, every Monday, every week, every year

I have a birthday party every year.

HIGHER LEVEL We celebrate our wedding anniversary every year.

VOCAB anniversary- yearly celebration, for example wedding

holiday- Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Ramadan, Eid Mubarak, Noruz

 

SPANISH SPEAKERS I have 25 years. NOT ENGLISH

I am 25 years old.

She has 19 years. She is 19 years old.

 

-has

She has two daughters. She has a parttime/fulltime job. She has work.

Dora has a phone. It has a nice camera.

He has a car. He has a new car. He has beautiful eyes. He has two houses/homes. He has time. He has no time to talk. He has a meeting at 10 o’clock.

Joe/Sarah has a business. Joe/Sarah has two brothers and three sisters.

My mother has a radio. My mother has grey hair.

The cat has white paws.  dog paw, cat paw, rabbit paw, monkey paw, horse hoof

 

You has You have homework. You have no homework. You have a lot of work to do.

I have glasses on. You have glasses on.

 

Let’s practice writing some short sentences in simple present verb tense using the verbs ‘be’ and ‘have’. Write the sentence on your own paper.

I’ll come around and help. Work together. It’s more fun to work together- talking and helping each other.

 

Your example:

He has a new car.

SPANISH, FARSI, ARABIC He has a car new.

 

Write neatly.

Doublespace. Skip a line.

 

Examples:

He has two cats.

 

She has beautiful eyes.

 

we have three children We have three children.

 

-Ten-minute break-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Capital letters

-Use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.

e.g.    Maria has a nice hat.

                     She has a nice cat.

-Proper nouns- names of people, countries, provinces, cities, streets, companies, brand name, months, days of the week

          e.g     It rains a lot in November.   a lot   a lot

                     My birthday is in August/May/September.

                     Boxing Day is December 26^th. It is also her birthday.

                     Mei likes Gucci shoes.

I like shoes from Winners.

Nike/Adidas/Puma has good sportswear.

Joe and Shira are friends.

Maryam and Mohammad are married.

She is from Canada.

Mel was born in Mexico.  Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, China, Indonesia, the US the USA the States America, Lebanon, Korea, Japan,

continents- Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica

Vancouver is a rainy city.

Mira visited Quebec.

Niagara Falls is in Ontario.

Nova Scotia is a very beautiful province.

Canada is the second largest/biggest country in the world.

The biggest country in the world is Russia.

China is the third biggest country.

Vietnam is a long and thin country.

I love Vietnamese food.

Our school is on Fraser Street.

Yan lives in 22^nd Avenue.

Street, Avenue, Highway, Road, Lane, Boulevard

Wow! Surprise!

Wow! The mountain is very beautiful.

The Rocky Mountains are stunning/beautiful.

Sarah and Jun like skiing on Grouse Mountain.

The Northshore Mountains are Mount Seymour, Grouse Mountain, and Cypress Mountain.

Starbucks has good coffee.

Amazon has free delivery.

CityMax is a company.

Dhaka Bahar has Halal meats.

Tim Hortons has good coffee and donuts.

Do donuts come from Canada?

We have a party Saturday night.

She is working Sunday.

Mei was busy Friday night.

She works Monday- Sunday.