Wednesday, 3 December 2025

EF12SL12 Class 16

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

When we do a quiz, you can fix and rewrite it.

I will check the sentences. You will get an extra point.

Title:  Quiz2 RW

 

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Attendance

·      Continue simple past verb tense

·      Listening work- vocabulary “Word List 1.1”

·      Continue dialogue “Going to the Supermarket”

·      New dialogue “Going Shopping”

·      HW   Read over the new dialogue “Going Shopping”

This is the easy version.

Tomorrow, we will this easy version. Also, we will do a higher-level version. I will give you the higher-level version to you tomorrow.

 

Thursday

·      Continue simple past verb tense

Quiz3 soon on simple past verb tense

·      New dialogue

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Quiz3 Monday- simple past verb tense

I will remind you how the quiz works.

Choose 10 verbs to review. I will choose six of them.

Choose 10 vocabulary words to review. I will choose six of them.

 

Week 5

Monday

·      Quiz3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simple past verb tense

Do you find it challenging? difficult

Do find it easy?

Do find it so-so?

 

 

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Review of “100 Most Common Verbs”

SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

1.    be                is are am                                   was were

Examples:

Jun is happy. He is a student. His sisters are tall. I am energetic.

Maria was at the movies last night. Her friends were at the theatre last night.

 

5. go                 go goes                                     went

Examples:

I go to the gym twice a week. Maris goes to school every school day.

Maria went to the movies last night. Her friends went to the theatre

 

at/to

I am at work. You are at school.

I go to work Monday to Friday. You go to school weekdays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words that often go together:

Grammar word: phrasal verb, collocation

You can look those up if you want.

go + to

be + at

listen + to            She listens to music.

talk + to                She talks to her friend on the phone.

talk + with           I talk with my classmates every day.

worry + about     She worries about her children.

                               I worry about learning English.

drive + to             Junko drove to Burnaby yesterday.

work + with         Junko works with Sarah.

work + at             Junko works at Staples.

live + in                 We live in BC.

 

VERB + PREPOSITION- Search for “phrasal verbs”. Learn them. Study them. Use them. Remember them.

live in

talk to

work with

work at

listen to

come from          You come from Sri Lanka.

go to

 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nk5khQM0Q

 

Youtube channels that you might like:

Speak English With Vanessa

LearnEnglishwithBobtheCanadian

 

Podcasts that you might like:

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“100 Most Common Verbs in English”

Let’s talk about some more of the verbs.

Are there any other one you want to try?

 

SIMPLE PRESENT                              SIMPLE PAST

42. start     start starts                                          started

He starts his job at 5am.                 She started in class last month.

 

 

73. create  create creates                         created

                    I create new videos.              She created a new video last

week.

 

96. fall        fall falls                                      fell

                     Leaves fall in the autumn.    The kid fell in the playground.

                                                                        The kid fell off the seesaw.

 

83. offer     offer offers                               offered

                     SHEC offers English classes  He offered her a gift.

for adults.                                 I offered my guest some snacks.

                                                   He offered me a job.

                                                   Joe offered Sarah a rose.

 

60. lose      lose loses                                 lost

                     I lose my phone all the          I lost a great job.

time.                                         

 

50. live       live lives                                    lived

                     I live in a small town.             I lived in a small town last year.

 

 

63. include include includes                     included

                     The rate includes breakfast The price included breakfast.

 

48. move   move moves                                      moved

                     The turtle moves slowly.                 I moved to Canada last

year.

 

74. speak   speak speaks                                     spoke

I speak English every day.               I spoke English with my neighbour yesterday.

 

56. write    write writes                                        wrote

Junko writes stories.                        She wrote a funny story last month.

                                                              Ed wrote a letter to his friend last week.

 

Lots of examples.

Your turn!

Let’s take out some paper. Write some sentences using simple present and simple past.

Work together if you want to have more fun.

We will read them out later.

 

Examples:

 

Ahnam  is call  call calls her friend. SIMPLE PRESENT

Ahnam  called her friend. SIMPLE PAST

 

He don’t doesn’t play video games.

 

 

 

My father buys a new car. every day

My father works every day.

My father bought a new car last month.

 

They talked about learning English.

 

You brought me my clothes. bring

You bought me a new hat. buy

 

I provide food and shelter for my family.  shelter- apartment, house

 

He got the promotion.

promotion- higher-level job, more money

 

He did not get the promotion. He didn’t get the promotion.

 

I work in construction.

 

I put my phone on the table.

I put my phone in my pocket.

 

He saw her in the market.

She opened her gift.  present

 

He meets his friend at the mall every Tuesday

He met his friend at the mall yesterday.

 

I read books every night.

I read a book last night.

 

I knew it! I thought so.

She fell down on the ground.

 

I understand a little. I understand a little bit of English.

 

She was happy about her birthday party.  happy + about

I am happy about your success.

 

IDIOM I am happy for you!

 

I pay for the cable TV every month.

I paid for the cable TV last month.

 

I pay for the internet, cable, electricity, gas, rent, food, etc.

She pays for Disney, Netflix, and PrimeVideo every month.

I pay for my video game UFC5.

We pay for car insurance.

I pay rent for my apartment every month.

 

-rent- You do not own the place.

month by month

 

-mortgage- You own the place. You borrowed money from the bank.

20 years, pay monthly

 

She has a mortgage for her condo.

condo- condominium, apartment in a building

house- detached house

duplex- two houses put together, side by side

 

suite- a nice big apartment

bachelor apartment- a small apartment with no separate bedroom, one room

 

one-bedroom apartment

two-bedroom apartment

two-bedroom plus den         den-a small room for an office

 

galley kitchen – long thin kitchen

open kitchen-

 

one bathroom, two bathrooms, a half-bath, a powder room- just a sink

 

entry- main door

 

deck- patio, balcony – small space outside the apartment

 

The little boy dropped a water balloon from the balcony onto the pedestrians.

VOCAB pedestrian- a person walking

 

penthouse- the most-expensive apartment, on the highest floor, big and fancy

The millionaire lived in a penthouse apartment.

 

bachelor- bachelor apartment, bachelor degree

 

Her top-floor apartment has a small garden.

 

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“Going to the Supermarket” FINISHED

 

 

 

 

Good work!

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