EF6WI567 Class 23

 

TGIF- Thank God, it’s Friday!

Thank goodness, it’s Friday!

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5

·      Vocabulary exercise

·      IF TIME Leftover verb tense exercise

·      IF TIME      

Continue noun clauses

Exercises from homework

Other exercises

Go over lots of example

·      Test2 (last 60m)

 

 

Final week before Winter Break, Christmas Break, Xmas Break

Monday

·      Prepare for Quiz 4

Choose vocab for Quiz 4

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz4

·      Midterm “Self-Reflection”

 

Wednesday

·      Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recs- one-on-one meetings

 

Friday

 

 

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Vocabulary Exercises

 

1. Her benevolent actions toward the homeless earned her great admiration.

malevolent- cold-hearted, want to hurt somebody

 

 

(a) kind-hearted

three-year-old  hyphenated  - hyphen

-- dash

 

This is a nine weeks course. XXX

This is a nine-week course.

 

This course is nine weeks long.

This is a nine-week course.     nine-week   like an adjective

 

I am forty six years old.

I am a forty-six-year-old woman

 

He is six years old.

He is a six-year-old boy.

He is a six-year-old.

 

Jun ran ten kilometres in a race.

It was a ten-kilometre race.

 

It is a five-hour drive to Kelowna.

 

Google: hyphenated words as modifiers

 

(b) cruel

(c) indifferent

 

 

benign- harmless

malignant- harmful

The biopsy was benign.

 

 

 

 

 

2. The students were eager to start their vacation plans.

(a) reluctant

(b) keen

(c) lazy

SLANG keener- someone who is very eager, especially in school

She is a real keener. She is the teacher’s pet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. The magician managed to conceal the card up his sleeve.

(a) hide

(b) show

(c) reveal

She put on concealer.

 

 

4. The teacher suggested they modify their essay for better clarity.

(a) edit, change, customize(physical)

(b) ignore

(c) finalize

He likes to modify cars.

convert- change form one thing to another

transform(v)

Transformers – children’s toy

 

 

5. Please handle the vase carefully; it’s extremely fragile.

(a) sturdy

(b) delicate, easily broken

(c) strong

She is very fragile.

 

 

 

6. She was deeply grateful for the help her friends offered during the crisis.

(a) thankful, appreciative (adj)

(b) rude

(c) oblivious

Her son was appreciate of her help.

MODERN IDIOM I appreciate you.

I appreciate that.

 

 

7. After a long day at work, he was completely exhausted.

(a) energized

(b) tired, dog-tired, bone-tired

(c) bored

 

NOT COMMON

fatigue(n)- tiredness

fatigued(ad)- tired

He is very fatigued.

The hike was fatiguing.

IDIOM It has been a long day. I am tired.

I have had a day. It has been a hard difficult day.

It has been a long day so far.

I am beat.

I am wiped.

 

I am overwhelmed. I have too many things to do, and no time.

 

 

8. Her diligent efforts in studying earned her top grades.

(a) lazy

(b) hardworking

(c) careless

perseverance(noun)-

persevere(v)

 

resilience(n)- inner strength, ability to keep going, ability to recover

 

resilient(adj)

The woman is resilient/immune/resistant to malaria.

 

 

9. He is an ambitious young man with dreams of becoming a CEO.

(a) aimless

(b) driven

(c) passive

 

ambitious(adj)- wanting to accomplish more, want to be successful

 

driven(adj)- has energy to succeed

drive(n) – motivation, inner

She has a lot of drive to become a great dance teacher.

 

 

10. We need to discard the old furniture before the new ones arrive.

(a) keep

(b) throw away

(c) collect

 

 

 

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Test 2

Electronic devices and notes put away.

Write a persuasive paragraph of at least 150 words on one of the

following topics:

1.    Kids should get paid for good grades.

2.    People should live together before they get married.

3.    Newcomers should learn English fluently.

4.    Permanent Residents should be allowed to vote.