EF6WI567 Class 32

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue adjective clauses-

Finish exercises from yesterday

DEEPER TOPICS

subject and object pronouns

Quiz soon

·      Time to work on presentation

·      Everyday idioms- story

·      LEFTOVER Verb Tense exercises- Test B 1-20

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7

·      Check-in on the progress you have made in the presentation. 1 points

·      Vocab exercises

·      Continue “The First Date”

·      Fun

 

Monday

 

Tuesday

·      Presentations

 

Wednesday

·      Presentations

 

Thursday

·      Presentations

 

 

 

 

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Adjective clause exercises from yesterday

8.      

Nestor met a woman who wrote two books. ‘who’ subject pronoun

The woman who Nestor met wrote two books. ‘who’ object pronoun

 

Object pronoun- choices

1.    The woman who Nestor met wrote two books. FINE, GOOD

2.    The woman whom Nestor met wrote two books. LEAST AUTHENTIC

3.    The woman who Nestor met wrote two books.

The woman Nestor met wrote two books. MOST AUTHENTIC

 

Totally the same meaning. You can choose which one you like.

 

whose- own something

He met a woman whose book was a bestseller. woman owns the book

 

 

9. The ring ADJ CL was made of cubic zirconium, not real diamonds.

 

The ring that/which Josie gave (to) her daughter was made of cubic zirconium, not real diamonds.

 

Diamonds are measures in carats.

carrot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Hank Crowley wore a jacket that had black and white stripes.

stripes- vertical stripes, horizontal stripes

checks-

 

He is wearing a plaid shirt.  a lumberjack shirt

suspenders

sock suspenders

 

OUR NEW SLOGAN: Keep your shirt down and your socks up!

 

Some little children wear idiot mittens.

IDIOM idiot mittens- not polite

 

 

Exercise 3

1.    He used to live in Columbia, which is a Spanish-speaking country.

He used to live in Columbia, where SV.

He used to live in Columbia, where people speak Spanish.

He used to live in Columbia, which is a country where people speak Spanish. 2 adj cl

 

China is the country where she was born.

Canada is where she lives now.

 

2.    The woman who comes from Tunisia is named Dina.

The woman whose name is Dina comes from Tunisia.

The woman, Dina, comes from Tunisia. appositive

 

3.  Mitt Romney, who is a politician from Massachusetts, might run for president.

Mitt Romney, a politician from Massachusetts, might run for president. appositive

Mitt Romney, who might run for president, is a politician from Massachusetts.

 

Mormonism- an American religion

 

Nicknames in English

Henry- Hank

Allan- Al

Jonathan- John, Jim, Jimmy

Sebastian- Seb

William- Will, Bill, Billy, Willy

Thomas- Tom

Alexander- Alex

Margaret- Marge, Maggie

Daniel- Dan, Danny

Jennifer- Jen, Jenny

 

 

Henry (male)

Henrietta(female)

Christopher(male)- Chris

Christina(female) Cristina

 

Hossein- Jose

 

Mohamed- Moe

 

4.Henrietta never talks to people who don’t speak her language.

 

5.Jim works in a large company which/that is located in northern Quebec.

 

PASSIVE VOICE  is located   is named   is called

The store is located in Metrotown. - the area

The store is located at 1234 Fraser Street. – exact address

 

is located = is situated

 

6. Messi who won two championships was born is a small town in Argentina.

Messi, who was born is a small town in Argentina, won two championships.

 

The Vancouver Whitecaps are the Vancouver soccer team.

The Vancouver Canucks are the Vancouver NHL team.

The BC Lions are the CFL football team.

 

7. Barabara has a house that overlooks the river.

overlook(v) 1. have a view of

2.    forget something

Her apartment overlooks a nice park.

 

She overlooked the second report.

 

8. She will never forget the day which was her twenty-first birthday.

She will never forget the day when she turned twenty-first.

 

He will turn 40 in July.

 

9. Ji Na comes from a place which/that is very cold all year.

Ji Na comes from a place where SV.

Ji Na comes from a place where it is very cold all year round.

 

10. Bollywood, which is the movie capital of Indian, makes more films than Hollywood.

 

A lot of TV and movies are shot in BC.

BC is a lot cheaper than LA.

 

Many local actors do background work in TV and movies.

People make a living from doing extra/background work.

 

Regular people- all sizes, ages, all ethnicities

You join an agency. You will get head shots.

 

speaking role- paid much more

anything that drives the plot forward-

-special skills – paid extra

 

*Continue later*

 

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“Everyday Idioms”

“The First Date”

Let’s get into our chat-groups (4-5 people).

Discuss the warm-up questions and the vocabulary.

 

A.   Discussion – tomorrow

 

B.    Vocabulary Preview

1.    I’m free tomorrow night.

The bathroom is free.

2.    learn basic information about each other- habits, hobbies, family, talents, skills, future plans, job, $$, travel, favourite food, etc.

3.    He has two left feet. He does not dance well.

4.    hang out- casually spend time with people

5.    have a knack- have a talent, be good at something

6.    not know the first thing- have no knowledge about a topic

7.    hit- to go to, to attend

“She is going to hit a movie/restaurant tonight.”

8.nowadays- currently

9.fortune(noun)- a lot of money

IDIOM iPhones costs a fortune.

10. Get out of here! You must be joking! Are you kidding? Are you kidding me! Are you serious!?

You’ve got to be kidding me!