P1 EF6 Class 5

 

REMINDER: If you miss a quiz or test, you can do a replacemnt quiz or test on the second last day of the course.

If you have low attendance or miss classes regularly, then you can consider doing self-paced courses.

Room 203- no set class time, self-paced, at home on computer

Our class runs five days a week, 9:15-11:30. You signed up for it.

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Email- full name and class in subject line

·      Continue simple sentences

“Simple Sentence Exercises EF6”

Quiz 1 on Thursday

Explain how the quiz is structured

Choose 10 words of vocabulary to review for the quiz.

Choose 10 verb to review for the quiz.

·      Continue dialogue “Choosing a Phone Plan”

·      HANDOUT “The Seven Most High-Frequency Verb Tenses in English”

We will start to work on these tomorrow. We will work on these for a few weeks.

 

Thursday

·      Quiz 1- simple sentences

·      Begin verb tenses- simple present

·      Perform dialogues “Choosing a Phone Plan”

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1

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Check your email.

Reminder:      Write your full name and class in the subject line of all

emails.

I respond to all student emails. If I do not respond, that means I didn’t get your email. Check that you wrote your full name and class in the subject line.

 

 

 

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Quiz- six sentences

 

EXAMPLE/MODEL QUIZ

Dividers

Phones and devices away.

Write a simple sentence for each.

 

1.SV             school   go

2.SSV          park   play

3.SVV          store   buy

4.Imperative       open   window

5.Interrogative    drive   car

6.SSVV        friend   swim

 

1.    I go to school every day.

Mei went to school yesterday.

2.    My daughter and I play in the park every weekend.

The soccer team and the baseball team play in the park.

3.    We went to the store and bought some shampoo.

4.    Open the window, please.

5.    Did you drive your car to school?

Can you drive a car?

Are you driving your car right now?

6.    My friend and I are swimming and racing/diving/having a good time.

My friend and I are swimming and having a good time at the moment.

 

“Simple Sentence Exercises EF6”

Practice for the quiz. Let’s try some of these sentences. You don’t have to do them all. Choose some- choose some easy ones; choose some more difficult ones.

Work together if you want- it’s more fun.

 

YOUR EXAMPLES

Can you play piano? Can you play the piano?

Can she play guitar/oud/erhu?

Can you play any musical instruments?

 

sleep

She sleeps early every night. XXX

She goes to sleep early every night.

go to sleep/go to bed

take a nap

 

We moved in to Vancouver.

We moved to Vancouver in 2024.

 

VERB TENSES:

We lived in Vancouver since 2024. simple past

We have lived in Vancouver since 2024. present perfect- higher level

since TIME, DATE

 

We have lived in Vancouver for two years.

for HOW LONG

 

He has been married since 1996.

He has been married for 29 years. passive voice

 

 

He has married since 1996. XXX

He got married in 1996. passive voice verb

He married Joanna in 1996.

He married with Joanna in 1996. XXX

He got married with Joanna. XXX

He got married to Joanna.

 

 

Let’s choose ten vocabulary words to review for the quiz.

I will choose six of them for the quiz.

1.    phone(n)

2.    plan(n)

3.    discount(n)

4.    initials(n) initial(adj)

5.    different(adj)

6.    month(n)

7.    important(adj)

8.    data(n)

9.    card(n)

10.                       contract(n)

 

Let’s choose ten verbs to review for the quiz.

I will choose six of them for the quiz.

1.    look

2.    adjust

3.    use

4.    stream

5.    fix

6.    decide

7.    make

8.    run

9.    pay

10.                       understand

 

Verb form- passive voice and present perfect can look very similar

e.g.

He has worked in the office for two years. present perfect verb tense

He has been employed in the office for two years. present perfect passive voice verb

 

Active and passive voice

active voice

She ate the apple.

passive voice

The apple was eaten by her.

 

 

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Funerals in Canada

-clothing – wear black, look subdued, keep jewelry minimal

-look sad

-shake hands or small hug

-things to say      “I’m sorry for your loss.”

                               “I’m so sorry for your loss.”

“My condolences.”

                               “Is there anything I can do?”

“Let me help. Can I do anything?”

“Anything you need. Let me know”

-OPTIONAL bring flowers

- The fact you took time to go and share this experience is what is important.

EUPHEMISMS die-  pass away, passed away

-         putting the person to rest - burial or cremation

Some people scatter the ashes. Some people bury the ashes. Some people keep the ashes.

 

Some rich people have family crypts.

 

IDIOM Cats have nine lives.

 

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Dialogues “Choosing a Phone Plan”

Dialogues- conversation between two people

Customer

Salesperson

We will  perform these dialogues for the class. Choose a partner and practice reading dialogues out loud.