EF 2/3 Review

*** modals, modal auxiliaries

can

could

should

might

must

will

would

should

may

subject + modal + simple for of verb

She + can + speak + English well.

He

I

We

You

She could speak English.

I must eat more healthy food.

I must ate had to eat more healthy food.

***verb tenses

simple              progressive                  perfect

present             YES                            YES                                        YES

past                              YES                            YES                                        NO

future              YES                            NO                                          NO

vf- verb form

I am be living live in Richmond.

I am live am living in Vancouver.

***causative verbs

help

ask

invite

allow

ask

The teacher tells the students to do their homework.

I ask you to pick me up at the airport.

He allows his son to play Xbox.

She invites her sister to come for supper.

We help our friends to settle in Canada.

let- does not translate well

Canada lets my son have a good education.

I let my daughter play with my phone.

***active/passive voice

PASSIVE VOICE

The socks were lost.  lose lost lost- participle

ACTIVE VERB

My son lost his socks.

***fragments, sentence fragments

When she calls.

When she calls, he will answer the phone.

***run ons

She called him he answered the phone.

She called him. He answered the phone.

She called him, so he answered the phone.

He answered the phone when she called him.

***paragraphs

descriptive, narrative, process, persuasive

E10 Provincial Practice Exam URL

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/

EF2/3 adjectives

1.     other

2.     new

3.     good

4.     high

5.     old

6.     great

7.     big

8.     American

9.     small

10.                        large

11.                        national

12.                        young

13.                        different

14.                        black

15.                        long

16.                        little

17.                        important

18.                        political

19.                        bad

20.                        white

21.                        real

22.                        best

23.                        right

24.                        social

25.                        only

26.                        public

27.                        sure

28.                        low

29.                        early

30.                        able

31.                        human

32.                        local

33.                        late

34.                        hard

35.                        major

36.                        better

37.                        economic

38.                        strong

39.                        possible

40.                        whole

41.                        free

42.                        military

43.                        true

44.                        federal

45.                        international

46.                        full

47.                        special

48.                        easy

49.                        clear

50.                        recent

51.                        certain

52.                        personal

53.                        open

54.                        red

55.                        difficult

56.                        available

57.                        likely

58.                        short

59.                        single

60.                        medical

61.                        current

62.                        wrong

63.                        private

64.                        past

65.                        foreign

66.                        fine

67.                        common

68.                        poor

69.                        natural

70.                        significant

71.                        similar

72.                        hot

73.                        dead

74.                        central

75.                        happy

76.                        serious

77.                        ready

78.                        simple

79.                        left

80.                        physical

81.                        general

82.                        environmental

83.                        financial

84.                        blue

85.                        democratic

86.                        dark

87.                        various

88.                        entire

89.                        close

90.                        legal

91.                        religious

92.                        cold

93.                        final

94.                        main

95.                        green

96.                        nice

97.                        huge

98.                        popular

99.                        traditional

100.                   cultural

She is the nicest person that I have ever met.

That is the best book that I have ever read.

That was the worst movie that I ever saw.

His hands were cleaner than his friends’ hands.

COMPARING TWO THINGS

Canada is a bigger country than the US.

Canada is the second biggest country in the world.

The athlete who runs the fastest will win the gold medal.

The athlete who runs the third fastest wins bronze.

This class is much easier/ harder than last class.

This is a good book.  It was better than the first one.  It is the best book I have read all year.

A horse is tall.  An elephant is taller.  A giraffe is tallest.

A cat is cute.  A dog is cuter.  A rabbit is cutest.

My Coach purse was very expensive.  Her Chanel purse was even more expensive.  My sister’s Hermes purse was the most expensive of all.

A mouse is small.  An ant is smaller than a mouse.  A flea is smallest of all.

EF 2/3

His wife is Mary.  Mary is a doctor.

His wife, Mary, is a doctor.

My brother, Dave, is a doctor.

Dave, my brother, is a doctor.

His brother lives in Vancouver.  His brother drives a bus.

His brother, a bus driver, lives in Vancouver.

       

His brother is a bus driver and lives in Vancouver.

His brother who is a bus driver lives in Vancouver.

His brother is a bus driver, and he lives in Vancouver.

South Hill Education Centre is a high school for adults.

It offers classes six days a week.

South Hill Education Centre, a high school for adults, offers classes six days a week.

My class, English Foundations 2/3, runs from November to January.

Vancouver, the largest city in BC, is a nice city.

My dog, Ruff, is very friendly.

Her new watch, a Rolex, was a gift.

His sister, the nurse, is very friendly.

1.   My lunch, an onion and garlic sandwich, smells great.

My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich, and it smells great.

My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich and smells great.

My lunch which is an onion and garlic sandwich smells great.

My lunch smells great because it is an onion and garlic sandwich.

2.   My son, an engineer, will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son is an engineer and will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son, who is an engineer, will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son is an engineer, and he will be moving to Toronto next week.

My son will be moving to Toronto next week because he is an engineer.

3.   Jessica, the youngest student in the class, had the highest marks.

The youngest student in the class, Jessica, had the highest marks.

5.   Eileen, the marketing manager, organized the advertising campaign.

commercials

6.   The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher.

The class was taught by a retired teacher, Mrs. McKnight.

passive voice

Mrs. McKnight, a retired teacher, taught the class.

active voice

My car, a Hyundai, is red.

My phone, an iphone, is pretty nice.

        Her handbag, a Coach, costs a lot of money.

        His handbag, a Safeway, was $.02.

        His favourite actor, Daniel Craig, plays James Bond.

        Her favourite dessert, cheesecake, is very delicious.

persuasive paragraph

convince, persuade

 

“Is English important for newcomers to Canada?”

opinion? NO. YES.

Topic sentence:

YES very important

1. coommunicqte witth people first language engliosh 2comfortbale living here, know the culture

3. find a job, see doctor, sshopping, children teacher

       

In this class, put commas around all of your appositives.  In higher level classes, you will learn when you should and shouldn’t put commas around appositives.

Combines these exercises using appositives:

1.               My lunch is an onion and garlic sandwich.  It smells great.

2.               My son is an engineer.  He will be moving to Toronto next week.

3.               Jessica was the youngest student in the class.  She had the highest mark.

4.               The baby is six months old.  He does not sleep well.

5.               Eileen is the marketing manager.  She organized the ad campaign.

6.               The class was taught by Mrs. McKnight.  She is a retired teacher.

7.               The car was a red convertible.  The car was speeding through the neighbourhood.

8.               Friends is an American sitcom.  It is very popular with ESL students.

9.               The Nakdong River is the longest river in Korea.  It is over 500 km long.

10.          English is the language of business.  English is a challenging language to   

 learn.