EF 2/3 Website for good stories

from http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story025.htm

E10/ EF7 “UN Declaration on Principles on Tolerance "

http://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/pdf/tolerance.pdf

EF2/3 Grammar Overview repost

1. You can have an apple or an orange. (simple sentence) 2. You can have an apple, or you can have an orange. (compound sentence) FANBOYS- coordinating conjunctions for and nor but or yet so SOBA-so or but and I like cats, but she likes dogs. 3. The English teacher began talk right at 10:20. infinitive- to talk The English teacher began to talk right at 10:20. gerund- talking The English teacher began talking right at 10:20. 4. The small children is playing in the park. subject verb agreement The small child is playing in the park. The small children are playing in the park. I is am happy. 5. They are going of to see a movie. preposition- heart of English, meaning is not in dictionary, meaning is in the culture talk to talk with 6. Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one? sentence fragment 7. My coat is in the park by the tree over there. 8. He can go to Science World. modals- modal auxiliaries 9. He has a coat. The coat is red. sentence combining He has a red coat. 10. My aunt was a good student when she was a child. verb tense 11. His daughter is a five years girl. His daughter is five years old. His daughter is a five-year-old. a book store a computer store a three-hour movie a three hours movie 12. She asks him to help her fold the laundry. causative verb 13. The boxes of photographs are stored in the attic. passive voice 14. Because it’s supposed to rain today, we can’t go to the park. It’s supposed to rain today. 15. She wants to go, but she has to work. Maybe she’ll be late. run-on sentence 16. This is the happiest day of my life. adjective form- superlative basic comparative superlative happy happier happiest big bigger biggest beautiful more beautiful most beautiful good better best bad worse worst 17. Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs. appositive

E10/ EF7 sent comb prac

2. Some of the older people bring cars, park on the beach, and turn up the radios. Some older people, who bring cars, park on the beach, and turn up the radios. Some of the older people park on the beach and turn up their car radios. sss, sss, and sss. Oxford comma sss, sss and sss. Adjective clauses- restrictive or non-restrictive clauses Essential, non-essential clauses “Joe’s mother, who is retired, plays mah-jong.”- usual “Joe’s mother who is retired plays mah-jong.”- unusual “Joe’s sister who is a nurse plays soccer.” “Joe’s sister, who is a nurse, plays soccer.” appositive “Joe’s sister, Anna, plays soccer.” “Anna, Joe’s sister, plays soccer.” “The Vancouver Canucks, my favourite team, didn’t make the Playoffs this year.” “My favourite team, the Vancouver Canucks, underperformed this year.” adjective clauses “Joe’s sister, whose name is Anna, plays soccer.” “The Vancouver Canucks, which are my favourite team, didn’t do well this year.” Compound “The Vancouver Canucks are my favourite team, but they were terrible this year.”

E10/ EF7 Expectations continued

Sentence styles SIMPLE SV SSV SVV SSVV COMPOUND SV SV SSV SVV fanboys soba- high frequency ;- low frequency ; however, ; therefore, COMPLEX SENTENCES - Adjective clauses Adjective described noun “blue” “The blue cat is sleeping on the bed.” “The blue cat (that has white paws) is sleeping on the bed. “The blue cat (that my sister gave me) is sleeping on the bed.” who, which, that whom- very low frequency “To whom it may concern,” - Adverb clauses Adverb modifies a verb “She walks slowly.” “You play piano well.” “She walks slowly because her leg is sore.” “You play piano well because you practice every day.” time - when, while, whenever, before, after, until comparison - than, as ____ as _______ reason, purpose or cause - because, since condition - if, unless, although, even though, though “The kids take a bath after supper.” “The kids take a bath after they have supper.” if “I will go to the party if Kathy invites me.” even if “I won’t go to the party even if Kathy invites me.” - Noun clauses think, believe, say, feel, know “that” “I think that you are an honest person.” “She said that she would be late.” “He knows that he passed the test.”

E10/ EF7 Transitional Terms

Transitional Terms Transitional words and phrases help paragraphs read more smoothly by improving the connections between supporting sentences. MODEL: Use a period or semicolon between the sentences and a comma after the transitional term. For example: Richmond is an exciting city to live in; in particular, its Asian influence makes for a very multicultural environment. HERE ARE A MILLION FOR YOU TO USE: Addition also, again, besides, furthermore, in addition, likewise, moreover Consequence accordingly, as a result, consequently, for this reason, for this purpose, hence, otherwise, subsequently, therefore, thus Generalizing as a rule, as usual, for the most part, generally, generally speaking, ordinarily, usually Exemplifying chiefly, especially, for instance, in particular, namely, particularly, specifically, for one thing, as an illustration, as an example, for example Emphasis above all, chiefly, especially, particularly, in particular, singularly, moreover, most importantly Similarity comparatively, correspondingly, identically, likewise, similarly, by the same token, still, nevertheless, Contrast conversely, instead, on one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary, rather, however, in contrast Sequence at first, first of all, to begin with, in the first place, at the same time, for now, for the time being, in time, in turn, later on, next, then, soon, later, earlier, simultaneously, afterward, finally Restatement in essence, in other words, namely, that is, that is to say, to put it differently Summarizing after all, all in all, all things considered, briefly, by and large, in any case, in any event, in brief, in conclusion, on the whole, in short, in summary, in the final analysis, in the long run, on balance, to sum up, to summarize,

E10/ EF7 Expectations for Sentence Writing- Simple and Compound

English 10/ English Foundations7 Expectations for sentence writing 3 sentence types- looking for, basic foundation Variety of types SIMPLE S+V, subject and verb “I live in Vancouver.” One independent clause, one main clause SSV “Sarah and I are siblings.” SVV “He fell down the hill and hurt his knee.” SSVV “You and I went to downtown and had lunch.” Variety is the key. Mix it up. COMPOUND SV XXX SV. SV, and SV. FANBOYS, seven coordinating conjunctions- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so “I am wearing a sweater, for it is cold today.” For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Low frequency vocabulary, SOBA so, or, but, and “I want to go to the party, but I have to work.” ; semicolon, semicomma “I want to go to the party; I have to work.” ; low frequency “I want to go to the party; however, I have to work.” “I want to go to the party; unfortunately, I have to work.” “I want to go to the party; sadly, I have to work.” FANCY SIMPLE SENTENCES “I want to go to the party. However, I have to work.” “I want to go to the party. Unfortunately, I have to work.” “I want to go to the party. Sadly, I have to work.” “It is a sunny blue sky today. Surprisingly, it is still chilly.”

E10/ EF7 Good vocab tests

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/index.html http://www.wordengine.jp/vflash/vreport