EF3/4 11:00am Wednesday April 29 Zoom link, class notes, and homework

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See you at 11.

Al

Good morning.

We will get started at 11.

Today’s agenda

1.   Continue with sentence correction

2.   Paragraph format

3.   Test #1 Pass-in writing (40m)

4.   HOMEWORK Read “Recipe”. I emailed this to you already. Check your email. If you don’t get it, email me and I will send it to you.

We usually need 26 students for a class to run. Right now, we have about 13. Our numbers are quite low. Hopefully, our class can continue.

HOMEWORK: Please choose five of the following sentences. Fix them up and make them better. We will talk about them tomorrow.

17.                 Even though that I have visited more than 25 countries around world, I had never traveled to north British Columbia yet.

MORE ADVANCED THAN YESTERDAY

Even though that I have visited more than 25 countries around the world, I have never traveled to northern British Columbia yet.

25- numerals

nine – word

northern, southern, eastern, western (adj)

Even though I have visited more than 25 countries around the world, I have never traveled to northern British Columbia yet.

have visited, have never traveled – present perfect

-something that started in the past and continues until now

-tricky, strange

You moved to Vancouver in 2018. You have lived in Vancouver for two years.

have lived- present perfect – started in the past, continues until now

Sarah has worked at the office for three months.

Fatima has been married for 15 years.

18.                 HIGH-LEVEL WRITING

Since I had immigrated to Canada, I had realized that speaking English is part of living in Canada. That is why I decided to go back to the school to learn the English.

FREE ADVICE #1 Divide long sentences into shorter sentences.

You can call me Al. Don’t have to call me Teacher. Canadian adult schools are more relaxed than the schools you went to in your home country.

19.                 I am marriage married, and I have a daughter who is a grade 8’s student.

20.                 I am married, and I have a daughter who is a grade 8 student.

21.                 My husband doesn’t live with us right now due to his work is in Taiwan.

My husband doesn’t live with us right now due to because his work is in Taiwan.

**We will talk about ‘because’ next week.**

22.                 I love the beautiful blue sky in Greece, the huge Eiffel Tower in France, and the amazing buildings in Rome Italy.

23.                 i was biomedical engineer back in my country and i am working in a daycare as a teacher assistance here in Canada.(part time)

I was a biomedical engineer back in my country, and I am working part-time in a daycare as a teacher assistant here in Canada.

24.                 I really into bicycle , nature view, swimming ,travel,dance , mountain climbing ,jog,... .

I am really into cycling, viewing nature, swimming, traveling, dancing, mountain climbing, and jogging, etc.

I am into music. I like music.

She is into knitting. She likes knitting.

am into – like it, enjoy it

I am into cooking Romanian food/cuisine.

am into – sounds like very natural English

etc. et cetera – and other things, too

25.                 My wife, Sarah, manage our a company in China now.

My wife, Sarah, manages our company in China now. SIMPLE

appositive – My sister, Kathy, lives in Spain.

My home country, Egypt, is very hot.

26.                 I have been tripped twenty-fourth countries in the world.

I have travelled to twenty-four countries in the world.

trip – noun

travel - verb

have traveled – from the past until now, so far until now

You have studied in South Hill for three days so far.

Sarah has studied in South Hill for two years. She has finished six classes. She is finished now.

You can mix verb tenses. Be careful!!! It gets confusing.

This person is into traveling. He is a world-traveler.

Do you like to travel?  I do not. I like to stay home.

27.                 The Europe is my interesting regions.

I am interested in Europe.

I am interested in travelling to/around/in Europe.

28.                 We stayed in Montreal for 4 mounts and then, we decided moving to Vancouver because the whether is so better than Montreal.

We stayed in Montreal for four months and then, we decided to move to Vancouver because the weather is so much better than Montreal.

We stayed in Montreal for four months. Then, we decided to move to Vancouver because the weather is so much better than Montreal.

29.                 I Like fitness four or five times a week in the gym, and I like running at beach on the seewalk.

I like to exercise/work out four or five times a week in the gym, and I like running beside/near/close to/next to the beach on the Seawall.

Test #1 – paragraph

Write a personal introduction for yourself. Make it about 100-125 words. You can use some of the sentences you already wrote if you like.

Write it using a writing program: MSWord, Wordpad, TextEdit, etc.

Email is to me by 12:40- don’t be late.

Include your class and name in the subject line.

My email address is ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

No dictionaries.

Do your own writing, please.