Evening Zoom meeting rough notes

For tonight, I thought we could figure out any technical problems. Then, we could talk about sentences or whatever you like.

HOMEWORK:

Hi everyone,

I would like you to put together a piece of writing around 250 words.

The topic is how the isolation due to the Covid 19 is affecting your life. What is different? What is the same?

Please write it using MS Word. Follow all of the normal formatting that we discussed in class: double spacing, margins, etc.

You will submit your work to me via email by Tuesday, midnight. Please include your name and class in the subject of the email. The subject should say for example “Isolation writing, Melissa Adams, EF6”

My email address is ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Any questions, please write them in the comments below. I will add them to this message and answer them as they appear.

Be well.

Al

Causative Verbs

help, allow, invite, require, motivate, encourage, get, convince, hire, assist, permit, employ, force, compel, tell, ask.

+ infinitive “to xxx”

I helped my sister.

I helped my sister to clean the house.

You helped him to finish the work.

I allow my son to play Xbox for one hour.

She invited me to her party.

She invited me to come to her party.

require – institution, government

I require you to do your homework. XXX STRANGE

UBC requires you to pay you tuition.

In order to become a Canadian citizen, you are required to live in Canada for three years. PASSIVE VOICE

I am required to teach classes. PASSIVE VOICE

I am required to go to my work every morning.

My boss requires me to get to work by/at 8am.

encourage

I encourage my kids to study hard. motivate, gives someone confidence, make excited about something

I persuaded my kids to study hard. persuade-convince, talk them into something

I persuaded my wife to buy a new car.

I encourage myself to work out a few times a week.

You encourage/motivate yourself to study English.

I get a coffee.

get – make, ask, give someone a task

I get my son to wash the dishes.

Could I get you to drive me to the airport?

Could I get you to open the window, please?

compel – force – make somebody do something

The government compelled/forced the politician to resign because of his corruption.

The Spanish government is compelling people to stay in their homes on pain of fine.

tell

tell + infinitive

The manager told the customer to come back tomorrow.

The manager will tell her staff to leave early today.

ask

I will ask you to wash your hands carefully.

Tomorrow – five paragraph essay

essay – longer piece of writing

five paragraphs