Tuesday, 14 September 2021

EF56 8:30 simple sent and human rights

 

English Foundations 5/6

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Begin simple sentences

·      “Human Rights Project” – first part

Choose 10 vocab words for Quiz#1

·      Phrasal verbs- about 10

·      HW   “United Nations Declaration of Human Rights”

Email me examples of your simple sentences

 

 

Wednesday

·      Continue “Human Rights Project” and “United Nations Declaration of Human Rights”

·      Finish simple sentences

Proof student examples

Quiz#1 tomorrow

Go over structure of quiz

·      Phrasal verbs- about 10

 

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#1 – simple sentences

·      Review paragraph writing

·      Continue “Human Rights Project” and UNDH

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Phrasal verbs- about 10

 

Friday

·      Review Quiz#1 – email me the sentence you want me to go over

·      Continue to review paragraph writing

·      Continue “Human Rights Project” and UNDH

·      Continue compound sentences

·      Test#1 Monday – paragraph on human rights

·      Learn a knot Friday

 

 

 

 

Simple Sentences

 

Four types of sentences- simple   compound   complex   compound-complex

 

simple sentence- most basic form of a sentence in English

 

A simple sentence is one independent clause that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

 

clause – a group of words with a subject and a verb, S+V

 

Most teachers says: one simple sentence – one complete idea.

 

Notice that there are some important requirements for a simple sentence:

1. Must have a subject and a verb.

2. Must express a complete thought.

3. Must only have one clause.

4. ** Begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.

** For all sentences.

 

Examples of Simple Sentences:

1. Joe went to the store. SV

2. Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV

3. The frog jumped and landed in the pond. SVV

4. Keep your eyes open for bargains. NO SUBJECT- implied subject “You”

Imperative- command

(You) Be careful!  don’t say ‘you’, everybody understand that it is there,

implied subject – imply(v) – suggest something but not say it out loud

i.e My neighbour implied that he wanted me to shovel his sidewalk.

LATIN abbreviations

i.e. – ‘that is’ id est

e.g.- ‘for example’ exampli gratia, VERY COMMONLY USED

etc. – ‘ and so on’ et cetera

 

 

5. The pizza smells delicious. SV

6. There is a fly in the car with us.

‘Here’ and ‘there’ are not subjects. They always point to something else.

There is/are people on the street. subject verb agreement

There is/are a person on the street.

 

TRICKY subject verb agreement – verbs change to match the subject

e.g. Mary live lives in Vancouver. agr

 

NOTE: At a college level, mistakes in subject verb agreement are a big deal.

 

7. Look on top of the refrigerator for the key. “you” implied subject- imperative

8. The printer is out of paper.

9. Will you help me with the math homework? Interrogative

ask a question – flip the verb around

You are happy today.

Are you happy today? Interrogative

 

I will pick you up today. verb will pick – simple future

Will you pick me up today? will ... pick – still one verb, not two verbs

SV

 

will – helping verb, modal, modal auxiliary

 

10. The music is too loud.

 

Adapted from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/

 

Correction Codes – We will do them tomorrow?

e.g. agr – subject verb agreement

 

Forms of simple sentences:

-SV subject verb

My dog is asleep.

The ice cream looks delicious.

Vancouver is a nice city.

 

-SSV subject subject verb

The rivers and trees are beautiful.

Your sister and mother fight all the time.

Peanut butter and bananas go well together.

 

-SVV subject verb verb

Sara swims and plays volleyball at the community centre.

Clouds come and go.

Friends come and go.

 

-Imperative – command sentence, tell somebody to do something

(You) Come in. implied subject  We don’t say ‘you’, but that’s what we mean.

Be careful, please.   Please be careful.

Watch your step, please.   Please be careful.

Watch out.

Stay safe.
Shut up!

Drop dead! – strong words for fighting, like with kids

Get out!

Sit down.

Have a cookie.

Sleep well.

Eat healthy.

Stay cool.

Sit! Stay!

Stay tuned.

Get ready.

 

-Interrogative- question

What time is it?

Who are you talking to?

What are you doing tomorrow?

Is that your dog?

Would you like to have some tea?

Where is the book?

What’s for dinner today?

 

Extra information to explore:

-I will email you 2 .pdf files on simple sentences

-https://englishgrammarhere.com/example-sentences/50-examples-of-simple-sentences/

-https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-sentence-examples.html

 

HW   Write a few examples of simple sentences of your own, from your own imagination.

Styles: SV   SSV   SVV  Imperative   Interrogative

We will share these tomorrow in class. We will go over some of them tomorrow.

          You can send me a few of your examples by email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

YOUR EXAMPLES:

1.    My dog is asleep. SV asleep (adj)

My dog is sleeping. SV

2.     

 

 

Skiing/Snowboard – first day of the season, start on the ‘bunny hill’

 

‘shall’ – not commonly used, only for polite invitation

Shall we dance?

Shall we take our break? – sounds really classy

Can we take our break?

Should we take our break?

 

Shall we underline the subject and verb in our homework sentences?

BIT TOO FANCY

Should we underline the subject and verb in our homework sentences?

Do we have to underline the subject and verb in our homework sentences?

-You have been invited to a party- Should I bring something?

 

 

We will do modals another day.

Modals/ Modal Auxiliaries

Modals are auxiliaries verbs like can, could, may, might, must, should.  will, and would.  They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, invitation, permission, necessity, or requests. Below is a list of the most useful modals and their most common meanings:

 

Modal        Meaning                               Example

can             to express ability                  I can speak English very well.

can             to request permission           Can I go to Foundations 4?

could         to express ability                  I could help you tomorrow.

could         to express possibility           She could be an Olympian.

may           to express possibility           I may be late for class.

may           to request permission           May I take the test again, please?

might         to express possibility           She might call you later.

must          to express obligation            I must leave at 4 o’clock.

must          to express strong belief        You must be kidding!

should       to give advice                       You should go to the doctor.

will            to show future                      I will not drive my car today.

would        to request or offer                Would you prefer a tea or coffee?

would        in if-sentences                      If I were you, I would complain.

shall – Nobody uses ‘shall’.

fancy and polite invitation to do something “Shall we ...?”

really sound nice, classy

“Shall we take our 10-minute break?”

 

There are also two and three-word modals such as had better, have to, ought to, used to, be able to, be going to, be supposed to, and have got to.  However, most anything you want to say can be expressed with a one-word modal.

 

 

Human Rights

Rights that people have fought for in the past.

- Child labour past Victorian English, present Uganda, India, poorer countries, third-world countries, underpriviledged countries

-Against slavery- US, Canada, other places

-Fair treatment of First Nations people

-Right to Vote- for ? everyone, women (Women could only vote after 1918 in Canada. Nellie McClung  fight for the vote, fought)

Right to Vote – Universal Suffrage

suffrage- the right to vote suffer

-Right to a five-day work week (40 hours a week), have a weekend

-Right to fundamental education (K-12)

-Right to keep your culture, multiculturalism (Canada since the 1970s)

The US – “the melting pot”

 

 

-declaration (n) declare (v)   Customs at the airport “Do you have anything to declare?” You: “I have nothing to declare.” DON’T LIE!

 

-domenstration (n)  demonstrate(v)

-violation (n) violate (v)

I violated the speeding limit and got a ticket. I broke the law. I was speeding.

 

NOTE: Any word that ends with ‘tion’ is a noun.

education, participation, population, congratulations, variation, information, emotion, generation, relation

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