EF34

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Quiz#4- Noun clause quiz

·      Begin Verb tense review

·      Continue “Viola Desmond”

 

 

Friday today.

We have only three weeks left.

Time flies like an arrow!

 

I will tell you as soon as I know which classes I will teach next term. Hopefully, I’ll find out Monday.

 

 

 

Review of verb tenses

Note: I will email a document about verb tenses.

 

12 verb tenses- we don’t use them all

Focus on 7 of them. The other five we don’t use very much.

 

SIMPLE PRESENT- habitual action, usual, everyday, facts

Clara drinks tea. habitual, habit, everyday, all the time

She cooks for her family everyday.

She works at Superstore.

Dave goes to school by bus.

Wenni studies English everyday.

They are taxi drivers.

Mohamad runs a business.

 

Vancouver is the biggest city in BC. fact, truth

Two plus three is five.

Vaccines are safe and effective.

 

 

SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past, finished, over

Joe watched TV last night.

Mei went to school yesterday.

Mei was go to school yesterday. vf

He was talk to his sister on the phone. vf

He talked to his sister on the phone.

I was in EF3 last term.

Regular past tense:

talk talked

like liked

study studied

lie lied – not truth

learn learned

return returned

drag dragged

repair repaired

 

Irregular past tense:

say said

drive drived drove

go goed went

run ran

eat ate

teach taught

leave left

read read

write wrote

bring brought

buy bought

hide hid

see saw   The kids seed saw the sunset. vf

pay paid

take took Joanne taked took the bus to school. vf

choose chose

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

 

 

 

SIMPLE FUTURE

will – modal auxiliary, modal

 

Modals – can, may, should, would, must, will, have to, be going to, be able to

 

will + infinitive -‘to’

will + to go

will go

S will go

I will go to school. You will go to Burnaby. She will go to the supermarket. The dog will go to the park.

-one event that will take place in the future

 

Steve will go hiking tomorrow in the rain. gerund- noun

She will go shopping with her friends.

She will go buying buy that car tomorrow.

I will buy some new boots at MEC.

Mountain Equipment Coop $$ but good

 

will -modal

be going to - modal

She will + buy new gloves tomorrow.

She is going to + buy new gloved tomorrow.

 

Last week, I decided to go to the picnic. I am going to go to the picnic tomorrow. I will go to the picnic tomorrow.

 

I am going to go to the picnic tomorrow. sounds more natural

I will go to the picnic tomorrow. sounds less natural

 

 

will / am going to – I wish I could teach the difference clearly. I will do some more research.

 

 

Cheryl will go to Japan next year.

Cheryl is going to go to Japan next year. more natural sounding

 

is going to = gonna (very casual speaking, not for writing)

 

 

 

lie- do it yourself

lay- place something down

The mom lay the baby down. She lied down for a nap, too.

 

lie- say something that is not true

He lied to me.(v)  He told me a lie. (n)

I lied to you. I told you a lie.

 

 

 

We will continue with more verb tenses Monday.

 

 

Viola Desmond

 

Wanda, her sister, seeing the unveiling of the new bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2OOWnZqjA

 

brave, bravery – being scared but still doing what you have to do

having courage

encourage

 

 

rectangle

sphere

a golf club

a tennis racquet/ a badminton racquet

a table tennis paddle/ a canoe paddle

a hockey stick

4 socks in all

The sun is made of gas.

 

You go on a green.

You stop on a red.

Prepare to stop on a yellow/amber.