Friday, 19 November 2021

EF56 Fifth class - simple sent

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Begin simple sentences

“Simple Sentences EF6 level”

Monday: Quiz #1 on simple sentences

·      I will explain about the quiz that we will have on Monday.

Choose vocab for the quiz

·      Homework           Review simple sentences. Review the 10 vocab

word.

 

 

Monday

·      Quick check in on simple sentences, questions, examples

·      Quiz#1 on simple sentences

·      Begin compound sentences

·      “Back and Forth” talking, describing, 1.6, 2.6

·      Begin “Goalsetting”

 

 

Quiz on Monday – paper or computer?

If you want to use computer, hopefully you sent me a practice document attached to an email already.

 

REMINDER: Sentence writing tutorial will start next Tuesday 4:45-5:45.

All are welcome.

 

Check the blog from yesterday, or use this Zoom link:

Copy ZOOM link (Ctrl+C)

Paste ZOOM link into a webbrowser (Ctrl+V)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85626052226?pwd=dDNWWFhWM1NGVGMxQWlRNWRPOHNsdz09

Meeting ID: 856 2605 2226

Passcode: Z1F96C

 

 

 

 

Simple Sentences

 

Four types of sentences-

simple   compound   complex   compound-complex

 

simple sentence- most basic form of a sentence in English, simple but powerful, very useful

 

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 – a complete idea

 

Subject and a Verb

Subject and a Predicate

 

The old dog was walking slowly around the park with a stick in his mouth.

 

main subject – just one word, noun ‘dog’

complete subject- main subject plus andy modifers, adjectives, articles

‘the old dog’

 

verb – action word ‘was walking’

verb= simple predicate

complete predicate – verb plus everthing else

‘was walking slowly around the park with a stick in his mouth.’

 

 

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE- S V, Subject + Predicate

 

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.    BC is experiencing severe flooding in many areas around the province. SV

3.    Sarah and Jessie are going swimming. SSV

4.    Trudeau and Biden met this week for high level discussions. SSV

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

6.    The nurse took the patient’s blood pressure and checked his heart rate.

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

Imperative- command, tell someone to do something

 

(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

 

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.

 

subject verb agreement       Here is your cell phone.

                                                   Here are your keys.

***#1 mistake that everyone makes***

Here are your [AH1] cell phone. XXX

Here is your keys. XXX

 

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.    Please close the door. sounds more polite

9.    Close the door, please.

10.           Take the dog for a walk, please.

11.           Please take the dog for a walk.

 

12.           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

 

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

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

will – helping verb, modal, modal auxiliary

 

will go

We will go hiking tomorrow.

Will you go with us?

 

can see

You can see the fireworks from my house.

Can you see the fireworks from my house?

 

10. The music is too loud. SV

 

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

 

 

 

PRACTICE FOR THE QUIZ

Quiz #1 Monday

Write a simple sentence for each.

1.    SV      dog restaurant

The dog is cute.

Maria got a new dog last week.

2.    SSV   party

3.    SVV   store

4.    SSVV           vacation

5.    Imperative           job

6.    Interrogative       sale

sale – noun

The store is in sale. XXX

The store is having a sale.

Is the store having a sale?

Is the sweater on sale?

The sweater is on sale.

-on sale – discounted price

The sweater is on sale. It is 20% off.

-for sale- available for purchase

My house is for sale.

 

vocabulary- word forms- sale(n) sell(v)

The sweater is on sale.

Is the sweater on sale?

Did you sale your old snowboard? XXX

Did you sell your old snowboard?

 

 

Are you able to find a job as a salesperson?

You can find a job as a salesperson.

You might be able to find a job as a salesperson.

Can you find a job as a salesperson?

 

 

FOCUS ON SIMPLE SENTENCES

SV   SSV   SVV  SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

 

1.    SV restaurant

We went to a restaurant because it was my sister’s birthday.

We went to a restaurant.

 

Imperative -command

I will go get a job. XXX

Do the job.

Get a job.

Be careful at your job.

Keep your job.

 

Be aware of dogs.

 

 

SSVV

John and Mary are walking and (are) talking.

SVV

They are walking and (are) talking.

 

 

REMEMBER:

Doublespace

Paper

Name, class

 

 

Choose 10 words from “Daylight Saving Time”. I will use six of them in quiz.

1.    propose

2.    artificial

3.    observe

4.    lead

5.    productive

6.    semiannual

7.    strain

8.    accident

9.    business

10.           great

 

Feel free to change the form of the word if you wish.

e.g.

1.    SV      great

greatly

2.    SSV   observe

observed observative obervation

strain 

train XXX

 

 

 

 

 

 


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