Wednesday, 8 December 2021

EF34 16 class- adverb clauses

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Continue with complex sentences- adverb clauses

Your examples from homework

Choose vocab for quiz

·      “Flu Shots”

·      Finish Back and Forth

·      HW

 

 

Thursday

·      Quiz#3 – adverb clauses

·      Talk more about paragraphs

·      Begin complex sentences- noun clauses

·      Dialogues – going to the doctor

 

 

Friday

·      Test#2- paragraph

·      Continue with noun clauses

 

 

These are the examples that you did for homework:

 

1.    Because the teacher teaches English very well with humor, I get am getting more interested in English.

2.    If I speak English fluently, I will have an opportunity to find a job.

3.    The sakura blooms when the spring comes.

sakura- cherry blossom (Japanese word)

4.    I get up early every day because I go to school.

5.    I want to buy a pair of sandals because summer is coming .

6.    I could pass the text test if I have studied study hard.

 

7.    You can use my cell phone if you want .

8.    When I was a young girl, I liked to study English .

9.    It’s raining when I went home. vt

It was raining when I went home.

10.                       You can call me anytime if you need help.

11.                       Can you pick me up today because I don’t a car?

12.                       I will continue to study because to SV improve my vocabulary.

I will continue to study because I want to improve my vocabulary.

 

13.                       Tomorrow I might be wake walk if it is not cold.

I might walk. You might walk.

MODALS: can could should may might will

shall- nobody uses ‘shall’, grammarbook work

 

14.                       I am late because the bus is delayed.

15.                       Because I work hard, my English is improving quickly.

16.                       Please let me know if you have any questions.

17.                       If you don’t take an umbrella, I will pick you up.

18.                       I will go to college when I graduate from adult education.

I would like to ABC when I graduate from adult education.

ABC- go to college, volunteer, open a business, etc

When/If I graduate from AE (Adult Ed), I would like to go to nursing school.

 

19.                       Please let me know when you ready.

20.                       Because I didn't do my homework, the teacher punished me.

21.                       Victoria doesn't want to go to school tomorrow if it is cloudy.

22.                       When it is raining, I prefer to stay at home.

23.                       I’m tierd today because I slept late to night.

I’m tired today because I went to bed late last night. 

 

24.                       Zaki go to bed when finished your homework. RW

Zaki went to bed when he finished his homework.

IMPERATIVE: Zaki, go to bed when you finish your homework.

 

25.                       If it's not so too cold , I go to play soccer.

 

26.                       I must do my homework because we are going to discuss it in my class tomorrow.

27.                       The person is sad because he lost his job.

28.                       You will take EF6 if you learn study hard.

 

29.                       The economy will be down in Canada if they make many money. Meaning? RW

The economy will be down in Canada if the government prints too much new money.

 

30.                       It is raining when the sky is dark.

31.                       The shipping shut down when the COVID-19 was in the Wolrd. awk RW

International shipping shut down when COVID-19 spread around the world.

 

 

32.                       If you give me some peas, I will give you some cabbages.

33.                       I will not choose those pens if they are not good.

34.                       Do not go away because I have something to tell you.

35.                       Your nephew is a lazy boy because he is always smoking and drinking.

36.                       They will tell us about our grandmother when they come back to visit us.

37.                       I  will do it when I have time.

38.                       Jimmy is indolent/lazy because he never cleans up his bedroom.

39.                       My dog was tiny when it was a puppy.

40.                       Mandy needs to go to school if she wants to improve her English.

41.                       It happened many years ago when I was a teenager.

42.                       Time flies when you are having fun.

43.                       She got divorced because her husband gambled.

44.                       Because Jane got a bad grade, she felt upset.

45.                       I could do it right away if you like.

46.                       If you fail the exam, you will let him down.

 

let someone down – disappoint someone, not keep a promise

My husband let me down. He forgot my birthday again.

 

These were excellent. Good work.

 

 

Complex sentence- adverb clauses

 

THREE MOST COMMON WORDS FOR ADVERB CLAUSES:

because

if

when

 

OTHER WORDS

-since- two meanings- give a reason & time

 

give a reason ‘because’ ‘since’

Everybody is chipper/energetic/happy because it is a nice day today.

Everybody is chipper/energetic/happy since it is a nice day today.

Everyone is gloomy because the sky is grey.

 

time

I have learned a lot about reading and writing since I came to school.

Marin has lived in Vancouver since 1999. SIMPLE

Marin has lived in Vancouver since she moved here in 1999. COMPLEX-adv cl

I had a wish to get away from my homecountry since I was a kid.

 

 

-unless- opposite of  ‘if’

Shira likes to walk around the park every evening if it is not raining.

Shira likes to walk around the park every evening unless it is raining.

Have an apple if you are hungry.

Have an apple unless you are not hungry.

Unless you don’t finish your homework, you can’t go to the party. CONFUSING

You can go to the party if you finish your homework.

You can’t go to the party unless you finish your homework.

 

 

-until- waiting for a time

I will wait until the bus comes.

I will read my book until midnight. SIMPLE

I will read my book until SV. COMPLEX adv cl

I will read my book until lunch is ready.

I will read my book until it is time to go to bed.

I will not travel until Covid is over.

I didn’t start to learn English until I arrived to Canada.

 

I started to learn English after I came to Canada.

I started to learn English before I came to Canada.

I have been learning English since I came here.

I never knew about Vancouver until I moved here.

I knew nothing about Vancouver until I moved here.

I didn’t know how beautiful you are until you took off your mask.

I didn’t know anything about babies until we had our own kids.

 

 

-even though-

I love Vancouver even though it is expensive.

He is a good basketball player even though he is only 5’6”.

 

185cm

In Canada – feet and inches

I am 5”9’.

 

Marin is going for a walk even though it is raining.

 

 

 

Preparing for Quiz#3 adverb clauses tomorrow

 

because if when since

 

8 vocab words for the quiz

1.    vaccine

She got a vaccine because she is seventy years old.

2.    side effect

I got a side effect when I had some medicine.

3.    allergic

I don’t like cats because I am allergic to them.

She can’t eat eggs because she is allergic to them.

She carried an epi pen because she has allergies.

4.    system

5.    risk

6.    positive

7.    spread

8.    health

 

 

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