Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s Agenda
·
Return Test#1 narrative paragraph
·
Go over extra verb tense exercises
·
Begin present perfect verb tense
·
Begin descriptive paragraphs
I will be away Friday.
I have a meeting Friday and Saturday with adult educators from all
over BC.
You will have a class on Friday with the a substitute teacher,
Barbara.
I will be back on Monday.
Monday
·
Continue with present perfect verb tense
·
Begin COMPLEX SENTENCES- adverb clauses
·
Prepare for Test#2- descriptive paragraph
Paragraph
- 100-125 words
Some people wrote way too much: 250-300 words
-Doublespaced
-Wrote in pen
-Follow the margins
Sentences- mix of simple and compound sentences, and complex
RO run on sentence
We went to the beach we had a good time the kids played in the
sand. RO
We went to the beach, and we had a good time. The kids played in
the sand. PUNC- punctuation
VF verb forms -
I was play with my friends. vf
I was playing with my friends. past progressive/continuous
I played with my friends. simple past
Exexcises from homework
Ex 1
4. He brushes his teeth three times a day.
11.The teacher speaks three languages.
12. A mechanic fixes cars. SV
Ex. 2
2. Jenny and Beth are strangers. They do not know / don’t
know each other.
don’t – a little bit more casual, but still ok for writing
don’t can’t I’ll
let’s - contractions apostrophe ‘
5. Turtles do not move quickly. don’t
8. Poor people don’t have a lot of money.
10. Jessica is very healthy. She does not smoke cigarettes. doesn’t
A.
adverbs – never rarely seldom
sometimes often always
2. She always helps her mother with the housework.
housework- chores- cleaning, laundry, mopping, dusting
“Her teenage son doesn’t mind doing chores around the house.”
homework- school work
7. She usually shops at the supermarket next to her house.
10. Teenagers seldom listen to their parents.
Verb tenses:
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future: will be
going to
Present progressive
Present perfect – ‘perfect’ doesn’t mean perfect, just a word
verb tense- started in the past, keeps going until now
Sherry has lived in Vancouver for five years.
has lived -present perfect verb tense
has lived ‘lived’ past tense past participle
PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE
go went gone
live lived lived
eat ate eaten
see saw seen
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
read read read
put put put
get got gotten
fall fell fallen
take took taken
break broke broken
buy bought bought
bring brought brought
TOUGH
lie lay lain
lay laid laid
EASIER
watch watched watched
lie (tell a lie) lied lied
present perfect – auxilairy verb + participle
Joan lives in Vancouver.
She has lived in Vancouver TIME.
She has lived in Vancouver for one year.
She has lived in Vancouver since DATE.
She has lived in Vancouver since 2006.
Mehrat has studied English since last November.
Ling has worked at VCC for 18 years.
‘worked’ is not past tense, it is participle
DIFFERENT MEANING
Ling worked at VCC for 18 years. simple past
Jie worked in China for five years as a doctor. She has worked in
Canada for 15 years as a doctor.
MOST COMMON USAGE
I have lived in Canada for three years. I have been married for 27
years.
My son has played soccer since he was five years old.
Your daughter has played piano since she was four.
She started learning English two years ago. simple past
She has started learning English from two
years ago.
She has learned English from two years ago.
She has been learning English from two years ago for two
years. present perfect progressive
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