Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s Agenda
·
Continue simple sentences- a bit more practice
Prepare for Quiz#1
on Monday
Choose vocab for
Quiz#1 together
·
Small group chatting/discussion
·
Begin work on simple verb tenses
simple present,
simple past, simple future
·
HW Read “Viola Desmond”
Monday
·
Quiz#1 (25m)
·
Begin compound sentences
·
“Viola Desmond”
Early next week, we will write our first
paragraph (Test#1).
SIMPLE SENTENCES
- one clause
-different types
S= subject
V= verb
SV
SSV
SVV
Imperative
Question (interrogative)
Example quiz:
Write a simple sentence for each.
1.
SV park
2.
SSV school
3.
SVV house
4.
SSV mountain
5.
Question job
6.
Imperative bus
Let’s choose 10 words for the quiz. I will
choose six of those.
1.
songwriter
2.
international
3.
war
4.
play
5.
write
6.
guitar
7.
award
8.
kids
9.
spirit
10.
street
Small group discussion (4-5 people in a group)
casual talking, discussion, chatting *In
English*
Topics for discussion (small groups)
1.
If you were rich, how would your life be different?
-travel, become a world-traveller, join the jet-set
-help poor people, support charities
-buy a nice big house, luxury car, nice clothes
-open a company, business, become a entrepreneur
-retire early, Freedom 55
normal retirement age is 65, equality for men and women
2.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what
would it be?
-change bad habits- very emotional, make a mountain out of a
molehill
-more confidence, less self-doubt
-healthier
-taller
-thinner, lose weight
-stop worrying about the future, anxiety
-not be so thin-skinned, sensitive
-not to be so shy
-be more physically active, more exercise
-less distracted, able to focus more on one task, more
attentive to what I’m doing
3.
If you could do one thing to change the world, what
would it be?
-get rid of Covid, make Covid disappear,
-change the goverment in your home country
-stop war in my country and everywhere, world
peace
-freedom in your country
-reduce pollution, clean up the environment,
-stop global warming
-feed the hungry
-all countries be friendly together
-remove some bad politicians
-end discrimination based on race, gender,
colour, religion
-remove international borders, freedom of movement between countries
discrimination(n) discriminate(v)
The manager of the company discriminated against
the ABC employees.
SIMPLE VERB TENSES
-simple present
-simple past
-simple future
confusion
simple sentence – simple verb tense
SIMPLE SENTENCE- SV SSV SVV Imperative Question
SIMPLE VERB TENSES -
-simple present- habitual action, usually, daily
activity, state of being, fact
Mei drinks
tea. everyday
I drink
coffee. usually, ordinarily
Jenny takes a shower at night.
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
You make lunch for your kids.
You sometimes make lunch for yourself.
occasionally
Shirin lives in Burnaby.
Two plus two equals four.
Mary comes from Nepal.
COMMON ERROR Mary come from Nepal. AGR- subject verb agreement
Mary comes from Nepal.
-simple past- one event in the past, finished,
over
We watched
a movie last night.
I baked some cookies last night.
I was at my friend’s house yesterday.
We went for a walk in the park last Sunday.
COMMON ERROR We was go for a walk in the
park last Sunday. vf
I was a six-year-old child in 1973.
-simple future- one event that will happen in
the future
‘will’
You will watch a movie at home with your
children tonight.
You are going to hang out with (your) friends. You will go
out for dinner. You will go out to eat.
I am going to work after class.
I will graduate from my school next year.
I will buy a new car next month.
What is the difference between ‘will’ and ‘be going
to’?
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE FUTURE
Exercise 2
2. does not study/ doesn’t study
3. did not hit /didn’t wash
4. don’t wash/ do not wash
didn’t – contraction ‘ apostrophe
will not= won’t
5.didn’t win/ did not win
6.won’t finish/ will not finish
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