EF34 9 class -

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Quiz #2 – compound sentences

, so   , or   , but   , and

·      Finish Back and Forth 1.3/1.4

·      Finish verb tense work from a few classes ago.

·      Talk about paragraphs

Practice paragraphs

 

Friday class

·      Continue with paragraph work

·      Continuous verb tense

·      Chatting

 

 

Monday is Family Day- no school

My apologies! I deleted the class notes by mistake. The class notes did not go on the blog.

 

Tuesday

·      Test #1 – 125-150 word paragraph

·      Continue verb tenses- progressive/continuous

 

 

raving – saying really good things about something or someone

Mei was raving about the new restaurant.

 

bleed(v present tense)

bled(v past tense) I cut my hand and bled onto my sleeve.

 

 wine vine

 

Cheers! – a casual way to say ‘Thank you.’

 

year / jeer – a challenge for Spanish speakers    j y

 

yellow jello

Yes. Jes.

 

sings

sinks

 

toot – toot a car horn

 

 

 

*Simple verb tenses

Simple present- usual, habit, every day, truth

Simple past – one event in the past, done, finished

Simple future- one event in the future, will be done, will be finished

DIFFERENCE: will / am going to

when you made the decision –

will – decide right now

am going to- already decided in the past

 

 

Exercise 3

2. My sister eats breakfast evryday.

3. Our teacher this year is never satified with our work.

4. The pilot will not arrive at the airport until after 9:00 tomorrow night.

The pilot is not going to arrive at the airport until after 9:00 tomorrow night.

5. I will come to your party if you really want me to.

I am going to come to your party if you really want me to.

6. She wasn’t happy when she heard the bad news.

7. Will you call me the day after tomorrow? -decision happens now

8. He does not go shopping very often. He prefers to buy things online.

9. Did your brother visit you two weeks ago?

10. Does she usually wear a dress to school?

 

Let’s try a few on our own. Let’s write a few sentences from our own imaginations using simple tenses- simple present, simple past, and simple future.

 

 

I will clean my room.

I am going to clean my room.

 

simple future

I will go to shopping. I will go shopping.

I will go hiking / swimming / dancing tomorrow night.

 

I will go to PLACE. I will go to Metrotown. I will go to Richmond. I will go to South Hill.

 

EXCEPTIONS  I will go to home. I will go home.

I will go to your home. I will home.

Small detail- If you get it wrong, it’s not a big deal.

 

downtown  I will go to downtown. I will go downtown.

 

 

home / downtown  - to

What are you going to do after class?

I am going to go to Superstore and then go home.

I am going to go to Superstore and then go to my friend’s home.