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Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
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Continue with complex sentences- adverb clauses
Choose vocab for the quiz to tomorrow
Tuesday
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Quiz#3- complex sentences- adverb clauses
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Begin learning how to quote text “”
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present perfect verb tense exercises
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begin noun clauses
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HW New text
to read
Wednesday
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Continue with quoting work
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Continue wirth noun clauses
Some of your
examples from homework.
1.
He likes his wife; in addition, he likes his
daughter. COMPOUND
He likes his wife, in addition, he
likes his daughter XXX
2.
John likes to help people ; like wise his wife likes t
volunteer in the community centre.
John likes to help people; likewise, his
wife likes to volunteer in the community centre.
Check it over. Take a look.
3.
My daughter is playing piano while I am
sleeping. adverb clause vf
4.
Mary has been waiting her boyfriend to get marry since
last year. SIMPLE
Mary has been waiting for her boyfriend to
get married since last year. Meaning unclear
Mary has been waiting to marry her
boyfriend since last year.
5.
He always told people he graduated from UBC. Actually,
he was a college student.
Easy fix: Getting the spacing right for
commas and periods and semicolons.
6.
Recently, the economy has not been strong ; therefore,
most of the restaurant business has been slow.
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has been – present perfect
present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now
perfect – doesn’t mean ‘Perfect!’, just a word
VERY COMMON USAGE of present perfect
Mei has lived in Vancouver since 1998.
time indicator –‘since 1998’
Janet has studied piano since she was a child.
time indicator - since she was a child adverb clause
Janet has studied piano since she was a child. complex sentence- adv cl
Janet has studied piano since SV 2006.
simple sentence
Janet has studied piano for two years. simple
sentence
time indicator – since she was a child – adverb clause
COMPLEX
-since
2006 – prepostional phrase SIMPLE
-for
two years – prepostional phrase SIMPLE
Janet had studied piano for two years. past
perfect- English speakers rarely use this. We substitute simple past.
Janet studied piano for two years. More authentic
sounding.
Janet had studied piano since she was a child. past perfect
Janet studied piano when she was a child.
verb forms
present past participle
eat ate eaten
see saw seen
fly flew flown
run ran run
throw threw thrown
fall fell fallen
lie (tell a lie) lied lied
lie (recline on your own) lay lain
lay (place down gently) laid laid
https://www.gallaudet.edu/tutorial-and-instructional-programs/english-center/grammar-and-vocabulary/verbs/irregular-verb-list/
REVIEW -present
perfect – very useful
-past
perfect- substitute simple past with a time indicator
present perfect “Carlos has taught jiujitsu to kids for the
past five years in Vancouver.”
past perfect “Carlos had taught jiujitsu to kids for ten
years when he lived in Columbia.” *Most English will substitute simple
past for past perfect with a time indicator.
7.
Because of the pandemic , people were stay home to
protest himself.
Because of the pandemic , people were staying/stayed
home to protect themselves.
8.
He did not pay attention to his job; consequently, his boss
fired him.
9.
He was not paying attention to his job; consequently,
his boss fired him.
consequently – sequence(n)- order of time
therefore
as a result
for that reason/ for this reason
easy to overuse ‘therefore’ and ‘however’
10.
Joe will not go to see his parent even if he has free time.
parents – two
parent- mother/ father
11.
Mary never help her poor relative even though she has
lots of money.
lots of money
a lot of money
alot a lot
12.
I wake up at 5am unless I don’t have school.
SAME MEANING- DIFFERENT WAYS OF EXPRESSING
IT
13.
Unless my friend drives me to work, I will be late.
14.
If my friend drives me to work, I won’t be late.
15.
My friend drove me to work although since/because
I was late.
16.
Even though my friend drove me to work, I was late.
17.
The cloud is getting heavy as if it will snow.
18.
My friend drove me to work in order for me not to be
late.
Good work!
when/while
When we stand up to bullies, they will back down.
recoil
retreat
back down – stop being aggressive or argumentative, admit defeat
Johnnie is playing soccer while his father is talking with
the other parents.
so...that
Mary is a computer expert. She is so knowledgable that
many companies want to hire her. so ADJECTIVE that
The situation in Ukraine is so worrisome that Kasha
is having trouble sleeping.
so that Mary is a knowledgable
computer expert so that many companies want to hire her.
I let the dog out so that he can pee in the backyard.
Quiz#3 tomorrow
Choose 10 adverb words
1.
because
2.
if
3.
when
4.
although
5.
while
6.
since
7.
before
8.
until
9.
unless
10.
so ... that so
ADJ that
Choose 10 vocabulary from “The Rosa Parks Story” and “Bullying”
1.
bully (n) (v)
2.
repeat
3.
anxious(a)
4.
demonstration(n)
5.
prevent(v)
6.
gossip(n)(v)
7.
aware(adj)
She is aware of your concerns.
8.
pink(a)
9.
target(n)(v)
10.
stand up (v-phrasal verb)
stand up
stand out- better than the others
She stands out from the other dancers.
He gave a stand-out performance in the movie.
Mei is a stand-out math student.
She really stands out in the class.
sticks out – different than the others (not in a good way)
The tall grade one boy sticks from the other kids.
IDIOM He sticks out like a sore thumb. – noticably different
When I would visit small villages in northern Japan, I would
stick out like a sore thumb.
Time to practice for the quiz.
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