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Al Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
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Quiz#3- complex sentences- adverb clauses
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present perfect verb tense exercises
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Begin learning how to quote text “”
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HW Read “Roses
Sing on New Snow” for Thursday. I emailed
this
to you this morning. I will print the story for you for tomorrow.
Wednesday
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Continue with quoting work
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begin noun clauses
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HW Finish
RSoNS. Make notes for class discussion tomorrow.
Thursday
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“Roses Sing on New Snow”
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Red Cross / Red Crescent-
Doctors Without Borders-
Norman Bethune – Canadian doctor
- famous in China,
not famous in Canada
Verb tenses: Present perfect and present perfect progressive
-present perfect – started in the past, continues up to now
“Jill has worked at this clinic for five years.”
“Jill has worked at this clinic since STARTING TIME.”
“Jill has worked at this clinic since 2017.”
“Jill has worked at this clinic since five years.”
XXX Very common error
“Jill has worked at this clinic since 2017 until
the present.” “until the present” – ok, a little redundant
“Joan has been married for 20 years.”
“Joan has been an engineer for 20 years.”
“Joan has married for 20 years.” XXX
to marry(v) Jun married
with Joe last year. XXX
Jun got married to Joe.
Jun has been unhappy with her marriage for a long
time.
married(v)(a)
marriage(n)
COMMON WAY TO SAY IT
A got married to C.
A married B.
SAME MEANING: Joe married Joan. Joan married Joe.
My daughter married her boyfriend.
My daughter got married to her boyfriend.
Sarah is married to her work. She is a workoholic.
workolholic- negative meaning
alcoholic – alcohol is damaging your life
chocoholic – humourous
shopoholic- retail therapy
-present perfect progressive/continuous ‘ing’ verb
Janet has lived on East 57th Avenue since
2002. perfect perfect
Janet has been living on East 57th Avenue
since 2002. present perfect progressive
present perfect – past until now
present perfect progressive- past until now and into the
future
Exercise 1: present perfect and simple past
1.
The class has already started. The class started
already.
2.
enrolled – simple past
3.
Did you finish your presentation last
night. simple past
Have you finished your
presentation? present perfect
Have you finished your
presentation yet?
4.
She did not call me back yesterday. simple past
She has not called me back yet yesterday.
yet – puts our meaning in the present
COMPOUND, yet - , but ‘yet’ is not commonly used in compound
sentences
FANBOYS – forget about that ‘yet’
5.
gave/had given – subtleties of meaning
6.
trained – simple past
The athlete was training for hours
on the weekend.
7.
I sang while I cleaned my house. cleaned – simple past OK
I sang while I was cleaning my house. Better!!
‘while’ goes with ‘ing’ verbs really well
8.
He did not hear has not heard the latest news.
implies present
Difference:
He has not heard the latest
news. – implies the present
She did not call me back yesterday.
– means the past
I have not told her my decision. +
yet
I did not tell her my decision. + yesterday
9.
I washed my face a went to bed.
washed – simple past
parallel verbs – both simple past ‘washed’ ‘went’
10.
Have you left for Paris yet?
Did you leave for Paris yet? OK, not quite
right
Good and better rather than right and wrong.
Have you been leaving left for Paris
yet. XXX
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