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Today’s Agenda
·
Review of three verb tenses
·
ESLLib “GrammarTest1” about simple present and
present progressive
·
Facts and Figures “Oranges”
·
Daily phrasal verbs
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Wednesday
·
Go over homework sentences: simple present and
present progressive
·
Review simple past verb tense
·
Begin complex sentences- because
·
Fact and Figures “The Coffee Plant” p109
·
Daily phrasal verbs
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Thursday
I will not be here on Thursday. I have a conference to go
to. There will be a substitute teacher.
Friday
·
Complex sentences- when
Next week
·
Begin paragraph writing
Format, structure
·
Complex sentences- when
·
Complex sentences- if
·
Begin narrative writing
Review of our three
verb tenses
SIMPLE PRESENT
- everyday, usually,
habit, daily activity
I go to
the beach every Saturday.
Kobok eats
breakfast every morning at 7am.
Mei talks to
her sister on Skype on computer every few days.
-
truth, fact
Vancouver is
a rainy city.
Victoria is the
capital of BC.
Doris is
165cm tall.
Shira lives
on Nanaimo Street.
subject verb agreement
– S + V have to match
Joe is a taxi driver.
You are a taxi driver.
I am a taxi driver.
They are taxi drivers.
talk
I talk to my parents every week.
Sarah talks to her parents every week.
Joe talks to his parents every week.
We talk to each other.
He / She / It
talks
take
I take a bus every
day.
You take a bus
every day.
He takes a bud
every day.
watch(verb)
I watch TV.
I watch TV
every night for one hour.
Sarah watches
TV.
watch(noun)
I look at my
watch.
study
We study
English together. We all study English together.
We study
English together every weekday.
We study
English together five days a week.
Sarah / He /
She / Bob studies English at South Hill.
study studys studies – change ‘y’ to ‘i’, add ‘es’
leave
I leave home at
8:15 every morning.
Sally leaves
home at 8:15 every morning.
teach
Marilyn teaches
her dog to sit and lay down.
We teach
our kids to brush their teeth.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS ‘ing’- happening right now
watch
I am
watching TV right now.
talk
I am talking
to you right now.
type
He is typing a
letter on the computer.
take
She is
taking notes in class.
We are
taking the dog for a walk.
Sally is
taking a break from gardening.
“Grammar Test 1”
Exercise 1
1.
My sister likes pizza. I like pizza.
My family likes pizza.
family – (singular) one group of people My family is very small.
class The
class is hardworking.
team The football
team is playing well today.
children
(plural) My children are teenagers.
My extended
family lives in Iran. ex ten ded
extended family-
aunts, uncles, cousins
nuclear family,
immediate family- parents, children
extend(verb)
-stretch out The boy extended his hand
to his sister.
warranty- extended
warranty I bought an extended warranty
for my new clothes washer and dryer.
2.
We are students.
3.
Marie isn’t from Japan. Marie is from Italy. Marie comes from Italy.
4.
They have
a dog. Their family has a dog.
5.
Does your friend eat meat? He does eat meat. 1
friend
Do your friends eat meat? They do eat meat.
many friends
6.
The bus does not / doesn’t come until after 5:00.
contractions -short form ’ apostrophe
, comma
doesn’t = does not
let’s = let us
he’s = he is
Exercise 2
1.
My roommates are going to a concert.
My roommate is going to a concert.
I am going to a concert.
roommates-
people who live together
classmates- people
who study together
2.
She is washing her hair now.
She is washing her hair now.
She washes her hair twice a week.
She is doing her hair now.
doing your hair – styling your hair
pony tail
pigtails
braids
3.
I know her.
I don’t know her.
know – simple present- always, all the time
I know English.
4.
The children are playing in the living room.
The kid/child/girl/boy is playing in the living room.
5.
Are they studying right now?
Is she/he/Mohammad studying right you?
6.
I am not taking a French class. I am
taking an English class.
He is taking an Arabic class. Mel is taking a Spanish
class.
Kokob is teaching a Tigrina class.
For homework,
please write a few sentences (3,4,5) using simple present and present progressive.
Email them to me. We can share them tomorrow.
Choose some
verbs:
1.
drive
2.
work
3.
take
4.
get
5.
need
6.
drink
7.
dream
8.
play
9.
listen
10.
look
Facts and Figures
“Oranges” p88
COMPOUND
SENTENCES
They are in
sections, so it is easy to eat them.
Some (oranges)
have a thick skin, and some have a thin
skin.
thick
sick
sweet smelling-
fragrant (adjective)
hundred 100
thousand 1 000
ten thousand 10 000
million 1 000 000
billion 1 000 000 000
trillion 1 000 000 000 000
Wild oranges
are sour.
He had a sour
face.
raise – help grow
Moe raises
horses.
Sarah is raising
her children.
Starbucks raised
their prices.
Sally grows
flowers.
Students raise their
hands when they have a question.
Joe raises his
voice.
Hold on! Wait!
Just wait a moment/minute.
Hold your
horses!
POLITE Just a
moment, please.
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