EF12 Class 24- verb tenses, "Blues and Jazz"

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:45.

 

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Today’s Agenda

·      Explain midterm recommendations again

·      Review Quiz #6  on verb tenses

·      Facts and Figures “Blues and Jazz” p113

·      Listening exercises

·      HW Facts and Figures “Rock and Roll” p118

 

Thursday

·      Complex sentences- when

·      Facts and Figures “Rock and Roll” p118

·      Begin paragraph writing

Format, structure

 

Friday

·      Complex sentences- when

·      Begin narrative writing

 

Monday

·      Complex sentences- if

·      Continue narrative writing

 

Tuesday

·      Complex sentences- if

 

 

Yesterday- Midterm recommendations

Past halfway through the course- three weeks left after this week

 

Halfway report- where you are right now

50% is the passmark- 

 

-         below 50%- not ready yet

-         above 50%- ready to move on

 

REMEMBER: There are still three weeks left in the course.

 

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YESTERDAY

Quiz #6- verb tenses

Three verbs: simple present   present progressive   simple past

 

1.    drive           present progressive

Jun is driving her car to Surrey right now.

 

2.    drink           simple past

drunk drinked  drank Mei drank a bottle of water.

We drank some beer at the party.

 

drunk (adjective)  My uncle got drunk at the wedding.

 

3.    spend         simple present

spend money      You spend a lot of money on food.

You spend a lot of money for food.

You spend a lot of money on groceries.

 

spend time          She spends time at school.

                               He spends his freetime playing basketball.

 

4.    listen          present progressive

Mei is listening to music right now.

Mei is listening to a song by Carlos Vives.

Aghbal is listening to a CD by Ebi.

 

5.    buy              simple present

I buy food everyday.

Cherry buys new shoes every year.

The kid buys a bus ticket every day.

I buy food from Safeway.

 

6.    read            simple past

read (simple present)

read (simple past) They read a book together.

Yesterday, I read a book. I read a book yesterday.

 

I read a book about animals.

Sally read a detective book.

 

I read books. I read a book.

 

 Yesterday, I read a book.

 

Verb tenses so far:

simple present

present progressive

simple past

 

I see you. 

She saw a deer.

He is seeing her later.

 

present                past                       participle

see                         saw                        seen

Doris lives in Vancouver. She has lived in Vancouver for five years.

That’s for higher level classes.

 

 

TOMORROW- simple future

will + V

will go         Mei will go to the mall later.

will see       Shira will see a movie tonight.

will eat       I will eat too much at the restaurant.

will drive    He will drive to Toronto next week.

will be        Kokob will be a lawyer.

 

 

Facts and Figures “Blues and Jazz” p113

Read the story.

Exercises A, B, and C

 

 

decade -10 years

century – 100 years

millenium - 1000 years

Vancouver has a Millenium Line.

 

 

owe(verb)- has a debt, has to pay back

Sam owes Michele $20.

 

borrow(verb)- take in  He borrowed $20 from Michele last week.

 

lend(verb)- give out  Michele lent him $20.