Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 11:45.
This Friday,
tomorrow, is the last day of class.
Next week is a
break. There will be no school next week.
You will come
back to school on Monday, November 14th.
You will start
your class on that day.
Today’s Agenda
·
Review
·
Return the text book Facts and Figures
·
Test#2- descriptive paragraph
Friday- LAST
DAY
·
Return Test#2
·
Non-instructional day
·
Return the text book Facts and Figures
·
Finals marks- Your final mark will be based on
the quizzes, the tests, and a spoken mark. I will drop your one lowest mark.
This will help bring your mark up a bit.
·
You can come to class to get your final mark.
·
If you gave me the books, Facts and Figures,
back, you can email me from 11:45-2. I will email you your mark.
Review:
The stuff that we
have been learning this term.
Sentence types:
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SV- subject
verb
SSV – subject subject
verb
SVV- subject
verb verb
cook / cut
COMPOUND
SENTENCES
SV JOIN
SV
, SOBA , so
, or , but , and
SV, SOBA SV.
It is raining, so I took my umbrella.
You can have a
cookie, or you can have a piece of chocolate.
In Toronto, it
is snowing, but in Vancouver, it is raining.
Maretio is
short, but Rhianna is tall.
I like chocolate,
and/but I don’t like coffee.
EF56
It is raining,
so I took my umbrella.
It is raining;
therefore, I took my umbrella. **Ready for UBC**
Maretio is
short, but Rhianna is tall.
Maretio is
short; however, Rhianna is tall.
COMPLEX
SENTENCES
-when- time
I will study in
a veterinary school when I finish English.
vet- animal
doctor
She eats chocolate
when she is sad.
-because-
reason
She is coughing
because the water went down the wrong way.
He is happy
because he got a new job.
We are sad
because our class is finished.
Ali can’t come
to class tomorrow because he has an appointment.
That is a
really good foundation for writing sentences.
VERB TENSES
-simple present
– usually action, everyday
Joe drinks black
coffee in the morning.
My mom listens
to the radio.
Egbal lives in
Burnaby.
-simple past-
one event in the past
Joe drank black
coffee this morning.
My mom listened
to the radio last night.
Egbal lived in
Burnaby in 2005.
-present
continiuous/ present progressive- happening right now
It is
raining.
The little girl
is running and laughing in the playground.
You are listening
to me. I am talking to you.
-simple future –
one event in the future
I will see a
movie tomorrow.
He will get some
groceries tomorrow.
She won’t come
to class tomorrow.
She won’t/ will
not come to class tomorrow because she has a hair appointment.
Those are very
useful verb tenses.
This is a good
start. This is step 1 and step 2.
Suggestions for
learning new vocabulary.
1.Read
2.Read
3.Read
4.Word-a-Day -Every
day you will get a word emailed to you.
https://www.esolcourses.com/vocabulary/word-of-the-day.html
-like, love, hate,
prefer, begin, continue + infinitive OR gerund
She likes +
infinitive
She likes to
sing.
She likes +
gerund
She likes
singing.
You will continue
to learn English. simple future + infinitive
You will continue
learning English. simple future + gerund
will go
will come
will eat
We will take a
ten-minute break.
Final
paragraph:
Write a 80-100
ww paragraph describing this picture:
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