EF45 Class 11- simple past, paragraphs

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda:

·      Verb tense – simple past

·      Begin paragraph work

·      Finish “Testing Your Prepositions”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue paragraph work

·      Continue Goalsetting module

·      Verb tense- simple future ‘will’ ‘am going to’

 

Wednesday

·      Test1 - paragraph

 

THIS WEEK- complex sentence- adverb clauses, adjecive clauses, noun clauses

 

 

 

Know More English Spelling rules (pp6-25)

 

 

 

*SIMPLE PAST – one event in the past, finished

-one minute ago, yesterday, five years ago, a million years ago

Sarah watched the World Cup yesterday morning.

My daughter just texted me. ‘just’- close to now, very recent

My daughter texted me last week.

My daughter texted me ten seconds ago.

 

regular verbs

talk- talked

walk- walked

try- tried tryed

carry- carried

“The Final Y Rule” Know More English pp19-21

 

irregular verbs

sleep – slept

drive- drove

send- sent

buy-bought

bring- brought

teach- taught

give- gave

think- thought

say- said

fight- fought

see- saw

tell-told

 

The reason people forget them is because they are not using English in their daily life enough.

 

 

DETAIL say/tell

She said to me ....

She told me ....

I want to tell you about what happened yesterday.

She said NOUN CLAUSE.

She said that her son is sick today.

She told me that her son is sick today.

 

REPORTED DIRECT SPEECH “ “ quotation marks

Junko’s son said, “Can I get a puppy?”

 

COMMON ERRORS

I was take took the bus. XXX

She was see saw a movie with her friends yesterday.

 

You really have to doublecheck your verbs when you are writing.

 

already – goes with simple past really well

I ate already. I already ate.

She already saw the movie already.

Dave already finished EF4 already.

She already saw the movie last night.

Dave already finished EF4 last term.

 

Let’s try some sentences from your own imagination that use simple past.

 

listened

 

Examples:

I slept went to bed early last night.

I slept well last night.

 

HW       Feel free to email some more examples of sentences with

              simple past verbs. We can share them tomorrow.

              ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

 

 

Introduction to Paragraphs EF45     

Paragraphs

-         collection of sentences (4,5,6,7 sentence on one topic)

-         around 150 words-

TRICK FOR COUNTING WORDS-

Count two lines.- average # of words per line

Count how many lines are in the paragraph

 

-         types/modes of writing:      

narrative writing - tell a story

descriptive writing – describes something

process writing- teach how to so something

persuasive writing- give an opinion and reasons

mode- a focus, a way- cell telephone “low-battery mode”

“I can’t talk right now. I am in work mode.”

“Put your phone in Airplane Mode.”

 

mood- moody

 

*Narrative writing – You tell a short personal story about something that happened to you.

e.g.    What did you last Sunday?

Write about a funny thing that happened when you were a kid.

 

narrative(adj) narrate(v) narrator(noun)

 

 

*Descriptive writing – describe something – use your five senses

five senses- sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch

senses – the ways that we connect with the outside world

e.g.    Describe a mountain.

          What did your grandmother look like?

 

*Process writing- teach, step by instruction

- teach how to do something

-explain how something works                                                                            

 

*Persuasive writing – give opinion, give reasons for your opinion

-wearing a mask while shopping in a store YES/NO- give some reasons

Should we wear masks when we are shopping indoors?

Should marijuana be legal in Canada?

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW