EF45
Today’s agenda:
Wednesday
·
Focus on verb tenses
so far
“Summary Chart of
Verb Tenses”
·
Phrasal verbs- verb +
preposition
·
“Yoga” Read aloud
Paragraph tomorrow-
based on “Yoga”
Thursday
·
Test2- paragraph
·
Phrasal verbs
Friday
·
Midterm recommendations
·
Xmas class
*** Two-week break for Christmas
***
“Summary Chart of Verb Tenses”
Simple present- habitual action,
state of being, fact
Simple past- one event in the
past, finished
Simple future- one event to come in
the future “will” “be going to”
Present progressive- happening now,
temporary
Past progressive- was happening,
interrupted, something else happened
Future progressive- will be happening, interrupted
Present perfect- from the past
until now
Present perfect progressive- from
the past until now, probably continue
Past perfect subsitute simple past
Past perfect progressive substitute past progressive (trickier)
Future perfect subsitute simple future
Future perfect progressive
FOCUS ON THESE:
FIRST PRIORITY
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
SECOND PRIORITY
Present progressive
Present perfect
THIRD PRIORITY
Past progressive
Present perfect progressive
Which verb tenses are you comfortable
with?
speaking quickly and casually –
elide words
e.g. gonna – going to
wanna- want to
I gotta go. I got to go.
casual I have to go.
For me, it is very important to be
articulate and to express my thoughts clearly.
articulate(adj) – able to speak
clearly and precisely
clear- clear voice, clear vocab
articulate(v)
I can’t articulate exactly what I
mean. I don’t have the precise vocabulary. I think you understand my meaning.
fancy vocabulary
try to be precise in my word
choice
speak well – choose the right
words to fit the ideas
VPL- Young Adult novels, magazines
“Yoga”
physiology- physio body
philosophy-
spine – vertebra, backbone
bifocals- progressive lenses
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs are two or three-word verbs usually consisting of a verb
plus a preposition or two.
verb + preposition
Phrasal verbs are the heart of English. The more you know phrasal
verbs, the more natural your spoken and written English will sound.
Adding a preposition to a verb can completely change the meaning
of the verb. For example, “speak to” and
“speak for” have very different meanings.
So too do “look up to” and “look down on”. The meanings of phrasal verbs are idiomatic,
which means their meaning is in the culture not in the dictionary.
One verb: look (v)
look + prep
look at
look for
look after
look up
look up to – respect somebody, admire Scott really looks up to his math teacher, Ms
Chen.
look down on – think poorly of someone, do not respect them My mother usually looked down on my friends.
look forward to – anticipate, waiting with a good feeling, being
filled with expectation (positive) I
look forward to seeing you.
- common verb “talk”
talk to-
talk with - conversation
talk over She always talks
over me. I don’t like being interrupted all the time. Sorry for talking over
you.
talk for/speak for
talk about- gossip, tattler- cannot keep a secret
talk about - discuss
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