Two weeks left. Time
flies!
Today’s agenda:
·
Continue review of verb tenses- homework examples
·
Noun clauses – the final kind of clause
·
Revisit midterm recommendations
At
midterm- cutoff was 60%
Now-
cutoff at 50% - provincial passmark
Register
for the next level- over 50%
·
Idioms
·
Small-group discussion- topic
Tuesday
·
continue- noun clauses
·
Begin First Nations
·
Begin work on spoken presentation
·
Idioms
·
Wednesday
·
Quiz- noun clauses
·
Begin sentence combining
·
Contiue First Nations
·
Continue work on spoken presentation
·
Idioms
Thursday
·
Continue from Wedneaday
Friday
Another teacher on
Friday
These are
some of the verb tense exaples that you emailed for homework:
talk
1.
She talks with her friend.
2.
I talked to my mom yesterday.
3.
I will talk to my daughter about her friend.
4.
She is talking at school with her friend.
5.
She was talking with her boyfriend.
6.
She has talked for five hours.
7.
I have been talking since this morning.
buy
1.
She buys bought a new dress for her
ceremony. Strange
2.
I bought a new phone for my mother.
3.
I will buy my ticket next week.
4.
She is buying a cake at the bakery.
5.
I was buying bought an umbrella before
the rain started.
I was buying an umbrella when I saw you.
INTERRUPT- past prog
6.
I have not bought my winter clothes
yet.
7.
I have been buying groceries from Costco every
month.
study
1.
I study English every day .
2.
I studied mathematics in university last year.
3.
I will study French tomorrow.
4.
I am studying English grammar.
5.
I was studying engineering when my friend called
me.
6.
I have studied engineering for 4 four years.
7.
I have been studying engineering since i
I come came to Canada. CAPS
play
1.
I play the piano every other day.
2.
He played tennis when he was young.
3.
They will play football with the team of another/the
other neighborhood.
4.
We are going to play chess tonight.
5.
The football team of Canada has played with
one European team .
6.
You have been playing the guitar for 10 years.
visit
1.
I visit my friends every Saturday.
2.
I visited my daughter's teacher last Friday.
3.
I will visit the lawyer next week.
4.
They are visiting the century-old castle.
5.
We were visiting Butchart Gardens when our car
was hit by a huge tree branch.
6.
She has visited us three times.
7.
We have been visiting the museum for two hours.
buy
1.
I buy some flowers for my mother every week.
2.
I bought a car.
3.
I will buy a movie ticket.
4.
I am going to buy some food for dinner.
5.
She has bought the coat two weeks ago.
She has bought coffee from the same store for
the last five years.
6.
She has been buying old jewelry for years.
7.
We have been arranging the mortgage for this
house for the past week.
We have been paying our mortgage for 20 years.
study
1.
She studies history everyday.
2.
He studied tourism in his country.
3.
Most of the students are going to study
nursing.
4.
We are studying verb tenses this week.
5.
She was studying when the robber broke into
her house.
6.
I have studied English since I came to Canada.
7.
She has been studying in a medical school for
five years.
play
1.
Ali plays soccer every week.
2.
My friend played tennis with his brother.
3.
Frank will play tennis with me.
4.
I’m playing soccer right now.
5.
While we were playing soccer, it started to
rain.
6.
I have played soccer for half an hour.
7.
Messi has been playing soccer for more than
ten years.
Excellent work. Review and practice your verb tenses.
Thes are the verb tenses that we use
all the time:
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE FUTURE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Noun clauses
Sentence styles:
SIMPLE SV
SSV SVV SSVV
Imperative Interrogative
**PRO TIP – If you
have something really important to say, use a simple sentence.
COMPOUND SV, SOBA SV.
SV; SV. SV; TRANS, SV.
COMPLEX
- adverb clauses because
when if unless
although until even if
- adjective clauses who
that which
- noun clauses
Noun clauses – use
these everyday
-used with verbs
that have to do with thinking or your brain/mind:
‘think’, ‘know’,
‘understand’, ‘believe’, ‘realize’, ‘feel’, ‘remember’, ‘forget’
-also verbs about talking/speech:
‘say’, ‘whisper’, ‘tell’, ‘yell’, ‘shout’, etc.
Other words that we
use are these pronouns: that why how
Two pools of words:
A-VERBS: ‘think’
‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’ ‘yell’
B-PRONOUNS: ‘that’
‘why’ ‘how’
To write a noun
clause take an “A” and put it with a “B” word.
*believe + that
Mei
believes that it will rain later today.
Junko
believes that SV.
Junko
believes that her daughter will be
a great singer.
*think + that
Sarah thinks that it will rain tonight.
We all think that English is very important for newcomers to Canada.
I think that I can’t come tomorrow. I don’t think that I can come tomorrow.
Jun thinks that he will get the book.
Mei thinks that she can sing.
Joe thinks that he is funny.
Mike thinks that he did well on the test.
Rosa Parks believed that equality should be accessible to all.
A-list verbs:
‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’
B-list pronouns:
‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’
*know why
Sarah knows why her sister is laughing.
We don’t know why groceries are so expensive.
Shira doesn’t know why the bus is late.
Molly doesn’t know why the baby is crying.
I don’t know why there is no light today the
power is out.
* say that
Michelle said that she would bring homemade cookies
today.
The teacher said that we will have a test today.
He said that the rock is too heavy to move.
How can you say
that? SIMPLE
Sara said that she can’t drive by take the
bus.
My brother said that he will be president.
*believe + that
I believe that exercise is good for us.
I believe that exercising regularly can reduce heart attacks.
exercising (n)
gerund
She believes that she can be successful in Canada.
I believe that my son will become a basketball
player.
A-list verbs:
‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’
B-list pronouns:
‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’
*remember + how
I remember how cold it was last winter.
I can’t remember how to play this song. infinitive
NOT SV
She can’t remember how to speak Italian.
I remember how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
*realize how
realize- understand
something suddenly
Shirin realized how she could learn English quickly.
Shirin realized how to learn English quickly.
how + infinitive
We are learning how to play badminton.
The little boy is
learning how to tie his shoes.
Maria wants to learn
how to drive.
how to drive – like a noun clause, sister of a noun clause
Choose an A word and
put it with a B word.
A-list verbs:
‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘say’
B-list pronouns:
‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’ ‘what’
*understand why
I understand why I didn’t do well in the exam.
I understand why I shouldn’t trust other people.
I don’t understand why my friend and I always argue.
*understand what
I understand what you mean.
She understands what makes me happy.
She understands/knows
what to do.
He doesn’t understand what his wife is upset about.
*understand why
Do you understand why she is late?
Do you understand me?
SIMPLE
Do you understand what I am trying to say? COMPLEX – n cl
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what
the number 13 means?
Do you understand why
the number 13 is unlucky?
*advise that
The doctor advised that the old man should get more exercise.
OPTION The doctor
advised the old man to get more exercise.
The teacher said that the math is tricky.
tricky(adj)- not
simple, easy to get confused, difficult to figure out
excuse(n) ‘s’ I made
an excuse.
excuse(v) ‘z’ She
said, “Excuse me.”
HOMEWORK: Try a few on
your own.
Choose an A word and
put it with a B word.
A-list verbs:
‘think’ ‘know’ ‘understand’ ‘believe’ ‘realize’ ‘feel’ ‘remember’ ‘say’ ‘suggest’
‘propose’ ‘advise’
B-list pronouns:
‘that’ ‘why’ ‘how’ ‘what’
Email me a few of
your sentences by 7PM tonight. We can share them tomorrow.
IDIOMS- everyday expressions, very
useful
https://www.learnenglishteam.com/commonly-used-english-idioms/
1.
a piece of cake –
very easy
as easy as pie EF4 Math is as easy as pie for her.
easy peasy lemon
squeezy- It’s easy peasy lemon squeezy.
2.
when pigs fly- will
never happen
I will call my
sister when pigs fly.
3.
see eye to eye- agree
My wife and I see
eye to eye about how to raise kids.
We didn’t/don’t see
eye to eye about ABC.
4.
break a leg- good
luck for a performance
You have a driving
test tomorrow? Break a leg!
5.
can’t stand
SOMETHING- dislike, can not tolerate
I can’t stand
people chewing with their mouth open.
Sometimes, she can’t
stand my mother-in-law.
6.
Don’t sweat it. Don’t
worry.
7.
drive someone
bananas- make you feel crazy, bothering you
You kids
fighting is driving me bananas.
driving you
around the bend
Work is
driving me around the bend. It is getting on my nerves.
8.
Get out of town! No
way! I can’t believe it. I am surprised!
9.
Hold your horses!
Hold on. Wait a second. Hang on a sec.
10.
A penny for your
thoughts. What are you thinking about? You are lost in thought. I am curious
about what you are thinking about.
11.
Actions speak louder
than words. What you do says more than what you say. Talk is cheap. Easy to
say- harder to do.
12.
costs an arm and a
leg- very expensive
Groceries
these days cost an arm and a leg.
Having kids
costs an arm and a leg.
She was
stamping her feet with impatience.
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