Friday, 6 January 2023

EF67 Class 28 - noun clauses, "Dead Man's Path"

 

EF67

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz on adj cl

·      Begin noun clauses – last kind of clause

·      Begin “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Listening exercise

 

Monday

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Noun clauses

 

Next week

-sentence combining

-First Nations

 

Final weeks

-parallelism

-presentation- individual spoken work

-essay writing

-optional replacement quiz / test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz#3

Write a sentence with an adjective clause for each.

Submit it to me by 9:40

 

1.    who            promotion

2.    who            outspoken

3.    that             delightful

4.    who            admire

5.    that             surprise

6.    which         personal

 

 

Hopefully you are doing a few minutes of practice every day on your sentences.

Daily practice is the best/most effective to learn a new skill.

 

If you are doing the regulat practice, I’m sure you are seeing incremental improvements.

incremental- little bit better all the time

 

 

If you are doing daily practice, then there will be change.

 

** You can start any day.**

 

REVIEW OF SENTENCE TYPES:

 

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX adverb cl, adjective cl, noun cl

 

Every sentence that you write should be one of these types.

 

 

NOUN CLAUSES- final type of clause

 

 

Noun Clauses

noun – person, place, thing, idea

n cl- SV

 

Noun clauses are used with verbs that have to do with the brain and cognition (thinking): think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize, worry, wonder,etc.

 

cog- recognize

re- again

ize- verb

 

Noun clauses also go with verbs about speaking: say, yell, whisper, shout, suggest, speak, advise, holler, murmur, stutter, call out, cry out, mention, etc

 

n cl- think/talk

 

We most often connect these verbs with these words: that, what, why, how

 

Two pools of words to choose from for noun clauses:

A.   VERBS

think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, recall, realize, recognize, worry,think, feel, believe, know, understand, forget, remember, realize, say, yell, whisper, shout, suggest, find, speak, advise, holler, murmur, stutter, call out, cry out, mention, wonder, see, hear- understand

 

B.    that, what, why, how

 

Choose an A word and put it with a B word.

Mix and match A+B.

 

Examples of complex sentences with noun clauses:

 

*A think + B that

Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause

I think that it will rain today.

Jun doesn’t think that Marta is telling the truth.

Mei thinks that she forgot her key.

Your mom doesn’t think that you should stay out too late tonight.

I don’t think that you should go to the party.

Mei’s sister thinks that Mei should get a Covid test.

VARIATION

Mei’s sister thinks that she should get a Covid test. unclear

 

I think that studying English will give me new opportunities. gerund

          We all know that eating well is good for our health.

 

OPTION: You can OMIT ‘that’

Joanne thinks that her son is very tall for his age. noun clause

Joanne thinks her son is very tall for his age. noun clause

I think that it will rain today.

I think it will rain today.

Probably native English speakers would leave out the ‘that’. You don’t have to. Either way sounds great.

 

think + that

I think that would be nice. – possibly will happen

I think that will be nice. – definitely will happen

We could go for a hike tomorrow. I think that would be nice.

We are going for a hike tomorrow. I think that will be nice.

 

 

*realize + that

I realize that I gave you the wrong answer.

I realized that he cheated me.

I got to school and realized that I forgot my phone at home.

I realize that you don’t like school, but you have to do your best.

She just realized that she left her stove on and her door unlocked.

Mei just realized that she made a mistake.

 

**You can omit ‘that’ if you wish. It’s pefectly ok to leave it in.

Joe realized that he was wrong.

Joe realized he was wrong.

 

DIFFERENT MEANINGS

Joe realized how he was wrong.

Joe realized why he was wrong.

 

*find out + that

I found out that my friend lied to me.

I found out from my classmate that we have a test today.

She found out from her sister that there is going to be a big sale on mattresses tomorrow.

 

* find + that    find-opinion

She finds that Vancouver is very expensive.

May finds that the room is warm.  May finds the room warm.

I found the movie boring. Doris finds him strange.

He finds that the food is too salty.

I find him to be too loud.

I find that he can get loud.

 

In my opinion, it is ok for kids to make lego guns.

I find that teachers are too sensitive about that sort of thing.

 

 *NOTES ‘that’ is a tricky word in English

that – many uses

noun clauses and adjective clauses, confusing

          ‘that book’

 

* wonder + why

I was wondering why you are always late.

I wonder why my dog stares at me.

She wonders why her son is not doing well in math.

The little kid wondered why he couldn’t make a lego gun.

 

* wonder + how – to do something, how something happens

I wonder how I can fix this computer.

I wonder how the mouse got into my apartment.

She is wondering how she will be able to pay for college.

 

 

“Dead Man’s Path”

-check notes

Group chatting about the questions- small group 3-4,5 people

 

 

 

 

Listening Exercise for fun

1.    Was Vincent Van Gogh an explorer or a painter?

2.    What sea borders the coasts of Greece, Spain, and Italy?

3.    How many seconds are in 2½ minutes?

4.    Snakes have teeth. True or false?

5.    How many years in a decade?

6.    What continent is directly south of Europe?

7.    What is the product of 12 and 8?

sum - addition

difference- subtraction

quotient- division

 

8.    What two organs are connected to the brain by optic nerves?

9.    On which finger is a wedding ring usually worn on?

baby finger, pinky

ring finger

middle finger

index finger, pointer

thumb

 

10.                       What do we call the basic units of matter?

atoms

 

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