Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 12:00.
Today’s agenda
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Finish introductions
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Questionaire about your real-life English
usage
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Begin verb tenses- overview
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Word List 1.1-1.2
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HW Read “Viola Desmond”
Thursday
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Continue verb tenses- overview
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“Viola Desmond”
Friday
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verb tenses- simple present tense
Classmate introduction - continued
There were a few people who didn’t talk yesterday. You can talk
now if you would like to.
1. Name
2. Home
3. Family
4. Job
5. Travel
6. Hobbies
7. Future plans
Introduce one of your partners to the class. Choose one
person. Make sure that you have information about them.
NOTES FROM TALKING
She has three children: two daughters and one son.
She likes to play golf.
play soccer play hockey play basketball play tennis
play volleyball play sports
She likes to do yoga. She likes to do pilates. She likes to
do exercise.
She likes to go cycling. She likes to go dancing. He likes to go
skiing. He likes to go hiking. Shira likes to go swimming.
She likes doing yoga. She likes doing pilates. She likes doing
exercise.
She likes going cycling. She likes doing dancing. He likes to go
skiing. He likes to go hiking. Shira likes to go swimming.
Did you check the blog yesterday and review?
haleyshec.blogspot.com
She has visited Korea.
She has been to Korea.
She has gone to Korea.
She went to Korea. simple past
She visited Korea. simple past
She took a vacation to Korea.
She came from Afghanistan.
She comes from Afghanistan.
She is from Afghanistan.
Her home country is Afghanistan.
She has a 12-year-old daughter.
I have a 15-year-old son.
15-year-old - hyphen no ‘s’
Her daughter is 15 years old.
My dog, Butter, is seven years old.
I bring my dog to school every Friday.
That was fun! We have very interesting classmates.
Questionaire- question, a piece of paper with a bunch of questions
on it
(e.g. doctor’s office, hospital)
*** 10-minute break ***
Back at 1:22
**
Over view of the 12 verb tenses in English:
We don’t need all of them.
Most important to know:
-Simple present- habit, usual activity, state
I go to school everyday.
I eat dinner at 3.
She drinks tea.
He is very tall.
Shira lives in Victoria.
-Simple past- one event in the past, finished
I walked my dog last night.
I ate dinner last night.
I went to night school yesterday.
I went to work yesterday afternoon.
-Simple future- one event to come in the future ‘will’ ‘am
going to’
He will drive her to swimming practice tonight.
She is going to watch a movie.
I will cook dinner and then go for a run.
I will go to Superstore around 7.
I am going to a restaurant tonight.
I’m going to go to a party tonight.
-Present progressive
‘ing’- happening right now
continuous / progressive ‘ing’ verb
We are learning English right now.
I am standng up.
You are writing notes.
I am sitting on the chair.
The teacher is talking.
She is listening to him.
Dora is listening to the radio.
We are having an English lesson.
I am thinking about my supper.
I am looking at the board.
-Past progressive – happening in the past, usually
interrupted
He was watching a movie when the doorbell rang.
He watched a movie last night.
He was watching a movie, and the phone rang.
I was studying English when my friend called me.
My son was playing piano when the doorbell rang.
I was cooking in the kitchen when my daughter went out.
I was daydreaming when my boss called my name.
My daughter went to the eye specialist yesterday. simple
past
My daughter was going to the eye specialist yesterday
when she remembered that the appointment was next week. past progressive
-Future progressive- not used often
I will be driving to Surrey at 6 pm.
NOT USED VERY MUCH
Word List 1.1-1.2
Listening and speaking exercise
I’ll read out one of the words. I will put it into a sentence. You
listen and figure out which word I am saying.
Tomorrow, you can try it together.
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