EF34 Class 33 review of verb tenses, "Music and Behaviour"

 

EF3/4

 

Today’s agenda-

·      Continue review of verb tenses

Sentence writing practice

·      Begin descriptive writing- descriptive paragraphs

·      Facts and Figures “Music and Behaviour” p108

 

Wednesday

·      Continue descriptive writing

·      Facts and Figures

 

Thursday

 

 

 

 

Review of verb tenses

simple present

simple past

simple future

 

present progressive AUXILIARY + ‘ing’

The dog is sleeping. – happening right now

The sun is shining. The kids are playing in the park.

The kids playing in the park. XXX vf

The kids are playing in the park.

 

past progressive AUXILIARY + ‘ing’ in the past\

-used often when there is an interruption, something else happens

Mei watched a movie last night. simple past

Mei was watching a movie last night. past progressive

Mei was watching a movie last night when the storm started.

The power went out when Mei was watching a movie last night.

 

Class Work:

Practice using some verbs.

Write some simple, compound, and complex sentences using your own imagination using these verbs. Try different verb tenses:

simple present

simple past

simple future

present progressive

past progressive

 

1.    eat

2.    talk

3.    make

4.    go

5.    know

6.    take

7.    come

8.    think

9.    give

10.               use

 

 

EXAMPLES

I eat breakfast and then go to school. SIMPLE

I eat breakfast, and then I go to school. COMPOUND

 

NOUN CLAUSE EF56

say- Lena said that studying is easy for her.

think- My mother thinks that Vancouver is nice place to live.

She thought about what to (any verb) do for her birthday.

believe- I believe that learning English will improve the lives of newcomers to Canada.

know- She knows how to fix her own laptop.

I didn’t know why he was upset yesterday.

forget- The old man forgot to put his pants on before he went out.

remember- She remembered that your birthday is today.

I am remembering am trying to remember what her name is. It is on the tip of tongue.

IDIOM It is on the tip of tongue. You are trying to remember something but can’t quite remember.

 

simple present

simple past

simple future

present progressive

past progressive

 

1.    eat

aet ate simple past

She ate some Hawaiian pizza last night.

 

2.    talk

I was talking about him to/with my neice.

talking about somebody- gossip

IDIOM “hot gossip” – very interesting stories about people

 

3.    make

I make dinner when my daughter comes home.

He always makes time for his children.

My daughter made a heart puzzle.

 

4.    go

She is going to UBC right now.

5.    know

We didn’t know how to fix the car.

6.    take

They were taking piano lessons last year.

7.    come

Mohamed came to Canada last September.

8.    think

I think that I will go to Hong Kong.

I am thinking about going to Hong Kong this year.

I sometimes think/worry about the future.

9.    give

He gave his wife a new car.

10.               use

I will use my laptop for another hour.

My brother is using the laptop in my room.

 

 

IMPORTANT VERB TENSES

simple present

simple past

simple future

present progressive

past progressive

 

 

Facts and Figures “Music and Behaviour” p108

IDIOM there is a good change that – probably will happen

If the weather is nice, there is a good chance that the beach will be crowded.

 

tinnitus- ringing in the ears

 

Exercise ‘D’ questions.

Try some (2-3) of these questions for homework. Write a good sentence to answer the question.

Email it to me tonight. We can share them tomorrow.