Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30
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**Final week
Grammar -phrasal
verbs
Today’s agenda- penultimate day
·
Go over some appositives from HW
·
Phrasal verbs- very interesting, very important
·
Our English Writing Survival Guide
Review
of sentence types
Review
of verb tenses
·
Vocab exercises
·
Listening fun
Friday- Final day
·
Non-instructional day
·
Optional replacement one test or quiz- choose
which Q or T you want to replace
Do their presentation as the replacement
·
Marks day
I have to have my marks in to the office by the end of the
class on Friday.
I will be able to tell you what your final mark is on
Friday.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to do a replacement test or
quiz, you can email me on Friday between 8:30-11:45. I will email you your mark
back to you. I won’t be able to discuss your work over email. If you want to
chat, come to school.
For the September term (September 5th to November
3rd), these will be my course. This can change.
P1 9:15-11:30 English
Foundations 6 / Writing Improvement 567- focus will be on sentence skills,
writing skills, also short story, etc.
This will be very much like this summer class.
-same sentence work
-same grammar
You are welcome do it all again.
ALREADY FULL- WAITING LIST
Talk to your advisor.
P2 12-2:15 English
Foundations 6&EF7 / English 10
Higher level class- focus will be stories, novel, poetry
Also, sentence skills, writing skills
Next level is English 11
STILL ROOM
QUIZ #5 REDO
Write a sentence that has adjective clause for each.
1.
that memory
2.
which necklace
3.
who helpful
4.
who beautiful
5.
which Ottawa
6.
that reservation
Appositives
5. The car was a red convertible. The car
was speeding through the neighbourhood.
The car
which was a red convertible was speeding through the
neighbourhood.
adj cl
The car,
a red convertible, was speeding
through the neighbourhood.
appositive
6. Friends is an
American sitcom. It is very popular with ESL students.
Friends, which is an American sitcom, is very popular
with ESL students. adj cl
Friend, an American sitcom, is very popular with ESL
students. appositive
7. The Nakdong River, the longest river
in Korea, is over 500 km long. appositive No SV
The Nakdong
River, which is the longest river in Korea, is over 500 km long. adj
cl
The longest
river in Korea, the Nakdong River, is over 500 km long. appositive
8. English is
the language of business. It is a challenging language to
learn.
English, which is the language of business, is a
challenging language to learn. adj cl
English, which is the language of business, is
a challenging language to learn. appositive
My friend, a talented artist, recently held an exhibition of
her paintings. appositive
My friend, who is a talented artist, recently held an
exhibition of her paintings. adj cl
Phrasal verbs are two or three-word verbs
usually consisting of a verb plus a preposition or two.
verb + preposition – one unit, one thing, one
new idea “talk to”
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.
I spoke to/with my colleague about the project.
I spoke for my son at the doctor’s office.
Examples with 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
-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- discuss, gossip, tattle(v)-
cannot keep a secret
tattletale(a person who rats you out), a bigmouth
IDIOM rat you out- tells on you
-talk out – discuss something fully,
especially to resolve a conflict between two people The husband and wife had to sit down and
talk out their differences.
Here are some URLs for webpages that have lists
of hundreds of phrasal verbs. You
probably know many of them already:
-50 phrasal verbs
https://blog.lingoda.com/en/top-50-phrasal-verbs-in-english/
-200 phrasal verbs
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm
-Several hundred phrasal verbs
https://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.html
-500 phrasal verbs
https://www.espressoenglish.net/learn-500-phrasal-verbs-the-most-natural-way/
500
phrasal verbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBamiDyRgo
One way to
approach these would be to look at an overview of them. See how many you know
already.
Make a plan
to learn a certain number a week.
phrasal
verbs – idiomatic, no grammar, meaning is in the culture
These
phrasal verbs should work with any English speakers.
These are
excellent resources for self-directed study.
Cornerstone
characteristics of a good adult learner:
1.self-motivated-
the drive/impulse to learn comes from inside
2.self-directed- you decide what you’re going to focus on,
your spotlight
3.self-evaluating-
being positive but critical of your own work
4.self-correcting-
making the changes that you know that you should make
This kind
of learning takes maturity and some wisdom.
Make a
plan. Pick a small amount of material to focus on for a week/ two weeks. Just
focus on that.
e.g.
mandolin – tune “Red-Haired Boy”
guitar –
50s style rock and roll
pedal
steel – focussing on major and minor pentatonic scales
Phrasal
verbs
Many of
these you will know already. There are hundreds more to learn. Don’t feel overwhelmed-
just learn a few new ones each day/week. Use them in your talking and writing.
Building
up your familiarity with phrasal verbs will help your English sound natural and
authentic.
It is
worth the time that put into it.
Passive
vocabulary vs active vocabulary
passive
vocab – words you understand
active
vocab – words you use
Good use
od out time: growing our active vocabulary.- focus on phrasal verbs
e.g.
I am going
to Surrey. ok, sounds fine
I am
heading for Surrey. ten times as natural sounding, really authentic
Ossie is heading home now.
We should head home soon.
home /
downtown no preposition
Maria went
to Burnaby. Maria went home. Maria went downtown.
Maria went
to home. XXX small error
*prepositions
are tricky because there are very few rules about usage
prepositon
usage is mostly idiomatic, idioms
PHRASAL
VERB head for – going in a direction
There are
a lot of them. Good news: you know a lot of them already.
Use them!
Start using them!
1.
The government will open an inquiry about the truckers’
protest.
inquire(v) ask
2.
burglar- thief who breaks into a building
3.
You tap your compass card.
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