EF12 Class 2

 

 

Good evening, everyone.

 

This is the Period 4 (7:00-9:30) class for these courses:

-English Foundations 1

-English Foundations 2

-Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

We will get started at 7:00.

 

Teacher: Allan Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Reading “The Kiwi”

·      Spoken work

·      Student questionaire

·      Grammar- start to talk about verbs

·      Homework activity

 

 

What did you do today?

 

I was working today. past progressive verb- bit harder

I worked today. simple past verb

I cooked Persian food.

I was cooking Persian food.

 

I went to shopping.

I went ABCing.

I went hiking. I went swimming. I went walking.

She/Maria went to the bank.

Maria went jogging in the park.

Maria went cycling in Stanley Park.

went – left your house

I dropped my kids off at school.

 

She went to a road test today. She feels happy. She feels relieved.

She felt stressed out.

IDIOM stressed out – very worried

I felt stressed out about my kids last week.

 

emotions

sad

happy

angry

nervous

worried

stressed

stressed out

tired

exhausted – very very tired

afraid (adjective)

fear (noun)

ashamed

 

He feels a bit tired.

She feels/is afraid of dogs.

She feels afraid of English class.

He feels ashamed of his old clothes.

She feels ashamed of her low English skills.

 

shy

He feels shy around girls.

 

excited about

The little girl feels/is excited about her birthday party.

 

I feel tired. I am tired.

How are you? I am good. I’m good. I feel good.

 

I feel relaxed. I am relaxed.

 

I feel wonderful.

I feel great.

I feel strong.

 

 

exercises- fitness

do yoga

play soccer

stretch

She likes to do yoga. She likes doing yoga.

He goes to the gym.

She lifts weights.

He runs in the park.

He likes to go swimming in the pool at Hillcrest Community Centre.

She plays basketball. She plays hockey.

They play volleyball.

 

soccer (Canada and the US) football / futball

 

badminton

tennis

spinning- cycling exercise

Zumba- dance exercise

mountain climbing

wrestling

golf

lawn bowling

bowling

ping pong (table tennis)

canoeing

kayaking

skiing

snowboarding

snowshoeing

fishing

hunting

rockclimbing

gymnastics

boxing

taekwondo

judo

karate

 

chess

 

May I ...?

 

 

“The Kiwi”

 

 

Kiwi fruit upsets your stomach. You get a pain in your stomach.

You get/have a stomach ache.

He has a stomach ache.

She has a headache.

Mike has a toothache.

Sara has a backache.

Julio had a neckache. simple past verb

Irma has a sore throat.

Ahmed has a sore elbow.

 

finger

thumb

palm

wrist

lower arm

upper arm

elbow

shoulder

neck

throat

ears

eyes

nose

mouth

chin

jaw

cheeks

scalp

temples

forehead

eyebrows

eyelashes

 

foot

toes

ankle

uncle

knee

hip

thigh

shin

calf

lower leg

 

 

Verbs “Simple Present Tense of Be”

am   is   are

 

I am

She/He/It is

We/They/You are

 

The nearest city had 20000 people.

 

The US has 50 states.

Canada has 10 provinces.

Each province has a capital city.

The capital city of BC is Victoria.