EF45 Class 12 compound sentences

 

English Foundations 4/5

 

Today’s agenda

·      REMINDER: Optional opportunity to replace Quiz#1 on Friday

·      Return Test#1- paragraph on life in your home country

Go over- Topic sentences

Optional RW for Bonus pt- submit today or first thing tomorrow

·      New activity- Question of the Day

·      Continue with compound sentences   , SOBA

Quiz tomorrow

Choose 10 words of vocab to review

·      Finish Wordlist 1.2 speaking and listening

 

Begin review of verb tenses- seven most useful ones

-simple present, simple past, simple future

-present continuous(progressive), past continuous

-present perfect

-present perfect continuous

 

 

 

 

Thursday

·      Question of the Day

·      Quiz#2 compound sentences

·      Hooks/grabbers

·      Begin review of verb tenses – simple present verb tense

·      Begin complex sentences

 

Friday

·      Hooks/grabbers

·      Continue review of verb tenses

·      Listening – song lyrics

·      Option to replace Quiz#1 (last 25m)

 

Monday

·      Continue review of verb tenses

 

 

**Optional opportunity to replace Quiz#1 on Friday

Last 25m of class on Friday

New version of the quiz on simple sentences:

SV SSV SVV SSVV Command/Imperative   Question/Interrogative

The optional Friday quiz will replace the quiz you already did. It will not be the higher of the two marks.

Q1 3/6

Friday 4/6

Q1 mark 4/6

 

Q1 1/6

Friday 3/6

Q1 mark 3/6

 

Q1 5/6

Friday 4/6

Q1 mark 4/6

 

Question to ask yourself: Are you happy with your quiz mark? Do you want to replace it on Friday? It is a risk.

You can decide by Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

Test#1

Write a well-organized paragaph of at least 150 words on the following topic.

What was your life like in your home country?

 

Topic sentence – addresses the topic, connects to the topic

“Like in my home country was really great.”

“I had a very diffivult life in my home country.”

“Growing up in my mother country was bittersweet.”

 

Supporting sentences- 4-5 ideas

 

Concluding sentence- wrap up the paragraph

 

**I’m looking for good sentences. simple compound complex.

Good clear sentences are first priority.

**

 

EXAMPLES:

I borned in Iran. vf

I was born in Iran. passive voice

 

present      past             participle

bear            bore            born

drink           drank          drunk

 

Voice – active   passive

active voice – the subject does the verb, the subject is doing the action

The dog ate the steak.

passive voice – the subject does nothing, the subject does not do the action

The steak was eaten by the dog.

She was born in Vancouver in 1998.

Many countries’ people live in Vancouver. phrasing, awk

People from many countries live in Vancouver.

 

I don’t like other countries’ food very much.

I don’t like (other) food from other countries very much.

 

I lived with my family and played with my school friends. vt

 

And we went on trips together. ww

Don’t start sentences with SOBA- too casual for school writing

Also, we went on trips together.

 

But I had no pets. ww

However, I had no pets.

 

So I always wanted a pet of my own. ww

Therefore, I always wanted a pet of my own.

 

 

Compound sentences

SV, SOBA SV.

 

 

 

 

 

1.    Sarah went to the grocery store, and she bought some milk and bread. some water – noncount nouns,uncountable nouns

She bought four litres of milk.

She bought a four-litre jug of milk.

 

2.    Tom likes to swim, but he doesn't like to dive. He jumped in head first. He jumped in feet first.

 

IDIOM jump in head first- to try something new without thinking too much first

Jose started a new business last year. He did nto have any business experience. He just jumped in head first.

 

3.    I have a test tomorrow, so I need to study tonight.

4.    The concert was canceled. It was raining heavily.

It was raining heavily, so the concert was canceled.

 

5.    She wants to travel to Europe, so/and/but she needs to save more money.

6.    He loves playing/ to play basketball, but he doesn't enjoy watching it.

 

DIFFERENT VERB USAGE

He likes to watch basketball. He likes watching basketball.

He enjoys watching basketball.

 

Exercise 2

Add an independent clause with proper punctuation to create a compound sentence for each.

1.    My dog barked, so the cat ran away.

I couldn’t catch the cat, and it ran away.

The dog came into the yard, so the cat ran away.

The cat ran away, and the dog barked.

The cat ran away, so I looked for him.

The cat ran away, so the mice came out.

 

sound that a dog makes- Woof! Arf!

sound that a cat makes- Meow

sound that a pig makes- Oink

sound that a cow makes- Moo!

 

2.    I love ice cream, but I don’t eat it frequently/very often.

I love ice cream, but it’s not good for me.

 

3.    She studied  hard for the test.

She studied hard for the test, so/and she passed with flying colours.

She studied hard for the test, but she didn’t get a good mark.

She studied hard for the test, but she failed.

She studied hard for the test, but she flunked.

She studied hard for the test, so she is sure about getting the top mark.

studied- past   sure-present  test-future

 

4.    The movie was long, but it was suspenseful. I was on the edge of my seat.

The movie was long, and it was boring.

The movie was long, so I slept fell asleep in the cinema.

I fall asleep very easily most nights.

 

summer blockbusters- huge movies

Oppenheimer

Barbie

 

5.    He likes to play soccer.

6.    The ice-covered trees were beautiful.

7.    The boys went out to harvest the pheasant.

8.    The pheasants were completely helpless.

9.    He worked late last night.

10.                       The concert was amazing.

 

Let’s choose 10 vocab words for the quiz tomorrow.

1.    fix

2.    weather

3.    eat

4.    sweet

5.    opinion

6.    dream

7.    answer

8.    movie

9.    talking

10.                       wise