English Foundations 4/5
This is the fourth week of class already. Time flies!
Today’s agenda
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Continue review of verb tenses- simple present
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Goalsetting- setting goals and making concrete
plans for yourself for the next six week.
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Hooks/grabbers- from homework, read aloud
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Finish Wordlist 1.2 speaking and listening
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HW Finish
simple present verb tense exercises
“Simple
Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs”
Tuesdays
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Continue review of verb tenses- simple present
“Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs”
Tuesday or Wednesday
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Continue review of verb tenses- simple past
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This week “National
Day of Truth and Reconciliation”
Begin
complex sentences
12 verb tenses – narrow the tenses down to the most useful one
simple present
simple past
simple future
present progressive
past progressive
future progressive not high frequency
present perfect
past perfect not high frequency
future perfect rarely used
present perfect progressive
past perfect progressive not high frequency
future perfect progressive not high frequency
7 most useful verb tenses- everyday usage
simple present
simple past
simple future
present progressive
past progressive
present perfect
present perfect progressive
*SIMPLE PRESENT -habitual(adj)
action- habit(noun)
good
habit, bad habit
-something you do normally, everyday,
usual activity, routine
I eat rice everyday.
I take a shower every Tuesday.
She drinks green tea in the
morning.
I get up early every weekday (everyday).
She goes to school.
I prepare lunch for my son.
She wakes up at 5:15 every day.
He watches one hour of TV every
night.
You walk your dog for one hour
between 4 and 5 every evening.
I bring my dog, Butter, to
school every Friday.
-
emotion, state of being
She is very happy.
He is busy.
Sarah is tall.
-
fact, truth
He is 34 years
old.
The Prime Minister lives in
Ottawa.
Victoria is the capital of BC.
Juan is Joan’s
uncle.
Water boils at
100 degrees C.
She is from
Mexico.
ERRORS
AGR- subject verb agreement error
Sarah live in Vancouver. XXX
Sarah lives in Vancouver.
*Does not impede meaning. However, this will hurt your
marks.
ESLLibrary “Indigenous Peoples-
Simple Present”
“Tanya Tagaq”
Tanya is a singer. simple present
Joe and Sarah are singers.
Inuk- Inuit Eskimo
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada-
First Nations(south), Inuit(north), Metis
Nunavut- territory in Canada
Her music sounds very modern.
activist(noun)- a person who works
to bring about societal or political change
environmental activists- Greta Thunberg
political activist- Masih Alinejad
women’s rights activist- Malala Yousafzai
“Simple Present Tense” Exercises
1. I
eat/have breakfast at 7:00 every morning.
2. He
always wears a suit to work. suit
and tie
3. stands
4. brushes
5. buy/get
6. has/attends/chair- She chairs the staff meeting. She runs the
meetings.
7. makes
8. They
take I take She takes
9. watch
10.
listens
He listens to the radio. She listens to her mother.
11.
speaks/knows/is fluent in
fluent- can speak
and understand a language very well.
I am fluent in Persian. I am also conversational
in Urdu.
12.
fixes A
mechanic fixes cars, engines, airplanes, trucks, and busses, etc. A tech/technician/repair
person fixes computers, phones, watches, etc.
13.
washes/does- wash and dry He puts the dishes away.
14.
They drink/have coffee every morning. He
has an apple every morning. The kids have cereal every day.
She eats
takes/has some medicine when she has a headache.
Beginning level
of verb tenses- probably a review
“Simple Present Tense in the Negative”
She drinks coffee. She doesn’t
drink coffee. She does not drink coffee.
1. I
don’t want any dinner.
old-fashioned rule: Don’t use
contractions in writing. don’t can’t
Contractions are fine.
2. don’t He doesn’t know Sarah. They don’t know each
other.
3. don’t
go
4. doesn’t
love
5. don’t
move
6. don’t
drink / should not drink / shouldn’t drink
7. You
don’t wear jeans to a wedding.
jeans- denim-
IDIOM the
Canadian tuxedo- jeans and a jean jacket
8. don’t
have I don’t have any time right now.
She doesn’t have any time right now.
9. don’t
need to / don’t have to
You don’t need
to “infinitive –‘to’” to go to eat
You don’t need to worry.
She doesn‘t have to work.
10.
doesn’t smoke
I don’t smoke cigarettes.
I don’t drink alcohol. She
doesn't drink.
11.
They don’t speak English fluently.
12.
doesn’t sell
13.
doesn’t serve / That restaurant doesn’t do breakfast.
I do/can make a
nice romaine salad.
14.
don’t get up
“Simple Present Tense and
Frequency Adverbs”
Try these for homework.We can go
over them tomorrow.
No need to email me the answers.
CONTINUE TOMORROW
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