Wednesday, 20 September 2023

EF67 Class 12 complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

EF67

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Question of the Day

Bonus pt talk

Do you like travelling? Why or why not?

 

·      Begin complex sentences

·      Test#1 Pass-in paragraph about criteria (start at 1:20, last 55m)

·      “Odd Word Out 1” vocab fun exercise

 

Thursday

·      Question of the Day

Bonus pt talk

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

Thursday or Friday- Return Test#1

 

Friday

·      Talk about Test#1

Optional RW for Bonus pt

·      Listening- song lyrics

 

A Good Provider Is One How Leaves- non-fiction- real, true life

-immigration from The Philippines since the end of WW2

- history of The Philippines, culture of The Philippines

-world immigration in the 20th Century

-families living apart/seperately

 

 

 

planning

anticipation- waiting excitedly

 

Indigenous peoples- traditional lifestyle, not modern

nomads- people who move from place to place, no set home

meadow

 

tourist trap- a very touristy place

 

shepherd- sheep herd – group of animals

 

a herd of cows

a herd of sheep

a herd of donkeys

a herd of horse

a herd of goats

a herd of moose

a herd of deer

 

a pack of dogs

a pack of wolves

a pack of coyote   cy-yote   cy-yo-tea

a pack of raccoons

 

a flock of chickens

a flock of seagulls

 

a school of fish  “We watched a school of minnows swimming through the seagrass.”

 

a pride of lions

 

a troop of monkeys

 

a pod of whales

a pod of dolphins

 

an army of ants

 

a swarm of rats – hundreds

a pack of rats

 

a swarm of bees

 

a murder of crows/ a flock of crows

 

 

 

 

SENTENCE TYPES:

-Simple   SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative   Interrogative

-Compound   SV, SOBA SV.   SV; SV.   SV; TRANS, SV.

-Complex   -adverb clauses

                     -noun clauses

                     -adjective clauses

-Compound complex

 

 

Complex sentences- adverb clauses

 

The three golden words for adverb clauses:

‘because’                                  ‘if’                                    ‘when’

 

These three words are the most commonly used for adverb clauses.

You can say a lot using ‘because’, ‘if’, and ‘when’.

e.g

Martia came to Canada as a refugee because there is a war in her country.

-two clauses        -independent clause, main clause, simple sentence

                               -dependent clause, subordinate clause

Martia came to Canada as a refugee because of the war in her country. SIMPLE

 

-clause- a group of words that has a S and V

 

Because there is a war in her country. fragment, casual talking, not good for writing

Because the bus broke down. casual talking

I was late because the bus broke down. writing

 

 

 

TWO WAYS TO DO THIS:

1.    Martia came to Canada as a refugee because there is a war in her country.

2.    Because there is a war in Martia’s country, she came to Canada as a refugee.

 

Martia came to Canada as a refugee because there is a war in her country.

Martia came to Canada as a refugee as there is a war in her country.

‘as’ is rarely used, grammr booky

 

Old-fashioned rule: Don’t start a sentence with ‘because’.

It starts off your sentence weak. Not a  grammar error. Not the best style.

 

-‘if’

I will not go to the park if it rains tomorrow.

If it rains tomorrow, I will not go to the park.

 

 

An dependent clause needs a independent clause to be a sentence.

independent clause- mother

dependent clause- child

 

if you want

Let’s go downtown if you want.

 

AVOID STARTING YOUR SENTENCES WITH LONG DEPENDENT CLAUSES: If the Bank of Canada continues to raise interest rates in an effort to curb inflation on core goods and services such as groceries, gas, and rent, consumers will be forced to continue tightening their belts.

 

Friendlier to the reader. They get the main idea first.

Consumers will be forced to continue tightening their belts if the Bank of Canada continues to raise interest rates in an effort to curb inflation on core goods and services such as groceries, gas, and rent.

 

IDIOM tighten your belt- spend less money

The prices of groceries has shot up in the past year, so we have had to tighten our belts.

 

 

-when- time

Your breakfast will be ready for you when you get up.

When you get up, your breakfast will be ready for you.

 

The three most high-frequency words: because   if   when

 

We use high-frequency words a lot. We use low-frequency words not so often.

 

 

Now let’s learn 24 more!

Learning these will expand your ability to express your thoughts more clearly and precisely in English. When you learn these other words, you will be a rock star in your English class.

 

time-                     after, before, since, ever since, until, when, while, whenever

place-                   wherever

condition -          if, even if, provided that, unless

manner-               as, as if, though, although, even though, so ... that

cause-                   because, since

purpose-              in order that, in order to, so that

 

 

-Continue tomorrow-

 

 

Test#2

Phones and devices away

Doublespace

Pen

Write a well-organized paragraph on the following topic:

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

 

What is an example in your life when you demonstrated the criteria that you are good at.

 

 

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