Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda:
·
Return RW
Talk about Format
·
Continue sentence work- simple sentences,
practice
·
Listening exercises
Quiz this week either on simple or compound sentences
Tuesday
·
Review of simple sentences
Continue sentence work- begin compound
sentences
·
Talk about “Criteria”
Read over the “Criteria”. Choose two to
focus on.
·
Begin paragraph work
·
IDIOM ‘deep clean’ “Spring cleaning”
Buddhist monk
Ambleside Park-
There is not much nightlife in Vancouver.
IDIOM nightlife – lots of activity at night, people out on
the street, eating, meeting up
There is nightlife in Yaletown.
In Spain, there is lots of nightlife. People are out at all
hours getting tapas and drinks, dancing, etc.
Vancouver is a sleepy town.
My gig in Gibsons was fun. It was very chill and relaxed.
IDIOM chill – relaxed
She likes to chill out on Friday nights.
He is chilling in the park.
chill(v) – cool – temperature or emotion
He is not a chill person.
Chill out! Relax!
“Dude Chilling Park” – public art
tradition of guerrila public art- east van spider, chandelier
under the bridge
Seattle, Freemont neighbourhood (hippie area) – troll
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Return RWs
Bonus pt
Review paragraph format:
1. Use 81/2 X11” lined ruled paper
2.Write in pen
3.Doublespace – skip a line
4.Write between the margins (red lines)
5.Indent the first word of a paragraph
Four
types of sentences-
simple compound
complex compound-complex
-foundation
of all writing in English
-simple
sentence- most basic form of a sentence in English, simple but powerful, very
useful
-
good choice for topic sentence in a paragraph or
thesis statement in an essay
-
anything you want someone to remember
A
simple sentence is one independent clause that has a subject and a verb and
expresses a complete thought.
clause
– a group of words with a subject and a verb, S+V
Most
teachers says: one simple sentence – a complete idea
Subject
and a Verb
Subject
and a Predicate
The
old dog was walking slowly around the park with a stick in her mouth.
main
subject – just one word, noun ‘dog’
complete
subject- main subject plus andy modifers, adjectives, articles
‘the
old dog’
verb
– action word ‘was walking’
verb=
simple predicate
complete
predicate – verb plus everthing else
‘was
walking slowly around the park with a stick in his mouth.’
The
old dog was walking slowly around
the park with a stick in her mouth.
EASY
LEVEL The dog was walking in the
park.
SIMPLE
SENTENCE- S V, Subject + Predicate
I
request. NOT A COMPLETE IDEA
I
request a new driver’s license.
Notice
that there are some important requirements for a simple sentence:
1.
Must have a subject and a verb.
2.
Must express a complete thought.
3.
Must only have one clause.
4.
** Begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
**
For all sentences.
Examples
of Simple Sentences:
1. Joe
went to the store. SV
2. BC
is experiencing severe flooding in many
areas around the province. SV
3. Sarah
and Jessie are going swimming. SSV
4. Trudeau
and Biden met this week for high
level discussions. SSV
5. The
frog jumped and landed in the pond.
SVV
6. The
nurse took the patient’s blood
pressure and checked his heart rate.
7. Keep your eyes open for bargains. NO SUBJECT-
implied subject “You”
Imperative-
command, tell someone to do something
(You) Be careful!
don’t say ‘you’, everybody understand that it is there,
implied
subject – imply(v) – suggest something but not say it out loud
5. I
went to the mall and bought a dress. SVV
I went
to shop in Metrotown. XXX
I went
shopping in Metrotown. gerund
I went
GERUND.
Gerund-
noun ‘ing’
She
went skiing.
She
went shopping.
He
went hiking.
I
want to go downtown. SV
6.The
pizza smells delicious. SV
7. Here/There
There
is a fly in the car with us.
There
is/are two flies in the car.
‘Here’
and ‘there’ are not subjects. They always point to something else.
There
is/are people on the street.
subject verb agreement
There
is/are a person on the street.
subject
verb agreement Here is your cell
phone.
Here
are your keys.
***#1
mistake that everyone makes***
Here are your
[AH1] cell
phone. XXX
Here
is your keys. XXX
Her
glasses are new.
Her
pair of glasses is new.
The
scissors are dull.
The
pair of scissors is sharp.
The
students are high-level.
The
class is almost ready for UBC.
TRICKY
subject verb agreement – verbs change to match the subject
e.g.
Mary live lives in Vancouver. agr
NOTE:
At a college level, mistakes in subject verb agreement are a big deal.
7. Look
on top of the refrigerator for the key. “you” implied subject- imperative
8. Please
close the door. sounds more polite
9. Close
the door, please.
10.
Take the dog for a walk, please.
11.
Please take the dog for a walk.
12.
Will you
help me with the math homework?
Interrogative-
ask
a question – flip the verb around
You
are happy today.
Are you happy today? Interrogative
13.
I will
pick you up today. verb will pick –
simple future
14.
Will you
pick me up today? will ... pick – still one verb, not two verbs SV
will
– helping verb, modal, modal auxiliary
will
go
We will go hiking tomorrow.
Will you go with us?
can
see
You
can see the fireworks from my house.
Can you see
the fireworks from my house?
10.
The music is too loud. SV
Adapted
from :https://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/simple_sentence_examples/445/
Forms of simple sentences:
-SV subject verb
My dog is
asleep.
The ice cream looks delicious.
Vancouver is a nice city.
-SSV subject subject verb
The rivers and trees are beautiful.
Your sister and mother fight all the time.
Peanut butter and bananas go well together.
-SVV subject verb verb
Sara swims
and plays volleyball at the community
centre.
Clouds come
and go.
Friends come
and go.
-Imperative – command sentence, tell somebody
to do something
(You) Come in. implied subject We don’t say ‘you’, but that’s what we mean.
Be careful, please. Please be careful.
Watch your step, please. Please be careful.
Watch out.
Stay safe.
Shut up!
Drop dead! – strong words for fighting,
like with kids
Get out!
Sit down.
Have a cookie.
Sleep well.
Eat healthy.
Stay cool.
Sit! Stay!
Stay tuned.
Get ready.
You must make it to work on time. NOT
IMPERATIVE
must, should, can, could, will – MODALS, MODALS
AUXILIARIES
-Interrogative- question
What time is it?
Who are you talking to?
What are you doing tomorrow?
Is that your dog?
Would you like to have some tea?
Where is the book?
What’s for dinner today?
Extra information to explore:
-https://englishgrammarhere.com/example-sentences/50-examples-of-simple-sentences/
-https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-sentence-examples.html
Let’s take out a piece of paper and write some
simple sentences from your own imagination. Please work together if you like.
SV
SSV SVV Imperative
Interrogative
YOUR EXAMPLES:
I will
go to Metrotown tonight. will- modal,modal auxiliary
modals- can could will would have to
need to have got to
am going to
FURTHER READING https://www.grammarly.com/blog/modal-verbs/
I don’t like reading and running. SV
I don’t like reading or running.
Texting / Drinking and driving is very dangerous.
She plays basketball, and swims. XXX SVV
She plays
basketball and swims. SIMPLE
She plays
basketball, and she swims. COMPOUND
SENTENCE
When do I use a comma?
My husband and my daughter love to see the F1 races on TV.
love to see
OR love seeing
Me and my mom My mom and I have lunch
at a diner.
http://www.fraserparkrestaurant.com/
We will do a quick review of simple sentences
tomorrow and then start on in on compound sentences.
start in on / start on - I will start in on my homework
later.
start in on – start a big job
She is going to start in on organizing her clothes.
Please come closer. Imperative
Can you please come closer? Interrogative
Open the window, please. Imperative
Would you open the window, please? Interrogative
Farsi speakers Is
this true?
Is this correct/right?
Is this okay?
[AH1]agr
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