Wednesday, 11 October 2023

EF67 Class 25 Review of verb tenses

EF67

 

Reminder: Registration for Q2 begins yesterday. I did recommendations for early registration last Friday.

65%+ YES

64%- NO

50-64% Reevealuate the recommendations Thursday. You will be able to reg for Q2.

People 50-64%

You will be able to to reg tomorrow and Friday.

On Monday, reg will open to new students.

 

Everyone will have a fair chance at registering for the class you want.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Test#3 “I Confess”

·      Review verb tenses

·      Begin modals

·      HW   Read “Dead Man’s Path” for tomorrow. Make notes for Thought Questions

 

This week/next week – Using Quotations

 

Thursday

·      Reeval midterm recs for 50-64% students.

·      Begin “Dead Man’s Path”

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

 

Friday

·      Continue complex sentences- adjective clauses

Choose vocab for the quiz on adj cl

·      Continue “Dead Man’s Path”

 

 

Monday

·      Quiz#4 on adjective clauses

 

 

 

Test#3

Write a paragraph of at least 150 words on one of the following topics. Submit it by 1:15.

 

1.    Write about one conflict in the story.

2.    Do you think the students will respect Mr Wei after he makes his confession? Why or why not?

 

Break until 1:20

 

 

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Review of verb tenses:

12 verb tenses:

1.    simple present- habitual, daily action

2.    simple past- one event in the past, finished

I was go went to school.

3.    simple future- “will” “am going to”

4.    present progressive- happening right now, happening currently

‘ing’  am going, is going, are going

I am going to school. XXX

I am watching a series on Netflix.

5.    past progressive- happening in the past, was interrupted

I was watching a movie when the wifi died.

She watched a movie last night.

6.    future progressive- ‘ing’ action in the future

She will be driving to Surrey at 6 o’clock.

Substitute simple future

She will drive to Surrey at 6 o’clock.

 

7.    present perfect- from past until now

Mei has lived in Vancouver since 1998.

Joe has learned Spanish for two years.

Joe learned Spanish for two years. simple past – casual, works

She has seen all of Almodovar’s movies.

I have known my best friend since I was twenty years old.

 

8.    past perfect

English speakers rarely use this verb tense. We usually substitute simple past.

She had lived in Japan for two years.

We had waited for the bus for 45 minutes.

 

9.    future perfect

substitute simple future

She will have worked at the company for thirty years by the time she retires.

 

10.                       present perfect progressive

11.                       past perfect progressive

12.                       future perfect progressive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review of verb tenses:

7 most important verb tenses:

1.    simple present

2.    simple past

3.    simple future

4.    present progressive

5.    past progressive

6.    present perfect

7.    present perfect progressive

 

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