EF1 2 Class 11

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

We will get started at 9:15.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Return Paragraph 1, Version 2

·      Continue with “100 Most Used Verbs in English”

·      “Simple Present Tense”

·      Continue “Simple sentences EF1, EF2”

·      Word List 1.3

 

 

Test#1 - Paragraph

We wrote Test#1 on Friday. I marked it and gave it back yesterday.

Yesterday, we rewrote Test#1. I marked it again.

Test#1 Version 1- Friday        3/6

Test#1 Version 2- Monday    4.5/6

Test#1 4.5/6

 

Model paragraph

“My Favourite Food”

-         Orient the paper.

-         Write in pen.

-         Doublespace

-         Follow the margins (red lines)

-         One block of writing. The sentences follow each other.

-         Full name and class (EF1, EF2, SL1/2) in top right corner.

 

**Very important: good sentences!

 

We are focussing on simple sentences this week.

 

We will write another paragraph Thursday or Friday.

Test#2- easy topic

 

From yesterday:

“Top 100 Most Used Verbs in English”

6. can(verb)  I can speak French.

can(noun) The dog eats a can of dogfood.

can(noun)-metal container, steel or aluminum

Cam can throw the can in the garbage can. Can he?

Yes, he can. No, he can’t.  can’t = can not = cannot

 

28. ask- question

axe

The little girl asks a lot of questions to her mother.

Can we ask about the test/party/meeting tomorrow?

Can I ask to see the doctor this week?

Can I ask you something?

Can I ask you a personal question?

Students ask teachers many questions.

77. add – plus, +,

She adds a salad to her lunch order every day. simple present tense

She added a salad to her lunch order every day. simple past tense

My son adds/added up all of his cash.

add=count

add = add up

Practicing your English every day adds up. You will make a lot of progress.

 

100. remain – stay

You moved to Canada. Your sister remained in Peru. simple past tense

 

One word can have several meanings.

You can know the meaning by the usage: verb, noun, adjective, adverb, etc. You have to listen to the full sentence. You will know the meaning by the context.

context- the way the word is being used

 

taking a picture on your smartphone- portrait or landscape

 

TRUTH: Practice makes perfect permanent!

Whatever you practice is what you will do.

 

 

 

“Simple Present Tense”

Dialogue between a reporter and a man named Nate.

dialogue- conversation/talking between two people, two people talk with each other, back and forth

reporter- news reporter, interviewer

 

unusual- not normal, strange

for a living- job

I teach for a living. She sells shoes for a living.

 

clown- in a circus, colourful clothes, red nose, paint their face, wig

 

salary – your pay, your money that you earn from a job

earn money- make money

He earned her trust. She trusts him now.

 

circus- a performance inside a big tent with animals, jugglers, acrobats, tightrope walkers, clowns, fire breathers, etc

 

Cirque de Soleil – Vancouver

 

Exercise 1

-speak

I speak English.

You speak Farsi.

He speaks French.

Jo speaks Spanish.

 

-watch

You watch TV.

They watch a movie.

She watches a basketball game.

We watch fireworks.

 

-do

I do my driving test.

He does his exercises.

I do the dishes three times a day.

 

-try

I try on my new clothes.

try on- wear and check

He tries running.

He is training for his new job. present progressive- We will learn this in two weeks.

 

-take

I take a taxi to the school.

Junko takes her daughter to school.

Junko takes(UK) has(Canada) her breakfast. I have my breakfast at 7am.

We take an English test every Friday.

 

-play

I play soccer/ violin/video games.

My husband plays golf.

 

-have

I have a dog.

I have a dictionary.

I have a headache/toothache/neckache/backache/stomachache.

 

-be

I am a student.

We are students.

You are my friend.

She is an engineer.

 

engineer- a person who designs or builds systems e.g computer system, water system

 

She is a domestic engineer. (a homemaker)

 

Exercise 2 “Everyday Activities”

3. They work Monday to Friday. They work week days.

Sarah works weekends.

 

You can go to Vancouver Giants hockey game for much cheaper than a Vancouver Canucks game. It is good hockey.

 

Tomorrow, we will start to learn about simple past tense verbs.

 

Read over “Past Tense of Be”

 

 

 

Listening Fun

1.    How many legs does a dog have?

2.    Does the sun come out in the day or at night?

3.    Is a wheel round or square?

4.    What is the word for the yellow part of an egg? yolk-yellow,

the egg white

5.    Sick people stay here. Doctors and nurses work here. What place is it?