EF1 2 Class 27

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan

·      Presentation Day- seven people

·      Continue practice- simple present, past and future

Finish exercises from homework

·      Continue with compound sentences

·      Finish- Word List 1.4

 

Thursday

·      Presentation Day- four people

·      Return Test#4

Rewrite for Bonus point

·      “Possessive Pronouns”

·      “Christmas” reading, exercises

·      Midterm recommendations-

I will meet with each person individually in the hallway.

We will chat about what you want to do next quarter.

We will look at your marks: Tests and spoken in-class.

The cut-off for early registration is 65%.

We want the stongest students to register first.

The other students can register after a week or so.

The final passmark is 50%.

 

Friday

·      Midterm recommendations

 

Test #4

Write a paragraph of at least 80 words on the following topic:

Lined ruled paper.

Write in pen.

Doublespace.

Dictionaries and phones put away.

 

What are your plans for Winter Break (two-week Christmas break)?

 

 

 

 

Verb Tense Review 1

Exercise 1

1.    jumped – simple past

2.    will sing / is going to sing – simple future

3.    runs – simple present ‘always’- good word for simple present

4.    will leave / are going to leave – simple future

5.    sits- simple present ‘every day’- good words for simple present

6.    talked – simple past

 

 

Reviewing our three simple tenses: simple present, simple past, and simple future

 

Exercise 2 – negative verb ‘not’

e.g. She does not drink coffee. simple present

She did not/didn’t drink coffee yesterday. simple past

 

She drinks coffee every morning.

She drank coffee last night.

 

She did not drank coffee last night. XXX error,- People know what you mean. Don’t worry too much about small errors.

 

1.    won’t go / will not go

 

a contraction -    ‘ apostrophe

she will = she’ll

I have = I’ve

he is  = he’s

she is = she’s

we are = we’re

you are = you’re

your you’re

 

Pronunciation: we’re wear were

we’re – dear, fear, clear

wear – fair, hair, there, care

were- fur, sir

 

war- core, for, or

 

Same pronunciation  your = you’re

 

Possessive pronouns- this week

I – my

you- your

he- his

she- her

we- our

they – their

it- its

 

2.    doesn’t / does not- simple present ‘usually’

3.    didn’t hit / did not hit – simple past

4.    don’t wash / do not wash – simple present

5.    didn’t / did not – simple past

6.    won’t finish / will not finish

 

He does his homework. He finishes his homework.

He studies reviews his homework. XXX

review(verb)- to go over again, to relearn

 

chi  she

chili

chilly

 

Exercise 3

1.    bought

2.    eats – simple present “every day”

3.    is- simple present “this year”

4.    will not arrive / won’t arrive – simple future “after 9:00 tomorrow night”

5.    will come – simple future

6.    wasn’t / was not

7.    Will you call me?- simple future “the day after tomorrow”

8.    does not go / doesn’t go – simple present

9.    Did your brother visit you? – simple past “two weeks ago”

10.                       Does she usually wear a dress to school? – simple present “usually”

 

Practice:

Take out your “100 Verbs”. Write simple sentences using simple present, past and future verb tenses.

Extra challenging: Write compound sentences using simple present, past and future verb tenses.

 

COMPOUND SV, so SV.   SV, or SV.   SV, but SV.   SV, and SV.

 

 

Your examples: