Good afternoon, everyone.
We will get started at 12:00
Today’s agenda
*We will end at 1:55 today. I have an online teachers’
meeting at 2.*
I chair the meeting. I am the chair of the meeting.
chair(n)- the person who runs and controls a meeting
chair(v) – to run a meeting
OLD VOCAN chairman/chairwoman chair
She is the chair of the business meeting.
host – run a party
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Return Test#2
Go over
RW for bonus pt. Pass it in today or first
thing tomorrow.
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Begin review of verb tenses
Tuesday
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Revisit “Top 100 Most Used Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives/
Adverbs/Prepositions”
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Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses
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Continue review of verb tenses
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Begin “Grabbers”
Wednesday
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Continue adverb clauses
Feel City BBQ- All You Can Eat $16.99
Test #2
Write a paragraph of at least 150 words in response to one
of the writing prompts.
Topics:
1.
Humans should not eat animals.
2.
Social media is harmful to people.
Based on our group discussions in class.
Topic sentence- state topic and controlling
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
(at least 150 words)
Example sentence:
Animals have feelings. So we should respect them. ww
SV, SOBA SV.
Animals have feelings, so we should respect them. COMPOUND
Animals have feelings. Therefore, we should respect them. 2
SIMPLES
Animals have feelings; therefore, we should respect them.
COMPOUND
Good sentences: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX
Overview of the 12
verb tenses in English:
We don’t need all
of them.
These are seven
verb tenses that are highest frequency:
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE FUTURE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS
PAST PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE
PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
high frequency
word- sad
low frequency word-
lugubrious
Most important to
know:
-Simple present- habit,
habitual action, usual activity, state, fact
I go to school
everyday.
I eat dinner at 3.
She drinks tea.
He is very tall.
Shira lives in
Victoria.
Two plus two is
four.
-Simple past- one
event in the past, finished
I walked my dog
last night.
Shira ate dinner
last night at 10 o’clock.
She went to night
school yesterday.
Taka went to work
yesterday afternoon.
I made korma sabzi
yesterday.
Kevin had a
successful job interview yesterday.
Mike came to Canada
ten years ago.
Mei called her
sister five minutes ago.
COMMON ERROR: I was
go to the movies yesterday. vf went
I borned in
China. vf was born
He drived
home. vf drove
-Simple future- one
event to come in the future ‘will’ ‘am going to’
He will/is going
to drive her to swimming practice tonight.
will/am going to –
little bit different meaning
She is going to
watch a movie.
I will make dinner
and then go for a run. -just decided
I will go to
Superstore around 7. – just decided
Shira is going to a
restaurant tonight for her birthday.
The kids are going
to go to a party tonight.
OTHER OPTIONS
She definitely will go to yoga.
She will likely go to yoga.
She probably will go to yoga.
She might go to yoga.
She possibly will go to yoga.
There is a slim change that she will go to yoga.
-Present progressive
‘ing’- happening right now
continuous / progressive ‘ing’ verb
We are learning English right now.
She is standing up.
You are writing notes.
I am sitting on the chair.
The teacher is talking.
She is listening to him.
Dora is listening to the radio.
Sara is watching TV.
We are having an English lesson.
I am thinking about my supper.
I am looking at the board.
-these days, currently, this span of time
Michelle is working at Costco. sounds temporary
Michelle works at Costco. sounds permanent
Wayne is living in Vancouver. sounds temporary
She lives in Vancouver. sounds permanent
Lisa usually plays soccer, but she is playing volleyball
right now.
soccer- always
volleyball- temporary
I play mandolin, but I am playing more guitar these day.
Lisa usually plays soccer, but she is playing more
volleyball these days.
Usually, Mika usually lives in Seattle usually,
but she is living in Vancouver this summer.
*Often adverbs can be put in different places in the
sentence.
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