Friday, 1 December 2023

EF5Wr567 Class 14

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

This is the end of our third week.

3/9 complete.

 

Today’s agenda

·      “Top 100 Most Used Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives/

Adverbs/Prepositions”

·      Begin complex sentences- adverb clauses

·      Song lyric- listening exercise

 

Monday

·      Return Test#2

Go over

RW for bonus pt

·      Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses Begin “Grabbers”

 

 

VanDusen Gardens – Oak and 37th

Christmas lights

 

https://www.coquitlam.ca/784/Lights-at-Lafarge

Coquitlam

Christmas lights

 

 

 

 

“Top 100 Most Used Nouns”

“Top 100 Most Used Verbs”

 

Modal/Modal auxiliary -auxiliary- extra

can + to go

could + to help

may + to borrow   You may borrow some paper.

might + to cook   I might cook some chicken rice tonight.

must

shall – We don’t normally use it.

I use ‘shall’ in this class every day. “Let’s take a break, shall we?”

 

“Shall we dance?” Japanese movie, American movie

 

should + to call   You should call your parents.

“If I could, I would. But I can’t, so I won’t”

I should to call you tonight.

 

I will teach about modals next week. Please remind me.

 

 

86. consider – think about   I will consider what you said. The boss is considering which candidate to hire.

87. appear- A rainbow appeared in the sky. A ghost will appear beside your bed tonight.

90. serve- give food or drink  The restaurant serves really good dumplings.

servant, service, waitress/waiter server

Let’s serve the food in 10 minutes.

You serve a ball in volleyball, tennis, and badminton.

100.remain – stay, not move   She will remain in Canada for the foreseeable future.

 

“Top 100 Most Used Adverb and Prepositions”

60.perhaps- maybe

Will you to the party? Perhaps. Perhaps I will.

 

80. thus (not very common)– therefore

83. particularly- especially

I use a lot of hot spices when I cook; red chili is particularly hot.

Sally loves all flowers, but she particularly likes roses.

I am not particular about clothes.

She is very particular about clothes.

84.pretty- very   It’s pretty cold today. The movie was pretty good.

It’s pretty hot.

hot- temperature / spicy

85. forward- ahead, bossy

He is a very forward person.

You are moving forward with your plan.

I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

88. indeed- (quite formal) really, yes

Is that a new phone? Indeed it is.

formal ways to say ‘yes’: Without a doubt. Indeed, I did. Indubitably.

casual- Yup. No doubt. Sure. NP No problem. You got it.

90. that-

that – many meanings

I like that car. adj

She said that it will rain today. noun clause

It is so cold that he wore a hat. adverb clause

The hat that she bought is very nice. adjective clause

95.instead- rather than

She stayed home instead of going to the party.

Amy doesn’t like beer. She likes red wine instead.

99. eventually- in the end, after some time, finally

Eventually, she figured out how to do a jumpserve.

 

“Top 100 Most Used Adjectives”

18. political(adj) politics(noun) politician(person) – about government

37. economic(adj)  economics(noun) – money for a company, country, how the money is flowing

high school course – Home Economics- budget for family and life

budget- a plan of how to spend your money

go overbudget

stay underbudget

IDIOM- make ends meet  It is hard for her to make ends meet.

44. federal- whole country   The federal government controls the budget of the country. The provincial government is in charge of education.

61. current – now, these days

You listen to the news to find out about current events.

He likes to get together in McDonalds with his friends and talk about current events.

contemporary – in our lifetime, not day to day, in our time

She enjoys viewing contemporary art.

Chou en Lai and Henry Kissinger were contemporaries.

 

70.significant- important   His 70th birthday was very significant to him.

Graduating high school as an adult will be a significant achievement.

The most significant challenge to the world these days is global warming.

significant other- husband,wife, girlfriend

Does she have a significant other? Is she single?

85. democratic- the people can vote, the citizens choose their government

Canada is a democratic country.

cracy- ruled by

demos- the people

autocracy- ruled by one person, dictator

dict- talk

theocracy- ruled by religious people

monarchy- ruled by king or queen

87. various- different kinds

various(adj)   variety(noun)   vary(v)  You should vary your daily routine.

There are various chocolates in the box.

91. religious(adj) religion(n)- church

She is a very religious person.

 

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.

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