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Today’s class plan:
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Finish “Simple Present Tense”
verbs
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100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs
in English
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HW Read “Past Tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs”
Read “Going to the Bank”
**I know that you are busy. We will work on
all of this tomorrow. Read it over is you have time.
Tuesday
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“Past Tense of Regular and
Irregular Verbs”
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“Going to the Bank”
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“Simple Present Tense”
dialogue- conversation between two people
Reporter- journalist, works for a
newspaper, does interviews
Nate
-guest- a person who comes to your home for
a party or a dinner
-salary- money from a job, annual salary,
per year
-wage- money per hour
The BC Minimum Wage is $16.75 per hour. On June 1, 2024 the minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per
hour.
-circus- like theatre, professional
entertainers, lions, elephants, clowns
-unusual – strange, odd, weird
-rather – choice
Would you like tea or coffee? I’d rather
have coffee.
I’d rather work alone. I’d rather work with
people.
Right now, I live in Vancouver. I’d rather
live in Kelowna.
I’d rather stay in Canada. I’d rather not go
back to Venezuala.
I’d rather live in Vancouver.
alone- by yourself, on your own
lonely- feel sad
He lives alone. He lives by himself. He
lives on his own.
He feels lonely. He doesn’t feel lonely.
Some people like to live alone.
He needs his own space.
What do you do for a living?
Exercise 2 Everyday Activities
You hit the golf ball with a golf club.
You play pitch and putt golf at Queen
Elizabeth Park.
How often something happens:
always- all the time, every day
often- 75%, usually
sometimes- 50%, half and half
rarely- 25%, not often
never- 0%
I never leave class early.
I never give up in life.
I am never bored.
I don’t like to be sick.
bored- not interested
3. schedule- the events of your day, organized
by time
the bus schedule, work schedule, class
schedule
They work from Monday to Friday. They work
weekdays.
weekdays- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday
weekends- Saturday and Sunday
Last month we had a long weekend.
hungry- empty stomach
angry- mad
Our class begins/starts at 8:30.
He watches it on TV at 6 o’clock.
They watch is on TV.
Brian and Zack watch a game on TV.
football –
You call it football. We call it soccer.
You call it American football. We call it
football.
Exercise 3 Famous Cities
carpool- sharing driving to work or school
He carpools to work with his coworkers.
“Top 100 Most Used Verbs”
What are some new verbs to you? What are
some verbs you are not sure of the meaning?
87. appear- seems, not sure but looks like
The computer appears to be broken.
A ghost appeared in the haunted house.
93. expect – think something will happen
I expect that it will get cold tomorrow.
57. provide- give
He provides for his family. He earns money
to support his family.
South Hill provides English classes.
52. hold- have something in your hand
He holds a pencil in his hand.
63. include- put everyone together, put many
things together
I want this class to include everybody.
86. consider- think about, try to decide
He considers getting a new job.
She considers moving to Calgary.
“Top 100 Most Used Nouns”
52. kind- nice, helpful, friendly
He is a very kind man.
22. case- a box of something
She has a big suitcase/luggage.
83. health- healthy, strong body, strong
mind
She has good health because she exercises a
lot. She runs 10 km a day.
She also works out.
work out- lift weights
71. minute- 60 seconds, very small
The insect is minute. It is very small.
insect – small animal with six legs, like
an ant or a beetle, a bug
93.research – study, gather information
He wants to buy a new phone. He researches
good budget phones.
budget- low cost, not expensive
We can do some more nouns and verbs tomorrow.
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