Good morning,
everyone.
Today’s
agenda
·
Go
over some of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs in American English”
·
Begin
simple sentences
Practice
with vocab
Explain
the structure of quizzes
·
Pronunciation
of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters
·
HW
Practice simple sentences. Email me sentences by 7PM.
Wednesday
·
Continue
simple sentences
Practice
with vocab
Prepare
for Quiz #2
Choose
vocabulary words for the quiz.
·
Thursday
·
Quiz#2
– simple sentences
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“Top 100 Most Used Verbs In American English”
Canadian
probably very similar
Look
throught the list.
-I know
this word
-I
think I know this word
-I need to learn this word.
Difference between American English and
Canadian English?
Canadian English and British English?
The differences are very minor- not
significant in vocab, grammar, or phrasing
may notice differences in regional accents
In the UK – hundreds of regional accents
some can be tricky to understand-
London, south – prob ok
Irish accents can be tricky
Scottish accents in the North can be
tricky
sophisticated(adj)- cultured, educated
38. seem – look like, appear
She seems upset today. You seem to be
very happy about the test.
8. would – modal auxilairy, modal-
auxiliary verb
auxiliary – extra, connected to,
helping verb
AUX- connector at the back of your TV
-
connector
in your car
modal + infinitive “to go, to eat, to
sleep” – ‘to’
would + to go
would + to be
would + to try
would sleep
SV – simple sentence The dog would
go out in the backyard whenever he needed to pee. – suggests the past
He would
go if you asked him. suggests the future
*common one-word modals*
-can
-could
-may
-might
-must
-*shall – Forget ‘shall’. People rarely
use it. It is excessively polite.
I use it everyday in class. “Let’s
take our break, shall we?”
“Shall we?” – time for us to leave
“I shall call you tonight.” XXX
“Shall we dance?” very polite
invitation to dance
Shall We Dance, movie with Richard Gere
original Japanese movie Shall We
Dance, 1996
-should
-will
-would
*common two-word modals*
-had better- should
“You had better/ should quit smoking
if you want to stay healthy.”
-have to- must “She has to pick up the
kids at school at 3.”
-need to – must (not as strong) “You (really)
need to become more familiar with authentic spoken English.”
-ought to- should, giving a suggestion
“Marie wants to become a lawyer. She ought to talk with your cousin who is a
lawyer.”
*common three-word modals*
-am going to- similar to will, has a plan
already made
-have got to- strong must
“You have
got to make sure that the front
door is locked when you leave the house.”
Search on the internet for a full list
of modal auxilaries.
-gonna XXX low-level, not standard
English, no good for school or business -
going to
-wanna XXX want to
-cuz XXX because
-kinda XXX kind of
-gotcha XXX got you
I tend to choose a slightly more
formal style of speaking and writing.
7. get- buy, acquire, take, understand,
receive
She got/bought a new phone.
I get what you’re saying. understand
I don’t get you. don’t understand
IDIOM I got your back. I have your
back. – I support you. I am on your side.
Imperative Get out! Get ready! Get dressed!
I didn’t get your message.
I got your birthday card. Thank you.
Come in!
Get the door. Get the phone.
Get in the car.
Sarah and Michelle are going to get
married next month.
Get up. – out of bed, stand up
Get out of my room! Get out of here.
Get out of my life.
Go away.
Continue with 100 Most Used Verbs
tomorrow
Three kinds of sentences:
1.
SIMPLE
2.
COMPOUND
3.
COMPLEX
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence -a
subject and a verb
-expresses a
complete thought.
Different types of simple sentences:
SV – 1 subject + 1 verb
SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb
SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs
Imperative (command)- tell someone to do something
Interrogative (question)- ask someone a question
* SV – 1 subject + 1 verb
Your friend is
beautiful/handsome/funny.
Sarah does her
homework at night.
Your brother works in
construction.
*REMEMBER:
Begin with a capital letter.
End with a period.
**Don’t write in all capital letters. The only capital letters
should be the first letter of the first word in a sentence and the first letter
of proper nouns.
YOUR BROTHER WORKS IN CONTRUCTION. XXX
Your brother works in construction.
We go on vacation. SV
‘we’ plural- more than one, two or a thousand
proper nouns- caps
names of cities, days, months, countries, languages, people’s
names, first person pronoun “I”, companies, landmarks
Vancouver, Tehran, Beijing, Friday, Monday, Christmas, Hallowe’en,
Chinese New Year, April, June, China, Iran, Canada, Canadian, Mexican, Persian,
Yemen, Yemini, India, Indian, English,
French, Mandarin, Turkish, Sarah, Ken, Dave, Mohamed, I, Nike, Starbucks, Under
Armor, the Steamclock, Gastown, West Side, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of
China, the CN Tower, the Taj Mahal.
seasons No
I love spring.
We have Spring Break in March.
She hates winter.
We have Winter Break in winter.
* SSV- 2 subjects + 1 verb
My sister and I go
on vacation.
Your book and your pen are on the desk.
The dog and the cat are
playing with each other.
The old man and the old woman are talking with each other.
The parks and the trees in Vancouver are nice.
*SVV- 1 subject + 2 verbs
My husband cooks and washes the dishes everyday.
I clean the bathroom and do the laundry.
Mei drives her car to school and
studies English five days a week.
Sarah likes
swimming but hates biking.
SO FAR
Simple sentences: SV SSV
SVV
Examples of simple sentences:
You are a teacher and a mother.
SV
Mohammad likes
dogs but does not have a dog right now.
SVV
Shira bought a
new phone and sold her old one. SVV
Manuel is from
Mexico but lives in Canada. SVV
** Thinking about SV helps to structure your sentence.
When I write for school or work, I always have SV in my mind.
SV = Subject Verb
PRACTICE:
Take put a piece of paper. Write some SV, SSV, and SVV simple
sentences from your own imagination. Please work together if you wish.
YOUR EXAMPLES:
She likes swimming and skating. SV gerunds-
‘ing’ nouns, look like verbs
Maria is good at NOUN.
soccer/English/singing. singing-gerund
ENGLISH 10
Which PLO do you want to get better at? Explain what you can do to
get better at it.
Verb usage
like + gerund “Maria likes hiking with her sister.”
like + infinitive “Maria likes to hike with her
sister.”
like, hate, prefer, begin, continue, start
enjoy + gerund “Maria enjoys hiking with her sister.”
enjoy + infinitive “Maria enjoys to hike with her sister.” XXX
SOURCE OF CONFUSION
hiking- gerund, noun “I like hiking”
hiking- part of the verb “I was hiking this weekend.
past continuous/past progressive verb tense
“I am hiking right now.”
part of a verb
“She hates hiking.” noun-gerund
CONTINUE TOMORROW
My friend and I am are walking and talking together.
singular/plural life lives
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