Tuesday, 13 February 2024

EF 4 5 Class 7

 

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.

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Thursday

·      Quiz#2 – simple sentences

 

 

*** “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, nounI like hiking

hiking- part of the verbI 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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