Thursday, 8 February 2024

EF45 Class 4

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Collect “Questionaire”

·      Do a few more introductions of our classmates- speaking and listening

·      Review of paragraph structure and content

·      Quiz#1- short paragraph, personal writing

I want to see what your writing looks like.

·      Pronunciation of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters

 

Friday

·      Begin sentence work- simple, compound, and complex sentences (several weeks)

 

Monday

·      Continue sentence work- simple, compound, and complex sentences (several weeks)

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Continue introductions of classmates- for the people who didn’t do it yesterday

 

She came to Canada eight months ago. simple past verb tense

She came to Canada in July, 2023. simple past verb tense

She has lived in Canada in since July, 2023. present perfect verb tense

She has lived in Canada for eight months. present perfect verb tense

She has lived in Canada in since July, 2023. present perfect verb tense

She has been living in Canada for eight months. present perfect progressive verb tense

She has been living in Canada in since July, 2023. present perfect progressive verb tense

 

We will go over the main most useful verb tenses starting next week.

7 most important verb tenses

*SIMPLE PRESENT

*SIMPLE PAST

*SIMPLE FUTURE

 

*PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

*PAST PROGRESSIVE

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE – not used as much

 

*PRESENT PERFECT

PAST PERFECT - not used as much

FUTURE PERFECT -not used as much

 

*PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE - not used as much

FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE -not used as much

 

She does yoga. He practices yoga.

He plays football.

 

Country                Nationality-person

Afghanistan         Afghani

Canada                 Canadian

The US                  American

Iran                        Iranian

Korea                    Korean

Germany              German

Russia                   Russian

Italy                       Italian

Brazil                     Brazilian

Turkey                   Turkish

England                English

Ireland                  Irish

Scotland               Scottish

Spain                     Spanish

Finland                 Finnish

Sweden                Swedish

Kurdistan             Kurdish

Japan                    Japanese

China                    Chinese

Vietnam               Vietnamese

Hong Kong           Hong Konger, Hong Kongese

Taiwan                  Taiwanese

Thailand               Thai

Greece                  Greek

France                  French

Saudi Arabia        Saudi

Morocco              Moroccan

India                      Indian

Ukraine                Ukranian

Pakistan                Pakistani

Yemen                  Yemeni

Qatar                    Qatari

Cuba                     Cuban

Oman                    Omani

Egypt                    Egyptian

South America    South American

Venezuala            Venezualan

Nicaragua            Nicaraguan

Switzerland         Swiss

Holland                 Dutch?

Mexico                  Mexican

 

She is a lady/woman from Ukraine.

He is a fellow/guy/man from Mexico.

He is a Mexico person.

 

It is expensive. It is costly. adjective

 

I play piano. I practice piano every other day.

 

IDIOM every other day – every second day

I go to the gym every other day.

She visits her parents in Iran every other year.

We get together for coffee every third Thursday.

 

She was born in Iran and grew up there.

I was born in France but grew up in Canada.

 

She is from Beijing, China.

He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

She has been in Canada for almost two months.

 

Using different adverbs? for time

She has been in Canada for almost two months.

She has been in Canada for around two months.

She has been in Canada for nearly two months.

She has been in Canada for about two months.

She has been in Canada for approximately two months.

She has been in Canada for only two months.

She has been in Canada for just two months.

 

 

Introduction

Cape Breton Island

They got 150cm of snow in two days.

 

 

 

Writing for quizzes or tests

 

-Lined, ruled paper

-Write in pen, blue or black

-Doublespace (skip a line)

-Write inside the margins (red lines)

-Indent the first word

-One box of writing

-Length -at least 150 words

-Full name and class in top right corner

 

For quizzes and tests, phones and dictionaries must be put away.

Use dividers.

 

TOPIC: Write a personal introduction about yourself.

(at least 150ww)

Pass it in by 11:30.

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