EF 4 5 Class 29

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Midterm recommendations for Quarter 4

·      Noun clause practice

·      Continue dialogues with alternates

·      Phrasal verbs, do a few every day

verb + preposition

·      Go over some more of the “Top 100 Most Used Verbs/Nouns in American English”

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

 

**Two-week Spring Break**

 

Tuesday, April 2nd- after Spring Break

Three weeks left until the end of the quarter- Friday, April 19^th

I can talk more about how to register for Q4 when we get back.

The school will send you a link to register by email.

 

·      Continue noun clauses

Choose vocab for quiz

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz#6 - noun clauses

 

 

Narouz- Persian/Kurdish New Year

-special fish

-seven dishes that start with ‘s’

-fire takes away illness, problems, unhappiness

“Your red colour to me; my yellow colour to you.”

red- happiness, health, good energy

yellow- sadness, illness, bad energy

 

 

Noun Clauses

 

1.    Junko’s friends think that they will go out for dinner tonight.

Junko’s friends think that he is very kind.

Junko’s friends think how they can suprsie him for his birthday.

Junko’s friends think about that they will plan to go to a movie tomorrow.

think about NOUN

FIX

Junko’s friends think about going to a movie tomorrow.

gerund-noun

We think about our future. SIMPLE

We think that we will have a good future. COMPLEX- N CL

PHRASAL VERB- think about

Junko’s friends think that they will keep in touch more.

Junko’s friends think that she may/should/might go to Calgary.

 

Do Junko’s friends think that she should go to Calgary?

Did Junko’s friends think about how she can get a new job?

 

2.    Joe believes that SV.

Joe believes that he can pass the exam sucessfully.

Joe believes that the weather will be wonderful this weekend.

Joe believes that he will die alone.

MORE COMPLEX Joe believes that, if he moves to a new city, he will have a better life. N CL ADV CL

Joe believes if he moves to a new city that he will have a better life.

 

Joe believes that his difficulties will be removed his problems will be overcome if he works hard. passive voice

 

3.    Shirin said that she will solve her problem by herself.

Shirin said, “My sister is very clever.”

Shirin said to Sarah, “Why did you go to the hospital yesterday?”

 

Shirn said/asked/told us why you didn’t come back home yesterday. STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION

Shirin said that we can arrive to at / go to her house at 5 o’clock for dinner.

Shirin said that her mother wants to immigrate.

 

traffic jam- cars are not moving, moving very slowly

congestion- heavy traffic, cars are moving slowly, “bumper to bumper”

 

Shirin said/told us how she left her bad boyfriend.

 

We can try more of these when we get back.

4.    Mei doesn’t know

5.    Sarah forgot

6.    I’m not sure how

7.    Do you know

8.    Mike doesn’t know

9.    It is hard to believe

10.                       Matt can’t believe

11.                       Jen is not sure

12.                       My boss asked me

13.                       Dalia’s mother wanted to know

14.                       The doctor told her

15.                       I forgot