EF 1 2 Monday, April 8th

 

Reminder: I post everything on my blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Two weeks left in the course.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Sentence writing practice.

Review of simple present and simple past

Worked on simple future

·      Dialogues- coversation between two people

“Filling Out an Application”

·      Return test-

Fix and rewrite for a bonus point

 

·      “Back and Forth 2.1” listening and talking exercise

 

Tuesday

·      Continue with simple present, past, and future

·      “Jobs” vocabulary

·      Test#4 – writing to pass in

 

 

 

Sentence writing

S + V.

subject and a verb

subject – person, thing, idea

verb- action words

verbs- verb tense

 

verb tenses

-simple present tense

He eats dinner at 5 everyday.

She works in an office.

 

 

 

 

-simple past tense

He ate dinner at 5 last night.

She worked in an office five months ago.

 

-simple future- will happen in the future “will” OR ‘am going to’

He will eat dinner at 5 tomorrow.

She will work in an office next week.

 

simple future tense-  ‘will’ + VERB

Examples:

You will go to Superstore tonight after class. SIMPLE FUTURE

You go to Superstore one day a week. SIMPLE PRESENT

You went to Superstore last night. SIMPLE PAST

 

 

SIMPLE PRESENT

I go to Superstore one day a week.

You go to Superstore one day a week.

He goes to Superstore one day a week.

She goes to Superstore one day a week.

Haidar goes to Superstore one day a week.

The cat goes to the park to catch mice.

 

SIMPLE FUTURE ‘will + VERB’

 

Let’s practice. Write a few sentences about yourself that use simple present, simple past and simple future.

For example:

I live in Vancouver.

I moved here from Iran.

I will go to Spain for vacation.

 

 

I moved here from Afghanistan.

I moved here from Afghanistan six months ago.

I moved here from Afghanistan two years ago.

I go to visit my friend on the weekend.

I go to the Skytrain at 7PM.

I celebrated my birthday in Victoria last year.

I like to travel in Canada.

 

GRAMMAR          like + to go

                               like + going

I like to go to the park.

I like going to the park.

She likes to eat ice cream.

She likes eating ice cream.

I live in Vancouver.

I moved here from Ukraine.

I will go to Argentina for a vacation.

I will go to downtown.

I want to go to a party.

She is a student.

She will be a doctor.

I want to go on a vacation to Spain.

I want to take a vacation to Mexico.

 

will – future

want to – your wish

 

I want to buy a car, but I don’t have any money. Instead, I will buy a skateboard.

 

 

She goes to Spain for vacation every year.

She went to Spain for vacation five months ago.

He goes to the gym every day.

He goes went to the gym yesterday.

 

I will go to Afghansitan in five years.

I went to Stanley Park last Sunday.

I bought a notebook yesterday.

Ali called me one hour ago.

My husband and I go to church on Sunday.

He will be a doctor after in two years.

He liked the class of English English class.

She will go to the hairdresser to get a trim tomorrow.

I want to get a better job.

I want to have a better life.

My first priority is my family.

 

priority(noun) – the thing that is most important to you

 

I will buy a new shoes tomorrow.

I will buy a new pair of shoes.

pair of shoes

pair of socks

pair of gloves

pair of eyes

pair of ears

a pair of hands

a pair of legs

a pair of glasses

a pair of pants

a pair of scissors

 

Micheal Jackson wore one glove.

 

I will travel to Victoria.

 

 

 

“Filling Out an Application”

Vocabulary Preview

1.    driver’s licence-

You can use your driver's licence for ID.

You can use your passport or ID Card for ID.

I have a Class 5,6 driver’s licence. 5 is for cars. 6 is for motorcycles.

Motorcycles are fun but dangerous.

2.    Keep your birth certificate in a safe place.

You can get a safety-deposit box in your bank.

You can get a small safe if you want.

3.    ID card, passport

4.    proof of residence- a letter with your name and address on it

5.    library card

6.    immigrant(person)

immigrate(verb)

The woman immigrated to Canada.

refugee- a person who has to leave their country because of war or politacal problems

emigrate(verb) leave a country

The woman emigrated from Mexico. She immigrated to Canada.

7.    counter

A desk has drawers.

The teller stands behind a counter at the bank.

8.    estimate- a good guess, an approximate guess

He gave the customer an estimate on the cost of repairing his phone.

9.    clearly- east to read, easy to understand

10.                       HARDER WORD designated – assigned, specific

 

 

 

Dialogue Reading

Clerk- worker in an office, behind a counter

New resident- newcomer, just moved to a new place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE PRESENT-

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 

 

Test#5

Doublespace

Name and class in top right corner.

Write neatly.

Write in pen.

Write a short paragraph.

“What job would you like to have in the future?”