EF 4 5 Class 33

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

REMINDER: Quarter 4 (April-June), I will teaching these courses:

Period 1     9:15-11:30am     EF 2/3

Period 2     12-2:15                 EF 3/4

 

Lower level class will focus on verb tenses.

I would be happy to do a review of verb tenses in the last two weeks.

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Quiz#6

Optional RW for a Bonus point

·      Continue work on tax documents, T4, Tax return pp1-2

·      Begin review of 12 seven verb tenses.

·      IF TIME Start work on Presentation #1

 

Monday

·      Contiue review of 12 seven verb tenses.

·      Continnue work on adjective clauses

·      Continue work on Presentation #1

·      Continue with tax documents, Tax return pp3-4

·      Test#3 – paragraph, everyday topic

 

Tuesday

·      Contiue review of 12 seven verb tenses.

·      Continue work on adjective clauses

·      Continue work on Presentation #1

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz#7 -adjective clauses

·      Contiue review of 12 seven verb tenses.

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Quiz #6

Write a sentence with a noun clause for each.

1.    remember           coffee shop

She rememered that the coffee shop will close early today.

2.    feel                        study

3.    say                         money

4.    think                     beautiful

She thinks that her daughter is a beautiful girl.

5.    understand          international

6.    suggest                 walking

 

Quiz#1

1.    I feel that studying English is importnt for me.

2.    She remembered that the coffee shop will close early today.

 

 

REMINDER: You will have an optional opportunity to replace one quiz in the final week of class.

 

The grammar must become automatic, so you can do it without thinking.

 

EASY TO CONFUSE close/closed (v) close-simple present closed-simple past

close(adj)- nearby, not far away There is a park close to my apartment.

closed(adj)- not open The store is closed today.

 

 

 

wf

The coffee shop is closed. ADJ

The coffee shop will close. VERB

The coffee shop closes TIME. VERB

The coffee shop closes soon. VERB

The coffee shop closes at 7pm. VERB

 

I learned different countries’ culture from my father. phrasing

I learned about cultures from different countries from my father.

 

 

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Overview of the 12 verb tenses in English:

We don’t need all of them.

These are seven verb tenses that are highest frequency:

1.    SIMPLE PRESENT

2.    SIMPLE PAST

3.    SIMPLE FUTURE

 

4.    PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

5.    PAST PROGRESSIVE

6.    FUTURE PROGRESSIVE NOT OFTEN USED subsitute simple future

She will be moving to Calgary when you are movng here.

She will move to Calgary next week. That’s when you are coming here.

 

7.    PRESENT PERFECT

She has lived in Vancouver for two years.

We have done a lot of English work in this class.

 

8.    PAST PERFECT- not commonly used- substitute simple past

She had lived in Tehran for two years.

She lived in Tehran for two years.

EXACT TIMING- She had lived in Tehran for two years from 2006 to 2008.

 

9.    FUTURE PERFECT – rarely used- subsitute simple future

She will have lived in Vancouver for three years by the time she gets her Canadian citizenship.

RW She will be in Vancouver for three years; then she’ll get her Canadian citizenship.

 

CONTINUE MONDAY