EF23 Class 12

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15

Happy Friday! TGIF! Thank god, it’s Friday!

 

Sunday is Mother’s Day

There is a new children’s park close to Save-On Foods in the River District.

My weekend is Wednesday and Thursday.

 

This is our twelfth day. We are more than ¼ finished the course, almost 1/3 finished.

Time flies.

 

fractions

½- one half, a half

1/3- one third

¼ - one quarter, one fourth

¾ - three over four three quarters, three fourths

1/5 – one fifth

2/5- two fifths

3/5- three fifths

 

fifths- challenging pronuciation

1/8- one eighth

3/8- three eighths

Fractions are excellent pronuncation practice.

 

Spoken mark for this class is 25% of your mark. Every day you have to show me that you are able communicate in spoken English.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Quiz#1.

Go over

Optional rewrite for 1 bonus point

·      Finish “Family Relationships” vocabulary about family

·      Begin compound sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      HW   Read new dialogue “Getting a Table”

HW- homework

 

Monday

·      Review of verb tenses

·      Continue compound sentences

·      New dialogue“Getting a Table”

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Quiz#1

Doublespace.

Write in pen.

Write a simple sentence for each.

Submit by 9:45.

1.    SV      bank

I went to the bank yesterday.

2.    SSV    leave

My sister and I left our country in 2019.

My wife and daughter leave home at 8am every morning.

 

3.    SV      famous

4.    SVV   walk

Maris likes to walk and listen to music.

5.    SVV   favourite

My favourite sport is hockey. SV

We run and play in our favourite park.

I study and learn in my favourite school.

6.    SSV    food

Sasha and Tara eat lots of foods. #

Sasha and Tara eat lots of different kinds of food.

 

 

famous(adj) – well-known, popular

favourite(adj)- most-liked

My favourite actor is Robert DeNiro.

Robert DeNiro is a famous actor.

 

 

“Family Relationships” vocabulary about family

-ancestors- My ancestors came from Somalia.

-descendants- the people who will come after you, far into the future

-orphan- An orphan can grow up in a government-supported orphanage.

-twins- identical twins- They look the same.

          -fraternal twins- They look different.

My sister-in-law has two boys who are fraternal twins.

-triplets- three babies

-quadruplets- four babies

-quintuplets- five babies

-maternal- on the mother’s side, having to do with mothers

-paternal- on the father’s side, having to do with fathers

 

 

 

Simple and Compound Sentences

 

SIMPLE SENTENCE

SV   SSV   SVV

SV   It is sunny today.

SSV   My friend and I went for a coffee.

SVV   The dog was running and was wagging his tail.

 

I am driving and am listening to music.

 

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VERB TENSES

We will start to work on verb tenses next week.

SIMPLE TENSES

PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS TENSES  ‘ing’

I was playing in the park with the dog. past progressive ‘ing’

is/was/are/am were playing

He is playing.

I am playing.

You are playing.

 

PERFECT TENSES

PRESENT PERFECT- from the past until now

You have lived in Canada for two and a half years.

He has been in Canada since 2021.

 

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Maria is tired. She is happy. 2 simples sentences

 

 

 

 

Connect them together , SOBA   , so   , or   , but   , and

Examples:.

Maria is tired. She is happy. 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES

Maria is tired, but she is happy. COMPOUND SENTENCE

 

, so – reason, give a result

It is raining. I brought my umbrella. 2 simple sentences

It is raining, so I brought my umbrella. I compound sentence

It is raining, so I brought/bring/will bring my umbrella.

 

I am thirsty, so I will drink some water.

I will drink some water, so I am thirsty. XXX

I will drink some water because I am thirsty. COMPLEX SENTENCE

 

COMPOUND SENTENCES- so or but and

 

Mei was working, so she is tired.

The dog is cute, so I pat him.

SV, so SV.

 

, or – choice  A or B

Would you like coffee or tea? SIMPLE SENTENCE

She can take EF2, or she can stay in EF1. COMPOUND

You can stay home tonight, or you can go out to a party.

Do you want to pay with credit card, or do you want to pay cash?

SV, or SV.

 

, but – opposite, difference

I love dogs, but she loves cats.

He plays volleyball, but she plays soccer.

Today is rainy, but it is not cold.

Today is rainy, but tomorrow will be sunny.

I can speak French, but I can not write it.

She wants to speak out loud, but she is shy.

He is handsome, but he is not very kind.

The new iphone is expensive, but she wants it.

SV,  but SV.

 

, and  plus, addition

SAME MEANING
She likes her brother and her sister. SIMPLE SENTENCE

She likes her brother, and she likes her sister. COMPOUND SENTENCE

 

He ate his lunch and drank his water. SIMPLE SENTENCE

He ate his lunch, and he drank his water. COMPOUND SENTENCE

The kid ate his lunch, and it was good. COMPOUND SENTENCE

SV, and SV.

She will watch some movies, and it will be relaxing.

 

Maria baked a cake, and Sarah made cookies.

I woke up early, and I went to school.

Marta will go home after class, and she will make dinner.

My brother and I went to the mall, and we bought new jackets.

SV, and SV.

 

Compound sentence:

SV, SOBA SV. *You need the comma in a compound sentence.

I love my kids, and I love my parents.

I love my kids, and my kids love me.

I love my kids, but I hate my husband. Joke

I love my kids, so I take are of them.

I love my hamster, but I don’t like to clean its cage.

 

I love my kids, and I take care of them.

 

CONTINUE MONDAY

 

Family

parents – guardians, caregivers

 

 

Quiz#1