Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15
Today’s agenda
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“100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs in English”
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Begin simple future verb tense
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New dialogue “Asking for Directions”
Wednesday
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Continue simple future verb tense
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New dialogue “Asking for Directions”
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“100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs”
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“100 Most Used Nouns in American English”
Canadian English would be very similar.
“100 Most Used Verbs in American English”
Canadian English would be very similar.
Next week, I will pass out “100 Most Used Adjectices in American
English” and “100 Most Used Adverbs and Prepositions in American English”
Canadian English would be very similar.
This is a very stong foundation for essential vocabulary.
essential(adj) – necessary, very important
Important to be able to spell. Spelling is challenge for
many at this level.
Also, pronunciation of these 200 words is essential.
Have a look through some of the “100 Most Used Nouns in American
English”.
Which words do you know already?
Which words do you kind of know?
Which words are new to you?
We can start to talk about them in a few minutes.
13. state(n)- a country,a part of a country, a situation
UAE is an oil-producing state.
Canada has 10 provinces. The US has 50 states. Brazil has 27
states. Syd comes from the state of Santa Catarina. Iran has 31 provinces.
Water is in a liquid state. Ice is in a solid state. Water
vapour is a gas state. Water boils at 100 Celcius at Sea Level.
37. area- place, zone, profession or job
I take Butter to the off-leash area of the park. Dog parks
and dog beaches are off-leash areas.
leash(n)- strap attached to a dog’s collar
You can’t smoke in the non-smoking area.
The area of your apartment is 80 sq m.
Area equals length times width.
This area is pick-up and drop-off zone.
place(n) = apartment, house, condo I have a place downtown.
His area is engineering. Her area in Venezuala was civil law.
My area is education. Your area is business administration.
I want to work in the area of photography.
Paula’s area was journalism.
Show business is making movies, TV, performing, theatre,
singing, dancing, etc.
An internet influencer is a person who has many followers on
social media. The followers listen to them and watch what they do.
digital marketing- selling via the internet, online
My store is in Metrotown Mall. Her store is online. It is a
virtual store.
Which area did you work in in your home country? I was in
accounting.
I was an accountant.
I am in teaching. I am a teacher.
I was in administration. I was an administrator.
50. issue (n) -problem, area of concern, something to worry
about
For newcomers to Canada, there are many issues. For example,
the two biggest issues are learning English and getting a job.
Lateness is an ongoing issue for this student.
ongoing(adj)- continuing, everyday, always
73. kid (n) – casual word for child, offspring, under 18 or
19
newborn- brand new, right from the hospital
baby- a few months old- to one year?
toddler- young child who is able to walk
kid
adolescent/teenager
young adult
Parents are concerned when their children do not hit
benchmarks for weight, speaking, walking, etc.
benchmark(n) -standard, measurement for school, job,
personal life
99. force(n)- strength, pressure, weight
The police force protects citizens. The air force is a part
of the armed forces.
force(v)- push or pull hard, put a lot of energy behind something,
to make someone do an action
She forced the
stuck door open.
I forced my son
to clean his room.
-- CONTINUE TOMORROW --
“Asking for Directions”
Let’s get into groups of 4-5 people.
We can talk about the Warm-Up Questions and the Vocabulary
Preview.
A.Warm-Up Questions
1.stadium- Roger’s Arena
Where is ScienceWorld?
What direction is Cambie Station?
How can I get to Chinatown?
East Hastings is a depressing sad place.
polite Sir-
man
Ma’am-
woman
Excuse me, Sir. Can you tell me
which way Fell Street is?
It’s just over there. It is two
blocks to the west.
It is right in front of you.
Where is the bathroom?
SHEC- Where is the Portable?
portable – something that can be moved
A trailer has wheels.
You can sleep in a camping trailer.
2. He got lost in Stanley Park for 2 ½ hours.
I get lost all the time. I have no sense of direction when I
am driving.
For two hours, I was trying to find my direction.
You can laugh about it now. It wasn’t funny at the time.
Verb tenses for EF 2,3
SIMPLE VERB TENSES
-simple present – usually, always, daily, habit, truth
He cleans his kitchen every Saturday morning.
She drinks green tea.
He likes dogs.
She lives in Kuwait.
He likes dogs. – area of focus- the subject and verb
must agree, match
She lives in Canada.
-simple past- one time in the past- five minutes ago, last night,
five years ago, 10000 years ago
He cleaned his kitchen last Saturday morning.
She lived in a small apartment in 1998.
She woke up at 7 o’clock in the morning yesterday.
Yesterday, I worked as a cashier for the second time.
Dinosaurs lived 65 million years ago.
I work as a JOB. I work as a teacher. You worked as administrator.
I work for EMPLOYER/COMPANY. I work for VSB. You worked for
a clothing company.
**NOTE: Putting the time at the beginning or the end of the
sentence helps to make the sentence clearer.
e.g Yesterday, we went to the park. We went to the park
yesterday.
Verb tenses
irregular
go went was go
sit sat was sit
read read
do did
eat ate
drive drove
buy bought
regular simple past tense -ed
clean cleaned
cook cooked
learn learned
move moved
remember remembered
I go to Metrotown.
I did go to Metrotown yesterday. OK- sounds very strongly
worded, emotion
I was go to Metrotown yesterday.
I went to Metrotown yesterday. much more common
Wash the dishes. I did wash them.
You ate my donut! I didn’t eat it!
Practice and review.
Daily practice is the key to success.
Our new verb tense for this week:
-simple future- one event in the future
-
timeline
-
five minutes in the future, ten years in the
future
e.g.
Doris will go to
Metrotown in five minutes.
Doris will eat dinner at
six o’clock.
Doris will wash her
clothes on Saturday morning.
Doris will visit her
mother next week.
Doris is going to go to
Metrotown in five minutes.
Doris is going to eat dinner
at six o’clock.
Doris is going to wash her
clothes on Saturday morning.
Doris is going to visit
her mother next week.
will + SIMPLE VERB
will go “Joe
will go to the school at 12.”
will going will
went will to go
will move “Sarah
will move to Surrey next month.”
will eat “I
will eat in a restaurant tonight”
will walk “I
will walk Butter around the park after
class.”
“I
won’t walk Butter around the park after
class.”
will walks
will walked
will to talk
will walking
will walk
will drink “He will drink a cup of coffee
with some friends on Sunday.”
will visit “I
will visit my sister in Holland next month.”
will play “She
will play the piano/guitar/oud/arhu in the
evening.”
“He will play with his
granddaughter in the evening.”
“She will go to Hawaii.”
“She will go to Hawaii in January.”
IMPORTANT NOTE ‘gonna’ Ok for casual, friendly talking- no
good for school or writing, or business
going to – good for writing, school, business, etc. more formal
Same as ‘wanna’ want
to
Same as 'cus’ because
TWO WAYS TO MAKE SIMPLE FUTURE
-
“will” –easiest way
-
“be going to”
e.g.
“Alex will go to
the doctor.”
Alex is going to go
to the doctor.
“It will rain this
afternoon.”
“It is going to rain
this afternoon.”
gonna- casual talking, not for school writing
going to- for school writing
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘WILL’ AND ‘BE GOING TO’ EF45
‘be going to- You already decided. You already planned it.
‘will’- You decide right now.
I am going to go to the cinema with my friends this afternoon.
We planned it yesterday.
I am going to work this weekend.
I am going to volunteer at the student food bank Wednesday.
NEGATIVE
I am not going to work this weekend.
I am not going to drive to Calgary.
EASIEST, SIMPLEST WAY TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘WILL’
AND ‘BE GOING TO’
--CONTINUE TOMORROW--
“Asking for Directions”
Vocabulary Preview
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