EF45 Class 11

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 12:00

 

Today’s agenda

·      Return Quiz#1-simple sentences

Go over

Optional rewrite for bonus point

·      Finish “Family Relationships” vocab

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to a Dental Specialist”

·      Pronunciation work/Minimal Pairs

 

Friday- No Butter tomorrow

·      Begin compound sentences

·      Continue to review verb tenses and modals

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to a Dental Specialist”

·      Listening

 

Monday

·      Continue compound sentences

 

Tuesday

·      Continue compound sentences

 

Quiz#1

Write a simple sentence for each.

Submit by 12:35.

SV- subject verb

1.    SV                salary

She has a good salary.

I talked to my boss about my salary

 

2.    SSV              hire

My husband and I hired two good welders.

My sister and I hire same store. vt vf

FIX

My sister and I were hired at the same store. passive voice

 

Active voice is stronger, clearer, and easier.

Passive voice is weaker, murkier, and harder.

MY ADVICE: Use active voice. Use passive voice when you want to sound weak. Use passive voice when you want to sound unclear.

I was hit by another driver. passive voice

When I was little, I was treated badly by my brothers.

treat(v) treatment(n0

ABCment(n) apartment, moment, atonement, argument

movement,

ABCtion or sion(n) motion, action, attention, education, attraction, interruption, position, etc.

 

She did the work. active voice- focus is on ‘she’

The work was done by her. passive voice- focus is on ‘work’

 

3.    SVV             skill             

4.    SV                position

5.    Question    experience

Does she have experience in this job?

6.    Command sell

You must Sell three cars per day.

 

Optional RW for a bonus point.

Submit that today or first thing tomorrow.

 

teacher(n) teaching(adj)

driver   driving

nurse   nursing

parent   parenting

Jun has been a teacher for five years. Jun has five years of teaching experience.

welder   welding experience

 

Test- paragraphs

Quiz- six sentences

Exam

 

Eng 10,11,12- essays, exams

 

 

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Finish “Family Relationships” vocab

-orphan- child whose parents died

-twin- two babies born at the same time

identical twins

fraternal twins

Her family has lots of sets of twins. Do twins run in families?

Diabetes runs in my family.

Does diabetes run in your family?

-triplets- three babies at the same time

-quadruplets- four babies at the same time

-quintuplets- five babies at the same time

I knew my grandfather on my mother’s side.

I didn’t know my grandfather on my father's side.

I knew him. He died a long time ago.

I know him. He is still alive. IDIOM They are still kicking.

 

How are you?

Still kicking.

 

I never knew my maternal grandparents.

My paternal grandfather died recently. We were close.

died IDIOM-(polite) passed away, passed on, passed

IDIOM(impolite) kicked the bucket, bought the farm

My uncle bought the farm.

pushing up daisies

 

(not polite)very old ,ready to die- one foot in the grave, at death’s door

Butter has one paw in the grave.

My neighbour is at death’s door.

 

 

mother-in-law  monster-in-law

custody- responsibility for a child

Jun and Sarah got divorced. Jun got custody of the children.

Jen and Micheal have shared custody of the kids.

The kids are under their custody.

 

 

“Going to a Dental Specialist”

4.numb-

My arm is asleep. I have pins and needles.

I hit my funny bone.

I have a cramp.

5.anaethetic- topical anaethetic

painkiller – a pill

6.

 

My lips are sealed. I will not tell you. It’s a secret.

seal(n) – animal in the ocean

 

gold fillings in your teeth

 

That sandwich was filling. I am not hungry.

9.post-operative- recovering from an operation, recuperating

Mary has Covid. She is recuperating at home.

 

My friend is getting a hip replacement tomorrow.

He will recuperate for a few days. Then he start to do hs rehab.

rehab- rehabiliation, special exercises

physiotherapy