Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda
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Continue complex sentences – adverb clauses
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Dialogue “Talking to a Landlord”
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Review paragraph format and structure
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Test#2- paragraph (last 55m)
I will give two topics. You can choose one
of them.
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HW Read new
dialogue “Dress Codes”
Monday
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“Academic Vocabulary Exercise 2”
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Continue review of verb tenses
CONTINUE TOMORROW
*comparison - than, as ____ as _______
*reason, purpose or cause - because, since
*condition - if, unless, although, even though, though
TOMORROW -NOT TIME, COMPARISON
I do my duties as well as I can.
I drive as well in Canada as I did in Iran.
I will never forget you as long as I live.
Tomorrow- so that
*comparison - than, as ____ as _______
*than - compare two things, one is more than the other
Jun is taller than his sister (is).
Vancouver is
more beautiful than Edmonton (is).
Vancouver is
more beautiful than Edmonton. SIMPLE? COMPLEX?
A Tesla is faster than a Toyota (is).
I did this task more quickly than he did. I was faster.
as ____ as _______
comparing two things that are equal, the same
Vancouver is as rainy as Seattle.
My sister is as tall as my mother (is).
I did this task as quickly as he did. We both took the same
amount of time.
He eats breakfast as much breakfast as possible.
He works as much as he can.
She goes to the gym as often as she can.
South Hill is not as big as demand requires. There are more
students than there are classes.
Hamburgers are as delicous as pizzas (are).
As soon as I find a job, I can buy an expensive house.
I can buy an expensive house as soon as I find a job.
as long as = if
You can go to the party if you finish your chores.
You can go to the party as long as you finish your chores.
as long as- time, duration of time
I will never forget you as long as I live.
PHRASE as long as I live
*unless- opposite of ‘if’
You can go to party if you do your chores.
You can go to party as long as you do your chores.
If you do your chores, yYou can go to party.
As long as you do your chores, you can go to party.
You can’t go to party unless you do your chores.
You can go to party unless you don’t do your chores.
drizzling- light rain
drizzle-light rain
I will take my umbrella if it is drizzling.
I won’t take my umbrella unless it is drizzling.
I will take my umbrella unless it is not drizzling.
I will pick you up at the airport unless you would rather
get a cab.
cab= taxi
Let’s go for a hike tomorrow if you’re up for it.
IDIOM up for it- interested
Let’s go for a hike tomorrow unless you’re not up for it.
I’m tired. I don’t think I’m up for a hike.
chores- household task- laundry, dishes, cleaning, sweeping,
vacuuming, mopping, Swiffer
I prefer working more than going out.
*although, even though, though (casual-good for speaking)
although / even though
We went to the beach yesterday because it was a nice day.
We went to the beach yesterday even though it wasn’t a nice
day.
We went to the beach yesterday even though the weather wasn’t
good.
We went to the beach yesterday even though it was cloudy and
cold.
Even though he is exhausted even though , he doesn’t want
to get some sleep.
Even though he is exhausted, he doesn’t want to get some
sleep.
He doesn’t want to get some sleep even though he is exhausted.
The baby doesn’t want to go down even though she is overtired
and cranky.
You put the baby down. You put the baby in its crib.
Let’s go for a bike even though it’s raining.
I took my bike today even though it was raining a bit.
My grandfather is so very/ extremely/ quite/ surprisingly/
remarkably/ pretty active although he is very old.
so – casual talking
The puppy is so cute.
The puppy is very cute.
too-casual talking
The puppy is too cute.
too – excessive
The phone is too expensive for me.
This math is too hard for him.
Houses in Vancouver are too expensive for ordinary people.
I tend to be a bit more formal in my speaking and writing.
Most people are more chill.
SLANG chill- casual, relaxed, no worries
Adverb Clauses
These are very useful 16 words and phrases for making adverb
clauses:
You should know them.
*time - when, while, whenever, before, after, until,
since, as ____ as _______
*comparison - than, as ____ as _______
*reason, purpose or cause - because, since
*condition - if, unless, although, even though, though
Paragraph
-at least 150 words
-doublespace
-write inside the margins
-write in pen
-one block of writing
-full name and class in top right corner
-all devices and notes away
Topic sentence
5-7 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Test#2
Choose one topic
1.What are some ways your country is different than Canada?
2.What was your favourite hobby when you were a kid?
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